Coldplay Move To Stop Fans Being 'Ripped Off'

Coldplay Move To Stop Fans Being 'Ripped Off'

The group auction their own tickets to stop them falling into the wrong hands

Coldplay have set up their own auction website so fans who are left ticketless don't have to be "ripped off" buying online.

The group say that whenever they announce tour dates, "an enormous amount" end up being sold on via auction websites, and in some cases, "scalper sites".

To combat this, the band are auctioning off some tickets for their forthcoming North American dates, with some of the money being donated to charity.

A statement on the band's official website reads: "Whenever we put our tickets up for sale an enormous amount of them end up being sold on.

"We have given a small number of tickets for the next North American tour to Ticketmaster to auction through a legitimate auction site that they have set up just for Coldplay of which a portion of the proceeds from these auctions will be donated to charity.

"Again this part of our on-going plan to make sure as many tickets get into real fans' hands and to stop scalpers making money and making fans miserable from counterfeit tickets."

Coldplay's next North American tour is set for early next year. Before that, they end 2005 with a massive UK tour in December.


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Churchill Funeral Barge Up For Auction.

Churchill Funeral Barge Up For Auction.

The barge that bore the body of World War Two leader Winston Churchill down the River Thames during his state funeral 40 years ago will go on sale next month and is expected to make over one million pounds.

Havengore, 87 feet (26.5 metres) long and 17 feet wide, entered the annals of history on January 30, 1965 when it carried Churchill's flag-draped coffin past dock cranes with their jibs lowered in mute tribute to the nation's hero.

Havengore, commissioned in 1954 and launched two years later, had a dual life as a working survey boat in the Thames estuary and a ceremonial transport craft carrying royalty and overseas visitors.

Decommissioned in 1995 and completely restored, the barge now works only on ceremonial occasions -- most recently leading a flotilla of small ships down the Thames in tribute to naval hero Horatio Nelson in September.

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Special Auction Services.

26 November 2005 12 noon

Viewing 26 Nov 9am - 11.45am

Title - Fairings, Staffordshire Pot Lids, Prattware and Commemoratives.
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A.F. Brock & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers.

29 November 2005 12.30pm
30 November 2005 12.30pm

Viewing 25 Nov 10.30am - 4.30pm
26 Nov 10.30am - 3.30pm
29 Nov 10am - 12 noon
30 Nov 10am - 12 noon


Title: Two Day Sale. Day One Includes - Gold, Silver, Silver Plate, Jewellery, Ceramics, Glass & Collectables. Day Two Includes - Coins, Medals,

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C J M Asset Management.

Date/Location: 29 Nov 2005 10:00

Reason for Sale: On instructions of Liquidators, Receivers, Industrial Finance Houses & Private Vendors
Viewing: Monday 28th November 2005 from 1pm to 7pm and on morning or sale from 8.30am.
Catalogue Info: £1 on site or free upon request from the auctioneers.
Additional Info: No children under 16 years of age. Proof of identity needed to register.

Content: GENERATORS & COMPRESSORS, MACHINE TOOLS, SHOTBLAST EQUIPMENT, UPVC WINDOW & GLASS EQUIPMENT

GENERATORS & COMPRESSORS inc Cummins NTTA855 315KVA, Volvo TID121FG 275KVA Skid Mounted Diesel Generator, 1995 Atlas Copco XAHS 365 Twin Axle Trailer Mounted, 2000 Kaeser M76 Trailer Mounted, Ingersoll Rand Spriro-Flo Trailer Mounted, 2 HPC CS90 Compressors in Acoustic Cabinets, HPC Dryer, Hydrovane Rotary Compressor

MACHINE TOOLS inc Sedgwick TA450 Circular Saw Bench, Eisele Cut-Off Saw, Centre Lathes, Grinders, SCM K208 Edgebander, Wilson Moulder, Multico Thicknesser, 9" Planer, Startrite Tilt Saw

SHOTBLAST EQUIPMENT inc Converted 20’ Shipping Container, Clemco Shotblast Cabinet, Various Industrial Blast Pots, Hosing and Pipework

Remaining Contents of The Stores Of A Dust Control Unit Manufacturer

Quantity of Commercial Paint Spray Pots; 8 Commercial Sewing Machines

UPVC WINDOW & GLASS EQUIPMENT inc Double End Welder, Double End Mitre Saw, Fabro 250 Chop Saw, Horizontal Drill, Notching Machine, Single Head Welder, Corner Cleaner, 1994 Ashton 2m Sealed Unit Line, Bassra Glass Washer etc

