Tickets Tickets? WTF?

Oldman159

Oldman159

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Trying to buy a ticket for S’ton on line. First experience of the new website…..

I’m told I’m no. 41 in the queue and they will let me know by email when I can purchase it…at which point I will have limited time to complete the purchase….Anyone else getting this?

……Is this progress? I don’t think so
 
Well it shouldn't be for a pre-season match between Oxford and Southampton which will have a handful of people online at any given time, it is to handle the flood of server requests you get when 200,000 Taylor Swift fans all try to connect at once to get tickets. Guessing we are using a standard back-end for our ticketing system, although you'd expect to be able to turn off the option.
 
Oldman159 said:
Trying to buy a ticket for S’ton on line. First experience of the new website…..

I’m told I’m no. 41 in the queue and they will let me know by email when I can purchase it…at which point I will have limited time to complete the purchase….Anyone else getting this?

……Is this progress? I don’t think so
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You could always call.the ticket office.
 
Thanks Essex Yellows I was unaware of the wider IT issues earlier….

I shall revert to the tried and trusted phone land line then….
 
I’m nervous now because the season tickets get emailed out on the 22nd and I’m really worried that I won’t get mine
 
Depends if the ticket office could activate their card payment function or go up there with cash. I had to call EE back to upgrade my mobile plan - all good now.
 
Golden Dr Otto said:
Think we can cut the club some slack here guys. This isn’t on them.

The desire to find everything wrong with the club is a little wearing and verging on toxic in some cases. Plenty needs improvement but let’s try to keep some perspective
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Completely agree. Some things at the club aren’t right, whether that be the shambles of the ST’s going off sale, the lack of communication over that and other matters but not everything has to be a reason to beat the club with.
It does come across as a few who have an axe to grind against some at the club.

One positive for me so far is our summer signings. I can’t remember the last transfer window where every signing to date has been one that will either strengthen the team or a player for the future (Knightbridge being one).
Even the Ingram singing is a solid signing to have someone with his experience coming in as number 2 but at the same time, a keeper that will truly push Cummings for the number 1 shirt.
 
IT Outages bother me.
AI bothers me.
WIFI going down bothers me.
Reliance on satellites bothers me.

Tickets problems will seem like a pea in the Ocean when we all 'lose' our investments, and pensions. And we have to pay ransoms to hackers to access our dosh.

When that time comes cash will be king again.

In the mean time has my car charged as BT WIFI keeps dropping?
 
bdodwell said:
IT Outages bother me.
AI bothers me.
WIFI going down bothers me.
Reliance on satellites bothers me.

Tickets problems will seem like a pea in the Ocean when we all 'lose' our investments, and pensions. And we have to pay ransoms to hackers to access our dosh.

When that time comes cash will be king again.

In the mean time has my car charged as BT WIFI keeps dropping?
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Often thought this that if you really want to disable a company or country for that matter. All you have to do is disable the internet or satellites bringing them to a halt.

In business I see the triplicate book making a comeback 😀
 
SteMerritt said:
Well it shouldn't be for a pre-season match between Oxford and Southampton which will have a handful of people online at any given time, it is to handle the flood of server requests you get when 200,000 Taylor Swift fans all try to connect at once to get tickets. Guessing we are using a standard back-end for our ticketing system, although you'd expect to be able to turn off the option.
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I was thinking about this yesterday.

Leaving aside the outage, I don't get it. Back in the days of old-school (SS7 signalling) telecom (early 2000's)I sold systems that delivered thousands of SMS per second at peak times (New Year's Eve, declaration of Ramadan, Eid etc) which involved 1. get SMS in, 2. ask HLR where the recipient is and status info (blocked, shadowed etc), 3. receive answer and process it, 4. put SMS to outward path, 5. store / send billing info to billing system. Must have been a balance check for pre-paid at some point in the chain as well, Etisalat being one of the customers.

Ah, the good old days. Minimal management required to secure SS7 networks (access and performance) unlike today where it's all on the internet and nobody knows what's going on.
 
bdodwell said:
IT Outages bother me.
AI bothers me.
WIFI going down bothers me.
Reliance on satellites bothers me.

Tickets problems will seem like a pea in the Ocean when we all 'lose' our investments, and pensions. And we have to pay ransoms to hackers to access our dosh.

When that time comes cash will be king again.

In the mean time has my car charged as BT WIFI keeps dropping?
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I will also say things like this but in reality if the s**t hits the fan, I've got about £25 in cash in the house
 
I have had 78p in change in my wallet for about 2 years, been waiting for a time I can use it, nothing actually costs 78p or less though.

This thread is not far from one of those ones on social media where someone who works cash in hand says “cash is king” as if it wins any argument, rather than a cause for the tax man to investigate you.
 
Scrongo said:
I'm ready for the apocalypse, I've got my rucksack ready at the go 24/7. I've got a big wooden chest full of tins ,pasta ,rice etc etc . I've got all essential survival kit at the ready.
Be prepared as they say.
While everyone is running around crazily, looting & a shooting. I'll be safely hidden in the woods somewhere.. it's coming trust me...
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Damn. Any idea if it'll happen before Blackburn away or will I be ok booking trains?
 
Scrongo said:
I'm ready for the apocalypse, I've got my rucksack ready at the go 24/7. I've got a big wooden chest full of tins ,pasta ,rice etc etc . I've got all essential survival kit at the ready.
Be prepared as they say.
While everyone is running around crazily, looting & a shooting. I'll be safely hidden in the woods somewhere.. it's coming trust me...
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This isn't a joke I'd wager.
 
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