This Barca team is probably going to be judged the best team of our generation, do you really want to tell people in 30 years that you had the chance to see them in the flesh and you chose not to becuase it was GBP50 more than you’re willing to pay?
I was at the Emirates leg last year and it was an awesome occasion, cost me a lot of money and some of the respect of my employer as I took time off at an inappropriate time but it was worth it.
Tell me this - what would you spend the money on if you didn’t spend on the ticket? Probably waste it on booze or clothes or something - the effects of booze last a night, clothes go out of fashion, memories of special teams never fade. Enjoy the game.
I forgot to address the query on how much the ticket would go for - I’ve never dealt with touts for Arsenal games but GBP150 doesn’t seem that bad to me for a tout price for a game of this magnitude.
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Puke - if I was in your shoes I’d go for it.
This Barca team is probably going to be judged the best team of our generation, do you really want to tell people in 30 years that you had the chance to see them in the flesh and you chose not to becuase it was GBP50 more than you’re willing to pay?
I was at the Emirates leg last year and it was an awesome occasion, cost me a lot of money and some of the respect of my employer as I took time off at an inappropriate time but it was worth it.
Tell me this - what would you spend the money on if you didn’t spend on the ticket? Probably waste it on booze or clothes or something - the effects of booze last a night, clothes go out of fashion, memories of special teams never fade. Enjoy the game. [/quote]
You and Dunph launched an attack against me (with particular venom) and accused me of haranguing Dunph on some greyhounds website that I’d never heard of, never mind posted on. Frankly I was disgusted by you both at the time.
No venom came from me. You made some very nasty comments but I adopted a mature and forgiving stance, which was a credit to me. The absence of an apology from both of you was telling, however.
The Emirates is never full ffs? Turn up and you’ll get them outside the ground Puke although you won’t hear any atmosphere around Gillespie Road trust me there is a stadium around the corner.
Presume you mean short them? Depends on the size of your bet. If it’s reasonably small use a spreadbetting account, if it’s large and long term (>1 year) open a brokerage account.
Have never bought or sold a share in my life but recently opened my first brokerage account. It’s more onerous to open a brokerage account anyway and transaction fees are a pain and also you have tax complications from buying shares with stamp duty and capital gains (can’t tell you what the Australian rates are or if there are any).
If your investment is less than 5,000 I’d go with a spreadbetting account, no stamp duty and gains are tax free (in Ireland). I’ve used IG Index in the past for this kind of thing. Beware though you can get wiped out very easily using spreadbetting as it’s highliy leveraged.