FOOD PROCESSING & COMMERCIAL CATERING EQUIPEMNT

4 x 1999 Excel Videojet Printers (Model 170i and 178i),
1995 Graseby Goring Kerr In-Line Metal Detector - aperture size approx 10" x 4",
Powercheck Check Weigher (50pcs/min; 2kg capacity),
Box Taping Machine,
Various Stainless Steel Framed Food Quality Conveyors,
7 x Stainless Steel Tables 8’ x 4’, 4’ x 4’, 2’ x 2’ etc,
Various length Roller Conveyor,
2 x Stainless Steel Storage Racks,
Scanvaegt Roller Conveyor System,
Stainless Steel Framed 2 Tier Food Quality Conveyor approx 12’ x 13’,
10 x Stainless Steel Trimming Tables 2’2" x 1’,
1997 CP Food Machinery Model CP Carving/Packing Conveyor 28’ x 4’,
5 x Changing Room Benches,
4 x Wheelie Bins, 8 Assorted Boot Racks,
Qty Modern Plastic & Aluminium Storage Shelving,
Stainless Steel Knife Sterilizer,
3 Upright Freezers,
3 Upright Fridges,
Zanussi Deep Fat Fryer,
Jackson Mayfair Grill,
Jackson Mayfair 6 Burner Cooker,
Comenda LF3200 Dishwasher

FACTORY EQUIPMENT

Pallet Racking,
Aluminium Ladders,
Pallet Trucks,
Lockers,
Lab Ovens,
Plastic Bins,
Qty 4 Wheel Bogies,
Stillages

FORKLIFT, PLANT & VEHICLES (TO BE SOLD AT 12 NOON)

2003 JCB 8052 Tracked Excavator
Hyster 4 Tonne Diesel Forklift
Nissan 4 Tonne Diesel Forklift
Hyster 2.5 Tonne Diesel Forklift
Lifting Beams, 2001 TCM 2.5T LPG Forklift
2001 TCM 3T LPG Forklift
Aire 10’ Flat Bed Transit Body
Aquawash Vehicle Mountable Pressure Washing System
2004 JMS 900TR Forestry Trailer c/w 2.75m loader
2003 Intermac PTO Sweeper
2003 Faza SF60 Spring Tine Weeder
2004 Mitsubishi L200 Warrior Crew Cab Pick-Up
(P) LDV Convoy Minibus with Wheelchair Lift
(02) Vauxhall Astra 1.7DTI Van
(K) Mercedes Benz 310D Dropside Pick-Up
(W) Transit 9 Seat Crew Cab Van
(R ) Transit 14 Seat Mini Bus
(S) Mercedes T12C Minibus
(X) Ford Transit 350 LWB Tipper
(51) Toyota Avensis GS VVT-i 1.8L
(H) Volvo 940GLE 2.3 Auto Estate

OFFICE FURNITURE & IT EQUIPMENT

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Cheffins

23 November 2005 11am
24 November 2005 11am

Viewing 20 Nov 10am - 12pm
21 Nov 10am - 5pm
22 Nov 10am - 6pm
23 Nov 9am - 10.30am
23 Nov 4pm - 6pm
24 Nov 9am - 10.30am

Title - Antiques and collectables

Information

Two day sale. Day 1 commencing on 23rd November at 11am includes: Ceramics and Glass, Jewellery, Watches, Coins and Medals, Decorative Arts. Day 2 on 24th November at 11am includes: Prints, Pictures, Collectors Items, Clocks and Barometers, Carpets and Furniture.

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Wyles Hardy & Co.

Date/Location: Commencing: 24 Nov 2005 10:00

Reason for Sale: On behalf of a Major UK Finance Company & Others
Viewing: Thursday 24 November 2005 from 10am to 4pm at Bovingdon Premises.
Catalogue Info:
Additional Info: Tender Documents & further details available from simon.withall@wyleshardy.com All offered subject to availability

Content: CARS, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, A SCOOTER, IN CAR SAT/NAT EQUIPMENT ETC

MOTORCYCLES
CPI GTR 50cc Moped - Unregistered

CARS
Citroen C5 2.0 HDi Exclusive 5dr - 2003 (03)
Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi 130PS Zetec 5dr - 2003 (53)
Jagiar XK8 4.0 2dr Coupe Auto - 1998 (R)
Mazda 6 2.0 TS2 5dr - 2005 (05)
Mercedes C220 CDi Avantgarde SE 4dr - 2004 (54)
Peugeot 407 2.0HDi 136BHP SE 4dr - 2005 (05)
SAAB 9-3 2.0T 210 BHP Aero 4dr - 2004 (04)

COMMERCIALS
Ford Transit Connect T230 LX TDCI High Roof LWB Panel Van - 2004 (04)
Ford Transit 350 2.4TD LWB High Roof Panel Van - 2003 (53)
MAN 8.163 7.5t Box Truck c/w 1,000 kgs capacity Tail Lift - 2000 (W)
Renault Trafic LL29 1.9DCi 100BHP LWB Panel Van c/w Sat/Nav. - 2004 (53)

OTHER EQUIPMENT
VDO Dayton Sat/Nav Equipment.
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Holidays By Auction Is The Way To Go Says Governmentauctionsuk.com

Want to know how to make last-minute steals seem even more like burglary? governmentauctionsuk.com reports on a new way to bag a bargain holiday online

“I do lots of work at home on my computer, so it’s easy for me to keep tabs on the site,” says 60-year-old Ian Davies from Droylsden, near Manchester. “I note when the bidding is going to finish and, five minutes before the end, I’ll make my move.”

