[Closed] Putting off doing something you want to do

I guess I'm not the best person to be answering this quesiton 😉

e) wait until the organisor stops posting messages which suggest he's not selling many tickets

mmmm I wonder what the question is really about?

f) don't really want to go to the event

So - how much do you stand to lose?

g) too far away

z) People say they want to go to something but are a bit worried that it might not be very good. They keep trying to forget about it but someone reminds them at every opportunity. They have been considering going but the constant publicity has pissed them off so much that they groan every time they see it. They then decide that the type of marketing used is annoying them so much that the event will annoy them too.

Okay (goes away and is quiet)

Gary_M - let's say for the sake of arguement that this is the BBB.
WCA's first attempt at organising an event of any such scale, and maybe he's worried/anxious that the tickets won't sell enough. He's a popular member of this forum, so why wouldn't he publicise it at every opportunity?
Also, it's going to be a .. hang on, sorry, no, you won't enjoy. Don't buy a ticket. Cheers.

DezB firstly I wouldn't really have thought the forum rules would allow event advertising by a poster but obvioulsy this one is slipping under the radar. Good luck to the guy for the event but he asked the question and I gave my opinion, I find this kind of marketing annoying, maybe other don't.

You know nothing about me so why would you say I wouldn't enjoy it. I wouldn't consider going because its too far away - end of.

Maybe ticket sales are low because people know someone as irritating as you is going to be there. Or mabe it's the recession, I dunno.

Guys - It wasn't me who mentioned the BBB deliberately.

My concerns are that the tickets are selling out quite nicely but a lot of the blokes on here who have expressed an interest haven't yet bought tickets. My guess is that they, like me, tend to leave these things to the last minute. I want to avoid a lot of people discovering that the tickets have sold out and missing out on an event just because they delayed buying a ticket.

I promise not to bleat on about the Big Bike Bash as much from now on.

I needed to generate interest in the event and get people wanting to come, that has been acheived. Now I just want to let people know they had better get on and buy tickets.

Yep, I'm really irritating, me.

What about some sort of counter on the BBB website so people can see for themselves how many tickets are left a bit like D2D did last year on their forum (IIRC). That way people know how many tickets there are to start with, how fast they are selling and so how quickly they need to get their butts in gear if they want to go.

P.S. I'm not going as its a bit far for me, sorry 🙄

You organised it for the wrong weekend.

It's the same weekend as
a) Cheesy jnr #1's birthday
b) Coming back from holiday
c) V Festival

Even if it was on another weekend, doubt I'd go, 'cos the familiy almost certainly wouldn't want to go along anyway

Good luck with it though

oh it's really a BBBBBBB thing ?

z) people say they want to do things but in reality didn't have any intention of doing them; in other words, talk is cheap.

Personally I tend to leave entering events until a month or two before. It is rare that something sells out, and I have no idea what sort of riding I will want to be doing in six months time.

I agree with bigsi, stick a list of entries up, together with the number of remaining places. That way it gives a bit of urgency for people to enter.

It's a fantastic idea and I (and my family) would be there if I didn't live so far away.

I find the mentions of the event at every opportunity amusing and feel like they have become a bit of an STW institution. 😀

Yep procrastinate some more...

Imagine its the last day now-you call etc to enter or buy tickets but you're too late and wish'd you did earlier?

Get up and do it now!

Do it do it...

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What about some sort of counter on the BBB website so people can see for themselves how many tickets are left

Possibly counter(!)-productive. IE, if someone sees that tickets aren't shifting that fast, the might lose confidence in the potential success of the event, and not bother buying any. I say, don't bother, unless you're down to your last few or whatever.

Maybe ticket sales are low because people know someone as irritating as you is going to be there.

??? DezB?? Dez is a lovely bloke! Proper friendly, laid-back, kind, genuine feller. If you are irritated by him, then I suggest you are praps a bit uptight!

I find your pessimism inertesting, GaryM. Seems like you might actually want BBB to fail, to satisfy some sort of schadenfreude within you.

WCA has made a hell of a lot of effort, to get BBB off the ground. I find his organisation and commitment staggering, actually. You're underestimating him, if you think he's just some 'enthusiastic amateur'. He is extremely intelligent, and has really thought this idea through.

He is, also, an idiot, who busts himself up at every available opportunity. But that's by the by.

I'll be at the BBB. I'm really looking forward to it, as I imagine everyone else who's signed up to it is as well.

WCA will no doubt remind me that I jolly well have not yet bought a ticket, but that's because I refuse to, on principle. I shall be either burrowing in, or parachuted via Chinook.

It's £40. For an entire weekend of fun and frolics. Involving bikes, beer and birds*. Bargainacious!

