Very good point. And if fans are desperate for a ticket they can still be sucked in. Witness yesterday morning. All that remained were the £285 and £255 seats but then 30-odd £175 seats appeared in Level 1. Despite those being extortionately priced as well, fans who were clearly hoping for some cheaper tickets to be returned snapped them up in an instant when normally they may have been reluctant to pay that price for them.
Yes and I think that’s an algorithm doing that knowing human behaviour. I wonder how it intends to sell the last 250?! Suddenly drop to 99 perhaps.
Yeah you’re right! fans are being conned into believing it’s sold out, at least the £175 tickets, then the club/fa pop a few more on to make/brainwash people into believing that £175 is a bargain after nearly settling for £255 or £285!
Most I’ve paid is £250 for the World Cup semi final in Moscow. That was the cheapest ticket. Had a final ticket for £400 (also the cheapest ticket) but got my money back when we got knocked out in the semi.
I've sat in club Wembley for the villa cup final - got a freebie.I've just had a nosey on that Palace forum. The Newcastle fan is still trying to sell 2 Club Wembley tickets in the Palace end for £400 each (down from £500 and possibly £600 before that). I'm not sure what you get for that but I'm guessing it's a bit more than just one of those £285/£255 Level 2 seats.
But....there's also another poster who is selling a match ticket near the halfway line and 2 nights - Friday 16th and Saturday 17th - in a double room in the Travelodge London Wembley High Road. £1000 all in. So I just had a nosey at the Travelodge website and a double room in that hotel for those 2 nights is currently only coming out at £250:
https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels.../2025&rooms[0][adults]=2&rooms[0][children]=0
That's cheaper than I expected considering it's close to Wembley and it includes the night of the final itself, but if that's the case then he/she is effectively asking £750 for the match ticket. I'm not sure who they support but their location on the forum is Croydon so it sounds like it's a Palace fan. While I don't know how much they've paid for the hotel room and ticket combined, on the face of it it smacks to me of blatant profiteering. If it is and it's a Palace fan trying to do it to another Palace fan, that's shameful. It's post number 535 on here:
Cup final tickets
£600 per ticket. Guide price from Club Wembley face value is £825 per ticket. Can also buy up to two more on the portal so could have 4 in total. How much are Wembley charging you for the two extra tickets you can purchase?forum.holmesdale.net
So we could just end this monumental seat count with a slow crawl across the line tonight when everyone’s asleep.
See someone's selling a city end ticket for £55 on there ... bargain!I've just had a nosey on that Palace forum. The Newcastle fan is still trying to sell 2 Club Wembley tickets in the Palace end for £400 each (down from £500 and possibly £600 before that). I'm not sure what you get for that but I'm guessing it's a bit more than just one of those £285/£255 Level 2 seats.
But....there's also another poster who is selling a match ticket near the halfway line and 2 nights - Friday 16th and Saturday 17th - in a double room in the Travelodge London Wembley High Road. £1000 all in. So I just had a nosey at the Travelodge website and a double room in that hotel for those 2 nights is currently only coming out at £250:
https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels.../2025&rooms[0][adults]=2&rooms[0][children]=0
That's cheaper than I expected considering it's close to Wembley and it includes the night of the final itself, but if that's the case then he/she is effectively asking £750 for the match ticket. I'm not sure who they support but their location on the forum is Croydon so it sounds like it's a Palace fan. While I don't know how much they've paid for the hotel room and ticket combined, on the face of it it smacks to me of blatant profiteering. If it is and it's a Palace fan trying to do it to another Palace fan, that's shameful. It's post number 535 on here:
Cup final tickets
£600 per ticket. Guide price from Club Wembley face value is £825 per ticket. Can also buy up to two more on the portal so could have 4 in total. How much are Wembley charging you for the two extra tickets you can purchase?
There will be more returns today.
Yes.
Amateur seat counters baskets, it will start rising in a few minutes
We are, we sold our allocation..this is the extra allocation and its the last few £285.00 txts available - No surprise there, add £50 - £120.00 on top Travel / food ..it's a very expensive domestic cup final.... people need to also understand there is a huge salary discrepancy between Greater Manchester wages and London and the South East - the London clubs in general have deeper pockets and do not have to travel..and can have their butties at home before strolling on a local train / tube...very different financial implications - we have done well selling our allocation out ..again .. let that be known