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"Credit cards take a bashing over Michael Jackson tour"

By admin | March 30th, 2009 | Credit Cards

Earlier this month it was announced that the Prince of Pop, Michael Jackson, had decided to perform a series of concerts at the O2 Arena in London, and it came as no surprise that millions of adoring fans started to make immediate plans to try and get their hands on tickets to see their idol.

Whilst some decided that they would head down to the O2 arena and queue for days if necessary to get their hands on tickets to see the singing sensation, others decided that they would make their purchases online, and spent hours glued to their computer screens.

The day that the tickets went on sale credit and debit cards in the UK are said to have taken a real bashing, as millions of fans tried to purchase their tickets using their plastic.

However, the news was not good for everyone. The vast number of people trying to use their cards to purchase Michael Jackson tickets online caused ticket websites to crash, and as a result many cardholders have been left with no tickets and no chance of seeing their idol.

Some disgruntled fans that were left without tickets said that the ticket websites were saying that their credit and debit cards had been rejected, and they were then left waiting for hours in online queues.

One man said that he wasted nearly five hours staring at his screen as the ticket website rejected his security code and credit card every few minutes.

He said: “I wasted four-and-a-half hours watching the system reject my pass code every few minutes. At first I thought it was just due to heavy traffic and persevered, buoyed by the Michael Jackson tunes running through my head and the memory of the previous concerts I had attended. However, by 11.30am with no more tickets available, I had to conclude that O2 had screwed up somehow… what a waste of my time and energy.”

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