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Final day Fringe frenzy axed as ticket nightmare goes on

Half-price offers are abandoned as box office software fails

FRINGE organisers were forced to abandon their closing two-for- one Ticket Frenzy yesterday as this year's box office nightmare continued right up to the final day.

The temporary software patches used to plug the gaps left by the catastrophic failure of their GBP 335,000 Liquid Box Office system were unable to cope with the half-price sales.

Frustrated festival goers had to make their way on foot to the Half-Price Hut to take advantage of the final day's deals, despite initial promises in the brochure that tickets would be reduced "at all Fringe ticket outlets".

Mailing list customers were sent a last-minute e-mail at the ...

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