My mate's lost application was highlighted in Gregster's post last week
http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45265
Following two unsuccessful conversations trying to sort it out, he asked me to accompany him to the TO last night. The manager refused to speak to him with me present, claiming that it was a breach of Data Protection. Really we just wanted her to answer one question - what he'd done wrong with his application for them to give his seat away.
After I pointed out that this did not really apply, she then walked away from us. So a customer who has paid £545 (he had to pay that to secure another seat after his was given away), and had made a complaint in writing, then had to face the TO manager walking away from him.
We went to speak to Boyd Butler (although didn't get to speak directly to him), and the matter was soon resolved. He now has his seat back, however the TO Manager felt that she had to threaten me with a stadium ban for stating that the TO was unprofessional in an email. Apparently this constitutes abusive behaviour! She also called me a liar. Happy Days!
It just goes to show the ineptitude of the TO, and the reward for relentlessly hassling them until they rectify these unforgivable errors.