Seat Listed on Ticket Exchange - not showing for purchase!

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anyoldblu

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I put my son's seat up for sale on the ticket exchange for the Southampton game tomorrow, as he's away on a school trip. I had a quick check of the site to see how sales are looking and can't see his seat as free in seatmap.

Are the club holding back all ticket exchange seats until they have sold every last one of the "unsold" seats?

It's still showing as Listed in his account.
 
I seem to remember that being how it worked. Only listed once sold out. May have changed since i did it though.
 
jamiecav said:
I seem to remember that being how it worked. Only listed once sold out. May have changed since i did it though.
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Think they advertise it within 7 days of game regardless but they are very crafty in steering people towards there own unsold seats to purchase rather than fans who advertise on the exchange
 
I put my wife's ticket for the Saints on the exchange last Friday and it sold within 3 hours.
She got an email to confirm it had been sold.
 
put 2 up myself and just checked...they are available to purchase. It could be a system default so you can view your "own" seats but i guess thats not correct as i can see mine.

I think city take them down about 4 hours before the game if im correct.

seems to be a good few available.. prob 45k attendance tomorrow
 
UUJblue said:
put 2 up myself and just checked...they are available to purchase. It could be a system default so you can view your "own" seats but i guess thats not correct as i can see mine.

I think city take them down about 4 hours before the game if im correct.

seems to be a good few available.. prob 45k attendance tomorrow
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45K? Dream on!! More like 51K.
 
done it for two matches I couldn't attend the dippers and burnley me and grandsons all 3 sold both matches
 
Something very fishy is going on here.... Logged into my account I can't see any seats in some sections, however I do see seats in others. Logged into a mates account he can see seats that don't show for me, including my sons.

The seat selector is working, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to see or select any seats at all. It appears that I'm being shown a subset of what's available.
 
Thought I would use this existing thread rather than create something new. Cant make the game on Saturday so put our two seats up for sale on the ticket exchange at 9.43am, they were sold by 9.49am. Bloody good scheme and well administered by the club. I can't understand why any season ticket holders that can't make a match wouldn't use it.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Thought I would use this existing thread rather than create something new. Cant make the game on Saturday so put our two seats up for sale on the ticket exchange at 9.43am, they were sold by 9.49am. Bloody good scheme and well administered by the club. I can't understand why any season ticket holders that can't make a match wouldn't use it.
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It's baffling why some can't be arsed putting their ticket up on the exchange. Granted, it will be more difficult to sell a seat for say, Watford at home, in midweek than the Newcastle game on Saturday but it's still worth putting them up for sale
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Thought I would use this existing thread rather than create something new. Cant make the game on Saturday so put our two seats up for sale on the ticket exchange at 9.43am, they were sold by 9.49am. Bloody good scheme and well administered by the club. I can't understand why any season ticket holders that can't make a match wouldn't use it.
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Beacause most people usually just give them to friends/family.
 
If your x2 seats are together that makes significant difference in sell on potential v club for sale tickets
 
Danny Hoekman said:
Beacause most people usually just give them to friends/family.
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That wouldn't explain the 'empty seats' obviously 'owned' by season ticket holders that just don't turn up. There are three behind us in 1st level East Stand that are 75% empty. When they are used its the same youngish family. Just don't understand why they don't use the ticket exchange and get the seats to someone who would want to use them.
 
What I don't understand is why the club restricts the use of the ticket exchange to six premier league games. Does anyone know the rationale behind that?
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Presumably to discourage people buying season tickets then only attending a handful of games.
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Some people genuinely can’t get to every one. 12/13 games is hardly a handful and when your limits up then that creates an empty seat. For those of us that live hundreds of miles away, it’s not easy just giving your card to friends or family.
 
Overall, it is a good facility, but not without its flaws, particularly the rule about withdrawing the seat from sale 3 hours before kickoff. That struck me recently as being very odd, when I had a seat on the Ticket Exchange for a Saturday 3pm game, but received an email at noon advising that the seat had not been sold. Yet when I arrived at the ground about 2.15/2.30, the "sold out" signs were up.

The end-product was me going into the ground with a spare seasoncard and, probably, some fans outside who were unable to get in. And before anyone suggests trying to sell it/give it away outside the ground, there is the risk of being mistaken for a ticket tout and being arrested!

Anyone understand the underlying logic for this 3 hour cut-off point?
 
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