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  1. Was but given to another U2Start follower...
  2. Why does U2.com keep sending me codes?
    I already bought tickets
  3. It's the same code and if you already used it then you can't use it again. It's just promotion for new announced gigs.
  4. They don't keep track of which codes have been used nor for which show(s), so they just send the same newsletter to every paid subscriber: "If you haven’t already used your unique ticketing code to take part in #U2eiTour shows, you can take part in the upcoming presales for..."
  5. Until they audit the codes.
    If this happens I'll eat my shorts ! The collation exercise this would involve would cost a fortune and there is also the risk that cancelled tickets may not be able to be resold with a potential loss of revenue for Live Nation. And we all know how Live Nation feel about squeezing every last £ out of fans pockets!
  6. Originally posted by u2asortofhomecoming:Until they audit the codes.
    If this happens I'll eat my shorts ! The collation exercise this would involve would cost a fortune and there is also the risk that cancelled tickets may not be able to be resold with a potential loss of revenue for Live Nation. And we all know how Live Nation feel about squeezing every last £ out of fans pockets!
    It's not that hard to audit codes, you just ask every Ticketmaster to send you the codes used and in one hour you know the ones who have been using codes twice. And since they may claim its "not within the rules" they might cancel your tickets without a refund.

    But yeah, we'll see
  7. It IS difficult to audit the codes. Each TM across Europe are separate entities. It also assumes a database that is easily interrogated and then information in each website can easily be formatted so cross referencing can be done. Having let many software contracts, manipulation of data from different platforms is never easy.
  8. It's all cash in the live nation bank and U2 fulfill their contract obligations. Everyone is a winner .
  9. Originally posted by u2asortofhomecoming:It IS difficult to audit the codes. Each TM across Europe are separate entities. It also assumes a database that is easily interrogated and then information in each website can easily be formatted so cross referencing can be done. Having let many software contracts, manipulation of data from different platforms is never easy.
    It’s a list of codes mate, how difficult can it be? I’ve also led many software projects but any rookie engineer should be able to extract such a list from any ticketing system. I’m sure this is also in the contract between promoter and seller.

    But ok, we’re drifting.
  10. TM UK and Ireland are linked.
  11. Yes, it is a list of codes and when you eneter the code to be able to enter the pre-sale, the vendor obviously checks whether the code is valid - I mean if you enter random letters, it will surely not let you in. It should be extremely simple to invalidate the code after the use and to do it authomatically. Way more simple than people doing an audit afterwards. Honestly I don't understand why is such a simple thing done (or is pretended to be done) in such an obscure way, when today all information is shared instantly.
  12. Originally posted by Remy:[..]
    It's not that hard to audit codes, you just ask every Ticketmaster to send you the codes used and in one hour you know the ones who have been using codes twice. And since they may claim its "not within the rules" they might cancel your tickets without a refund.

    But yeah, we'll see
    Has there ever been a real audit that let to cancellation of tickets? 'Cause I read about some people on here using their code mutiple times without repurcussions
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