Led Zeppelin Fans: 'We're The Victims Of Ticket Code Clampdown'

• by Scott Colothan
• Wednesday, October 03, 2007
• Photo by: WENN
• filed in: Rock

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• how can the fat git distinguish between those who bought a passcode and those who were given one by a friend/relative? mine was a gift off my step-dad. i tell you, if i can’t go, this will turn legal.

  ~ by spidermantra 10/3/2007

  

  • i’m with you...if i can’t get in with the tickets I paid for, I’ll be looking for a class action suit on this guy

    ~ by zep_head 10/4/2007

• Goldsmith needs to change the policy now, He is hurting the real fan.

  ~ by Mike, san diego 10/3/2007

  

  • Re: The Ded Zeppelin Fiasco ( ded as in no Bonzo ) Spot on good people , Mr Goldsmith is suffering from a massive dose of inflated EGO and TOTAL hypocrisy.The industry is playing the fans for suckers and ,indeed, the London gig will be full of the usual ’Live Aid’ champagne quaffing fools who devalued that event. Mr Ertegun, and Peter Grant (bless him)would have kicked Harvey G’s butt all the way to China... a tawdry end to a ’once’ great band.

    ~ by Martin UK 10/4/2007

• The codes were legally bought and sold under the original terms and conditions. Changing the terms after allocation is impossible, buyers and sellers of the codes should sue for damages. What a mess

  ~ by Zoso 10/3/2007

  

  • I agree. We won the ballot on my 12 year old son’s computer. Obviously, he’s not flying to London from California, but my wife and I are (diehard fans). If they’re saying this is not valid, that’s a screw job and wasn’t in the original rules.

    ~ by Todd 10/4/2007

• there are no touts - just one and that is Mr Goldsmith. Who really believes that his company is not giving the tickets to ”touts” in order to drive maximum exposure to this event. On the other hand, it would easy for Led Zeppelin to counteract and organise a small tour. Obviously Led Zeppelin have done nothing rwong but sometimes you wonder why playing a few more gigs is such a big issue. See Prince or the Spice Girls. Fans had the choice and prices fell quickly after m

  ~ by Jason Brundle 10/3/2007

  

• The worst part is the terms of the contest were changed after the passcodes were given out. The tickets have always been non-transferrable, the passcodes had no such stipulation attached. It is a fraud to change the rules now, and Harvey calls the touts unscrupulous???

  ~ by Edward, NYC 10/3/2007

  

• I bought code & tix If Harvey Goldsmith wants to be heavy at least cancel codes now, not just at ticket collect time on Sun/Mon of gig. Has he any concept of what the reaction will be if he does that. Also, the 2-faced b***, if he’s so uppity about touts and ensuring ’real fans’ get tix how come there was an early announcement of VIP tickets for £750 to £1000 and why only sell about 3/4 of the O2’s capacity. Why can’t the ’real’ fans be

  ~ by airwavey 10/3/2007

  

• there are no touts - just one and that is Mr Goldsmith. Who really believes that his company is not giving the tickets to ”touts” in order to drive maximum exposure to this event. Also it’d be easy for Led Zeppelin to counteract and organise a tour. Obviously the band did nothing wrong but you wonder why playing a few more gigs is such a biggie. See Prince or Spice Girls. Fans get a choice & prices fell after more gigs were announced.

  ~ by Jason Brundle 10/3/2007

  

• there are no touts - just one and that is Mr Goldsmith. Who really believes that his company is not giving the tickets to ”touts” in order to drive maximum exposure to this event. Also it’d be easy for Led Zeppelin to counteract and organise a tour. Obviously the band did nothing wrong but you wonder why playing a few more gigs is such a biggie. See Prince or Spice Girls. Fans get a choice & prices fell after more gigs were announced.

  ~ by Jason Brundle 10/3/2007

  

• A Gift???? I can distinguish someone who entered multiple times using friends/relatives details. Serves you right, tosser.

