I thought I would weigh In on this one as someone who has used city's ticket exchange, viagogo in the past and the buy and sell page!
Firstly the exchange is a very clean and safe portal, the procedure is quick and I know fellow blues who have some form of ST or blue membership are benefiting. The credit helps me the next season and all the work is done behind the scenes. Another side of this is the financial element. My ST started at 750 (40 a match) 2 years ago... I sold about 6 games through the portal which brought it to down to 450ish (23 a match) this season, if I sell another 6-7 games that 450 credit will drop further. City have a resale value of 32.95 ATM so they value my ticket at 627. What I'm saying that if I sold all 19 games they owe me money? Anyone spotted this? Now I know city will take my ticket and advertise it at 50-60 so they are making a profit twice but this is prob to cover their admin costs like any business.
The buy and sell is risky with STs being sent to strangers and liability being taken out of your hands. I have met 3 different lads through this and one is still a good friend and he regularly buy my 2nd ticket as and when(student)
Viagogo - 3rd party I believe you could of sold your ticket for 60%-140% of its value so I'll not lie and I sold it for 120% after their very high fees you broke even. ( Google RHI scheme for similar money racket) But they didn't last when they were caught bulking selling blocks in level 3 months early.
I have also had some bans due to one friend passing my ticket on a away fan mate and one e-cig incident.
Interested to hear others experiences.
Firstly the exchange is a very clean and safe portal, the procedure is quick and I know fellow blues who have some form of ST or blue membership are benefiting. The credit helps me the next season and all the work is done behind the scenes. Another side of this is the financial element. My ST started at 750 (40 a match) 2 years ago... I sold about 6 games through the portal which brought it to down to 450ish (23 a match) this season, if I sell another 6-7 games that 450 credit will drop further. City have a resale value of 32.95 ATM so they value my ticket at 627. What I'm saying that if I sold all 19 games they owe me money? Anyone spotted this? Now I know city will take my ticket and advertise it at 50-60 so they are making a profit twice but this is prob to cover their admin costs like any business.
The buy and sell is risky with STs being sent to strangers and liability being taken out of your hands. I have met 3 different lads through this and one is still a good friend and he regularly buy my 2nd ticket as and when(student)
Viagogo - 3rd party I believe you could of sold your ticket for 60%-140% of its value so I'll not lie and I sold it for 120% after their very high fees you broke even. ( Google RHI scheme for similar money racket) But they didn't last when they were caught bulking selling blocks in level 3 months early.
I have also had some bans due to one friend passing my ticket on a away fan mate and one e-cig incident.
Interested to hear others experiences.