Title: ticket invoice received
Post by: powermite on January 05, 2007, 12:03:07 am
Am I the first to actually be allocated and invoiced for MB tickets?Had it today
PM
PM
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Rusty on January 05, 2007, 12:59:34 am
I'm sure you are on the special list though PM.
Oh, BTW happy bday to me...hooray.
Rusty
Oh, BTW happy bday to me...hooray.
Rusty
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: powermite on January 05, 2007, 01:03:16 am
yeah HB to you
Thing is I wont be using the tickets this year,Piglet is buying them.Us WANCs off to Spa instead
PM
Thing is I wont be using the tickets this year,Piglet is buying them.Us WANCs off to Spa instead
PM
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: rcutler on January 05, 2007, 01:03:48 am
I had a email from the Le Mans Tourist Board saying I have been allocated 3 Maison Blache Tickets. It said please reply with your ACO membership number as soon as possible. I have not heard anything else yet. If the ACO actually give me the allocation of 10 tickets that I asked for then there are going to be a lot of spares. Watch this space.
Happy Birthday Rusty!
Happy Birthday Rusty!
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: LangTall on January 05, 2007, 08:22:09 am
Haven't heard from Paddy yet, think he will call firstthing when he finds something from the ACO in his maibox...
Happy Birthday Rusty. :)
Happy Birthday Rusty. :)
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: knetter on January 05, 2007, 09:05:56 am
Let us pray we get the tickets for MB this year!
Happy B-day Rusty!
Happy B-day Rusty!
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: termietermite on January 05, 2007, 09:53:32 am
Rick, when did you reserve your tickets? Before, during or after the race last year? I might be in the market for another MB ticket if one goes spare - I am just waiting to hear back from a couple friends who are thinking they'll come.
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: rcutler on January 05, 2007, 12:14:20 pm
Rick, when did you reserve your tickets? Before, during or after the race last year? I might be in the market for another MB ticket if one goes spare - I am just waiting to hear back from a couple friends who are thinking they'll come.
You are now on my list of people who want a ticket. I expected to have 5 spares but I may now have 8! They will all go to members of CA or direct friends. Andy and Barry are already on the list. How many do you want.
It will be first come first served. I expect though that I will be very lucky to get MB tickets from the ACO even though I reserved in May 2006.
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: termietermite on January 05, 2007, 12:25:11 pm
Thanks, Rick. It will be one only and I've explained the possible pitfalls to the couple concerned. I've e-mailed the ACO again today as they told me they'd be sending letters out at the end of last year and again nothing! They do seem to be making life very complicated for themselves but there you go. Bureaucracy is a French way of life!
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: fagey on January 05, 2007, 12:26:36 pm
Rick, when did you reserve your tickets? Before, during or after the race last year? I might be in the market for another MB ticket if one goes spare - I am just waiting to hear back from a couple friends who are thinking they'll come.
You are now on my list of people who want a ticket. I expected to have 5 spares but I may now have 8! They will all go to members of CA or direct friends. Andy and Barry are already on the list. How many do you want.
It will be first come first served. I expect though that I will be very lucky to get MB tickets from the ACO even though I reserved in May 2006.
I may need one.. can you put me on the reserve list?
Andy
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Piglet on January 05, 2007, 01:02:57 pm
Cheers PM that's good news ;D
I've got your email and I'm just doing an email round to try to work out the numbers and I'll get back to you ASAP.
Do you know what zone you've been allocated?
Are you guys going to the Spa 24 or Spa LMS?
Happy Birthday Rusty ;D
I've got your email and I'm just doing an email round to try to work out the numbers and I'll get back to you ASAP.
Do you know what zone you've been allocated?
Are you guys going to the Spa 24 or Spa LMS?
Happy Birthday Rusty ;D
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: powermite on January 05, 2007, 01:21:57 pm
Piglet
One of the WANCs is racing in the EERC endurance race at Spa,so it'll probably be that one...or maybe LM Qual
PM
One of the WANCs is racing in the EERC endurance race at Spa,so it'll probably be that one...or maybe LM Qual
PM
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: DelBoy on January 05, 2007, 01:27:59 pm
Hi PM
I'll re-iterate Piglet's question - were you given a particular zone on MB or were you asked for your prefered zone?? (or neither??)
Del
I'll re-iterate Piglet's question - were you given a particular zone on MB or were you asked for your prefered zone?? (or neither??)
Del
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Fran on January 05, 2007, 01:41:15 pm
Andy and Barry are already on the list
Shame on them!!!! >:(
F
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: termietermite on January 05, 2007, 01:51:30 pm
ACO have replied. Requests dated May have all gone out (so should be in the post) and they are currently working on June's.