*Being based in the New Forest, there will surely be many species of bird to be seen. From Great Bustards, to Great Tits. Fabulous.

to Great Tits. Fabulous.

well [b]aleigh[/b] is going so that's a cert :o) [Now I will be banned again]

[i]I find your pessimism inertesting, GaryM. Seems like you might actually want BBB to fail, to satisfy some sort of schadenfreude within you.[/i]

More psycho babble from you. To be honest, apart from wca's posts, it isn't something thats on my radar.

No need for that, Barnes, you perv.

You don't have to voice every smutty thought inside your head. Most of us manage some restraint.

And I'm quite upset that you've cheapened and sullied my attempts to promote the wonderful wildlife of a beautiful part of Southern England. Dragged things down to your base and sordid level. You grubby-minded rotter.

But worse than that; you have objectified and degraded the Lovely Aleigh. I'm horrified. I just hope that she is not too offended by your childish lechery.

You are a disgrace, Barnes. Now go and have a think about your comments, and hang your head in shame.

You naughty little boy.

Simon - Don't worry about Aliegh, there will be enough blokes making tits of themselves.
Garym - I am not offended by your accurate assessment that my constant BBBing might iritate but I try to make them a bit humourous to appeal to JoJo.

I am aware of a numbe rof women attending said event. Not least the lead singer of one of the bands.

I dont think people realise what they are getting for their £40. Bargain IMO.

I didn't think you would be offended WCA; I was just telling it the way I see it which I'm sure you appreciate. Some people appear offended on your behalf by my constructive criticism.

No need for that, Barnes, you perv.
You don't have to voice every smutty thought inside your head. Most of us manage some restraint.

uh, but if many of us thought it, it might as well be said 🙂

And I'm quite upset that you've cheapened and sullied my attempts to promote the wonderful wildlife of a beautiful part of Southern England. Dragged things down to your base and sordid level. You grubby-minded rotter.

But worse than that; you have objectified and degraded the Lovely Aleigh. I'm horrified. I just hope that she is not too offended by your childish lechery.

to the contrary, it was more a statement of objective fact, which I'm sure she'll take in the spirit it was offered!

You are a disgrace, Barnes. Now go and have a think about your comments, and hang your head in shame.

I'm sorry. That I forgot to mention her fine arse...

If there was something you wanted to do, say hypothetically go to a concert or event and you new there were a limited number of tickets why would you delay buying them?

You've missed an obvious answer here...

MONEY... Or more specifically, lack of it right now! Also lack of wishing to spend on something so far in the future.

£40 might be VFM in terms of what you're getting for the weekend perhaps, but it's still a fair chunk of cash to spend on something that's 5 months away. Most people don't know what they're doing a week or 2 hence, let alone 5 months hence, so are reluctant to spend any money on something, even if they want to go, just in case plans change or things come up.

There's also a fair few of us who've barely got tuppence to rub together at the moment for one reason or another (lack of job in my case still).

My advice WCA, just keep schtum... If the ticket sales are going as well as you say they are, you should have no issue selling out. I appreciate you're trying to help out some people that said they want to come by "reminding" them of it, but trust me, as an experienced event organiser myself, it only lands you flak from other people. You've just got to keep quiet and be the smug git when all tickets are sold and say "I told you it'd sell out quick" then!

That or apply for an extension on you capacity for the event. Sell some tickets on the door too that way, you can always get away with charging 20% more on the door than advance ticket sales anyway.

I don't

own a 456
go to HTN
go to BBB

all for very similar reasons, if any of them were a bit less advertised I'd actualy turn up/buy one, as it is the very idea gives me a bit of a headache!

Oddly, now that the Brant/O-O hysteria has died down I'm actualy considdering a 456!

if any of them were a bit less advertised I'd actualy turn up/buy one

cliquism ?

I'd go, but i live in yorkshire, which despite having some of the best riding in Britain, doesn't have many events. I'd organise one myself but I'm lazy.

Will there be free cucumbers?

but i live in yorkshire, which despite having some of the best riding in Britain

if you like flailing through endless bogs :o)

Will there be free cucumbers?

no, they'll all be in use 🙁

I don't

own a 456
go to HTN
go to BBB

all for very similar reasons, if any of them were a bit less advertised I'd actualy turn up/buy one, as it is the very idea gives me a bit of a headache!

Oddly, now that the Brant/O-O hysteria has died down I'm actualy considdering a 456!

It’s unfortunate, but that’s the way it is. We (Hit the North) needed to cover the £12k staging cost with no advertising budget and the best way to do it was bang on about it on here. Sure, it annoyed a few people, but it worked. As long as the organisers are not in it for personal profit then there isn’t a problem. If people are going to stick their necks out and organise something then they need to publicise it. Sorry if it rubs a few people up the wrong way but you don’t have to read the threads if you don’t want to.

