O2 get the Point

03-07-2008 11:26AM

One thing there, preference for O2 customers? Thats absolute bollox

03-07-2008 11:27AM

irishamethyst wrote: »

Will that work if I buy a pay as you go phone, and only top it up by €5 every six months :P.

I think for shows/concerts high in demand that is unfair IMHO. If U2 decided, for example, play there, why should anyone be given preference. I presume it will be a per centage of the seats would be available to their customers, rather than the fact that a gig could be sold out on that basis alone.

+ 1.

Its a disgrace, and has made me less likely to switch to them out of principle.

dr.bollocko · 03-07-2008 11:31AM

The point is a ****ty ****ty venue. Making it bigger only makes it ****ter.
So at least the **** venue allied itself with a **** phone company.
Maybe they only sell Budweiser exclusively and all and complete the **** trifecta.

03-07-2008 11:32AM

How does being a customer of O2 make u more worthy of tickets than a non- O2 customer? screwin over the real fans.........

humanji · 03-07-2008 11:33AM

It won't make that much of a difference. I'd say it's just that they'll have a load of tickets issued to them in the same way many companies do. Then they'll sell them off to the first load that ask for them. It's the same as radio stations being given promotional ticketed and giving them away. It's not like you complain about them getting the tickets you wanted to buy.

Earthhorse · 03-07-2008 11:33AM

Another triumph for marketing.

zAbbo wrote: »

Good for the consumer imo

Yeah, the O2 consumer. And by the O2 consumer I mean the "O2" consumer i.e. someone who has their phone service with "O2" not the "The O2" consumer i.e. someone who is attending an event at the "The O2".

Okay, let me start again...

conical · 03-07-2008 11:33AM

Can't see next years Meteor Awards being held at The O2 can you?!

Steve_o · 03-07-2008 11:39AM

conical wrote: »

Can't see next years Meteor Awards being held at The O2 can you?!

Bit of a conflict of interest alright...

OP it will always be the Point

MysticalSoul · 03-07-2008 11:45AM

SDooM wrote: »

So's O2. We just don't have a smiley here for an oxygen molecule.

EDIT: I used to work for them and the amount of people who thought O2 was water because of the ads was mental.

But the O2 is no connection with the original name, whereas The Point does IYSWIM.

bluto63 · 03-07-2008 11:56AM

I don't like it but eventually it'll stick. Not only that, but it's gonna be a huge boost to o2 sales cause a large amount of people will switch over to gain the benefits of getting tickets early.

Bard · 03-07-2008 12:19PM

I'll always call it "The Point"!

And I'll always call Snickers "Marathon"! And Starburst? Why they'll always be "Opal Fruits" to me! New York? That's New Amsterdam, that is. And Istanbul? Feck that. I'm calling it Constantinople.

You get the idea. It's a new name. It'll worm it's way into the consciousness, the zeitgeist, and stick... eventually.

Clever move by O2, in fairness.

http://rickoshea.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/whats-the-point/

Blisterman · 03-07-2008 12:52PM

There already is "The O2", in London. Could not they not have at least called it the "O2 Point".

It's almost as bad as England, where every second venue is called "The Carling Academy".

Cianos · 03-07-2008 01:03PM

Yeah, it's a very good marketing move. Their brand is now one of the biggest venues in the country, and every time any newspaper, magazine or website lists an event taking place there, it's another representation of the O2 name.

dumbyearbook · 03-07-2008 01:12PM

Marathon/Opal fruits might be right some time soon!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-565849/Farewell-Snickers-Marathon-bars-make-comeback.html

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20082851315601

tHE vAGGABOND · 03-07-2008 01:15PM

People said the same thing when the Millennium Dome became the 02 arena in London...

Now most people have forgotten all about the Millennium Dome

Mweelrea · 03-07-2008 01:23PM

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

People said the same thing when the Millennium Dome became the 02 arena in London...

