I'm entered and it was an absolute pain in the arse!
The new site didn't work on any of the three computers I have on my desk. I had to go and find one some where else in the building.
The price has gone up, why? Plus a booking fee, again why?
Nearly £200 for a 70.3 is over the top.
It boast all over the site that they had 8,000 people pre-register, so they surely thought we might be quite busy when registration opens. Poor planning from the off. For that amount of money I don't expect problems, you don't get them with races abroad? So why the UK.
I'm in too - I couldn't believe the price though! The email I received yesterday said booking would be open from 9am but I checked the website out at 8.30 and managed to submit my application then with no problems at all.
I jumped on early at about 8:10 this morning, and went striaght through the entry process, no problems. I can only assume it's slowed due to the amount of traffic. Price is steep, but what other options is there for some of us. For 8 months of fear, it's a bargain.
Entry fees are something that really get my goat. Train tickets, concert tickets, sporting events, (don't even get me started on budget airlines...)
Don't you think it's suspicious that £8.75 is exactly 5% of £175? That's not an accurate assessment of the true cost to facilitate online entry, that's a lazy 5% charge. And it's bo11ocks, in my (humble) opinion.
When there's only one possible method of entry, there's no need to slap an entry fee on - it should be included in the fee. There's an tri event management company in the E Midds, who run a series of very well organised events, who slap an entry fee on online entries, but not on postal - what's that about? Surely it's more expensive to have somebody ripping open envelopes and typing in details than it is to use their online system!
And concert tickets vary hugely in the fees the ticket sales companies charge, all of which seem to be related to the cost of the event. Again, bo11ocks! Assess the transaction fee, add your profit on, and charge that. Better still , put it in the cost of the ticket and make us all feel a little better when we read "no admin charge". After all that, Ticketmaster charge £2.50 for first class post. On what planet?????!!!!
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The new site didn't work on any of the three computers I have on my desk. I had to go and find one some where else in the building.
The price has gone up, why? Plus a booking fee, again why?
Nearly £200 for a 70.3 is over the top.
It boast all over the site that they had 8,000 people pre-register, so they surely thought we might be quite busy when registration opens. Poor planning from the off. For that amount of money I don't expect problems, you don't get them with races abroad? So why the UK.
Sorry for the rant...
The email I received yesterday said booking would be open from 9am but I checked the website out at 8.30 and managed to submit my application then with no problems at all.
I suppose I'd better start training now!
Entry fees are something that really get my goat. Train tickets, concert tickets, sporting events, (don't even get me started on budget airlines...)
Don't you think it's suspicious that £8.75 is exactly 5% of £175? That's not an accurate assessment of the true cost to facilitate online entry, that's a lazy 5% charge. And it's bo11ocks, in my (humble) opinion.
When there's only one possible method of entry, there's no need to slap an entry fee on - it should be included in the fee. There's an tri event management company in the E Midds, who run a series of very well organised events, who slap an entry fee on online entries, but not on postal - what's that about? Surely it's more expensive to have somebody ripping open envelopes and typing in details than it is to use their online system!
And concert tickets vary hugely in the fees the ticket sales companies charge, all of which seem to be related to the cost of the event. Again, bo11ocks! Assess the transaction fee, add your profit on, and charge that. Better still , put it in the cost of the ticket and make us all feel a little better when we read "no admin charge". After all that, Ticketmaster charge £2.50 for first class post. On what planet?????!!!!
<and breathe>