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Post by Stafford-Stokie on Sept 19, 2013 19:42:42 GMT
Why try and find negatives I took some friends against Man City no problem went down the ground 1 hour earlier all booked in cards issued 30 min.So trying to put people off attending like I have said before if you need a card for a Wembley ticket you would get of your arse.The trouble is some people wont do anything for themselves and get off there arses,no different than getting a job maybe that's why so many are out of work because they cant get off there arses Someone may just want to go to one match. Tun up at the ticket office, buy a barcoded ticket and in they go. Away fans aren't members they don't have cards, the same as us when we go to away grounds using similar a system. If you're local then it is a lot easier to arrange these things. There should always be a fall back option. Tickets, as old fashioned as they may be, they still do a job As for the empty seats last Saturday, if that is going to continue then things need to change. Loosing, what £50,000 a week and selling no pies or beers to 3,000 empty seats or selling a snack to someone who wouldn't normaly be able to afford to go But if you go to an away game then you get the ticket through the club database. If you are not on the database you can't buy an away ticket. It really isn't hard to get a membership card but some people just like to moan. |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Sept 19, 2013 19:46:37 GMT
Why try and find negatives I took some friends against Man City no problem went down the ground 1 hour earlier all booked in cards issued 30 min.So trying to put people off attending like I have said before if you need a card for a Wembley ticket you would get of your arse.The trouble is some people wont do anything for themselves and get off there arses,no different than getting a job maybe that's why so many are out of work because they cant get off there arses Someone may just want to go to one match. Tun up at the ticket office, buy a barcoded ticket and in they go. Away fans aren't members they don't have cards, the same as us when we go to away grounds using similar a system. If you're local then it is a lot easier to arrange these things. There should always be a fall back option. Tickets, as old fashioned as they may be, they still do a job As for the empty seats last Saturday, if that is going to continue then things need to change. Loosing, what £50,000 a week and selling no pies or beers to 3,000 empty seats or selling a snack to someone who wouldn't normaly be able to afford to go Being a season ticket holder, I haven't really looked too much into this but isn't it more or less still exactly the same now, in that you'd turn up at the ticket office and instead of giving you a barcoded ticket, they give you a barcoded membership card, a card that you would use again in the future, where you would either get the match added to the ticket before you turn up or get it added on the day at the ticket office? If it isn't, it should be. |
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Post by enuntio on Sept 19, 2013 19:55:23 GMT
Bring back the thrupenny bit and cash on the day for those who ain't that good at forward planning
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2013 20:02:58 GMT
Someone may just want to go to one match. Tun up at the ticket office, buy a barcoded ticket and in they go. Away fans aren't members they don't have cards, the same as us when we go to away grounds using similar a system. If you're local then it is a lot easier to arrange these things. There should always be a fall back option. Tickets, as old fashioned as they may be, they still do a job As for the empty seats last Saturday, if that is going to continue then things need to change. Loosing, what £50,000 a week and selling no pies or beers to 3,000 empty seats or selling a snack to someone who wouldn't normaly be able to afford to go Being a season ticket holder, I haven't really looked too much into this but isn't it more or less still exactly the same now, in that you'd turn up at the ticket office and instead of giving you a barcoded ticket, they give you a barcoded membership card, a card that you would use again in the future, where you would either get the match added to the ticket before you turn up or get it added on the day at the ticket office? If it isn't, it should be. Thats exactly how it is. |
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Post by stokie25 on Sept 19, 2013 20:08:37 GMT
Gents and ladies I would welcome your opinion. I called the club ticket office on Tuesday to enquire about two season tickets that had become available next to me in the Q Railing Upper. I have two children (4 & 7) and whilst next year would be more suitable I thought it would be best to get them. So I called and the VERY helpful girl got them released and called me back. At this point I expected a cost circa £109 PLUS a little bit extra (as that was the early bird price for juniors in our area) however I was amazed when they explained they were £249 EACH. So as I'd troubled the girl to release them I coughed up £500 of my hard earned over the phone to secure them. I haven't even picked them up yet! I need to go to the ground with their proof of age. So, do you reckon they'll refund me as they're now all £80 each ANYWHERE in the ground!!!!???? I'd be incensed if that were me! You should definitely email Tony 'anything for a buck' Scholes. On the face of it, this new venture is very attractive................. until you do the sums as it doesn't quite benefit those who purchased as 'early bird' or 'end of season' particularly for children under 11! My email will will be sitting in Tone's inbox at the crack of dawn tomorrow  |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Sept 19, 2013 20:10:15 GMT