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Steve Pyro on January 05, 2007, 01:55:16 pm
Andy and Barry are already on the list
Shame on them!!!! >:(
F
Two more have succumbed to the Fool's Gold of MB ::)
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Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Paddy_NL on January 05, 2007, 02:06:26 pm
Haven't heard from Paddy yet, think he will call firstthing when he finds something from the ACO in his maibox...
Haven't been home yet. Didn't go home last night as I was dropped off by Beerman, coming back from a Riders on the Storm gig.So there might be a surprise when I come home tonight :-\
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Barry on January 05, 2007, 07:36:27 pm
Andy and Barry are already on the list
Shame on them!!!! >:(
F
Two more have succumbed to the Fool's Gold of MB ::)
(http://www.physlink.com/estore/cart/item_images/971_large.jpg)
That's so that when we try HA the year after we can have a true comparison on what we have been missing. ;D
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Fran on January 05, 2007, 09:33:52 pm
That's so that when we try HA the year after we can have a true comparison on what we have been missing. ;D
Once you have been lured into the MB cult there is no escape.... you are dooooomed! :)
F
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Nobby Diesel on January 05, 2007, 11:30:03 pm
Rusty,
Happy Birthday you old comudgeon!
Is that for today (Friday) or yesterday?
Anyway, Happy Birthday old chap.
Rouen again this year? We're thinking about a change of plan. Maybe Gay Paris? That should have been with a small "G".
The shirt is being worn with pride and prompting a few questions!!!
Happy Birthday you old comudgeon!
Is that for today (Friday) or yesterday?
Anyway, Happy Birthday old chap.
Rouen again this year? We're thinking about a change of plan. Maybe Gay Paris? That should have been with a small "G".
The shirt is being worn with pride and prompting a few questions!!!
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Barry on January 06, 2007, 12:20:54 am
That's so that when we try HA the year after we can have a true comparison on what we have been missing. ;D
Once you have been lured into the MB cult there is no escape.... you are dooooomed! :)
F
Hi Fran
Are the Golden and Platinum triangles any relation to the Bermuda one?
If so I won't take my boat there ;)
Are you any relation to Private Fraser? ;)
B :-*
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Canada Phil on January 06, 2007, 08:00:09 am
Haven't heard from Paddy yet, think he will call firstthing when he finds something from the ACO in his maibox...
Haven't been home yet. Didn't go home last night as I was dropped off by Beerman, coming back from a Riders on the Storm gig.So there might be a surprise when I come home tonight :-\
Hope your key still works when you get home ;D ;D
Phil
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Rusty on January 06, 2007, 09:40:16 am
Thanks for all your kind wishes chaps.
My birthday present arrived this morning from the ACO. Full allocation as asked for and nothing about zoning at all ( ??? ). Hooray, we are on our way.
Nobby, we ( I ) haven't decided if it will be Rouen yet, we'll have a meet at the end of January. I do like the idea of Paris though. We used to do that many years ago and stayed in a great little hotel directly opposite the Palace of Versailles. Mmmmmmmmm.
Rusty
My birthday present arrived this morning from the ACO. Full allocation as asked for and nothing about zoning at all ( ??? ). Hooray, we are on our way.
Nobby, we ( I ) haven't decided if it will be Rouen yet, we'll have a meet at the end of January. I do like the idea of Paris though. We used to do that many years ago and stayed in a great little hotel directly opposite the Palace of Versailles. Mmmmmmmmm.
Rusty
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Piglet on January 06, 2007, 03:31:05 pm
My birthday present arrived this morning from the ACO. Full allocation as asked for and nothing about zoning at all ( ??? ). Hooray, we are on our way.
Well done Rusty - which site?
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: rcutler on January 06, 2007, 03:34:02 pm
The Brethren are now happily on MB! They enjoyed last year so much more without the upmarket folk from MB. Rusty said that the group is expecting to be larger then last year aswell
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Fran on January 06, 2007, 03:49:32 pm
They enjoyed last year so much more without the upmarket folk from MB
Hmm a bit of a freudian there maybe?!! ;D
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Piglet on January 06, 2007, 04:10:46 pm
Hmmm but no mention of zoning then?
I don't get it? Have they changed their mind or will Rusty just not know what zone he's been allocated until the tickets turn up?
Was Rusty on the magic list that got a letter at the beginning of December or is this "phase 2" of the allocation what like in previous years the first thing you get is an invoice?
I don't get it? Have they changed their mind or will Rusty just not know what zone he's been allocated until the tickets turn up?
Was Rusty on the magic list that got a letter at the beginning of December or is this "phase 2" of the allocation what like in previous years the first thing you get is an invoice?
