12-07-2022, 11:01 PM
Nick Salmon,
Thanks for the reply - I am not having a go at the organisers
"The Fire Service College requires to know who is on site." This is what I do not understand -are they doing background checks on the entrants?
If I had booked in the name of Joe Soap would my application have been rejected? If I had a ticket and gave it to a mate how would they know?
"As a volunteer group we knew we would not have the capacity to be dealing with months and months of changes to bookings, ticket swaps, refunds etc. So from the outset we made it absolutely crystal clear to everyone that there was no possibility of changing the booking or getting a refund."
I appreciate this but why can people not swap tickets privately?
"That message was repeated and heavily emphasised during the booking process right up to the point of payment. If someone did not like that requirement then they did not have to book. Some 2,500 people decided that they would accept the requirement, and with it the consequences.
We really are genuinely sorry that there will be some people who cannot use their tickets and others who would like to use them but that is not, and never has been, possible."
That is the reason I, sadly, will not be there next week - last September I could not be 100% certain I could attend and knowing how limited the numbers were and that I couldn't transfer a ticket I decided not to apply.
Ian Dunford
"It is not possible to change the situation,and I think that those of us intelligent enough to understand the terms of entry,would be happy to be left to enjoy the event,without this perpetual carping."
i really hope you enjoy a great event next week. I did not buy my A7 recently - it must be nearly 25 years ago you did a great job refurbishing my A7 wheels and I have a lovely handwritten letter from you from about 1982 when I enquired about a replacement crankshaft. I have never been the sharpest tool in the box but I was intelligent to understand the terms of entry which is why I decided not to apply. I am sorry you find some genuine posts "perpetual carping"
Thanks for the reply - I am not having a go at the organisers
"The Fire Service College requires to know who is on site." This is what I do not understand -are they doing background checks on the entrants?
If I had booked in the name of Joe Soap would my application have been rejected? If I had a ticket and gave it to a mate how would they know?
"As a volunteer group we knew we would not have the capacity to be dealing with months and months of changes to bookings, ticket swaps, refunds etc. So from the outset we made it absolutely crystal clear to everyone that there was no possibility of changing the booking or getting a refund."
I appreciate this but why can people not swap tickets privately?
"That message was repeated and heavily emphasised during the booking process right up to the point of payment. If someone did not like that requirement then they did not have to book. Some 2,500 people decided that they would accept the requirement, and with it the consequences.
We really are genuinely sorry that there will be some people who cannot use their tickets and others who would like to use them but that is not, and never has been, possible."
That is the reason I, sadly, will not be there next week - last September I could not be 100% certain I could attend and knowing how limited the numbers were and that I couldn't transfer a ticket I decided not to apply.
Ian Dunford
"It is not possible to change the situation,and I think that those of us intelligent enough to understand the terms of entry,would be happy to be left to enjoy the event,without this perpetual carping."
i really hope you enjoy a great event next week. I did not buy my A7 recently - it must be nearly 25 years ago you did a great job refurbishing my A7 wheels and I have a lovely handwritten letter from you from about 1982 when I enquired about a replacement crankshaft. I have never been the sharpest tool in the box but I was intelligent to understand the terms of entry which is why I decided not to apply. I am sorry you find some genuine posts "perpetual carping"