To prevent touts getting 100's of dummy places and selling on at silly prices
Anyone got a spare London 100 number
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To prevent touts getting 100's of dummy places and selling on at silly prices
Yes but how much? 10x the normal entry fee? More
I can't abide touting and profiteering
My apologies if they charge face value plus a fiver for their troubles which goes to charity
http://www.sportstoursinternational...tial-ridelondon-surrey-100-mile-sportive-2015
vickster
Squire
Yes but I couldn't see a price
It does say it's for international cyclists, I'm not sure if that makes it worse
That said Marianne Vos did it last year and got a few Strava QOMs on roads around me.
jefmcg
Guru
Not an obscene profit. Room is still available for those two nights for £300. They would pay less, but presumably paid more for the entry than ballot winners. Still, probably 50% or so.
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
Significantly cheaper than going for a Charity place when you factor 2 nights in even a crappy London hotel.
jefmcg
Guru
I know lots of people do this, but I haven't asked people for sponsorship since I did a read-a-thon when I was about 10. I couldn't imagine doing it now. So I would have to pay out of pocket if I wanted a charity place. I'm sure there are others like me.
Though I also am disdainful of people coming around asking me to subsidise a fun thing they really want to do, with a portion of the money going to a charity neither they nor I have any connection to. "Sponsored parachute jump" baffles me.
Yep, I am not a nice person.
I'm riding for the local Hospice I am a volunteer driver for - 100% of funds raised goes direct to the hospice. No shame about asking folks to support that cause.
Freds Dad
Veteran
- Location
- Gawsworth.
How would the organisers know if someone else rode instead of you?
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User33236
Guest
They only sell them as part of a package that includes hotel so not so good for those that don't need the latter.Yes but how much? 10x the normal entry fee? More
I can't abide touting and profiteering
My apologies if they charge face value plus a fiver for their troubles which goes to charity
I know the 'early bird' prices were pretty reasonable for 2014 (never noticed this year) when the cost of the hotel was taken into account. No idea how they get the entries or indeed how much they pay for them.
jefmcg
Guru
There are exceptions, of course. You're obviously one.
I did once sponsor a colleague I didn't know, whose premature baby had died and he swam across a lake in Switzerland to raise money for the hospital that had cared for her.
The sponsorship thing was not common in Australia , when I moved here. So one of the first times colleagues asked me for money was for the London marathon, where if they hit the fundraising target, they got entry, airfare and accommodation to the Boston Marathon. The fundraising target was not that big, so basically donors were paying for their next holiday, with the left over pounds going to charity.
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User33236
Guest
The is a personal bugbear of mine, people getting jollies paid for off donations! My son and I are doing London2Paris next year because we want to and are making it clear we are paying the whole costs of the trip ourselves.
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User33236
Guest
Exactly. Person A, the registered individual, picks up the pack and passes it to person B who does the ride. There are no further checks after you have collected your rider documents.
