Whoever is in charge of ticketing spends his free time at Games Workshop or playing Dungeons and Dragons and loves concocting different scenarios to challenge people with. Go to ticket office, shout the magic word through the slot in the wall, while casting your double bonus hit point card and rolling a 16 across three dice and the ticket is yours. I struggle to think of any other business with such variable and opaque pricing practices. Do other clubs do it like this? -- SW6.doc

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Date Posted: Thursday, March 27, 01:25:54pm
Author: eganonoa
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Subject: Whoever is in charge of ticketing spends his free time at Games Workshop or playing Dungeons and Dragons and loves concocting different scenarios to challenge people with. Go to ticket office, shout the magic word through the slot in the wall, while casting your double bonus hit point card and rolling a 16 across three dice and the ticket is yours. I struggle to think of any other business with such variable and opaque pricing practices. Do other clubs do it like this?
In reply to: Same Old Story 's message, "More ticketing nonsense" on Thursday, March 27, 12:38:10pm

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Hmm. And yet people complain when they do away with loyalty point thresholds (e.g Chelsea away) (NT) -- You can please some of the people all of the time, Thursday, March 27, 02:24:18pm (NoHost/90.213.242.75)

Yes, because that's equally nonsensical. You're talking about 2 extremes which were both (let's be kind) odd decisions. If they'd done anything in the middle (ie, use loyalty points but don't be insane with the staggering, and not leave yourself enough time to send the tickets out), hardly anyone would complain, and those that did would fit firmly into your wild generalisation (NT) -- Same Old Story, Thursday, March 27, 02:32:57pm (webdefence-pool-02.cluster-lonb.forcepoint.net/85.115.53.202)

Here's my gripe, 12.5 k capacity for a top 8 PL club. They are having a laugh on us. If they had a decent ground we might get a better allocation. They've been in the PL long enough to improve their facilities, but no they would rather spend their money on players wages. (NT) -- Juana Aorta, Thursday, March 27, 07:18:36pm (217-155-46-35.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk/217.155.46.35)
- wtf moore nonsense from juan? new owner only been there 1 year already built a brand new training ground and plans well advanced for a new stadium. .. just when fulhamfc await a well over delayed opening of our new stand which only adds 4k new seats. almost all FOR posh fans (mainily not ffc ones) and of course a bbc training ground expansion that sits empty!!! (NT) -- comment with no context spotted (again), Thursday, March 27, 07:23:55pm (hugo.fabre.vms.tech.ouidou.fr/62.210.140.1)
  - They've been in the PL 8 seasons out of the last 10. Not bad for a club with a stadium more suited to an unambitious League one side. (NT) -- Juana Aorta, Thursday, March 27, 09:14:17pm (217-155-46-35.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk/217.155.46.35)
    - I think this is a slightly strange approach Senor. In the main surely, having a ground with a small attendance is viewed as a negative. We do not see the mega-crowd club grounds as our natural bedfellows do we? Ok, I get that maybe you are peeved if you will struggle to buy a ticket; but as I understand it, they are obligated to give us a certain percentage anyway. Having a go at their owner for not forking out for a bigger ground to enable an away supporter to attend, seems, well, a bit weird. (NT) -- Barry@ENF, Thursday, March 27, 11:21:33pm (cpc95104-newt39-2-0-cust313.19-3.cable.virginm.net/77.101.245.58)
      - We're talking about a business turning over more than £150m a year. My gut feeling is that with something that size, they would have done the commercial analysis to see whether or not it would be financially prudent to extend the stadium. To repeat an often stated comment - ticket reciepts are a fractional percentage of total revenue - at last count about 6% of revenue for Bournemouth. (NT) -- Same Old Story, Friday, March 28, 09:38:51am (NoHost/84.69.24.90)
        Applicable when in the Prem with all the TV money -- and when not in the Prem, capacity just about suffices. (NT) -- b+w g., Friday, March 28, 10:40:29am (68.52.159.143.dyn.plus.net/143.159.52.68)
      - I don't understand why people think my argument weird. It's not a weird argument further down the pyramid in non league. This is the most prestigious domestic league in the world, and thry are no new comers to the scene. There should be a minimum capacity for the PL. I'd set it at 17 - 20 k, probaly the higher end, and perhaps give clubs 3 seasons to comply. As stated by SOS, they probably haven't got around to it because the broadcasting revenues more than compensate. (NT) -- Juana Aorta, Friday, March 28, 03:02:09pm (217-155-46-35.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk/217.155.46.35)
        I'm kind of inbetween both sides of the 'your arguments weird thing', but i have to say that it would be absolutely disgusting, and non competitive to put a minimum capacity requirement. Some clubs simply don't have anywhere near the fanbase to require that kind of infrastructure. We've got a newly built premier league ground in the league this season with a lower capacity than you're suggesting. I'd be horrified if they ever brought something like this in (which invariably means they will) (NT) -- Same Old Story, Friday, March 28, 04:34:46pm (NoHost/84.69.24.90)
        There is a minimum capacity for the premier league. It's 5000. (NT) -- Hammersmithender, Friday, March 28, 08:23:06pm (NoHost/31.94.12.90)
        Is there? I wasn't aware of that. Well at least my home town club Barnet would be able to get in should they dare to dream. (NT) -- Juana Aorta, Saturday, March 29, 12:07:55am (217-155-46-35.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk/217.155.46.35)

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