  ~ by A real fan who entered once! 10/3/2007

  

• This policy is awesome!!! It puts everyone in the world on the same level playing field with an equal opportunity of obtaining tickets. I’m so sorry to hear that you rich snobs don’t have an unfair advantage because your $2500 won’t get you a ticket ;) On the contrary, Peter Grant would LOVE this system. ALL TICKETS SHOULD BE SOLD THIS WAY. It would put the jerk scalpers of the world out of business. Besides, doesn’t everyone have a photo ID? So what’s the b

  ~ by Bonzo 10/3/2007

  

• what does that fat F**ck really care?They should have put the tickets onsale to the general public and you pick up the tickets the day of the show.people would have to enter the buliding once they pick up the tickets with no exit.this lottery only helped the scalpers as they created programs that generated hundered of bogus names.does it matter if u buy a code off a scalper?wouldnt the truest of fans only pay the scalper?this is crazier then some star trek episodes.who is really getting

  ~ by steve USA 10/3/2007

  

• By some miracle I won a ticket but my b/f who’s a die hard Zep fan bought it as it stated explicitly in my email that the purchaser had to be there to collect and it was more likely that if one of couldn’t go it would be me. Because we protected ourselves against this we have now shot ourselves in the foot and will have our tickets cancelled. It’s not just peole who paid money to touts who are losing out.

  ~ by kidekat 10/3/2007

  

• I love the lottery.I am not a Zeppelin fan but registered close to 100 times under different names. I received an email Monday with a passcode. I sold it on EBAY for $3999.99 The Ahmet charity did not receive a penny. I made out, Ebay made a couple of bucks and the zeppelin fan can’t see his show. Who wins from all this? The airlines may even make a profit. Can’t wait for next round of codes to be issued to see if I win again. I spent all my money on drugs.

  ~ by chiief 10/3/2007

  

  • What goes round comes round A-hole

    ~ by SMP 10/5/2007

• well I AM a zeppelin fan (you should be too) but i may not be able to go to the show, I should be able to sell my tickets......

  ~ by jah 10/3/2007

  

  • No jah, unlike friggin’ Ticketmaster, if you can’t attend, these guys will REFUND your money. How’s that for a novel idea? Duh!

    ~ by Bonzo 10/3/2007

• the ballot was flawed.the sclpers entered and won.if the scalper has a winning ballot & doesnt wanna go and I do,what does it matter?this was stupid way to do things.this was bound to happen.what does it matter If I pay for a code?I am the origial purchaser.they better refund the money right away or there will be a legal mess on their hands..It says nothing about the original ballot winner.just the original purchaser.this is like changing the rules after the two minute warning.promoter srewe

  ~ by jeff,usa 10/3/2007

  

• Before the tickets were selected for lottery and during the time period we all were registering for the lottery; it was specifically stated to NOT buy tickets from any other source and that measures would be taken to prevent the outside sale of any tickets. Does no one remember this fact?? The ones losing out are the promoter and the band whom are being thrown into a negative light. I fully support the regulation of these tickets. I didn’t get one but sounds like there still hope for m

  ~ by nancy 10/3/2007

  

  • Did yu read my post above? It is the real fans who are losing out not just people who bought of the tours.

    ~ by kidekat 10/4/2007

• I didn’t get a ticket but I support Harvey as he is trying to stop the touts. I want to go as much as anybody else and this policy will give all fans a fair chance of getting a ticket. Its simple don’t buy from a tout and you can’t loose your money. I feel sorry for those who have already bought a passcode from EBay as I almost did the same until I saw the warnings. I hope they decide to play Knebworth in the summer and a large screen of the show in London on the night would be

  ~ by Steven Carr 10/3/2007

  

• If there was a film of the event or a pay per view offered then these touts wouldn’t have the leverage to rip off the fans as much. Check this out: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pleasereadtheletter/

  ~ by Charles 10/3/2007

  

• 30 years later and the ”Promoters” are still acting like scum. The song indeed remains the same.

