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[volshy]

Lee, on 31 January 2012 - 12:57 PM, said:

Never used it.

Shame - OlympicNut (and many others) will testify that for any kind of breaking news whether 'news', sport, tv, etc etc it's lightning quick. It's been utterly amazing for Olympic ticket info and the way people have coalesced around this common cause has been truly astonishing.

You may have noticed that most of the posts here about latest ticket sales have been sourced from Twitter.

Seriously, if you want the latest & best Olympic ticket news .... Twitter is where it's at.

@volshy

[SwissO]

volshy, on 01 February 2012 - 06:30 AM, said:

Shame - OlympicNut (and many others) will testify that for any kind of breaking news whether 'news', sport, tv, etc etc it's lightning quick. It's been utterly amazing for Olympic ticket info and the way people have coalesced around this common cause has been truly astonishing.

You may have noticed that most of the posts here about latest ticket sales have been sourced from Twitter.

Seriously, if you want the latest & best Olympic ticket news .... Twitter is where it's at.

@volshy

If you're here for just advertising your twitter account, you could pass your way !!!!
But if you want to share here and participate actively to this thread, you are welcome ;-)

[RobH]

I'm following you now, and if OlympicNut is right about your Twitter efforts in getting people tickets you are more than welcome on this forum and in this thread!

With regard to Twitter, it is invaluable. I have it open in a tab all the time in the background at work. It really would feel like not having a phone if it went away. Follow the right people and you get to hear of news stories before SKY and the BBC get hold of them, for example. Really worth looking into if you haven't tried it; don't believe those who say it's full of people telling you what they've had for breakfast!!

[volshy]

SwissO, on 01 February 2012 - 06:32 AM, said:

If you're here for just advertising your twitter account, you could pass your way !!!!
But if you want to share here and participate actively to this thread, you are welcome ;-)

I'm simply interested in helping others find Olympic tickets that's all. Something of a personal mission of mine.

In my experience so far, I've found that Twitter has been the most effective tool. Conventional forums like this and Facebook haven't been that effective IMO in getting news out quicky... If you're not a Twitter user then maybe you won't appreciate just how brilliant it is at disseminating news quickly.

James Pearce of BBC News (@pearcesport) has been an invaluable help in sourcing tickets from outside the UK - he had about 15,000 followers last June, but now he has 37,000 and I suspect alot of that is due mainly to word of mouth recommendations re: his ticket news but also his Pakistani cricket court-case tweeting (followed by this weeks Redknapp case).

You'd don't have to follow me... there are now plenty others who share ticket news. Trust me - it's the place to be for this type of thing.

RobH, on 01 February 2012 - 06:43 AM, said:

I'm following you now, and if OlympicNut is right about your Twitter efforts in getting people tickets you are more than welcome on this forum and in this thread!

With regard to Twitter, it is invaluable. I have it open in a tab all the time in the background at work. It really would feel like not having a phone if it went away. Follow the right people and you get to hear of news stories before SKY and the BBC get hold of them, for example. Really worth looking into if you haven't tried it; don't believe those who say it's full of people telling you what they've had for breakfast!!

Thanks for the welcome Rob and I know exactly how you feel re Twitter. What's your Twitter name by the way?

To be honest, I was aware that quite a few from here had migrated to Twitter and just thought I'd pop in and say hello. I doubt very much I'll be posting any ticket news here. Keeping up with Twitter is hard enough!

[volshy]

With regard to EU Olympic ticket sales, the very best sales have been & gone. While Finland have bits & pieces (request list by email), the best hope for the the really nice tickets seems to be the likes of CoSport and Eventeam to release tickets that are currently held in packages. We know that Eventeam have all CT sessions currently.

[daveypodmore]

Twitter confuses me. But any source of ticket info is good in my books.

[volshy]

daveypod-less, on 02 February 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

Twitter confuses me. But any source of ticket info is good in my books.

Twitter can be confusing, but once it clicks, it's very easy. Thanks for following btw.

[volshy]

So I guess you all the saw the tweets this morning by @ChrisJamesAust, @JoshMcStay & @ds21ds about the tickets available from THG of Ireland ?

[volshy]

Baptista, on 10 May 2011 - 11:07 AM, said:

Every NOC received tickets for the Opening and Closing ceremonys?! I´m in Portugal and the Portuguese Olympic Committee don´t have tickets for the ceremonys. Well, they bought tickets to some VIP but to the generaly public they don ´t have. Just to some events. In the others NOC it´s the same situation?!
Thank you

Hello Baptista

I am randomly browsing through this forurm and noticed your post re: the Portugese allocation. Sorry if this is way out of date, but did you ever hear anymore about what tickets they got?

I tried several times to apply via Cosmos-Viagens but never got anywhere,

Thanks

John / @volshy

[volshy]

Baptista, on 23 May 2011 - 01:32 PM, said:

hummm im worried like you...probably i will buy tickets at COSMOS in Portugal..i just want tickets for judo finals (june 30)!!!!! and tennis.....and swimming morning sessions...

Ireland THG have judo tickets for sale apparently according to @JoshMcStay & @DS21DS (Twitter)