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Barber advises Albion fans to avoid illegal ticket scams...
- Thread starter Titanic
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But we are Premier ready.
But you're not profiting from it. Or getting loyalty points for premium matches later in the season.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,186
Why not? Huge numbers of STH and their families will be on their Summer holidays. Nobody's expecting very much other than some kind of mickey mouse reimbursement because it is a ST after all, but surely the club aren't daft enough to think there's not some kind of revenue to be generated where a STH can't attend a run-of-the-mill/downright dreary fixture they can't attend through being on holiday, on shifts, or any of a hundred other reasons. Maybe they should outsource the ticket exchange to NSC. That used to work perfectly well in The Withdean Years.
el punal
Well-known member
I admire your stance, but what about those that attended the 1910 Charity Shield match against Aston Villa, surely they count?
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,254
Because, for rather obvious reasons, they would rather sell the tickets they don't have to give £25 of the revenue to the original ticket holder first?
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Thanks, but these fans would have been plastics turning up for the glory.
So maybe 1/2 a point and i would like to see their DOB before awarding those points.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Because there are still 200 tickets for sale (which may have sold by now) It was the same for the Bristol match, as soon as the saleable tickets were sold, the ticket exchange kicked in. I know because mine and my husband's tickets went through.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I'm sure they will find out. Make enquiries as to which stand, then another one ask where the row is. It doesn't take much, and then grab the buyer when they turn up, and match the fan number who bought the original.
They did it for the Lincoln game, so it can be done.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,186
My point is: when a STH knows for certain they cannot attend a game for whatever reason, they should have the option to officially surrender that match from their ST back to the club. STH then gets some kind of trivial amount back from the club, probably in the form of a club shop voucher, and the club gets to re-sell that seat full price, if they can. The alternative is that either the seat stays empty to nobody's advantage, or somebody fills that seat and no doubt buys merchandise and/or catering stuff. Either the club engages like adults on this matter, or life will go on as normal i.e. STH gives ST to trusted friends to pass on to trusted friends. Or the seat stays empty. Club's call really
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Easily. Probably not worth telling them how to on NSC though.
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,254
My point is: when a STH knows for certain they cannot attend a game for whatever reason, they should have the option to officially surrender that match from their ST back to the club. STH then gets some kind of trivial amount back from the club, probably in the form of a club shop voucher, and the club gets to re-sell that seat full price, if they can. The alternative is that either the seat stays empty to nobody's advantage, or somebody fills that seat and no doubt buys merchandise and/or catering stuff. Either the club engages like adults on this matter, or life will go on as normal i.e. STH gives ST to trusted friends to pass on to trusted friends. Or the seat stays empty. Club's call really
Which they already do - when they have sold all of the tickets they get the most value from. Why would they do anything else?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
My point is: when a STH knows for certain they cannot attend a game for whatever reason, they should have the option to officially surrender that match from their ST back to the club. STH then gets some kind of trivial amount back from the club, probably in the form of a club shop voucher, and the club gets to re-sell that seat full price, if they can. The alternative is that either the seat stays empty to nobody's advantage, or somebody fills that seat and no doubt buys merchandise and/or catering stuff. Either the club engages like adults on this matter, or life will go on as normal i.e. STH gives ST to trusted friends to pass on to trusted friends. Or the seat stays empty. Club's call really
Come off it. The club are engaging like adults. They have 200 tickets for sale. If they use the ticket exchange tickets, they have to pay out £20 and £25 vouchers to the STH. Now which tickets are going to make a profit?
Miami Seagull
Grandad
That may be true, but most of the tickets outstanding now are wheelchair access seats and so limited in availability. After that the club have just released 25 or so seats in a bunch together in the South east corner. Other than that there only a very few single seats anywhere. So, while the club continue to release the odd few seats (no doubt held back from players/sponsors etc..) the ticket exchange remains off. This game effectively sold out about a week ago and the ticket exchange should have kicked in there and then.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
No, the ticket exchange kicks in when all the tickets have been sold. I know because we got vouchers for the Bristol City game in April. The ticket exchange is clunky, and we could do a lot better, but the game is not a sell out yet.
I'm sure in the next 9 days it will be.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,186
I'd imagine something more like a £5 voucher to the STH, or whatever amount makes it better than nothing to the STH and doesn't leave the club out of pocket. And the Man City match is hardly a representative template for the season as a whole.
Here's a hypothetical question for you: say I was going to go to, oh, let's say, Oz in September and would miss the dull but worthy home fixtures v West Brom and Newcastle that doubtless won't sell out. What should I do? Just take my ST with me and leave the seat empty for those two matches, leave my ST with a trusted friend to give to a trusted friend, or surrender those games in exchange for some miniscule credit voucher from the club? THAT's the representative kind of issue that will affect most STH most of the season, I'd suggest. Not the 'glamour' games, but the bread and butter games.
Whether TB is actively involved in these clampdowns or not, I'm sure he'd whole heartedly back this.
Mining and illegal trading, can deprive supporters who want to attend but might narrowly miss out as tickets are sold down the various categories of membership/points accrued.
Well done to the club for raising this issue and let's hope that they really do enforce this now.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
If someone is foolish enough to publically sell tickets via FaceBook or Twitter from an account with photos of them or clues about who they are then it is not too tricky for the club to 'catch' them.
Deserve all they get.
Deserve all they get.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
My voucher was £20 as a concession and my husband's was £25.
Good god surprised there aren't many NSCers getting worried by 7.1.2!!