Another good gesture for local fans but it still does little for the long-distance exiles who can't travel for midweek and Sunday games due to work and school. Yes, you could write those games off and still be quids in if you can afford the fuel for the remaining 13 or 14 home games. Disappointed they couldn't devise a 6 match ticket, say, where you can choose your matches. I personally couldn't give a flyer whether it's Chelsea or Hull just so long as it's Saturday. Having already forked out £50 on Silver memberships (which would effectively become redundant) I'll see what else they come up with for this season if this initiative doesn't bear fruit for the club... . You reserve your seats (online or on the phone and they are added to your account) as and when you want. If you reserve them early then you have a better chance of getting the seat where you want. If you leave it late then you have less chance of getting the seat you want or even, if you left it very late you might find they had sold out. The obvious thing to so is to buy as soon as you know you want to go to that game. If you bought them all at once from the start of your multi deal you might get the same seat each time. You have, of course, already paid for the six tickets right from the day you bought the multi ticket deal. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Sept 19, 2013 20:24:40 GMT
I personally couldn't give a flyer whether it's Chelsea or Hull just so long as it's Saturday. The club have never been able to fathom this ruts. This is a great gesture but the problem is match day prices. Discounts for students, the unemployed, regular attendees, carers, nurses days, forces days, kids for quid could all be utilised. This is not imaginative enough for me. |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Sept 19, 2013 20:24:42 GMT
Gents and ladies I would welcome your opinion. I called the club ticket office on Tuesday to enquire about two season tickets that had become available next to me in the Q Railing Upper. I have two children (4 & 7) and whilst next year would be more suitable I thought it would be best to get them. So I called and the VERY helpful girl got them released and called me back. At this point I expected a cost circa £109 PLUS a little bit extra (as that was the early bird price for juniors in our area) however I was amazed when they explained they were £249 EACH. So as I'd troubled the girl to release them I coughed up £500 of my hard earned over the phone to secure them. I haven't even picked them up yet! I need to go to the ground with their proof of age. So, do you reckon they'll refund me as they're now all £80 each ANYWHERE in the ground!!!!???? I'd be incensed if that were me! You should definitely email Tony 'anything for a buck' Scholes. On the face of it, this new venture is very attractive................. until you do the sums as it doesn't quite benefit those who purchased as 'early bird' or 'end of season' particularly for children under 11! My email will will be sitting in Tone's inbox at the crack of dawn tomorrow Indeed. If he's got the prices right, then surely every single person who has bought a kids ticket for the upper tier are going to be up in arms now. Strange that they would make such an obvious mistake. |
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Post by number11 on Sept 19, 2013 20:26:00 GMT
I understand some can't afford 300 odd quid but they have offered it on a pay monthly works out around 67quid over 5 payments interest free. Cant complain at that really
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Post by stokie25 on Sept 19, 2013 20:30:42 GMT
You've lost me Paul Spencer! My calculations mean that I'm about £7 quid a game down on my young un's ST, although it balances out on our adult ST's overall...pretty shit to hit the little un's with the increase imo!
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Post by smiler_andy on Sept 19, 2013 20:31:21 GMT
Though I bought my season ticket with the early bird offer. I think it is great news |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2013 20:32:19 GMT
I understand some can't afford 300 odd quid but they have offered it on a pay monthly works out around 67quid over 5 payments interest free. Cant complain at that really Less than 10 fags a day. £2.50ish |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Sept 19, 2013 20:38:37 GMT
You've lost me Paul Spencer! My calculations mean that I'm about £7 quid a game down on my young un's ST, although it balances out on our adult ST's overall...pretty shit to hit the little un's with the increase imo! Eh? He said the early bird tickets were £109 and then the full priced ones were £240 and now the new ones (minus two games) are £80. It doesn't make any sense. |
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Post by enuntio on Sept 19, 2013 20:38:40 GMT
How many season tickets could you buy in the 1978-79 season for the price of one Catagory A game today (Boothen End)?
