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[Skashion]

STOP!!!!

Here's what I would have done.(Gary, use it as a template mate)

The ticket site on the OS to explain the situation clearly before tickets go on sale.

All seats and levels(lower, middle, upper) £17.50. Regardless.

Levels 1 and 2 to be sold first. Once tickets have sold out, and only then, will level 3 to be opened.

Loyalty points. If it's true about no loyalty points for level 3 sales?

Supporters buying level 1 and 2 tickets get 50 loyalty points. Those fans waiting for level 3 tickets get no loyalty points. Season ticket holders in level 3 who move, get 50 loyalty points. Those that don't move, don't.(explained before hand on OS site)

Conclusion.

:-) Happy fans. Happy club/staff. Near enough full house.

The Level 3'ers would have you lynched for daring to suggest that everyone else gets loyalty points and they don't.

 

[fathellensbellend]

So why did city send surveys out, and one of the questions was, would you like your name on your seat, or do you think they are planning on randomly putting peoples names on any old seat.

Have you already purchased a seat with your name on?

have you?

the clue is in the question, ie would you like your name on your seat, as opposed to would you like your name on any random seat in the ground.

 

[kbb]

STOP!!!!

Here's what I would have done.(Gary, use it as a template mate)

The ticket site on the OS to explain the situation clearly before tickets go on sale.

All seats and levels(lower, middle, upper) £17.50. Regardless.

Levels 1 and 2 to be sold first. Once tickets have sold out, and only then, will level 3 to be opened.

Loyalty points. If it's true about no loyalty points for level 3 sales?

Supporters buying level 1 and 2 tickets get 50 loyalty points. Those fans waiting for level 3 tickets get no loyalty points. Season ticket holders in level 3 who move, get 50 loyalty points. Those that don't move, don't.(explained before hand on OS site)

Conclusion.

:-) Happy fans. Happy club/staff. Near enough full house.

PS. Can I have a 35k a year job at the ticket office please. You need guys like me.;-)

So I have not missed a game for nearly 3 years and because my ST is in Level 3 you propose no loyalty points - yes we really need you!

 

[jrb]

STOP!!!!

Here's what I would have done.(Gary, use it as a template mate)

The ticket site on the OS to explain the situation clearly before tickets go on sale.

All seats and levels(lower, middle, upper) £17.50. Regardless.

Levels 1 and 2 to be sold first. Once tickets have sold out, and only then, will level 3 to be opened.

Loyalty points. If it's true about no loyalty points for level 3 sales?

Supporters buying level 1 and 2 tickets get 50 loyalty points. Those fans waiting for level 3 tickets get no loyalty points. Season ticket holders in level 3 who move, get 50 loyalty points. Those that don't move, don't.(explained before hand on OS site)

Conclusion.

:-) Happy fans. Happy club/staff. Near enough full house.

The Level 3'ers would have you lynched for daring to suggest that everyone else gets loyalty points and they don't.

This, due to the previous poorly attended rounds. And the original reason City did not open the 3rd tiers. Those 3rd tier season ticket holders who do move, will get 50 loyalty points, which will be doubled at the end of the season. Those 3rd tier season ticket holders who don't move, get their seats. (which is what most want)

As stated. Explained clearly on the OS before ticket sales.

 

[goatinho]

will be at 100 pages when i get home from work tonight?

 

[jrb]

STOP!!!!

Here's what I would have done.(Gary, use it as a template mate)

The ticket site on the OS to explain the situation clearly before tickets go on sale.

All seats and levels(lower, middle, upper) £17.50. Regardless.

Levels 1 and 2 to be sold first. Once tickets have sold out, and only then, will level 3 to be opened.

Loyalty points. If it's true about no loyalty points for level 3 sales?

Supporters buying level 1 and 2 tickets get 50 loyalty points. Those fans waiting for level 3 tickets get no loyalty points. Season ticket holders in level 3 who move, get 50 loyalty points. Those that don't move, don't.(explained before hand on OS site)

Conclusion.

:-) Happy fans. Happy club/staff. Near enough full house.

PS. Can I have a 35k a year job at the ticket office please. You need guys like me.;-)

So I have not missed a game for nearly 3 years and because my ST is in Level 3 you propose no loyalty points - yes we really need you!