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Rusty on January 06, 2007, 04:51:13 pm
Hi Piglet,
It was the same as all the invoices that I have had over the previous years requesting payment in 2 weeks but there was no mention at all of any kind of zoning whatsoever. Maybe that was for the first wave of interns so that they have preference for the area of their desire. My previous invoices have always arrived 2 weeks before Christmas which is really handy when you are totally skint.
All that came with mine was a flashy brochure showing the campsites and their facilities along with the 35sqm space allowance giving me 700sqm in total, should be enough me thinks. There are new sites at Beausejour with a 105 sqm allowance at €150 and a numbered one at Hunadieres right on the Tertre rouge corner for a whopping €154, dead handy for the Stella bar though.
Rusty
It was the same as all the invoices that I have had over the previous years requesting payment in 2 weeks but there was no mention at all of any kind of zoning whatsoever. Maybe that was for the first wave of interns so that they have preference for the area of their desire. My previous invoices have always arrived 2 weeks before Christmas which is really handy when you are totally skint.
All that came with mine was a flashy brochure showing the campsites and their facilities along with the 35sqm space allowance giving me 700sqm in total, should be enough me thinks. There are new sites at Beausejour with a 105 sqm allowance at €150 and a numbered one at Hunadieres right on the Tertre rouge corner for a whopping €154, dead handy for the Stella bar though.
Rusty
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: Piglet on January 06, 2007, 05:50:26 pm
Cheers Rusty
Curiouser and curiouser (said Alice) - so the people who received "phase 2" allocations (not the magic listers) don't know what zone they have been allocated or even that there is a zoning scheme in place.
I'm alright (jack), mine are all coming from Powermite and surely even the ACO aren't daft enough to allocate one person tickets in different zones on the same invoice?!
None of the magic listers have mentioned their zones so I wonder if the ACO have told anyone which zone they have been allocated.
So.....if I was trying to put together a couple of tickets for MB from different sellers I'd be stuffed. But of course nobody, other than the magic listers, has been told about zoning so are we going to see buyers and sellers on ebay flogging tickets without knowing that there is a zoning scheme in place and/or which zone their tickets are in?
Curiouser and curiouser (said Alice) - so the people who received "phase 2" allocations (not the magic listers) don't know what zone they have been allocated or even that there is a zoning scheme in place.
I'm alright (jack), mine are all coming from Powermite and surely even the ACO aren't daft enough to allocate one person tickets in different zones on the same invoice?!
None of the magic listers have mentioned their zones so I wonder if the ACO have told anyone which zone they have been allocated.
So.....if I was trying to put together a couple of tickets for MB from different sellers I'd be stuffed. But of course nobody, other than the magic listers, has been told about zoning so are we going to see buyers and sellers on ebay flogging tickets without knowing that there is a zoning scheme in place and/or which zone their tickets are in?
Title: Re: ticket invoice received
Post by: smokie on January 06, 2007, 06:33:43 pm
Just when you think you've worked out how the ACO works, up pops another variation...
I did have the zoning letter in November time. And I also have my ticket confirmation letter, which doesn't mention zoning anywhere.
Having now bothered to read the glossy - all sites seem to have a 35m2 allocation except on Beasejour you can now get 105m2 for €150 (35m2 being €46), and a new site called Hunaudieres which is right on the inside corner of the entrance to the staight, where you only get 30m2, and can only use 2 man tents - but it looks absolutely trackside, and it has electricity! EDIT: Just catching up with other posts and I realised this is the one with erected tents with the logo discussed elsewhere.
I wasn't aware that they allowed tents at Mulsanne and Arnage but there are prices for 35m2 at each of those too....
The extra night charge for MB is €15 pn, but I've never yet had to pay it...
And as they haven't charged me postage on my tickets, I guess I will just have to go down on test weekend to collect them... ::) ;D
I did have the zoning letter in November time. And I also have my ticket confirmation letter, which doesn't mention zoning anywhere.
Having now bothered to read the glossy - all sites seem to have a 35m2 allocation except on Beasejour you can now get 105m2 for €150 (35m2 being €46), and a new site called Hunaudieres which is right on the inside corner of the entrance to the staight, where you only get 30m2, and can only use 2 man tents - but it looks absolutely trackside, and it has electricity! EDIT: Just catching up with other posts and I realised this is the one with erected tents with the logo discussed elsewhere.
I wasn't aware that they allowed tents at Mulsanne and Arnage but there are prices for 35m2 at each of those too....
The extra night charge for MB is €15 pn, but I've never yet had to pay it...
And as they haven't charged me postage on my tickets, I guess I will just have to go down on test weekend to collect them... ::) ;D