  ~ by W 10/3/2007

  

• I’ve bought my tickets with my husband’s credit card! Will they cancel my tickets because of different names?? I CAN’T BELIEVE!!!!

  ~ by Linda 10/3/2007

  

• I was given a code by my Girlfriend and booked tickets in my name for both of us. The address does not match up as she lives at a different address. Now I am left not knowing if I will get to the concert!

  ~ by Sean 10/3/2007

  

• i bought a code and used it as soon as i got it, i didnt care how much i paid for it. they are my favorite band of all time and i am willing to go from Wisconsin USA to London for them and now ive learned after the fact im out the money. to think i bought 2 tickets to a show they wont let me in is pethetic. they want the real fans to win? let them keep there tickets they paid dearly for and let them see the band that they love. what will happen the day of the show when theres empty seats?

  ~ by Jason 10/3/2007

  

• Who cares. They will be crap anyway.

  ~ by Bonzo 10/3/2007

  

• I am a life long Zeppelin fan who saw them in ballrooms and city halls in the early days and at Earls Court (after all night queueing) and Knebworth. I didn’t win in the Lottery so I bought a code so that I can see the best rock band in the world one more time. And now these tickets might be cancelled. I am desparate to go to this show. Harvey has got this seriously wrong and needs to think again.

  ~ by dick 10/3/2007

  

• This situation is such a mess the original confirmation emaill said NOTHING about the passcodes being non-trasferable, only that you need to produce the credit card used to collect tickets. You can’t just make up the rules as you go along Mr Goldsmith and Co. It not Fair. They should have taken credit card details on the ORIGINAL BALLOT ENTRIES but they didn’t and now they are trying to play a game of catch up. We really need to hear from ticketmaster directly on this topic.

  ~ by jojo 10/3/2007

  

• just bought 2 tickets why did you not tell me this before Mr Goldsmith (I am avoiding swearing)I have paid £1000 I have all the cd’every bootleg,saw them at knebworth and you say I cant get in..there may be trouble ahead..especially when you have changed the rules retrospectively

  ~ by trainbanger 10/3/2007

  

• Big zeppelin with their funky sound. How I like to listen to that with a ticket monolicket. Spaniel get down, uncle sam’s my man.

  ~ by darvish 10/3/2007

  

• its going to be interestin seein how many celebs are at this event considerin in was a lottery. i reckon an amount of tickets had been pre booked prior to the lottery

  ~ by stu 10/3/2007

  

• I bought a passcode and bought tickets and received confirmation from Ticketmaster asking me to bring ID and my credit card that was used to make the purchase. Does this mean I can possibly turn up at the gig and not be allowed in? I’ll be coming from Australia

  ~ by Sick Again 10/3/2007

  

  • Yes. Your name is not the one who signed up for the registration which was assigned to your pass code. According to Mr. Goldsmith those must match.

    ~ by Bonzo 10/3/2007

• I bought a passcode and bought tickets and received confirmation from Ticketmaster asking me to bring ID and my credit card that was used to make the purchase. Does this mean I can possibly turn up at the gig and not be allowed in? I’ll be coming from Australia

  ~ by Sick Again 10/3/2007

  

• I wonder what the band thinks about all this negitivity Mr Goldsmith is creating behind their good deed. Is this not a charity event.Can you even imagine the riot outside the 02 when they start turning away fans from around the world.Not to mention the lawsuits to follow! Mr Goldsmith needs to just RELAX and let it be!

  ~ by Zep Fan 1 10/3/2007

  

• Sounds like sour grapes to me. Both from fans who failed to get tickets and touts who did but will have difficulty selling them on. Sure there will freeloading liggers but we all knew that. Ticket issue process is fine simply because people that dragged in friends and pseudo identities to make multiple applications in the hope of making a quick buck could now lose out. I applied but failed, hey life ’s tough. I saw them at Earls Court in 75 anyway, when they were at the top of their game.

