[DeTomaso] Le Mans Classic 2010

[pantdino at aol.com]

It's a moot point for this year, but I don't see anything in the ACO's brochure about only Members being able to buy tickets. The only mention is that they can't buy more than 6 at their special rate.  

My recollection is that in 2008 I bought all the Paddock passes for everyone because the exchange rates at that time made it much cheaper to buy them thru the ACO in Euros as opposed to buying them thru JT in GBP.  This time it's actually cheaper to buy them thru JT because the GBP is so weak.  I guess that explains why the markup is only 20% too-- I think in 2008 it was like twice as much in USD.

Thanks for all the ideas--  I'll call JT on Monday and order 1 camping spot and one Paddock pass and have them shipped to Charles

Thanks again for arranging this, Charlie.

Jim.  



-----Original Message-----
From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; Pantdino at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Sat, Jan 2, 2010 2:44 am
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Le Mans Classic 2010


Hi all,
1) As Mike states, the organizers of Le Mans will not sell directly to Joe
ublic. You need to be a member of the ACO to buy tickets, and the number of
ickets a member may buy is highly limited (between 2 and 6). They don't
ant Joe Public scalping tickets I guess. To scalp tickets, you need to be a
oe Scalping Company, and which costs them substantially more than an
ndividual membership. 
) Years ago I began using Just Tickets to purchase my Le Mans tickets. They
re an Officially Licensed Scalper, in that the tickets are substantially
arked up. While I resent the markup, they are quite professional and I have
ever heard of anyone being stranded or having problems when reserving
hrough them. Ironically, there are problems almost every year when ACO
embers reserve directly through the organization! Therefore the extra money
e pay buys a certain amount of peace of mind as well. 
) I have been unable to find a reliable alternative source of tickets, so I
ontinue to do business with them. 
) They have been flexible in the past. Jim, you may want to contact them
nd tell them you are going by yourself and see what they say. The worst
hey can say is "no", but you have a pretty good chance. 
) >Would it make sense for us to purchase the campsites at one time, so 
 there can't be any screwups?  We could have one person pay for X number of
> sites and we could all pay that person via paypal..snip-
e could do that, but it seems a lot more complicated and I have more
onfidence in Just Tickets getting it right than in us getting it right! ;-)
 am not worried about them screwing it up (famous last words). As Mike
ays, roughly 6 weeks before the event Just Tickets will assign camping
lots, and will simply group our little happy band together and send the
ickets out. 
) -snip-
 >I see no mention of having to buy 2 General Admission tickets per 
 campsite in the on-line brochure.  If so, this will make things less
omplicated.
 
>>Unfortunately, it's my understanding that this policy still applies--two 
ickets in order to get one campsite.   Charlie will tell you if that's not 
o, but in the brochure he generated, he reiterated that policy.
snip-
he policy still applies. But they have been flexible in the past so you can
lways ask
) -snip-
TW, Charlie, how about posting the final version of your event brochure on 
he POCA website (or someplace) so that people who haven't previously 
ttended can see what's on offer and start to make their arrangements?
snip-
vent brochure was loaded on the POCA site in Novermber and may be found on
ttp://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323&g2_page=2
 don't know how to make it more visible, but I included the link in the
-mail I sent to the Forum and to everyone who got a dedicated e-mail. 
8) Julian- save yourself the $30 shipping fee and have your tickets included
n my envelope and sent to me in Spain. Can't get any cheaper than free! Use
he $30 to buy us beer ;-) 
) I don't remember the rest of the questions...