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Post by callas12 on Feb 15, 2004 2:07:09 GMT
Really think the folk out there that turn up in there masses when the fixture prices are reduced to a tenner should get off their backsides and make the effort to commit their pledge to the new pricing structure. Im sure and it cleary makes sense that the current season ticket holders will commit to this pledge, coz at long last, S.T holders are getting some value and some kind of reward for being a Season Ticket holder.
The people that turn up when its £10 a game have no excuses whatsoever in pledging to get a season ticket for less than this price!! These are the people that can make the difference between getting the magic figure or not.
I've got my missus to commit to getting one as she only managed to make a few games in the last couple of seasons, sure others have done the same.
Laughed the other day when i was getting my tickets for Crewe at the Brit ticket office. Some guy was trying to hand a pledge form over to the guy behind the desk and i overheard him say, "I've filled this in but im not sure if im going to get one yet"!!!!!
What is there to make your mind up about?? You either want one or you dont.To be there in the 1st place means he obviously attends home games, so why not make the bold move and save yourself and everyone else alot of money by getting a S.T ??!! I bought my current Season ticket early last year before the Clubs survival had even been assured, sure many others did too, now that was being bold...
On the point of whose been getting Pledge forms through the post, my brother had one last week and he'd only bought tickets for one game this season as he actually follows another team that werent playing that day. Reckon that when you buy any ticket at the Brit, they must get your name and bang your details straight onto the mailing list. Lets hope loads havent been sent out to casual fans who only intend to visit the odd game.....
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Post by markscfc72 on Feb 15, 2004 2:48:28 GMT
yeah, like other people have previously said, they havent sent them out to people with a true supporters card who arent season ticket holders which is a bit strange also i would say it needs advertising a little bit more so that the people you refer to that only go when its reduced to a tenner know about the pledges and the season ticket prices.
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Post by wardrobe monster on Feb 15, 2004 11:46:22 GMT
The official website says weve topped 4000 now, but the more encouraging thing is the number of non season ticket holders pledging has risen to 29%. So if all the 6500 s/t holders pledge with 29% also pledging this breaks the 9000 barrier!!!
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Post by RobPa on Feb 15, 2004 11:48:48 GMT
i hope we does this!, what if people who pledge dont buy the season ticket though, and the people who buy season tickets goes less then 8500, will the prices still stick, i suppose they will have to wont they
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Post by markscfc72 on Feb 15, 2004 12:06:02 GMT
yeah i think they will mate because they have said as long as we get 8,500 pledges then the Season tickets will be at those prices then i suppose they will just have to hope that all the people that have pledged will buy!
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 15, 2004 12:21:37 GMT
Yes if all 8,500 pledges come in they will have to start selling the tickets at those prices. If less than 8,500 buy tickets they can hardly get back to everyone and claim some more money can they? However, lets hope that this is all academic and that well over 8,500 people sign pledges and also buy tickets. Topping 10,000 would be nice and 12,000 would be even better. With those sort of figures plus some other schemes for exiles and saturday workers like blocks of tickets for, say, any 6 or 10 matches at discount prices the Brit could be really rocking next season.
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Post by sand on Feb 15, 2004 16:29:20 GMT
I do hope people aren't holding back on sending in their pledges, in the hope of taking advantage of special offers available througout the season...'cause somehow I can't see them happening if the club are going out on a limb with these low priced season tickets.
Come on, get your fingers out!
sand x
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Post by Hooky on Feb 15, 2004 16:30:47 GMT
maybe I should send in another pledge form with someone elses addy on it for a standard nato family of 2 adults & 2 children...... ;D
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Post by loz on Feb 15, 2004 17:34:00 GMT
I haven't sent my pledge in yet But I'll be renewing mine and my brothers season tickets this week and i may have even convinced ones mum to have one too It really is a too good an offer to miss out on I was in two minds prior to the match prices being released on whether to sign up for the next season. It was my first time as a ticket holder this year - and in all truth i've probably missed at least four/ five matches (not sure why or how - but I did !) ??? I think Stoke have taken a massive step forward in this initative - let's just hope that supporters stand up and take note
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 15, 2004 17:43:45 GMT
Loz you won't be able to renew your STs this week as the prices won't be fixed until the end of the month - you can only sign the pledge - so make sure you sign it for 2/3 people and not just yourself. With you new found love of the sun can I recommend the front of the Sentinel stand - as the sun seems to shine in your eyes there if it ever comes out. Save you a fortune on warpaint, that will!
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Post by Pricey on Feb 15, 2004 19:38:33 GMT
markscfc72 fornside What the club have actually said is that if they get 8,500 pledges they WILL DO THEIR BEST to bring those prices to us. Which could of course mean they raise them by £10-20 each after 're-calculating the profit/loss figures'. I'm playing the cynical litte shit here but there is no way I'm going to trust Stoke Holdings after they tried to buy Port V@le, no way! Carry on.