  ~ by mark mccormack 10/4/2007

  

• Jees, what a bunch of whiners. Some advice. ONLY ENTER ONCE!!!! With YOUR name, not uncle Bill’s or your Brother in Law’s etc. Laugh, I nearly got the beers in.

  ~ by Les Paul 10/4/2007

  

• I sent a message to Goldsmith on his sight, I am sure many other have also. Killing codes because they were sold or have the wrong name attatched to the credit card is wrong. I wonder how many people used the significant others credit card to make the purchase, and now they wont have tickets? I would be extremely angry. As for the quality of show comments, maybe he can’t reach as high a tone as he used to, but I would drop a couple grand to go see’m sing, and Jimmy rock any time, the

  ~ by Everett 10/4/2007

  

• You are letting desperation colour your judgement. It should have been clear since before the concert was even confirmed that any touted tickets would be cancelled. Paying hundreds of Pounds for a number is stupidity beyond measure to me. Rather than squabbling amongst ourselves we should be putting as much pressure, as possible, on the band (Mr Plant!) to do The World Tour we are all so desperate for.

  ~ by Steve Shaw 10/4/2007

  

  • You are exactly right - it SHOULD have been clear. But it wasn’t. There was clearly no reference ANYWHERE to warn me that if I bought a code it would be invalid. I’m not psychic and I can’t receive terms & conditions telapathically!! After the fact is too late and not legal. Count me in on a class-action. Harvey can pay for my tickets, my tout fee, my hotel and my airfare if I don’t get in.

    ~ by Ray 10/7/2007

• Demand clearly exceeds supply, only a select few will attend. The promoter is only trying to ensure that those selected are truly a random selection of fans that all pay the same amount for their tickets. How can you fault him for that. The FAQ referenced in the congratulatory email clearly stated that the passocdes were not transferable. I sympathize with those who want to attend and won’t be able to, but in this world the buyer must beware.

  ~ by ticketholder 10/4/2007

  

  • I have the email in front of me, and nowhere does it mention that the passcode is not transferrable. Mr Goldsmith stated that it was obvious that this was the case, then went and changed the terms and conditions after many, including myslef, purchased tickets. If it were obvious, then why change the terms and conditions?

    ~ by Mike 10/9/2007

• the only people who are moaning here are people who DIDNT PLAY BY THE RULES.. and tried to CHEAT THE SYSTEM with more registrations than should have been used. Get a grip, you fucked up, deal with your consequences. I registered once and played fair, you didnt, now you will be punished and i will have a chance to win a deserving ticket. Good on Harvey goldsmith, doing the right thing! as for people under 18 not allowed due to credit cards, get a debit card! its not rocket science.

  ~ by www.ledzeppelinrock.com 10/4/2007

  

  • Its not rockets science, true, but it is legal science. I like you, only registered once and didn’t win. I did purchase a passcode, but only AFTER carefully reading the terms and conditions, which are legally binding. It was not made clear that the passcodes could not be transferred, in fact, it wasn’t mentioned at all. Only after I purchased the passcode and the tickets did I see the terms and conditions change. I’m going to London, and getting into the concert. simple.

    ~ by Mike 10/9/2007

• Did it occur to anyone that Led Zeppelin hired Mr. Goldsmith, and that Mr. Goldsmith is simply following Zeppelin’s wishes? Also, this is NOT the first time that Zeppelin has required attendees to show valid ID when attending a concert. If Madison Square Garden or Chicago arena, etc. staff asked you to produce ID before entering the Zeppelin concerts, and you had no ID, you could NOT get in, unless they allowed you in. In this case, could it be nothing more than Led Zeppelin saying: no sca

  ~ by Russell Evans 10/4/2007

  

• Did it occur to anyone that Led Zeppelin hired Mr. Goldsmith, and that Mr. Goldsmith is simply following Zeppelin’s wishes? Also, this is NOT the first time that Zeppelin has required attendees to show valid ID when attending a concert. If Madison Square Garden or Chicago arena, etc. staff asked you to produce ID before entering the Zeppelin concerts, and you had no ID, you could NOT get in, unless they allowed you in. In this case, could it be nothing more than Led Zeppelin saying: no sca

  ~ by Russell_Evans 10/4/2007

  

• ticketholder??? cockholder more like!!! suck my balls!

