Shock, Horror, TNT lose tickets in post

[pinstripe]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 394505.stm

About 100 envelopes containing tickets for Wigan Athletic's clash with Manchester United have gone missing and are thought to have been stolen.

Disgruntled Wigan fans have turned up for the match which kicks-off at 1500 BST, but are being refused entry despite having proof of purchase.

Wigan Athletic said the tickets were sent out earlier this week by TNT special delivery.

They said the tickets cannot be duplicated for safety reasons.

'Desperate' situation

A statement from Wigan Athletic said: "Unfortunately the club are not able to reproduce or duplicate any tickets for this fixture due to safety reasons and so for the very small minority of fans that have not received their tickets, the club can only apologise and promise the fans that we will be looking into the reasons as to why this has happened.

"The club is currently contacting the supporters to explain the situation but regrets that this happened and really does sympathise, but has done everything possible to avoid this situation occurring."

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have doubled the number of officers they usually provide on match days as they were expecting a larger crowd.

There were fears ticketless United fans could travel to the match ready to celebrate if they win the league title.

Outside the stadium, the Wigan fans without tickets said the situation was "desperate".

One said: "We've come to the ground, the ticket office said (the tickets) had been sent out but they haven't turned up."

TNT were unavailable for comment.




At least it wasn't us, if it had been it would have been front page news.

[janitor]

I'm sure TNT will try to blame us, we passed them onto RM for delivery is the usual excuse when they lose something.

[somerset]

Log on to www.tnt.co.uk and do a check for sending a special delivery? If RM could only charge those prices we would be making millions?

[DirtyHarry]

Log on to www.tnt.co.uk and do a check for sending a special delivery? If RM could only charge those prices we would be making millions?

Hmmmm, money well spent, me thinks.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I guess we all know what TNT stands for

Ticket Not Today

[k979aaa]

Log on to www.tnt.co.uk and do a check for sending a special delivery? If RM could only charge those prices we would be making millions?

Hmmmm, money well spent, me thinks.

It's £30.80 min for sod all distance and less than 1 kg in weight!. and no compensation if late or no show pi*s poor!. THE FUTURE'S ORANGE THE FUTERE'S SH*TE!.

[dongash]

should have sent them special delivery you tight bastards!!! you get what you pay for!!!!

[dongash]

this union has gone the way of all others,the fulltime people are looking after themselves and balls to us!!!! not suggesting the welsh are tight, but when my passport went missing i was asked "didn't you send it special dely?" the person at the call ctr said "you get what you pay for !!!"

[Stormproof]

this union has gone the way of all others,the fulltime people are looking after themselves and balls to us!!!! not suggesting the welsh are tight, but when my passport went missing i was asked "didn't you send it special dely?" the person at the call ctr said "you get what you pay for !!!"

We don't handle passports anymore, the passport office sends them out by courier.

[dongash]

apparently you can pay a fee for a quick turnaround at the post office. i have delivered passports on my walk too. not as many as i used to but they still come through. i sent my old passport/renewal form first class, and they didn't receive it for nearly two weeks!!!!!