North Stand Construction Discussion

[Keeper!]

We got about 40 thousand tickets, every season ticket got one if they wanted it, easily, how many season ticket holders did we have then, 26 thousand ? So plenty over

I think we got 25k, I had a season ticket and could not get one, I had to use contacts.

The replay was no issue, easy to get because the tourists/wannabes were not going midweek

 

[spacecadet]

Has all work stopped on the North Stand? More important news breaking about the ticket office?

 

[Keeper!]

You have to admit though it's moan moan moan, god help us if the team were actually shit, people would be jumping of the south stand :)

LOL maybe that why they are building the sky deck ready for Pep's departure!!

 

[Centurions]

Very true but surely the club could have said that it was sold to a qualifying supporter who had then clearly sold it on. It seems like there was just bluster and bullshit on the call which would make anyone suspicious.

No they really couldn't have said that, I work on phone lines and there's not a chance in hell I'd ever offer up a possible scenario. It would be "I can only tell you that it was sold and the credit is in your account". You have no right to any other information despite the crying and conspiracy theories on here.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

But why would they, they don't need to, he sold it back to City

Eh?

The OP put his ticket on the exchange and the person who attended the game was a Croatian who paid £200 off LFT for it. When the OP phoned the club to ask how that happened they fobbed him off

 

[Centurions]

Who’s said that or posted that?

Most people have genuine questions about ticket distribution and wondering why so many tickets are ending up on ticket sites. Not just accepting things or having questions is pretty normal in the ‘real world’.

I guess you've not been reading the ST price increase thread?

Having questions is normal in 'real life', yes. You don't always get answers however.

Having people post conspiracy theories and making baseless accusations against the club is also 'normal' in the virtual world sadly.

 

[pride in battle]

I think we got 25k, I had a season ticket and could not get one, I had to use contacts.

The replay was no issue, easy to get because the tourists/wannabes were not going midweek

We got more 25 thousand mate, the replay we didn't sell out but still took 27 I think?

 

[Chappie]

They're not going to tell someone what happened to the ticket (not his ticket as he's sold it in effect) as that would breach data protection even if the person they were speaking to could access that information. It's possible that they could only see that the ticket had been sold on.

The fact that he got abusive with them on the phone isn't going to help.

I'm not suggesting they tell him,I'm saying they could have followed up his enquiry, with their own investigation and asked the person who bought it off City, how it ended up on a ticket site.

 

[Centurions]

I think we got 25k, I had a season ticket and could not get one, I had to use contacts.

The replay was no issue, easy to get because the tourists/wannabes were not going midweek

I think my father and myself were on whatever the ticket below ST was called at the time and we both got tickets, my brother and I went to the replay. Neither game was an issue.

 

[Coatigan]

Look I'm just telling you what I was told. I don't know that they don't, but I'm not going to start doing mental gymnastics because I don't want to believe the club would do something shady.
I sell to the club, the ticket ends up on LFT, besides to buy tickets for the derby you had to meet a certain membership criteria, so I'm not going to BS myself, you shouldn't either.

Either way I don't use the exchange anymore.

I personally find it more believable that individuals exploit the ticket exchange and sell tickets to a tout site for a profit, than that the club does it. Both are speculation and neither is particularly more mental gymnastics than the other. Equally possible is that it is a club employee doing it on the sly without the club knowing it, which isn't the same as club moneymen fucking over the fans.

Totally get why you are annoyed and you are absolutely right to be, no doubt about that. And fair play for following it up and raising it with the club. If I had bought a ticket via the ticket exchange and they gave my details out I'd be pissed off, so I can kind of see why they wouldn't. But they should then follow it up internally and investigate further after it has been flagged.

 

[pride in battle]

Eh?

The OP put his ticket on the exchange and the person who attended the game was a Croatian who paid £200 off LFT for it. When the OP phoned the club to ask how that happened they fobbed him off

At that point it wasn't his ticket anymore, so why did he have the right to ask ? He didn't, end of story.

 

[Centurions]

I'm not suggesting they tell him,I'm saying they could have followed up his enquiry, with their own investigation and asked the person who bought it off City, how it ended up on a ticket site.

They might well be doing that, it doesn't mean we'll ever find out.

 

[CC1]

Eh?