HtN 1.5 sold out with barely a mention from the organisers (a deliberate decision from us), because we had got the first one under our belts and had established a mailing list and other contacts as a result of it. We actually had some complaints from people because we didn't pubicise it to the same extent and they missed out! (can't win 'em all eh?)

WCA is doing it. Brownbacks/Big_n_daft is doing it. If they didn’t and their events got pulled or made a loss then what sort of example would that set to anybody else who thought of trying it?

Good luck to them.

I'm hoping to come along, but havent sorted my summer holiday yet so can't commit. I'm leaving that to the last minute in the vain hope to pick up a cheapy.

Also I'm within cycling distance of Avon tyrrell and am quite used to getting really quite drunk and riding home (or just riding all night) so won't need sleeping arrangements unless the kids want to come. But they'll only come if the weathers good, and then it all starts to get a bit complicated. So i'll leave it to the last minute and hope there's some tickets left, or climb over the fence if not 🙂

40mpg - We are offering a solution for people in exactly your situation. If you buy the tickets and then find out you cannot come we let you resell your tickets for full price via our website. This means you get your money back (less PayPal %)

BTW - This thread seems to have worked a bit. Thanks to the people who have bought the 9 tickets this morning. 1 family and a few individuals. Plus a couple of others enquiring about bringin campervans, yes campervans are allowed.

harry, i rode in HTN 1, but haven't had an email about anything more - can you put me on a list please?

chris at soundhouse-media.co.uk

cheers

harry, i rode in HTN 1, but haven't had an email about anything more - can you put me on a list please?

Ooops. We found that some spam filters objected to the word "info" in our e-mail address.

We're not doing anything for another 10 months anyway. But WCA has got something planned aparently.

Oddly, now that the Brant/O-O hysteria has died down I'm actualy considdering a 456!

When you should be considering a Ragley.

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those 3 prongs look passing strange! What's going on there ?

not so much cliquism, I just dont like doing what I'm told, so the forum equivalent of a big flashing advert doesn't encourage me to buy it.

(Notices ultra-sophisticated zip-tied cable, giggles)

those 3 prongs look passing strange! What's going on there ?

Tyre clearance / anti chainsuck iirc., and I guess it is cheaper than having a tube bent to that shape.

(Notices ultra-sophisticated zip-tied cable, giggles)

yeah, I thought that too 🙁

(Notices ultra-sophisticated zip-tied cable, giggles)

Presumably he's not got the bolt on cable guides yet?

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Or maybe he's just realised that you'd have to use a zip-tie, once that rivnut falls out anyway... 😀

Presumably he's not got the bolt on cable guides yet?

Maybe some people are a bit fed up with hearing about [url= http://www.bigbikebash.co.uk/ ]BBB[/url] but is it any more annoying than the constant "Which Satnav" to buy threads?. Its got great potential and with WCA in charge what can possibly go wrong ? 😉

If nothing else [url= http://www.avontyrrell.org.uk ]Avon Tyrrell[/url] looks like a great place to take the family for the weekend with plenty of activities for everyone.

Do the man a favour and post a link to BBB on any other websites that you visit, he then sells all the tickets, lots of money raised for charity and no more promotion threads required.

lots of money raised for charity

That's the key bit, I think some people are forgetting. The fund-raising aspect was in there from the very start. That was one of the key aspects of the whole thing, for WCA.

WCA has recently lost his job. I expect a man of his intelligence and ability will no doubt get another, soon, but his selflessness, even now, is still there. At a time when many others would be thinking more of themselves, his priority is to make BBB a success, so that people enjoy themselves, and charities raise much-needed funds.

And God Bless him for doing that. The SSSD Summer Festival, which he hosted last summer at his house, was a roaring success, and everyone who went had a fantastic time. The man has a gift for putting on a good show. And he is an extremely kind-hearted and caring person. His main priority, was that everyone was looked after, and had a good time.

As for his 'annoying' promotion of the [url= http://www.bigbikebash.co.uk/ ]BBB[/url] on here, well; he's putting loads of effort into promoting our sport, and trying to organise something that people will enjoy. Wy not just give him credit for that, eh?

Moving stuff there Rudeboy, I think i'm going to cry.

You are right though.

like I've said several times in the past (mainly to Poddy) - "It's not being rammed through your letterbox is it?"

Aw guys, I am welling up.

Thanks fir the nice words, the valid critisism has been taken on board and I will throttle back on the promotion on here. I can't promise not to mention that there are tickets available at http://www.bigbikebash.co.uk/tickets.php ever again but I will try to keep it in check. Please can you all spread the word for me though so it is a fun weekneds with freinds.