  ~ by anon 10/4/2007

  

• Reply to Ticketholder, Firstly, the FAQ was not referenced in the congradulatory email. Second the FAQ on the Ahmet website, which I assume you refer to, were changed about 30 hours AFTER the email came out. Many people had already signed up by then non matching credit cards (because the email said you could) or because they bought off ebay. Rewriting the FAQ is fraudulent misrepresentation plain and simple.

  ~ by Edward, NYC 10/4/2007

  

• If people would stop buying tickets from touts this wouldn’t have been an issue in the first place. It was made abundantly clear from the beginning that you had to be selected to attend the gig so for people to go and buy tickets from touts regardless is rediculous. The touts would have been forced to reject the codes had people not been so weak minded and as a result seats would have gone back into the ballot. Now places will be wasted as people get turned away on the day of the gig.

  ~ by Kevin Tarn 10/4/2007

  

  • Oh please! ”so weak minded”???? Egads man, you are truly no fan. Most true Zep-heads would do ANYTHING for a ticket...beg, borrow, or steal. Please come down off your high horse, sir, you wiper of other people’s buttocks!

    ~ by Algernon 10/4/2007

  • And, by the way, learn to spell...or barring that, use a freaking spell checker. The word is RIDICULOUS, not ”rediculous”.

    ~ by Algernon 10/4/2007

• I gave my Led Zepelin T-shirt to a young man in a liquor store in Mt. Pleasant, Charleston, when Iwas visiting from London He had entered lottery and I wonder if there is any way of ascertaining whether he was lucky in the ballot.

  ~ by Christine 10/4/2007

  

• ONCE AGAIN... If there was a film of the event or a pay per view offered then these touts wouldn’t have the leverage to rip off the fans as much. Check this out: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pleasereadtheletter/

  ~ by Charles 10/4/2007

  

• I don’t think the organizers are trying to intentionally hurt the fans. They are trying to make the process FAIR AMOUNG FANS as well as eliminating touting. Not all true fans have thousands of dollars to spend on this, trust me if I did I would use every penny for this opportunity. If the point is to eliminate touting, then it also makes sense to keep fans in check to want to cheat just because they make more money than the rest of us!

  ~ by come on second round 10/4/2007

  

• I think the fact that Atlantic records is an american company. They should be playing america, for one. Robert Plant not wanting to give a farewell to the people that lined his pockets with gold is a disgrace. I think if they don’t play America, all americans should burn their CD’S and records. Radio stations should stop playing their music.

  ~ by Led Ballon 10/4/2007

  

• Mr Goldsmith, who has years of organising huge shows seems to have really cocked-up this time. This is however a charity gig for and tribute so you have to expect it to not be fair. I am lucky as I got a tciket but understand the frustration of those fans who did not.

  ~ by Warby 10/4/2007

  

• So...ZEP can party & write songs about their adventures in New Orleans back in the day but now? IMAGINE the boost they could have paid back to that entire region if they had the BALLS to hold the show there instead ofthe ”Big Brother is Watching YOU” City.

