Zombie fans demand refunds as Rundead Manchester event postponed AGAIN
The event was supposedly due to take place in Manchester this weekend but organisers have pulled the plug for a second time
Emily Heward
Dozens of people who bought tickets to a zombie run due to take place in Manchester this weekend are demanding their money back after the event was postponed for the second time.
Rundead was billed as an 'interactive horror experience' that would see hordes of the undead unleashed on Manchester for a city-wide chase.
The event was initially due to take place on Saturday January 7 and then rescheduled for Saturday February 18 before organisers pulled the plug a second time, blaming low ticket sales.
In a statement on the Rundead website today, they said: "Due to planning issues and mistakes, we unfortunately have to postpone events again. We apologise for the inconvenience and are sorry that its been left this long.
"Manchester had to be postponed due to lack of numbers. There were less than 45 people signed up so we could not afford to hold the event. This number of people would not have even covered basic insurance and hire costs."
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Similar events advertised in Glasgow, Leeds, Northampton and Cardiff have also been postponed according to the website.
"When we first had the idea for the event, I do not think we realised how much work was actually needed to plan and organise this event, especially with the interest shown," it said on the site.
"The original venue we were going to use turned out to be too small due to the number of people then signing up. We spread ourselves too far, listed too many events and we got swallowed up by it all and buried our heads in the sand.
"We have made a lot of mistakes and let things get too far. We left things far too late and last minute, we thought we had it covered and we were mistaken. We know we have now caused major damage to the name and event, but we are going to carry on and prove that we can successfully hold an amazing event.
"We want to make it up to everyone and we will do all we can to do so."
A screenshot of the Rundead website
Prior to the announcement of the postponement, questions were raised about the event on a Facebook page called 'Rundead - disappeared and no refund'.
Those who bought tickets were told the company was having problems processing card payments and were asked to transfer the £28 ticket price to a Cashplus bank account instead.
They were told they would receive an email containing the 'classified start location' no more than a week before the rescheduled event, but say the details never materialised and requests for refunds have been ignored.
The event's Facebook page was also deleted - although the website remained online with active booking links.
One man, who spent £84 on three tickets for him and two friends, told the M.E.N: "I'm just disappointed really. It's not a huge amount of cash between the three of us but it's still pretty frustrating."
Invoices seen by the M.E.N reveal the company behind the event is Zombie Run Ltd, whose director is listed as Daniel Hatton. The company is registered at 71-75 Shelton Street in Covent Garden, London - a building that provides serviced and virtual office space.
The M.E.N has made repeated attempts to contact Mr Hatton but he has so far failed to respond.
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