This thread was a genuine one as I was expecting the majority of ticket sales to be to STWers but was pleased and surprised how many others have bought tickets.

Also, this has prodded at least a dozen ticket buyers to buy now rather than risking being disappointed.

So it was about the Big Bike Bash after all? 😯

You don't have to voice every smutty thought inside your head. Most of us manage some restraint.

Haaaaahaaaaaaa!

Hahahaaa!

Haa!

ha!

From a bloke that voices his thoughs before they've even properly settled in his brain!
Verbal diarreah?
Nooooooooo, surely not?
😉

You don't have to voice every smutty thought inside your head. Most of us manage some restraint.

well, I have much smuttier thoughts about [b]aleigh[/b] which I do keep to myself :o)

Poddy, thoughts never actually settle propply in my brain.

🙄

I am aware of a number of women attending said event. Not least the lead singer of one of the bands.

Do you mean this lead singer soma_rich?

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Hmmm... I think I might go to this great sounding event after all!

Well, it does seem like amazing value for money, what with bikes, beer and bands all in one weekend, at such a fantastic location! 😀

BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB - BBB!!!

Where is WCA with his ever helpful links when you need him?

MAybe its because you have a wedding to attend to on the preceding friday?
In Ireland
And your the best man
And its your bessie mate from School
And He came to your Dads funeral
And you went to his Mums funeral
And you went to his Dads funeral

Otherwise

Well BBB looks a good event to me, reading the events list I think it is going to be a bit like the old Malvern Classics....ah happy days!
I am very very tempted to go go, its only that its the Vanfest on the same weekend thats currently stopping me ordering tickets.
I wish WCA best of luck, and really hope its a big success 😀

I am very very tempted to go go, its only that its the Vanfest on the same weekend thats currently stopping me ordering tickets.

Forgot to mention, that's another potential reason for not buying tickets already. Good luck to WCA but the August Bank Holiday weekend is probably the single busiest weekend of the year for festivals/shows/gatherings throughout the UK. I'd bet that if you'd chosen pretty much any other weekend for the event, you'd have sold more tickets already, simply as the competition is so vast on that weekend!

Undoubtedly it'll sell out and be a success though, so why worry about it all?

[i]Good luck to WCA but the August Bank Holiday weekend is probably the single busiest weekend of the year for festivals/shows/gatherings throughout the UK[/i]

I think thats why they chose the weekend they did.

mboy - Weekend BEFORE the bank holiday. Less busy and guarenteed sunshine*

*If sunshine is unavailable we may provide alternative weather conditions

Tell me about the bands playing @ [url= http://bigbikebash.co.uk/ ]BBB[/url] and what kind of music will we be chillaxing out to ? Is RudeBoy doing a Friday night disco session ? Should I pack my moobtube ?

Soma_rich is in charge of the music. I know he has a few good bands booked and a DJ.

BBB site is poorly by the way....Fatal error: Call to a member function fetchAll() on a non-object in /home/bigbikeb/public_html/blog_headlines.php on line 18....or is it just me ?

Thanks Muke - I will get the web master onto it this evening. I think it is the news feed site that is causing the problem.

Either that or the rush of people trying to buy tickets!

So thats [url= http://www.thinkingfortuesday.com/ ]Thinking for Tuesday[/url] as one of the bands @ [url= http://bigbikebash.co.uk/ ]BBB[/url] then ? Nice one Will/Soma/WCA

The website is rubbish.
not one event i can see that i would want to do
the website is rubbish
What exactly is happening?
Is it a bike jamboree? 'shudders'
the website is rubbish

[url= http://www.myspace.com/thinkingfortuesday ]Thinking For Tuesday - Myspace[/url] We are really looking forward to it. Can't wait to see some of the racing thats taking place as well.

Bands booked so far off the top of my head:
Thinking for Tuesday,
20 seconds to mars,
01noWon,
Diesel Noi,
Idiot 3
plus many more I have forgotten about.

🙂

We even have a stage sorted now !

hang on Dezb (supposedly irritating) and RB (draw your own conclusions) are going to BBB and there will be alcohol?

do you do refunds?

only kidding, i'm turning up for the action in the ST forumers love=fest tent

[i]20[/i] seconds to mars. quality.

oh and its the only holiday the wilsons are going to be affording this year. So it had better be good.

No pressure 😉

[i]We even have a stage sorted now ! [/i]

All sounding good so far, is the beer tent sorted yet and what local refreshing beverages can we look forward to then ?

Beer tent sorted.

We have the Director of Beer tasked with sampling the local breweries fine beers to select only the finest for the event.

I thought this would only take him a couple of days but when I last spoke to him he said he wanted to be thorough and was working his way through all the breweries again. He did sound a little strange and kept giggling and slurring his words though.