Galatasaray at home - 15000 of their fans got into old Trafford. What can we expect when they come to ours?
Like all companies, a different pot of staff.Another side issue. As thousands will testify, the ticket office are a shit show. They don't have the numbers to service the fans and we wait on hold for hours and sometimes without success. Somebody couldn't use my ticket at the weekend due to the incompetence of the staff and systems in place and after being on hold for 90 minutes on Saturday we just gave up. Yet they have the staff to sit and scroll through facebook to punish us?
We need to protest to change it. They have had no issue for years, because they gave us something with one hand they are now trying to snatch more with the other. They have made transferring tickets next to impossible so everybody uses the exchange. The exchange gets used and they sell you ticket on for a bigger price, even through places like viagogo where you have literally no idea who is using that ticket. It is nothing short of disgusting.We are not going to change it but we should be considered and the club think things through for me the key points should have been
1 you have to list your ticket 2 weeks or at a pinch one week before the fuxture
2 if you are compliant with 1. Then the club reimburse 1/19th irrespective as to whether they sell it. In fact they are buying your ticket and thereby as owners of it can now do the mark uos
3 the incurred risks of the club not selling are covered by the higher mark on those sold currently appears they could afford to sell about 3 out of 5 to realise profit up we should welcome this as it adds to club revenues
4 the key legal obligation is on the club to have tight criteria in place on who buys your ticket
5 remember the club is now the owner of the ticket and you have no liability under the pass it to a mate etc if something goes wrong in the ground the club can hold you liable and take your ticket off you and or ban you
So why don't they assist to serve their customers? Instead of funding a different pot of staff to police something they haven't ever been bothered about?Like all companies, a different pot of staff.
Because there's more money to be made with the snooping pot than the helpful pot mate.So why don't they assist to serve their customers? Instead of funding a different pot of staff to police something they haven't ever been bothered about?
Which is why I detest this club off the pitch and is not the club I fell in love with. Hopefully with 1894 and such like serious protests are put in place and we don't all sit back and get our tummys tickled again.Because there's more money to be made with the snooping pot than the helpful pot mate.
They are business people but seem ignorant to the less obvious benefits of the face value pages. At the surface level, it is natural for Club to want tickets to be relisted through the Exchange but many thousand of fans don't want that, especially when they know City's connections with touting agencies.I had a look on the page and the email from the club states "moving forwards, tickets need to be listed on the exchange"
This is what they are stopping, they want us to put our ticket on the exchange, they pay 1/19th of your season ticket price and they list it for hundreds elsewhere. I said after the ticket freeze that it was a result but I also warned City will have something up their sleeve to make up for it and here we are. Scum
And people should stop fawning over 'Billy Bullshitter's' end of season report at the end of the day the buck stops with him.Which is why I detest this club off the pitch and is not the club I fell in love with. Hopefully with 1894 and such like serious protests are put in place and we don't all sit back and get our tummys tickled again.
More than a tickets pageMore than a tickets page.
The campaign to get the lad with disabilities to Wembley was only 3 or 4 months ago.
Several years ago, we were getting ridiculed
for poor ticket sales for a Wembley game vs Arsenal. Daz Clarke drummed up support and several thousand more tickets were sold within days.
A side affect of the page is driving thousands more sales of match day memberships. The page doesn’t cost City much in reality. The page also drives sales of corporate hospitality as Blues who normally couldn’t afford this save up for special family occasions.
When I flagged up that the ticket changes were targeting the Face Value Groups / Pages a few months back. Some posters saw it as an opportunity to stick the knife in to the groups. That said, we all probably post some daft stuff from time to time.
Mike Broadbent his nameThis new ticket compliance officer was brought in last year to specifically get on with the enforcement of these new rules. Nothing to do with boosting their CV. These flawed and incendiary actions are coming from on high.
Exactly, and I would rather sell/transfer to I know a proper blue who is wanting a ticket. Not selling back to the club where it could go to a ticket partner, it could go to a non City fan but more than anything City will be selling it on at a big profit. It is stupid to alienate a fan base whilst adding more seats to the stadium. Them face value pages have ensured we put bums on seats a lot more than City do, which I appreciate they don't care about but a few years of countless empty seats won't be a good look when renewing sponsorship deals.They are business people but seem ignorant to the less obvious benefits of the face value pages. At the surface level, it is natural for Club to want tickets to be relisted through the Exchange but many thousand of fans don't want that, especially when they know City's connections with touting agencies.
Don't you dare speak out about king khaldoonAnd people should stop fawning over 'Billy Bullshitter's' end of season report at the end of the day the buck stops with him.
I think I covered all your pointsWe need to protest to change it. They have had no issue for years, because they gave us something with one hand they are now trying to snatch more with the other. They have made transferring tickets next to impossible so everybody uses the exchange. The exchange gets used and they sell you ticket on for a bigger price, even through places like viagogo where you have literally no idea who is using that ticket. It is nothing short of disgusting.
This will result in people binning off their season tickets (which is what they want) but it will ensure there are countless empty seats which is fucking mental considering they are sticking a load more seats in as we speak.
You did with the solution of tickets only going on the exchange which I still completely disagree with.I think I covered all your points
My point was they need to think things through a bit more
Very clear the people behind these de ions at an operational level aren’t very good
That argument has already been disproved by giving Haaland £500k a week but freezing / reducing prices. The price freeze needs to continue next year also. They want to rise it, and fans can fight that if they want to also.But it's just a business.
The club have to do this to compete and buy nice new players.
If you don't like it don't go.
That'll be the defence of this mob by some, tiresome but true.
They know the cost of everything and the value of nothingThey are business people but seem ignorant to the less obvious benefits of the face value pages. At the surface level, it is natural for Club to want tickets to be relisted through the Exchange but many thousand of fans don't want that, especially when they know City's connections with touting agencies.
Yeah good point they are probably reading, so if they are.Posted about this yesterday. What the fuck are they playing at. So we could basically have empty seats if seasoncard card holders are banned from selling them. Whoever is behind this is a ****. I'm fairly sure people in the department will be reading these post so ffs try talking said **** out of it.
But it's just a business.
The club have to do this to compete and buy nice new players.
If you don't like it don't go.
That'll be the defence of this mob by some, tiresome but true.