Hang on a minute, you call me a scrote in the pejorative then have a go at people from Hale Barns, or anyone not working class that may be called Horace, Boris or Miles.peoffrey said:LoveCity said:Sold out.
Right you are. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Tickets-and-Travel/2012/July/City-v-Southampton-sold-out
Horace, Boris and Miles are looking forwards to putting their Blazers on and going to the soccer.
Apologies. Thanks for correcting me on that.SWP's back said:Those aren't the rules of supply and demand.jimharri said:Hence the rules (wrong word, but the right one won't come to me) of ''market forces'' and ''supply and demand'' come into play. Lots of blues want to see the game, there is only a limited supply of available tickets. Therefore, the game sells out.
The rules are:
Limited supply + increased demand = increase in cost
Which looks to be what has happened.
I could afford but wouldn't pay £56.Dubai Blue said:It's not a matter of it selling out; that was never in doubt. It's a matter of who it has sold out to. The whole argument behind this thread was concerns about our traditional supporter base being squeezed out, and as a number of people have openly stated on here that they simply can't afford £56 anymore, that is clearly already the case. Yes, they have been quickly replaced, but the point was that they didn't need to be.St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:Come in Peoffrey,Fathelens etc...Please explain why this game has sold out when apparently it is way to pricey to support the club
No problem, I feel for you travelling all that way every game mate. You must be fucking mad.jimharri said:Apologies. Thanks for correcting me on that.SWP's back said:Those aren't the rules of supply and demand.jimharri said:Hence the rules (wrong word, but the right one won't come to me) of ''market forces'' and ''supply and demand'' come into play. Lots of blues want to see the game, there is only a limited supply of available tickets. Therefore, the game sells out.
The rules are:
Limited supply + increased demand = increase in cost
Which looks to be what has happened.
SWP's back said:Hang on a minute, you call me a scrote in the pejorative then have a go at people from Hale Barns, or anyone not working class that may be called Horace, Boris or Miles.peoffrey said:LoveCity said:Sold out.
Right you are. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Tickets-and-Travel/2012/July/City-v-Southampton-sold-out
Horace, Boris and Miles are looking forwards to putting their Blazers on and going to the soccer.
So which is it?
It's not every game, unfortunately. I'm not that well off! and yes; I am mad. No sane person would do it!SWP's back said:I could afford but wouldn't pay £56.Dubai Blue said:It's not a matter of it selling out; that was never in doubt. It's a matter of who it has sold out to. The whole argument behind this thread was concerns about our traditional supporter base being squeezed out, and as a number of people have openly stated on here that they simply can't afford £56 anymore, that is clearly already the case. Yes, they have been quickly replaced, but the point was that they didn't need to be.St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:Come in Peoffrey,Fathelens etc...Please explain why this game has sold out when apparently it is way to pricey to support the club
I choose the inexpensive £45 per month to have a SC and work it out as about £10 per week to feel part of the club.
But I would say, not all of the tickets were £56 were they? Just the 2nd level which the club have said would be going up more and more in price as they were looking to make it more corporate (I distinctly remember it being said at a couple of POB meetings).
If Dave Working Class can't afford to sit in Level 2 in one of the most sought after matches, they could always wait and choose a less attractive match to attend could they not? Or buy a bit quicker and get in Level 1.
I don't buy into all this "traditional supporter base" stuff at all as if everyone that supports City is on the bread line.
All this moaning about one of the 3 tiers increasing in price by £4, for one of the most highly anticipated games in months.
-- Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:50 pm --
No problem, I feel for you travelling all that way every game mate. You must be fucking mad.jimharri said:Apologies. Thanks for correcting me on that.SWP's back said:Those aren't the rules of supply and demand.
The rules are:
Limited supply + increased demand = increase in cost
Which looks to be what has happened.
gordondaviesmoustache said:peoffrey said:Is that first part of your reply available in English? I've read it three times and it's appauling language for a nouveau riche man like you.
As one of the the offspring of the nouveau riche I couldn't pass up the opportunity to highlight your delicious spelling in this post, which in the context of the rest of the sentence dilutes somewhat the impact of your clumsy attempt to use this term in a pejorative sense.
I can fly over from Knock to Liverpool in about 50 minutes, then 50-ish minute coach trip to Manchester. Unfortunately, due to flight timetables, it involves a two night stop over in M/cr so, from leaving my house on saturday afternoon (15 minute drive to the airport) to getting back monday afternoon, two days. The only alternative is to fly from Dublin (2.5 hour drive) in the silly hours of sunday morning, and fly back again sunday night, getting home around 3 am on monday morning. I've done it a few times and believe me, getting up again 3 hours later for work is no joke when you get to a certain vintage!SWP's back said:I get frustrated if the traffic makes the journey take 25 minutes mate.
St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:Who is to say if the stadium capacity gets increased that tickets will remain high because as SWP says if demand outstrips supply even on a 60k seater stadia there is only one outcome=HIGHER TICKET PRICES.