I'm only going off the original rumour regarding the 3rd tier. Perhaps it's not true? Most of the gripes from level 3 season ticket holders are about having to move. Solved that problem for you. You get to keep your seat. If you do move, you get 50 loyalty points.

ps. Why not mention the £17.50 for every seat/stand? Pick on the only negative you could find. ;-)

 

[Skashion]

Have you already purchased a seat with your name on?

have you?

the clue is in the question, ie would you like your name on your seat, as opposed to would you like your name on any random seat in the ground.

The answer to the question I asked you then is presumably no. Reason being that the club is not yet running a scheme which guarantees that you sit in the same seat for cup games that you do for league games. The situation for league games is different than that for cup games i.e. we can pretty much give or take a few thousand, know the exact attendance and know the away allocation. A privilege is extended whereby you can claim your own seat as far as possible but it isn't a guarantee. If you have to sit in another seat for cup matches the club is not wronging you.

 

[jrb]

Look at it how you want. This thread could go on forever. In plain and simple terms, the club, or the people who came up with this idea/system have f***ed up. End of.

 

[GStar]

Why are we now suggesting some get loyalty points, some don't?

If you attend the game you get the 50 - and then the double at the end of the cup run/before the final.

No; "end of." or "fact." there's a reason there's a discussion going on, the club didn't fuck up, in all honesty the fans did. If they wanted to watch cup football they could have, instead we've all jumped on at the QF stage, it's our own fault.

 

[Skashion]

Look at how you want. This thread could go on forever. In plain and simple terms, the club, or the people who came up with this idea/system have f***ed up. End of.

Disagree. I'm not seeing where they fucked up at all. Just because the club underestimated demand doesn't mean it's a fuck up. That they thought we couldn't assuredly get 36k was based on sound reasoning i.e. that our previous three home FA Cup ties failed to break the 30k mark even when the opposition brought 5k with them.

 

[dctid]

So I have not missed a game for nearly 3 years and because my ST is in Level 3 you propose no loyalty points - yes we really need you!

I'm only going off the original rumour regarding the 3rd tier. Perhaps it's not true? Most of the gripes from level 3 season ticket holders are about having to move. Solved that problem for you. You get to keep your seat. If you do move, you get 50 loyalty points.

ps. Why not mention the £17.50 for every seat/stand? Pick on the only negative you could find. ;-)

agree - £17.50 for a quarter final - dont give a toss where i sit to be honest just want to be there

 

[BillyMC]

Anyone know if Reading tickets are selling fast?

Cant be arsed trawling through 76 pages of diarrhoea to find out.

 

[jrb]

I'm only going off the original rumour regarding the 3rd tier. Perhaps it's not true? Most of the gripes from level 3 season ticket holders are about having to move. Solved that problem for you. You get to keep your seat. If you do move, you get 50 loyalty points.

ps. Why not mention the £17.50 for every seat/stand? Pick on the only negative you could find. ;-)

agree - £17.50 for a quarter final - dont give a toss where i sit to be honest just want to be there

Thanks. At £17.50 for every seat/every level, it would have sold out. Any difference in the current most expensive seats, would have been made up by a much larger crowd and more Food, beer, etc, sales.

It's not rocket science. The problem at city is that there are too many levels and too many clever people, who are trying to impress the boss. And they can't see the wood for the trees. Let's have some common sense, starting at the top. Current idea. (Gary Cook) "F***ing stupid." "Next........

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Look at how you want. This thread could go on forever. In plain and simple terms, the club, or the people who came up with this idea/system have f***ed up. End of.

Of course they have.

There have been four quarter finals at COMS since it opened, in all the competitions, and every one of them has pulled a gate significantly higher than the 36,000 which was originally planned for. And our gates are significantly higher now than they were then. Every single one of those quarter final attendances has been greater than our average league attendance at the time.

It isn't about the inconvenience of moving, it's about the logistical nightmare of the whole system being clogged up by people relocating - and now re-relocating. All of which could have been avoided by opening the whole ground.

The whole cost of this exercise will have been hugely higher than the costs of just opening the tiers. There is a loss of goodwill amongst regular customers. And there are the unseen costs of people not attending because of the snarled up system.

I've written my first ever complaint email to the ticket office today, and I've always been supportive of them.<br /><br />-- Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:52 pm --<br /><br />

The problem at city is that there are too many levels and too many clever people, who are trying to impress the boss. And they can't see the wood for the trees. Let's have some common sense, starting at the top. Current idea. (Gary Cook) "F***ing stupid." "Next........

hahahaha

That's my gut feel on it as well.

