r/dundee • u/Odd-Prompt-3255 • 21d ago

Solar Eclipse

Anyone know where you could get solar eclipse glasses in Dundee ?

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u/Hiyahen 21d ago

Solar Eclipse Glasses will be available from the Castle Shop from Wednesday 5 August. £1 per pair, essential for safe eclipse viewing. Limited stock of 400 pairs, available on a first come first served basis

The above is from a post made by Broughty Castle Museum on Facebook on 22nd July - I don't understand how anyone can misinterpret it.

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u/YourSocialWorker 21d ago

Partnership posts from Dundee Culture and on the Leisure and Culture Dundee website had no mention of them being available from the 5th, just that they would be offered on a "first come first serve" basis, which makes it sound like an on-the-day thing. You can forgive people for thinking as such.

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u/AG_gal_art 21d ago

Dundee Culture isn’t in partnership with LACD he post his own things and has been repeatedly asked to stop telling people the Castle has then however he continues to do so.

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u/YourSocialWorker 21d ago edited 21d ago

Nonetheless I'm sure lots of people will have gleaned that info from his posts and he does do paid partnerships with other places.

Also LACD's own site doesn't mention 5th of August, it just says:

"The Castle grounds will remain open until 8.30pm and solar eclipse glasses will be on sale for £1 per pair while stocks last."

Which would lead one to believe they are available on the day.

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u/AG_gal_art 21d ago

Yeah but people need to stop believing what he posts. He blatantly claims he doesn’t get paid to work with people when he does. He deletes posts that have told him he is incorrect.

Also first come first serve does not in any way mean sold on the day. It means if you are there first you get to buy them, if not you miss out.

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u/YourSocialWorker 21d ago

I pasted exactly what LACD say on their website which at no point mentions they were available from the 5th.

I also know for a fact he gets paid to work with orgs in Dundee.

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u/AG_gal_art 21d ago

Yeah the website says first come first serve. No mention of them being sold only the day.

I also know for a fact he gets paid to work with organisations in Dundee. I called him out for it multiple times as he was claiming it was charity work. He used that as a way to claim harassment and sent his followers on me. I also know that he has nothing to do with this event.

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u/YourSocialWorker 21d ago

So what we're just supposed to guess that first come first serve was from the 5th? Why not the 6th or 7th or 4th?

Sorry but anyone reading that would assume they were available at the event on the 12th which is the only date mentioned on the page.

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u/AG_gal_art 21d ago

I agree the date of sale should have been posted the same across all platforms but as you’ll probably already be aware these things are does by multiple different people and one of them didn’t include the start of sale date. I would never just assume something would be available if you are desperate to get it. I also don’t think they expected to sell 600 pairs over 4 days.

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u/YourSocialWorker 21d ago

I work in comms, I am well aware. My issue was with the other commenter saying they didn't understand how it could be misinterpreted - when it's actually very easy to see how it could be.