Most liked posts in thread: 25 Year 'Season Tickets' (Now with Suites Poll)

I paid by cash and have been taking up my option of reduced season tickets since. I share the opinion of those that say anyone that didn't pay in full for any reason or got a refund and haven't lost out should not be claiming the reduced prices. Any argument otherwise is weak and the club have definitely lost out on a fair amount of income. Admittedly, it would've all been wasted and just lined the pockets of more players and agents, but still

 

@Hoochy-Min i think we can take that as a yes he had a refund otherwise he would just say no and end it

 

Ah, destroying the evidence.

Looks like @Hoochy-Min was right.

 

Think we had a year left on the original 5 year deal which got linked into the 25 year one , all seemed too good to be true as it turned out

 

I'll be honest. If I had got a full refund, instead if nowt, I would have ripped up my 25 year vouchers and rejoined the proletariat

 

Something which is also forgotten. For example I have been buying three kids season tickets on the back of my season ticket (25 year), which are now moving into the youth category. That goodwill has meant I’ve carried on going and so have three others - as well as friends and their kids who started going with me.
It’s a bigger picture than ‘oh well 25 yearers get discount and are costing the club’.
Quite the contrary - the club are probably getting a dozen season tickets on the back of my one 25 year ticket - plus merchandise, match day costs - the club are well and truly quids in.
It’s a strange thread - point scoring and holier than thou attitude for which I don’t really understand the intent of!

 

Yeah, I was completely drunk when I posted.

This site should have a breathalyser on log in

 

I was with you until you said you subscribed to the T&A. Joking aside.

I don't think @Hoochy-Min was citing you in his comments. It's those that got a full refund so were never out of pocket but still availed themselves of the offers from the club that he/she despises, I think.

 

None of your bloody business.

 

Given a lot of them (not me) claimed it back on credit cards and have had a discount for no reason then its largely irrelevant. I'm not fussed even though I lost all my money, just scrap it now. I wouldnt complain. Bigger fish to fry.

 

Couldn’t remember how much I paid last year, but did think this was quite a bit higher for next season. 50% increase at first glance does seem a bit steep. I’ll still buy it, but it would have been better if club could have given some reasoning for increase.

 

There’s no way the ticket should be priced higher than a senior or 16 to 23 ticket.

 

They stopped being free after the 2004 administration,as I said several proposals were put forward but nothing came of them. At one time a firm proposal seemed likely depending on what division we were in. Something like free in the premier league but full price if we went to the National league with staggered prices in the leagues in between but it never came to fruition and then Julian Rhodes came up with the suite upgrade option and implemented that. Technically the season ticket remains free but you have to buy a compulsory suite upgrade. Fine for people like myself in the main stand, but not so good for Midland road fans where a suite isn’t available,especially pensioners who will be paying more to renew their 25year ticket than it is to buy an ordinary pensioners season ticket.

 

@Aleman this is bullshit
“”I understood only a minority used credit cards and only a small minority of them claimed a rebate and continued to take discounts offered as this would be punishable legally as financial fraud. This was pointed out by some in online discussions at the time and subsequently so anybody who has done or is doing so should be well aware that they are committing a financial crime.””

 

At the ticket office today I was told:
a) You can switch from 25 year ST to OAP ST and retain your seat, provided that your seat isn't one reserved for suite patrons only.

b) Switching to OAP ST does not invalidate your 25 year ST. So if they change the pricing structure in future you could revert to your 25 year ST for as long as the scheme is running.

I asked whether the big increase, to more than the cost of an OAP ticket, was an attempt to bin off as many 25yearers as possible. I was told that I was reading far too much into it. The ticket office staff have raised it with the powers that be as being anomalous, to no avail. They were clearly of the view that it is a case of c0ck-up rather than conspiracy on the club's part.