Okay...Happy, Sort of, and a Touch Embarrassed

Yes, I did submit a request for tickets to events at the 2010 Winter Olympics. I picked a package, a number of single event tickets, alternative choices, doubled up the quantities to pairs for all my choices and submitted the request. I had aimed for the events that weren't marked "high demand" and picked events on days which I think I can arrange to get time off from work to see. Nothing fancy. I had done this at near the end of the request period so I didn't bother with the "big ticket" events such as men's ice hockey medal or playoff games.

A couple of days ago I received the e-mail telling me "Congratulations you've been allocated tickets". Great. I go to the website and try to logon. Can't remember my password. Try the password reset mechanism. Wasn't sure what I had entered as the answer for my account's security question. Took several stabs at getting a password reset but no e-mail arrived telling me if I had succeeded.

The next day I called the ticketing centre and patiently waited on hold for about 10-15 minutes. Maybe more, maybe less. I got the agent to reset my password. Went in, checked my account, saw what I was allocated, printed it off and that was that. Then I checked my e-mail account and found the password reset request from the previous night had arrived while I had been on the phone.

If you read the comments attached to the story on www.cbc.ca/bc about the ticket allocation announcement and subsequent start of scalping of said tickets then you'll come across a few people who are very happy with what they got, a few people who got nothing and a lot of vociferous comments from naysayers and what-nots. Given that environment, I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I got everything I had requested. Yup. I got all my first choices. I feel sorry for those who struck out. Really. Because I had submitted my ticket request just several days before the deadline. I guess I chose wisely and was thus rewarded. It's not always the rabbit that wins the race...