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It really is astounding that Michael Jackson has sold out 50 nights at the O2 arena. Over 1 million tickets sold in just a few hours.

A quick check on the official second-hand ticket trading sites – you know, the one’s that are for fan-to-fan sales – shows what a farce the whole ticket situation is in the UK.

How many tickets were bought by fans? I bet a large chunk of of tickets were purchased by people planning to make a quick profit. It would be interesting if supply did in fact outstrip demand, and the value of the tickets declined – Jackson Meltdown!

At the time of writing, mere hours after the tickets went on sale, Seatwave, GetMeIn and Viagogo have a multitude of tickets available for every night of the show.

How can so many people have been so stupid as to buy the tickets, and then realise they are already busy that night?!

And so much for a recession

Tags: michael jackson, o2, tickets

I blogged the other day that it pays to shop around for iphone insurance, and to check if you are in fact covered under your househld insurance, like I was.

Well, since then I have been contacted 3 times by people trying to sell me insurance.. not due to my blog entry; but simply because I have opted to by the phone, but not the insurance.

First off, I received a phone call from Carphone Warehouse. I told them I was already covered. Still, the next day Carphone Warehouse managed to send me a text offering me insurance, along with a number to reply to if I want to unsubscribe from future spam.

Yesterday, I received a phone call on my new phone. This seemed odd, as my phone number doesn’t port over until today. I should have guessed. Someone from o2 offering me insurance. I asked when this harrassment would stop and the sales assistant got all defensive. After much probing, I discovered that she wasn’t calling from o2, but from another company. Apparently o2 are happy to give out your phone number without your consent. Thank you o2.

Tags: insurance, iphone, o2