  ~ by DAMN YANKEE 10/4/2007

  

• How will the two sets of data match up...did it say anywhere on the original winning email that you had to show THAT at the box office. Ticketmaster state you need the card that bought the ticket, the order confirmation and photo ID. That’s it. The tickets cost enough ( although worth it!!) Ticketmaster and therefore the charity have had the right amount of money ...what is the problem. Also I though it was against confidentiality rights for one organisation to to share personal data with

  ~ by Living Loving Maid 10/4/2007

  

• When people paid for the tickets there was NO INFORMATION that the pass codes are non transferable. The only information was that to obtain your purchased tickets you need your photo ID and it needs to match the credit card that you used to purchase your tickets. What are they going to do then people start selling their other ticket to someone else, they can’t stop that?! The next thing on eBay is people selling the other ticket…

  ~ by Crow 10/4/2007

  

• my daughter applied for two tickets for my Birthday present. she would be unable to go being a single parent of two and breastfeeding, living 150 miles away from the gig. so we were unlucky, even so had she paid £250 for a present we could not have enjoyed that would have been a double whammy for all of us, this is Goldsmith gone nuts

  ~ by J Davies 10/4/2007

  

• Here is another one, what happens if your credit card is lost or stolen, and a new number is issued. Take this and all the people who bought a ticket with the wife or significant other, there is going to be a riot. Especially when someone travels 5000 miles and can’t get in, not to mention law suits. I think things will be alot less strict at the door, especially for those that had travelled several thousand miles.

  ~ by Worried 10/4/2007

  

• While it appears that everyone in the world is supposed to be aware that Harvey’s running this ”Ballot” for tickets, I’d guess plenty of people have NO CLUE WHO HE IS, or that he told people not to buy on Ebay. There are bound to be people who heard there was going to be a concert,&looked on Ebay for tickets when Ticketmaster showed none available. While Ebay is always at buyers risk, HARVEY is the one who had the power to keep passcodes from ever going to Ebay. Why

  ~ by still disgusted 10/5/2007

  

• ha-ha

  ~ by Pablo 10/5/2007

  

• My friend registered and won but I paid for the tickets. We would be going together but apprently this is still a problem. Nowhere on the original email or any T&C’s did it say the CC booking would be crosschecked against the original registration name. This is a disgrace and was badly thought out and executed. Zep = Bad Karma yet again.

  ~ by JonnyB 10/5/2007

  

• I agree that this whole process was flawed and anyone with an ounce of sense would have seen this coming. The T&C’s are being changed on the fly and I’m doubtful as to the legality of it to be honest. I hope Mr Goldsmith is paying for a massive police presence on the day as, in the words of the KC’s - ”I predict a riot”. This is a farce.

  ~ by JonnyB 10/5/2007

  

• In the second email from ahmettribute.com : ”The passcodes are NOT TRANSFERABLE and belong only to the winning registrant.” This is NEW, it was NOT STATED in the winning email earlier ! These are NEW terms for buying tickets added AFTER many tickets have already been SOLD by TicketMasters. It CANNOT be done!

  ~ by Bea 10/5/2007

  

• If people don’t get in because of ticket mixups, then Mr Goldsmith is going to have plenty of credit card chargebacks, under the nondelivery of goods or service rules. I imagine one of the reasons, why you need to get your armband the day before the concert, is to clear up and verify situations where family or friends bought the ticket. ie (geographic area matches - you get in, prove you are family memeber - you get it, etc).

  ~ by worried 10/5/2007

  

• I can’t believe what this is turning into ! It was supposed to be a WONDERFUL event (one most fans no longer hoped for ...), it was supposed to be a BIG CELEBRATION of a FANTASTIC GROUP and its GREAT record company, it was supposed to be a CHARITY, it was supposed to be a GREAT PARTY for all Zep fans, probably the LAST ONE as Robert put it lately... (to be ctd)

  ~ by Bea 10/5/2007

  

• (ctd 1) And now look ! It has turned into a nightmare, it has brought terrible DISAPPOINTMENT, which will probably be followed by a lot of anger and RESENTMENT... This is TOO SAD ! I do hope they will RECONSIDER the question and view it in this PERSPECTIVE before putting their threats into acts... for the sake of the greatest band in rock history and for the sake of all their fans... (to be ctd)

  ~ by Bea 10/5/2007

  

• (ctd 2) And I’m sure that maintaining the validity of the tickets purchased up to now would not prevent to have a second and third ballot, this time with rules clear for all that play the game... PLEASE Harvey Goldsmith and TicketMAster... reconsider your position in this light !