The OP put his ticket on the exchange and the person who attended the game was a Croatian who paid £200 off LFT for it. When the OP phoned the club to ask how that happened they fobbed him off

The club help season ticket holders by BUYING back their ticket at no cost. They then have to resell it & have admin costs.
What’s there to complain about? The main aim is to ensure ST holders haven’t paid upto £50 for a match they can’t attend.

It’s win - win for the fans!!!

 

[Prophet of Doom]

And how do you know that Live Football (or whoever) don't have many, many people employed to buy tickets off the exchange to put on their website at a huge markup? I'm still waiting for this proof that the club themselves are selling directly to them? Perhaps this is why they need a ticket compliance officer rather than to harass single individuals as some claim?

This has gotta be a wind up. If you really think this then I’ve got a bag of magic beans to sell to you.

In case you didn’t know, touting of football tickets is illegal in this country. Illegal operations are shut down quickly with big prosecutions.

Livefootball aren’t an illegal tout. They are arms length partners of Premier League clubs although they publicly won’t announce it as there would be a huge backlast against clubs.

Ffs they have thousands for sale for some games. Nearly 500 for the City Wolves.

Clubs have got wise that there is market place for huge markups on tickets - and they don’t need to do anything other than hand over the tickets.

There will be a big expose story on this when some journalist catch up on what is going on.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

The club help season ticket holders by BUYING back their ticket at no cost. They then have to resell it & have admin costs.
What’s there to complain about? The main aim is to ensure ST holders haven’t paid upto £50 for a match they can’t attend.

It’s win - win for the fans!!!

The club makes more money than the SC price by selling it at match day prices.

The OP was reporting that his seat that was resold by the club ended up on a touting site. If you feel that the club are entitled to do that then surely your view is that we should have a new version of the Viagogo tie up. A neighbour of mine used to put his seat up on there and he used to boast about what he got for it. You could choose what price you listed at and presumably the club got a big chunk of it too. All perfectly legitimate too with no chance of getting banned.

 

[HelloCity]

The club help season ticket holders by BUYING back their ticket at no cost. They then have to resell it & have admin costs.
What’s there to complain about? The main aim is to ensure ST holders haven’t paid upto £50 for a match they can’t attend.

It’s win - win for the fans!!!

I don’t think you’re quite grasping a lot of what is being said if I’m being honest.

 

[CC1]

The club makes more money than the SC price by selling it at match day prices.

The OP was reporting that his seat that was resold by the club ended up on a touting site. If you feel that the club are entitled to do that then surely your view is that we should have a new version of the Viagogo tie up. A neighbour of mine used to put his seat up on there and he used to boast about what he got for it. You could choose what price you listed at and presumably the club got a big chunk of it too. All perfectly legitimate too with no chance of getting banned.

But they don’t guarantee money back. City do. I think it’s a great system for those of us who fork out for a season ticket & have done for 40 years.

 

[CC1]

I don’t think you’re quite grasping a lot of what is being said if I’m being honest.

because I disagree doesn’t mean I don’t grasp. That’s a losing argument myth

 

[Coatigan]

This has gotta be a wind up. If you really think this then I’ve got a bag of magic beans to sell to you.

In case you didn’t know, touting of football tickets is illegal in this country. Illegal operations are shut down quickly with big prosecutions.

Livefootball aren’t an illegal tout. They are arms length partners of Premier League clubs although they publicly won’t announce it as there would be a huge backlast against clubs.

Ffs they have thousands for sale for some games. Nearly 500 for the City Wolves.

Clubs have got wise that there is market place for huge markups on tickets - and they don’t need to do anything other than hand over the tickets.

There will be a big expose story on this when some journalist catch up on what is going on.

Assuming that all is the case, presumably they can't put that type of mark-up profit through the books though, so what happens to the difference?

 

[Prophet of Doom]

Assuming that all is the case, presumably they can't put that type of mark-up profit through the books though, so what happens to the difference?

Of course they can. It’s Matchday revenue. It’s above board - simply using an agent to sell the ticket on their behalf at an inflated price. Majority of the price will be revenue for City.

They are all at it. Big PL games are sold for £400 to £500. They aren’t gonna turn down those kind of mark ups on tickets.

It’s not illegal. If clubs were selling tickets themselves for £500 there would be protests - sell them behind and agency and people think it’s the touts.