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Put them on eBay for big profit.....
....oh hang on that's not allowed now
Think I need to set up www.live8bay.co.uk for those disgruntled ebayers who wanted to sell their tickets, I'll take a small percentage of the final selling price
....oh hang on that's not allowed now
Think I need to set up www.live8bay.co.uk for those disgruntled ebayers who wanted to sell their tickets, I'll take a small percentage of the final selling price
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...539917505&rd=1
At this auction, maybe a p1ssed off seller of some Live 8 tickets
At this auction, maybe a p1ssed off seller of some Live 8 tickets
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Why don't you just put them up for sale in the for sale section here? Give it a few days and then give to the highest bidder (and make sure they pay you through Paypal within a day or two so the sanctimonious on here don't fool you )
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I will be listing the email address 'shutupgeldof@hotmail.co.uk' later on........
should get a few pence for that even if i dont- it was free.
this is a good one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...590220303&rd=1
but this one is better... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...312036110&rd=1
should get a few pence for that even if i dont- it was free.
this is a good one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...590220303&rd=1
but this one is better... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...312036110&rd=1
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I would either sell them and donate the monies to comic relief, or give them to a friend. Selling these tickets for profits is wrong.
why???
is it wrong to pay news crews that film starving kids? is it wrong to pay the police the overtime to cover the event?
i would sell them and get as much money as you can from some mug that thinks seeing Bono for £1000 will stop an African having more kids than they can afford.
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Originally Posted by Tiggs
why???
is it wrong to pay news crews that film starving kids? is it wrong to pay the police the overtime to cover the event?
i would sell them and get as much money as you can from some mug that thinks seeing Bono for £1000 will stop an African having more kids than they can afford.
is it wrong to pay news crews that film starving kids? is it wrong to pay the police the overtime to cover the event?
i would sell them and get as much money as you can from some mug that thinks seeing Bono for £1000 will stop an African having more kids than they can afford.
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The gig is to bring people together and make them aware what exactly is happening in these places. People making money off the back of poverty and illness is sick - because thats basically what it comes down to, IMO.
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Originally Posted by eClaire
The gig is to bring people together and make them aware what exactly is happening in these places. People making money off the back of poverty and illness is sick - because thats basically what it comes down to, IMO.
As it stands it's an ego trip for BG and little else.
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Agree 100% with olly
I seem to recall that the whole point was to wipe out the debt, so that these places could start to make money for themselves rather than paying off debt
I seem to recall that the whole point was to wipe out the debt, so that these places could start to make money for themselves rather than paying off debt
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Originally Posted by eClaire
Maybe they aren't. But the fact is that it is a charity gig in aid of poverty and shouldnt be lining some greasy git's pocket. full stop.
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The gig is to bring people together and make them aware what exactly is happening in these places. People making money off the back of poverty and illness is sick - because thats basically what it comes down to, IMO.
The fact is this, world debt should not be written off any more than national debt should. These countries are run by massivley rich dictators who have gotten fat off idiot governements donating money to them to help their starving. The money gets nowhere near the people who need it, those limo's, mansions, and ten wives dont come cheap, and no third world dictator worth his salt is going to let the money get to the masses.
Countries that dare to succeed, and become "rich", have been giving money to Africa for decades, and the situation is worse now than prior to a single penny being donated. Starvation is up, death from disease is up, corruption is up, so tell me, what is a bunch of people singing songs in a field going to do?
Im sure you have the best intentions, but any money you've ever given has gone into the latest dictators pocket, and if that gives you and the millionaire performers some sort of self satisfaction, then great, just dont expect the rest of us to take this nonesense so seriously, I lived in Africa for 23 years, and saw things with my own eyes, rather than through the eyes of some up his @rse idialistic"musician".
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People making money off the back of poverty and illness is sick - because thats basically what it comes down to, IMO.
I'm busy printing my new range of G8 SUMMIT SUCKS T SHIRTS to get ready to sell to all the crusties with their dogs on bits of string when they visit Edinburgh .... My wife is busy at home currently working on a new improved recipe for Anti G8 Crustie Veg Burgers that we're going to sell to the ******* too
We'll make a million and **** off to the South of France ....
Ooooooooh the irony
PS On a more serious note, I'm 100% with SideShowBob
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eClaire, have you never profited from someone else's misery? I find that hard to believe. Just to put things in the rawest sense.
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Not to my knowledge.
Ever bought Esso Petrol ?
Ever drank Nescafe coffee ?
The list is endless, but in all fairness, it's hard to avoid giving money to some establishment that is either directly or indirectly involved in supporting terrorism or some kind of slave labour.
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LOL SiPie.
I guess what I am trying to say is that I personally feel what these people are doing is immoral. The gig is to raise awareness, and who better to do that than celebrities. If everyone comes together and tries to make a difference then it might just happen. If we don't try it will never happen, kind of like the lottery; if you don't play you don't win!
The debt will be erased so people can start earning money and rebuild their country's economy. That's what this is all about, economic development.
I guess what I am trying to say is that I personally feel what these people are doing is immoral. The gig is to raise awareness, and who better to do that than celebrities. If everyone comes together and tries to make a difference then it might just happen. If we don't try it will never happen, kind of like the lottery; if you don't play you don't win!
The debt will be erased so people can start earning money and rebuild their country's economy. That's what this is all about, economic development.
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Originally Posted by eClaire
Maybe they aren't. But the fact is that it is a charity gig in aid of poverty and shouldnt be lining some greasy git's pocket. full stop.
All this has done is add to the publicity, which BG supposedly wants, and yet is missing an opportnity by not playing video of people dying behind the performers. In fact, axe the singing and just play the video if you want to show people what it's like - oh but then nobody would go would they?
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Originally Posted by eClaire
The gig is to bring people together and make them aware what exactly is happening in these places. People making money off the back of poverty and illness is sick - because thats basically what it comes down to, IMO.
Most of the people going don't give two hoots about Africa, and I bet not many of the musicians would lose sleep over it either, but they get good publicity from it.
Doctors are paid very handsomely, and they deal in nothing but sickness and death. OK, they are trying to cure you, but you can bet that there wouldn't be as many of them if the rewards weren't so great, does that make them bad?
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Originally Posted by eClaire
The debt will be erased so people can start earning money and rebuild their country's economy. That's what this is all about, economic development.
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Originally Posted by SiPie
Ever drank Tea picked in Sri-Lanka ?
Ever bought Esso Petrol ?
Ever drank Nescafe coffee ?
The list is endless, but in all fairness, it's hard to avoid giving money to some establishment that is either directly or indirectly involved in supporting terrorism or some kind of slave labour.
Ever bought Esso Petrol ?
Ever drank Nescafe coffee ?
The list is endless, but in all fairness, it's hard to avoid giving money to some establishment that is either directly or indirectly involved in supporting terrorism or some kind of slave labour.
This isn't about those establishments. This is about members of the british public with NO CONSIENCE(sp) KNOWINGLY selling these free tickets.