  ~ by Bea 10/5/2007

  

• Any info yet if any Lawyers have been contacted for a potential clsss action/fraud Lawsuit against Harvey Goldsmith and Ticketmaster if Goldsmith follows through with these threats?.I think Ticketmaster has the trump card in all of this.I dont think Ticketmaster wants to be in the middle of this mess that was created by Harvey Goldsmith.You cant change the rules after the fact.Especially when it says nothing whatsoever about the non treansfer of codes.Tickets r are not codes.tickets r tickets

  ~ by steve USA 10/5/2007

  

• Any info yet if any Lawyers have been contacted for a potential clsss action/fraud Lawsuit against Harvey Goldsmith and Ticketmaster if Goldsmith follows through with these threats?.I think Ticketmaster has the trump card in all of this.I dont think Ticketmaster wants to be in the middle of this mess that was created by Harvey Goldsmith.You cant change the rules after the fact.Especially when it says nothing whatsoever about the non treansfer of codes.Tickets r are not codes.tickets r tickets

  ~ by rockinmetalforever2000 10/5/2007

  

  • Amen to that! Any legal minds/Led Zeppelin fans out there that can enlighten us?

    ~ by rpwcpw 10/5/2007

• I would hope that the UK has laws in place that protect the consumer.

  ~ by rockinmetalforever2000 10/5/2007

  

• I live in the USA.are there any other forum sin the UK that this is being discussed on?plse let me know

  ~ by rockinmetalforever2000 10/5/2007

  

• Try this: http://www.led-zeppelin.com/forums/ index.php?board=22.0

  ~ by Algernon 10/5/2007

  

• I am from Canada and got tickets as a gift from a non-Zeppelin fan friend. I MUST go to this concert - to not get there is unacceptable. Please post here if there are other forums or websites or venues to pursue this further. Legally, they just can’t be allowed to change the terms and get away with it.

  ~ by Carrie in Canada 10/5/2007

  

  • Carrie, What city in Canada are you from? I’m in Vancouver. Perhaps I can fly you there in exchange for a ticket?

    ~ by dale. 10/11/2007

• Quote from http://www.harveygoldsmith.com/comments.php?blog=28#comments see Submitted by pl on 06.Oct.2007 02:54 I have set up a mailing list for discussion of any formal legal case: Just send an email with SUBSCRIBE as the subject to: ledzep.legal@level83.com To unsub just send an email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject at any time. Once subscribed any email sent to ledzep.legal@level83.com will go to every member on the list. I hav

  ~ by spanner 10/6/2007

  

• From ”http://www.harveygoldsmith.com/comments.php?blog=28#comments” Submitted by pl on 06.Oct.2007 02:54 I have set up a mailing list for discussion of any formal legal case: Just send an email with SUBSCRIBE as the subject to: ledzep.legal@level83.com To unsub just send an email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject at any time. Once subscribed any email sent to ledzep.legal@level83.com will go to every member on the list.

  ~ by spanner 10/6/2007

  

• Harvey’s cocked it royally and is damaging LZ’s reputation. Harvey FAILED to announce the selling/resale restrictions until after the draw took place. As a result, loads of non-Zep fans across the globe saw the chance to make a quick buck and clogged the ballot. Now Harvey has a flawed database, clogged with chancers, for every new ballot he runs. The only way fans can go is as someone’s new best friend, cancel those bastards on ebay Harvey. They’re going to get the big m

  ~ by Richard 10/6/2007

  

• I bought a code for £1000 - I used the code at ticketmaster, I paid for my tickets, my seats are allocated, I have a reference code to use to pick up my tickets/wristbands on the day of the show. the ticketmaster site tells me I have to produce my credit card used to purchase the tickets to pick them up. Now it appears I will have a problem on the day. Sounds like my seats are being sold to someone else. They can’t do this once tickets are issued right? We all need to stick together o

  ~ by bron-yr-aur-stomper 10/6/2007

  

• I didn’t BUY or SELL any damn passcode, but Harvey Goldsmith says my ticket will be invalid because it was paid for with a credit card other than mine? Why didn’t they tell me this when I was told I won the lottery? Why didn’t Ticketmaster say this on the page where I ordered the tickets? W H Y ????

