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bosgal Dec 15th, 2016 11:11 PM

Anyone purchased NYE Fireworks Tickets on Gumtree
 
I logged on to the Mayor's website for the second batch of tickets released for the NYE Fireworks display and I couldn't get in and when I finally did, it was all gone. We will be visiting London and hoping to experience the fireworks in the designated viewing areas. Are we pretty much out of luck or are the ones being sold on gumtree valid(yes, for more than the !0 pounds it cost originally ;(

Thanks!

bosgal Dec 15th, 2016 11:11 PM

Ooooops, this is for LONDON

janisj Dec 16th, 2016 12:12 AM

I wouldn't personally. It is a mad house w/ hundreds of thousands of people in the ticketed area.

Rubicund Dec 16th, 2016 12:51 AM

You take a big chance if you buy tickets from other than the official sources. If you're being asked to pay before you get the tickets, then there's a good chance that you either won't get them or they'll be forgeries. If you can see them before you pay, then I'd maybe go ahead.

There's no way we can know if what's being sold on Gumtree or any other site are valid tickets.

Hooameye Dec 16th, 2016 01:15 AM

"I wouldn't personally. It is a mad house w/ hundreds of thousands of people in the ticketed area."

Exactly, do what millions of other (sensible) people do, watch it on TV.

PatrickLondon Dec 16th, 2016 08:23 AM

I third that (as on the other thread where someone asked about it). Unless you really like being in the middle of a YUUGE crowd and getting crushed on the journey back to your bed (and who knows how long that might take), I really wouldn't bother. Even if the tickets are genuine.


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