Ian is one of a growing number of people who purchase holidays by auction over the Internet, attracted by the cheap deals available and the buzz of bidding against others for packages. He buys holidays from Thomson on the site www.ebay.com.

“I’ve bought nine holidays by auction in the past two years and I wouldn’t do it any other way now,” he said. “I’m semi-retired, so we can travel at short notice and make use of the bargains. My wife and I have just had two weeks in Sorrento, half board, for a total of £180. You can’t get much better than that.”

Ian says he has a pretty good system for winning auctions. “I make my maximum bid five minutes before the auction closes,” he says. “Bids go up in units of £10 so if, for example, I bid £300 and it turns out that the next highest is £220, then the site will only take £230 off you.

“It works pretty well, although you can now buy software which will automatically lodge a bid 30 seconds before the end of the auction, which doesn’t give you any time to come back with a counter bid, so you miss a few as well.”

Travel companies use auctions to sell holidays that, for a variety of reasons, are difficult to offload via traditional methods. They often prefer selling so-called ‘distressed stock’ in this way, as offering discounts through travel agents can give the impression that everything is cheap and diminish the chances of selling anything at full price.

Auction buyers therefore find themselves staying in properties where operators have spaces to fill. All kinds of holidays are available on auction sites, but inevitably there are lots of last minute packages to Mediterranean destinations in the quiet months of May, June, September and October. Packages to popular hotels during the peak school holiday months of July and August are harder to find.

The standard of accommodation is stated on the website, but the name of the apartment or hotel will often be revealed only when holidaymakers arrive at the resort.

TUI, which owns Thomson, sells last-minute Mediterranean packages to Spain, Greece, Egypt, Turkey and Ibiza through its own websites.

Anyone wanting to bid for a holiday must lodge their credit card details and, in the event of their bid being successful, the money will be charged to their account.

Sometimes holidays have a reserve price and bidders can keep returning to the site to trump their rivals or lodge a ‘proxy bid’, which will keep increasing to beat anyone else’s offer, up to a maximum stated level.

Graham Donohue, the head of new media at TUI, said the auctions were attracting a loyal following.

“We’re probably selling about 200 holidays per week between the two sites and you can tell there are a lot of people who have bought many holidays on auction,” he said.

“When we sell holidays from £1, without a reserve price, it creates a bidding frenzy, but we don’t do that with all the holidays, because we have to make sure we can get a minimum price for some of them.

“Our auction holidays are distressed stock which is not selling well, but that doesn’t matter to people who are looking for a good deal. In September, we sold a two-week package to Corfu, with two star bed and breakfast accommodation and flights from Gatwick, on auction. Somebody picked it up the holiday, for two people, for a total of £80. I don’t think you’ll find anything as cheap as that in a travel agent.”

One Internet retailer uses auctions to sell luxury holidays. Seven night packages in five-star star resort in the Caribbean, which usually retail for around £2,000 per person, can be snapped up for half that price.

Daniel Britton, the auction manager at www.lastminute.com said: “Auctions also work well for very specialist products like this. A small number of people want these holidays and are prepared to bid against each other to get them.

“We have worked with an operator called Travel Luxury for the past four or five years selling these trips and it has been very successful. The whole auction business online has grown massively on the back of www.ebay.com and people are now much more comfortable about buying all sorts of products in this way.

“As far as the public is concerned, if you are prepared to be flexible and travel at short notice you can get a great deal and buying by auction can be a lot of fun.”

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Penrith Farmers' & Kidd's PLC

9 November 2005 10:30am
Viewing 7 Nov 10:00am - 5:00pm
8 Nov 10:00am - 7:00pm
9 Nov 8:30am - 10:00am 

Title: Auction Sale of Antiques and Collectors' Items (Mainly from private sources) 684 lots. 

Furniture, Watercolours and Drawings, Barometers, watches, Clocks & Long Cased Clocks, Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art and much more.

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Suffolks.co.uk 

15 Nov 2005 11:00
Viewing: Day Prior 10am to 4pm. 

Content: COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

1993 Volvo F10 380bhp 6x2 Breakdown lorry. Willinghams HD 10 ton Under lift, winch, stiff leg extending boom and specs. 
Volvo Fl 0 270bhp Breakdown lorry with Harvey Frost 850 Crane and 3ton HAP. 
Volvo F6 4x2 Breakdown lorry Willinghams 10 ton Under lift, 2 x winches, stiff legs, extending boom and specs. 
A 1993 ERF 28 ton 4x2 tractor unit T + T Oct 06. 
1984 Mercedes 6.8ton beavertail recovery vehicle with new winch T and T Nov 06. 
1995 Mercedes 308D 3.5ton service van T + T 9/06. 
1985 ERF 28 ton 4x2 tractor unit T+T 10/05.