but like i said the person on the gate is the one letting us thru so i am safe as houses
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but like i said the person on the gate is the one letting us thru so i am safe as houses
- May 8, 2006
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I've done this a fair bit this season. Got pulled up on Saturday though, the lady asked me to see some concession id, of which i showed her, and was good to go
Do kids tickets come up as concession on their scanners?
- May 8, 2006
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Just saying..no organisation can 100% control 95,000 people.
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the kids ones were good while they lasted
Di_Di_Didak
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Any Pies fans that want to sneak in PM me and for $200 I'll get you in
Gydafud
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Not really sneaking in, but how stringent do you think they will be with checking AFL memberships this year? The last few times have been a breeze to get past the clipboard people, but I am afraid this year might be the year I get pulled aside. The fact they are doing bag checks outside the gate now has me a bit worried cause it means more people are going to get held up.
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There's always a risk, but it's not worth worrying about.
Just don't stick out like a sore thumb and you will be fine.
The odds of you being the one that is stopped are so minuscule that they are just about insignificant.
I remember hearing a story from about 20 years ago about a guy who would dress up swish, wrap a cornflakes box in postal packaging, and find a young security guard or gate attendent to tell that he had to quickly deliver it personally to the MCC offices.
Gydafud
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Funnily enough its not me I am worried about, it is my old man. He has never had to do it before. It is the first time I have been able to get him a ticket to the GF since he last went in 1995. About time he finally got to see the cats win one live. Missed out on 63 but was there in 67, 89, 92, 94 and 95. Hospital kept him out in 07 and couldn't afford 08 or 09.
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When do the ladies outside ever ask you for the actual AFL Membership? If she asks, just completely ignore her and walk around to the other side of the gate and hand your passout there.
Too easy.
Too easy.
The best thread i've read on bigfooty some absolute ripper stories on here even if half are bullsh*t I couldn't care less, great read!
I've had 2 mates who got in to the GF - My mate a mad saints fan went to the first gf and couldn't afford a ticket to the next one. He decided to stay over an extra week and try and get in (lost his job as well... so really was a rough time for him!)
He nearly got in on his first attempt when a scuffle broke out he tried jumping the gate when the ticket man was distracted, however caught his foot on and ate shit and get escorted out pretty quickly, also got a warning from the secruity to not come back or he would be banned for a year.
Since he's from Perth and didn't really care if he was banned from the G he tried one more attempt and this one worked. He jumped in line behind a group of people and as the ticket lady scanned the persons ticket he jumped ran through and was chased by several security staff... he kept running and he had 2 shirts on... one to which he just took off as to get security guards off his track....
pretty bloody lucky If you ask me, but he got in... too bad they lost!
The other mates story of how he got in pretty random... he waited for the ticket staff to be caught off guard and he walked backwards and somehow got a hand out ticket (whatever they are called)
seems pretty bs to me but he has pictures from the game of him there!
I've had 2 mates who got in to the GF - My mate a mad saints fan went to the first gf and couldn't afford a ticket to the next one. He decided to stay over an extra week and try and get in (lost his job as well... so really was a rough time for him!)
He nearly got in on his first attempt when a scuffle broke out he tried jumping the gate when the ticket man was distracted, however caught his foot on and ate shit and get escorted out pretty quickly, also got a warning from the secruity to not come back or he would be banned for a year.
Since he's from Perth and didn't really care if he was banned from the G he tried one more attempt and this one worked. He jumped in line behind a group of people and as the ticket lady scanned the persons ticket he jumped ran through and was chased by several security staff... he kept running and he had 2 shirts on... one to which he just took off as to get security guards off his track....
pretty bloody lucky If you ask me, but he got in... too bad they lost!
The other mates story of how he got in pretty random... he waited for the ticket staff to be caught off guard and he walked backwards and somehow got a hand out ticket (whatever they are called)
seems pretty bs to me but he has pictures from the game of him there!
The_Reaper
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Since when can you drive your car into an AFL match?
Even the WAFL have banned it. Used to be great to be able to drive into Rushton Park and park the car with a boot full of drinks.
Pretty sure you can do it at East Freo
simba_
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this is it. run and change your shirt, all there is to it. works with festivals, royal shows and weddings too!