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Post by tel2u on Feb 16, 2004 11:38:55 GMT
At some stage during today Stoke will be launching a campaign asking for volunteers to distribute a further 10,000 pledge forms at the Wigan game.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP?
Watch out for the appropiate link which will appear on this thread once the details are published.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 16, 2004 11:42:00 GMT
That's good news Tel. I shall be working in Dover and will miss the game but I hope plenty of Stokies volunteer. I think this Pledge initiative just HAS to succeed.
If it does this club can go places.
If it doesn't, then the purgatory of the past 20 years continues.
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Post by tel2u on Feb 16, 2004 12:13:33 GMT
Fornside
Certainly no one can say that the Club (Jonathan Fuller and Tim Gallimore in particular) aren't doing their utmost to get the 'magical number' apart from actually going out to each individual and collecting their forms from them.
In answer to your question of yesterday......
Persons that have a TS card have not been specifically targeted as yet, everyone that has received forms so far other than S/T holders or Potters Club members etc, have recieved the them because they have attended a minimum number of matches either at home or away, so anyone below that number will not have received a form, but equally there are or will have been plenty of opportunities for those persons to obtain and fill in a form.
A useable copy of the form is also going into every programme and Oatcke issue this Saturday!
I personally can't see what more the club can do.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 16, 2004 12:31:21 GMT
I agree Tel, they will by Saturday's match, have done about all that can be done. Thanks for clearing up the question about ID card holders who are not ST holders.
I am going to the Crwho? match by the way - is there a pub where we are all meeing up before the match. I will be staying with friends in Weston near Crwho? on the Friday night so I will not have a mad 250 mile dash on Saturday morning! ;D
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Post by RobPa on Feb 16, 2004 12:50:28 GMT
if u go up on pmt, and get dropped off at the bus station there is a weatherspoons pub called gaffers row, thats where me n me mates will be from about 11.30ish
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Post by griffo on Feb 16, 2004 15:50:12 GMT
Offical count at 4779 now!!! Thats with 1165 new ST holders!!! Very promising!!!!!
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Post by smilerandy on Feb 16, 2004 15:57:34 GMT
Looking good
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 16, 2004 16:06:22 GMT
Yes, the percentage of new pledges compared to the renewing ST holders is creeping up. I suppose this is to be expected as the ST holders were always likely to be quickest off the mark in signing the pledge. Certainly it is good news. If the relative percentages remain at this level we should get close to the 8,500 figure if all ST holders renew. In practice, I would expect the percentage of non ST holder applications to increase even further - especially after the Wigan game when they will be barraged by info on the pledge.
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Post by mcf on Feb 16, 2004 16:40:19 GMT
I'm keeping hold of my 4 just in case we end up a couple short. I'll bribe posters for small donations to send them in.
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Post by lurcherthelurker on Feb 16, 2004 16:42:00 GMT
I'll bribe you then Merkin, send them in now or i'll punch your fooking lights out
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Post by mcf on Feb 16, 2004 16:45:44 GMT
I'm not sending them!
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Post by ChrisEvans on Feb 16, 2004 16:46:25 GMT
And I'll send you 50 pence! ;D I still think we are going to struggle though! Deadline looming and only just over half way to the total!!! Realy hope I'm wrong, but it will be cutting it fine I reckon!!!
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Post by mcf on Feb 16, 2004 16:49:06 GMT
there is ages yet
everyone is just making sure they get the right number in the right stand....don't panic
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Post by ChrisEvans on Feb 16, 2004 16:51:29 GMT
Cant help thinking that however many we do get, the 'official' figure released will be just short! That way they can claim that they tried, but the take up wasn't good enough!!!
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 16, 2004 16:56:34 GMT
Chris, what would be the point of that? If the Season Tickets are not sold at the new price the take up will be what it would have been if the pledge had never happened. So the club would have spent all that time and effort and money for nothing! Ok, you may have been tongue in cheek but some will take your comment at face value.
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Post by ChrisEvans on Feb 16, 2004 17:02:36 GMT
Common sense doesn't always seem to aply though does it! ;D
If they had just kept the prices the same, they would of been given stick for doing so (following these meetings were prices were discussed as a main issue with supporters) This way, they can claim that they did try to reduce prices, but not enough people were interested! And by doing this 'pledge thingy' it will have got lots of people considering ST's again and for the first time where they would not have done before! Dont get me wrong, I'm well up for it and sent my pledge back before I had even recieved it! ;D
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 16, 2004 17:06:57 GMT
Dunner worry, CE. I am sure that Tel will go into his Inspector Clouseau mode and make sure that there is no gerrymandering of the results!
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Post by ChrisEvans on Feb 16, 2004 17:08:31 GMT
I'm already lobbying for Tel to hand count them himself anyway! Should give the old fart something to do! ;D And that way we can be sure of the result! lol
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Post by OldStokie on Feb 16, 2004 18:33:32 GMT
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