If you can't beat 'em , join 'em

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Palace have announced that STH's for the 2013/2014 season can pay by continuous direct debit without being charged extra in interest or admin fees. Their 12 month rolling period is Jan - Dec so they get 7 payments in the bank before the season starts. Unfortunately it isn't an initiative they can claim is one they thought up all on their own Looks like CPFC2010 are going all out and trying to breach the 10,000 STH's threshold.

 

[Hillian1]

Palace have announced that STH's for the 2013/2014 season can pay by continuous direct debit without being charged extra in interest or admin fees. Their 12 month rolling period is Jan - Dec so they get 7 payments in the bank before the season starts. Unfortunately it isn't an initiative they can claim is one they thought up all on their own Looks like CPFC2010 are going all out and trying to breach the 10,000 STH's threshold.

I happen to know that Steve Browett asked BHA for their advice in setting this up.

Will generate many more season ticket holders IMO, how many have we got just on the stregnth of that?

 

[Taybha]

40 odd years of following Brighton i never had a season ticket until last season and the choice to pay via direct debit was the major factor not the new stadium , any club that does not offer the direct debit option is missing out big time if our sales are anything to go by.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I happen to know that Steve Browett asked BHA for their advice in setting this up.

Will generate many more season ticket holders IMO, how many have we got just on the stregnth of that?

If we had only the options of paying the cost upfront , quarterly or taking out a loan arranged by the club to be paid back monthly which many other league clubs do the number of STH's could be potentially half of what we currently have.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Won't be long before their fans say it was a bold new initiative on behalf of the Mighty Palace. They just about anything they can lay their hands on. The Eagle looks better than the Glaziers.....their Bacca shirts.....St Pauli song.....real nawty toe-rags they are.

 

[jackanada]

I hate Palace, but I admire and applaud them for all their efforts to increase their support base -their much maligned Groupon offers, bring a mate for f all, free kid tickets etc

None of this stops Selhurst being a shithole located in the middle of a giant shithole though.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

This is genius marketing.

It's the best decision our club's made, and it'll probably go the same way for Palace. If they're Premier League next season, then people will be able to afford it, and chances are loads of them will be hooked.

Another reason Palace will stay ahead of us for the foreseeable future - they're about to start catching up on our fanbase, and they don't have the bottle job team/manager that we have to put up with.