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wear a beanie and yank it off - works good too
another trick is if you're getting chased and there is a crowd in your way, when you get halfway through, stop and turn around and casually walk back the way you came (doesn't always work, but if you do it confidently and calmly enough, you may be in luck)
or you can just keep running lol
another trick is if you're getting chased and there is a crowd in your way, when you get halfway through, stop and turn around and casually walk back the way you came (doesn't always work, but if you do it confidently and calmly enough, you may be in luck)
or you can just keep running lol
My mate did this last year and made a killing. Very easy way to do it as well.
He got in with MCC then at QTR time rush he went out got a passout but instead just walked quickly back inside instead of going outside. Went to another passout exit and got a new passout, sold his other passout to a random for $150 then went back in and did it again 4 times.
He got in with MCC then at QTR time rush he went out got a passout but instead just walked quickly back inside instead of going outside. Went to another passout exit and got a new passout, sold his other passout to a random for $150 then went back in and did it again 4 times.
SJ
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There are no passouts for MCC members (apart from crossovers into the public).
I have a good idea will reveal after gf incase I use it. Dunno who reads these forums
Buddy Magic
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My mate got thru in 08 GF dressed as batman. He said he was part of the pre-game entertainment and was running late and couldn't find his ticket!
Him and a mate also get into the brownlow after party sometimes (not dressed as batman!). A few years ago he was at the brownlow hanging out with the late Belinda Emmet and Shannon Noll. He also had his arm signed by a drunk Eddie Maguire who wrote, 'Get F****d' on it!
Him and a mate also get into the brownlow after party sometimes (not dressed as batman!). A few years ago he was at the brownlow hanging out with the late Belinda Emmet and Shannon Noll. He also had his arm signed by a drunk Eddie Maguire who wrote, 'Get F****d' on it!
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Heard a good story about this last year - a mate of my old man went to every grand final for about 15 years until 2005 by simply offering a couple of gorillas to the most questionable looking passout bloke he could see.
Reckons it was as easy as finding a younger bloke (never a female, they’re not as dodgy), making sure he was alone (people don’t like to be judged by their workmates when pulling a dodgy), sidling up to him, discreetly offering him the golden handshake and promising he’d never see him again. Apparently the most refusals he ever got was about three.
The best year was when the attendant told him he wouldn’t take the money cos if sprung he’d be sacked, but “next group of people just go mate, I’ve gotta stand here, I’m not gonna chase you…”
Reckons it was as easy as finding a younger bloke (never a female, they’re not as dodgy), making sure he was alone (people don’t like to be judged by their workmates when pulling a dodgy), sidling up to him, discreetly offering him the golden handshake and promising he’d never see him again. Apparently the most refusals he ever got was about three.
The best year was when the attendant told him he wouldn’t take the money cos if sprung he’d be sacked, but “next group of people just go mate, I’ve gotta stand here, I’m not gonna chase you…”
jimmy.h
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I got pulled up once (think it was 2003 GF). The check consisted of producing a AFL membership card. Don't think there was anything to actually match the name on the membership to photo ID or anything.
Other than that, I noticed the clipboard people in either 2008 or 2009 and don't even remember seeing them in other years You get the feeling they are there to act as a deterrent to people transferring tickets, not to catch and punish those who do.
Every year you hear that there will be a tougher crackdown on this and other attempts to get in. Not sure if that will ever eventuate though.
If you have an adult and some number of concession tickets, you can get some adults in on them if you play it right.
Adult and child go in first and once inside, exchange tickets and the adult leaves the area. Child comes back and stands 10 metres inside the gates (now with the adult ticket in his hand). Another adult enters at a suitable busy time with the concession ticket and in the unlikely event they get pulled up, just plead that he must have mixed up his ticket outside with his kids while he went to buy a Record. Adult calls the kid over who shows the 'adult ticket they entered with' and manages to get in due to the mixup.
Adult and child go in first and once inside, exchange tickets and the adult leaves the area. Child comes back and stands 10 metres inside the gates (now with the adult ticket in his hand). Another adult enters at a suitable busy time with the concession ticket and in the unlikely event they get pulled up, just plead that he must have mixed up his ticket outside with his kids while he went to buy a Record. Adult calls the kid over who shows the 'adult ticket they entered with' and manages to get in due to the mixup.
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