35 years -ago I'm going to guess at 4 adult season tickets for the price of 1 game today
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Post by biganddaft on Sept 19, 2013 20:43:24 GMT
How many season tickets could you buy in the 1978-79 season for the price of one Catagory A game today (Boothen End)? 35 years -ago I'm going to guess at 4 adult season tickets for the price of 1 game today And the relevance is.........? |
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Post by number11 on Sept 19, 2013 20:43:36 GMT
I understand some can't afford 300 odd quid but they have offered it on a pay monthly works out around 67quid over 5 payments interest free. Cant complain at that really Less than 10 fags a day. £2.50ish Dead right. If you want to go and don't want to pay 40 quid then there really is no excuse. |
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Post by number11 on Sept 19, 2013 20:45:48 GMT
How many season tickets could you buy in the 1978-79 season for the price of one Catagory A game today (Boothen End)? 35 years -ago I'm going to guess at 4 adult season tickets for the price of 1 game today You could also buy a house for the price of a battered vectra but this is also irrelevant |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2013 20:46:34 GMT
How many season tickets could you buy in the 1978-79 season for the price of one Catagory A game today (Boothen End)? 35 years -ago I'm going to guess at 4 adult season tickets for the price of 1 game today Im guessing the ticket office staff are still working for the club ask them...! |
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Post by biganddaft on Sept 19, 2013 20:48:12 GMT
I understand some can't afford 300 odd quid but they have offered it on a pay monthly works out around 67quid over 5 payments interest free. Cant complain at that really Less than 10 fags a day. £2.50ish Sid. I'm guessing you're in window sales?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2013 20:57:18 GMT
Less than 10 fags a day. £2.50ish Sid. I'm guessing you're in window sales? Ha good guess  Im a sales rep for a tile company. Although this time of year gets very drafty, why not save on your ever increasing energy bills and invest in our new super windows and doors. Think about it it will SAVE you money in the long run.  |
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Post by biganddaft on Sept 19, 2013 20:59:42 GMT
Sid. I'm guessing you're in window sales? Ha good guess Im a sales rep for a tile company. Although this time of year gets very drafty, why not save on your ever increasing energy bills and invest in our new super windows and doors. Think about it it will SAVE you money in the long run. Pisser mate!  I know a salesman's logic when I see's it. A shark, like my good self! |
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Post by lastoftheldk on Sept 19, 2013 21:01:18 GMT
Good news and idea, what is needed though, is a couple of pay on the day cash turnstiles
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Post by enuntio on Sept 19, 2013 21:01:54 GMT
How many season tickets could you buy in the 1978-79 season for the price of one Catagory A game today (Boothen End)? 35 years -ago I'm going to guess at 4 adult season tickets for the price of 1 game today And the relevance is.........? MONEY - football can be a very expensive pastime. TV and company's pay multi millions to football clubs. Advertisers pay so that we can watch their adverts. Isn't it about time that some of this money started trickling back to the people that actually make for this merry-go-round??? The other week the press were on about the low cost to fans in Germany. This week we've seen the cost of attending games in all the English Leagues. Cheap! It isn't |
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Post by farmer on Sept 19, 2013 21:16:05 GMT
And the relevance is.........? MONEY - football can be a very expensive pastime. TV and company's pay multi millions to football clubs. Advertisers pay so that we can watch their adverts. Isn't it about time that some of this money started trickling back to the people that actually make for this merry-go-round??? The other week the press were on about the low cost to fans in Germany. This week we've seen the cost of attending games in all the English Leagues. Cheap! It isn't 1978 I was on £50 quid a week now on £600 so prices go wages go up. |
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Post by Mint Berry Barks on Sept 19, 2013 21:16:25 GMT
I personally couldn't give a flyer whether it's Chelsea or Hull just so long as it's Saturday. The club have never been able to fathom this ruts. This is a great gesture but the problem is match day prices. Discounts for students, the unemployed, regular attendees, carers, nurses days, forces days, kids for quid could all be utilised. This is not imaginative enough for me. A student discount would be brilliant. |
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Post by foster on Sept 19, 2013 21:19:51 GMT
I am delighted they are doing this but I do hope they also offer pro rata season tickets on sale throughout the period between now and Christmas. So anyone who buys when there are, say, 14 or 13 games left can get one at a pro rata reduced price. They should do this right up to the time the half season tickets go on sale. You and your pro rata multi game tickets AGAIN! FFS  |
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Post by foster on Sept 19, 2013 21:25:25 GMT
How many season tickets could you buy in the 1978-79 season for the price of one Catagory A game today (Boothen End)? 35 years -ago I'm going to guess at 4 adult season tickets for the price of 1 game today It's times like this that make me regret giving away my time machine. |
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Post by boslemstokie on Sept 19, 2013 21:29:25 GMT
MONEY - football can be a very expensive pastime. TV and company's pay multi millions to football clubs. Advertisers pay so that we can watch their adverts. Isn't it about time that some of this money started trickling back to the people that actually make for this merry-go-round??? The other week the press were on about the low cost to fans in Germany. This week we've seen the cost of attending games in all the English Leagues. Cheap! It isn't 1978 I was on £50 quid a week now on £600 so prices go wages go up. £600 a week? That's the reason you can afford a season ticket and some can't. Sent from my GT-I9300 using proboards |
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Post by foster on Sept 19, 2013 21:33:58 GMT
1978 I was on £50 quid a week now on £600 so prices go wages go up. £600 a week? That's the reason you can afford a season ticket and some can't. Sent from my GT-I9300 using proboards 600 per week? Thats shit. Bale earns 500 times that. |
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Post by enuntio on Sept 19, 2013 22:53:10 GMT
MONEY - football can be a very expensive pastime. TV and company's pay multi millions to football clubs. Advertisers pay so that we can watch their adverts. Isn't it about time that some of this money started trickling back to the people that actually make for this merry-go-round??? The other week the press were on about the low cost to fans in Germany. This week we've seen the cost of attending games in all the English Leagues. Cheap! It isn't 1978 I was on £50 quid a week now on £600 so prices go wages go up. How much have footballers wages gone up? |
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