Which clown thought it was a good idea to employ people to stand in the isles in the Colin Bell Tier three right before the kick off for the Villa game, offering people a "free upgrade" to the shittest seats in the ground, at the front of the north stand?

I mean, why would one person arse themselves to miss kickoff, go all the way down the spiral, join another queue and find another seat where the view is shit?

It beggars belief what thinking is going on here.

 

[jrb]

Look at how you want. This thread could go on forever. In plain and simple terms, the club, or the people who came up with this idea/system have f***ed up. End of.

Of course they have.

There have been four quarter finals at COMS since it opened, in all the competitions, and every one of them has pulled a gate significantly higher than the 36,000 which was originally planned for. And our gates are significantly higher now than they were then. Every single one of those quarter final attendances has been greater than our average league attendance at the time.

It isn't about the inconvenience of moving, it's about the logistical nightmare of the whole system being clogged up by people relocating - and now re-relocating. All of which could have been avoided by opening the whole ground.

The whole cost of this exercise will have been hugely higher than the costs of just opening the tiers. There is a loss of goodwill amongst regular customers. And there are the unseen costs of people not attending because of the snarled up system.

I've written my first ever complaint email to the ticket office today, and I've always been supportive of them.

I meant in the way City have decided to sell tickets. EXACTLY! Spot on Dave.

 

[fathellensbellend]

Look at how you want. This thread could go on forever. In plain and simple terms, the club, or the people who came up with this idea/system have f***ed up. End of.

Disagree. I'm not seeing where they fucked up at all. Just because the club underestimated demand doesn't mean it's a fuck up. That they thought we couldn't assuredly get 36k was based on sound reasoning i.e. that our previous three home FA Cup ties failed to break the 30k mark even when the opposition brought 5k with them.

we got 39000 v west ham with 4 selling days and on a monday night, 46000 v arsenal in the league cup on a wednesday night, 38000 v tottenham on a wednesday night, and 47000 v hamburg also midweek, all 1/4 finals.

so considering you say there is no evidence, i would suggest quite the opposote.

 

[Skashion]

There have been four quarter finals at COMS since it opened, in all the competitions, and every one of them has pulled a gate significantly higher than the 36,000 which was originally planned for. And our gates are significantly higher now than they were then. Every single one of those quarter final attendances has been greater than our average league attendance at the time.

The problem with that argument is if you look at the previous round before those quarter-finals and you'll see that the attendance was higher than the sub-26k we pulled in against Villa. One of those matches was also Hamburg, £5 adults, and a quid for kids.

 

[Leicester_royal]

will be at 100 pages when i get home from work tonight?

lol

so far between our 2 clubs on tickets for this game

170 odd pages
2600 replies
43000 views

it's certainly caused quite a stir!

 

[Skashion]

we got 39000 v west ham with 4 selling days and on a monday night, 46000 v arsenal in the league cup on a wednesday night, 38000 v tottenham on a wednesday night, and 47000 v hamburg also midweek, all 1/4 finals.

so considering you say there is no evidence, i would suggest quite the opposote.

See my post above.

 

[GStar]

Disagree. I'm not seeing where they fucked up at all. Just because the club underestimated demand doesn't mean it's a fuck up. That they thought we couldn't assuredly get 36k was based on sound reasoning i.e. that our previous three home FA Cup ties failed to break the 30k mark even when the opposition brought 5k with them.

we got 39000 v west ham with 4 selling days and on a monday night, 46000 v arsenal in the league cup on a wednesday night, 38000 v tottenham on a wednesday night, and 47000 v hamburg also midweek, all 1/4 finals.

so considering you say there is no evidence, i would suggest quite the opposote.

There's an arguement on both sides here.

I'm sure any decent marketeer would tell us all that you that customer trends are always changing and therfore relying on too much past data is dangerous.

Similarly there is obvious evidence there that a Cup QF draws big crowds to CoMS.

I don't agree with people slgging the club though, it would have been a real risk to simply open the entire ground and risk a 20k turn out as has been the case so far this season. I can understand exactly why the club took the decision it did and whether we agree or not, to label it a "fuck up" etc is simply ignorant.