  ~ by Mike- USA 10/7/2007

  

• Please, Mr Goldsmith and team members, recognize that what has happened has happened, even if it is not what you had intended. And, as for NOW, please HONOUR all the tickets that have been purchased through Ticketmaster up to now by the fans, based on an ”ambiguous” set of rules (to say the least...) ! This will only show BENEVOLENCE and MAGNANIMITY on your part towards them and will preserve the festive spirit of the event. (to be ctd)

  ~ by Bea 10/7/2007

  

• (ctd) Moreover, I don’t see that this will prevent you from making a second draw for remaining tickets, this time with rules clear from the start to everybody. As for the touts you legitimately want to fight, please realize that they would not be affected in any way by a cancellation of tickets at this point ! So please, make the right decision, the generous one : HONOUR THE TICKETS PURCHASED AND MAKE A 2ND DRAW !

  ~ by Bea 10/7/2007

  

• I’ve just read a post on Harveys site by ’Bea’. This person basically says that the touts are done and gone on this - they’ve got their money. The only people now affected are the fans. The very people Harvey ’cares about’ if he does then he’ll let the current lot of purchases go through. What he does now does not affect any touts.

  ~ by grim 10/7/2007

  

  • what Harvey does now will affect the fans. Those who read Non Transferable and believed it and are waiting for all those tickets to be re-entered into the ballot for a 2nd chance The rules weren’t changed simply expanded on for those who didn’t understand the ’Non Transferable’ bit. You won, your going ..A friend/ relative won you go with them or talk things through .. You ebay, you don’t get in as per rules Day 1. Harvey should do what he promised the FANS and give

    ~ by not-but wishing he was going 10/7/2007

• I too am one of the ones who bought the passcodes BEFORE Harvey changed the rules and screwed us. You can also leave comments at the blog lzticketripoff.com or e-mail rd@lzticketripoff.com if you want to add your name to a possible class action claim list.

  ~ by Pissed Off 10/7/2007

  

• I know someone who was successful in the ballot but has absolutely no interest in going to the gig. She now wants £3,000 for 2 tickets because she read that she can get that much!! She deserves to get stuck with tickets she can’t sell because she deprived a genuine fan of those tickets and while techically she is not a professional tout what she did is exactly what touts do.

  ~ by Jon 10/8/2007

  

• You poms call them Touts, we call them Scalpers, either way they aren’t popular people. I hope everyone who bought tickets off Scalpers should lose the money and tickets for the greater good. I’m glad Harvey’s standing up against Scalpers and I don’t care who gets hit with some ”friendly fire”.

  ~ by Mags 10/9/2007

  

• www.ledzeppelinlawsuit.com

  ~ by wiseone 10/12/2007

  

• With it being a fund raiser, Goldsmith could have just as easily said that the tickets would go into an auction ran by the organisers. If he did the money raised would have been more than ten times the amount that has actually been raised because hundreds of Zep fans would be paying thousands of pounds. Not all Zep fans can afford thousands and so he tried to put a cap on the price. So essentially he had the majority of the fans in mind when choosing the system he employed. 2 b cont.

  ~ by Fuzz 10/13/2007

  

• Funny how you can still buy VIP tickets from touts on the net at silly prices,been offered 10 together,they must have friends in high places to get a block of ten!

  ~ by phil 10/15/2007

  

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