Now most people have forgotten all about the Millennium Dome

True but the millenium dome was a bit of a flop anyway until O2 took it over.
The O2 is the most unimaginative name i've ever heard.

Larianne · 03-07-2008 01:33PM

Eddie Vedder won't be able to do his amazing Point joke anymore... oh no..

faceman · 03-07-2008 01:39PM

Larianne wrote: »

Eddie Vedder won't be able to do his amazing Point joke anymore... oh no..

Good call!

Im all for old school. I dont recognise O'Connell st either. I dont even call it Sackville St. Drogheda street ftw!!

I think the most the shameful thing about the purchase is preference given to o2 customers. I despise the ethics of mobile operators despite having to burden myself with one.

Its bad for the consumer if certain consumers are given preference because of their purchasing choices on an unrelated product.

Nightwish · 03-07-2008 01:44PM

Its the Point and it always will be for me anyway. The O2 for me refers to the millennium dome in London. The new name stuck with the Dome, because it was only referred to by its original name for a short period of time, whereas the Point has been the Point for about 20 years. I hate the whole corporate naming of arenas/stadia nowadays. Is there any shred of originality left?

Niamho! · 03-07-2008 01:44PM

creggy wrote: »

Indeed, I can imagine people will be still calling it The Point. It's just like my dad calling starburst opal fruits!

I've heard they're going Back to the Original name on those!!
Anyone else heard this??

03-07-2008 01:53PM

Larianne wrote: »

Eddie Vedder won't be able to do his amazing Point joke anymore... oh no..

X-Nay on the bashing of eddie! Any joke where Bono is "le butt" is fine by me!

Earthhorse · 03-07-2008 01:54PM

Larianne wrote: »

Eddie Vedder won't be able to do his amazing Point joke anymore... oh no..

Ha ha. I was thinking that too.

Earthhorse · 03-07-2008 01:55PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Any joke where Bono is "le butt" is fine by me!

What? I think you are thinking of a different joke.

rossie1977 · 03-07-2008 01:55PM

who the hell cares what it is called as long as it is a proper arena at long last not a freaking old warehouse with a few seats (as it was up to now), what a dump the old point was :mad:

walking past it the other week it now looks like a proper arena

the americans call their amazing indoor arenas the united center, the at+t center, American Airlines Arena, the staples center, the europeans have followed with the emirates, the manchester evening news arena, the o2, the allianz arena, we are just following the same route and why not if it brings in extra money

i was there the night vedder said the point joke in june 2000 but alas i would rather hear pearl jam play with better lighting and far better sound than the old point provided

darkman2 · 03-07-2008 01:56PM

humanji wrote: »

Wow, I'm working on it and didn't even know it was being renamed. I say it'll remain The Point in most peoples eyes.

Have they started the skyscraper beside it yet?

rossie1977 · 03-07-2008 02:01PM

darkman2 wrote: »

Have they started the skyscraper beside it yet?

i think so, they is something big going up in the old carpark behind the point

Ron DMC · 03-07-2008 02:01PM

I actually still often say pounds and pence when I'm not thinking (and sometimes on purpose). I'm a bitter old man at heart and nothing will change my ways.

WoollyRedHat · 03-07-2008 02:06PM

O2 advertising sicks me and whenever I see an ad of theirs I want to dig my insides out and throw it all over the telly. Please don't refer to it as the 02, for the good of all humanity.

humanji · 03-07-2008 02:09PM

darkman2 wrote:

Have they started the skyscraper beside it yet?

That's a different company. I don't even think they've got the full planning permission for it yet.

kowloon · 03-07-2008 02:18PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

I was there the night vedder said the point joke in june 2000 but alas i would rather hear pearl jam play with better lighting and far better sound than the old point provided

Was at that, the sound was so bad you couldn't make out anything.
The experience was probably responsible for my reluctance to part with the cash for so many gigs since.

O2 get the Point

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