Third party ticket sites and City (dodgy site ticket claims - p32)

[jrb]

So when NSL2 is expanded, and if the club make season tickets available, which fans get the season tickets first, and why, or is it just going to be a random selection? Sheer luck, with many fans disappointed at missing out on a season ticket? Just a thought.

 

[Edghill OG]

We don't have a waiting list. It used to be advertised as one of the benefits of the Cityzen Matchday Memberships but was removed a couple of years ago.

I suspect if any season tickets become available in the future it will all become clearer, but as with anything ticket related at City it will still be shrouded in mystery.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

That's complete nonsense. These sites have their base outside the UK. They can't be touched.

That's complete nonsense. These sites have their base outside the UK. They can't be touched.

Absolute bollocks.

The agency I know of closely that was busted before the Euros wasn’t even based in Europe. Every UK based employee was jailed or handed suspended prison sentences.

Get some of your ex colleagues on City Matters to ask the club at the next meeting how Livetickets have 500 tickets for the City Wolves game.

And then ask them where a couple of hundred of them will magically appear on the City planner a day before the game.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Absolute bollocks.

The agency I know of closely that was busted before the Euros wasn’t even based in Europe. Every UK based employee was jailed or handed suspended prison sentences.

Get some of your ex colleagues on City Matters to ask the club at the next meeting how Livetickets have 500 tickets for the City Wolves game.

And then ask them where a couple of hundred of them will magically appear on the City planner a day before the game.

A ticket agency has 500 tickets? That's scandalous.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

I had this conversation with the club early on in City Matters. They openly sell tickets to various official partner agencies for home games. However there were agencies who weren't official partners openly offering packages and I pointed this out to them.

I have severe doubts that the club is directly involved in supplying third-party sites with away tickets on a large scale, as these sites mostly operate on the wrong side of the law. But if they are supplying any of these sites, then it has to be out of their 5% ticket allocation, rather than the season ticket holders'.

It's far more likely that these sites have access to tickets via hospitality season ticket holders or those with high points. I've heard anecdotal evidence of people paying for their hospitality season tickets via this sort of activity.

Hopefully the Ticketing Compliance Manager will be able to make some inroads into this. Just buy a couple of tickets and see where they came from.

A ticket agency has 500 tickets? That's scandalous.

They have thousands for Spurs home games.

It’s a racket and every club is at it !!

 

[jrb]

We don't have a waiting list. It used to be advertised as one of the benefits of the Cityzen Matchday Memberships but was removed a couple of years ago.

I suspect if any season tickets become available in the future it will all become clearer, but as with anything ticket related at City it will still be shrouded in mystery.

And there lies the benefit of having a named season ticket list still, giving first refusal to people who have been waiting the longest for a season ticket, as opposed to coming up with an half cocked and unfair criteria that will give season tickets to random people. Real Madrid at home last season and the Citizens membership farce springs to mind. Can you imagine if one of those people who bought a ticket just for the Real Madrid match gets offered a season ticket. Of course that’s hypothetical and won’t happen. I’m sure the club have thought everything through and will have a fair and honest new season ticket sales criteria in place when the expanded North stand opens.

 

[Edghill OG]

And there lies the benefit of having a named season ticket list still, giving first refusal to people who have been waiting the longest for a season ticket, as opposed to coming up with an half cocked and unfair criteria that will give season tickets to random people. Real Madrid at home last season, and the Citizens membership farce springs to mind. Can you imagine if one of those people who applied just for the Real Madrid match ticket gets offered as season ticket. Of course that’s hypothetical and won’t happen. I’m sure the club have thought everything through and will have a fair and honest new season ticket sales criteria in place when the expanded North stand opens.

I hope they go down the route of having a proper waiting list and don't know why that isn't the case currently. Well I do, they don't like using criteria and would rather push the membership sales like the Silver Season Tickets and Madrid game. Giving the illusion people are in with a shout of a season ticket regardless of prior purchasing history. If you knew you'd be at the back of the queue it'd harm paid membership sales.

 

[jrb]

I hope they go down the route of having a proper waiting list and don't know why that isn't the case currently. Well I do, they don't like using criteria and would rather push the membership sales like the Silver Season Tickets and Madrid game. Giving the illusion people are in with a shout of a season ticket regardless of prior purchasing history. If you knew you'd be at the back of the queue it'd harm paid membership sales.

So by that, if season tickets are made available by the club again when the North stand is expanded, it could be lottery getting one, with everyone who wants a season ticket in with a chance of getting one?

I sincerely hope the club still has the now defunct season ticket waiting list stored on a device somewhere and go back to it if new season tickets do become available again?

Obviously you can only guess a number, but I hope anywhere between 5000 as a minimum, to 6000 new season tickets become available on NSL2 and across the ground when the North stand is expanded. That would still leave 3000 to 2000 match day tickets.

 

[eastmanc]

Assuming 324 is similar to 325 and I barely recognise a load of people around me each time I go. Surrounded by Germans last time and Dutch the time before. Big groups of them too. Regularly have Americans, Eastern Europeans, Middle Eastern people up there etc.

Some very naive people on here thinking the club aren't involved. The likes of Viagogo and Livefootballtickets don't let individuals sell tickets. If they're offering upto 4+ seats together the club have to be complicit.

I fear for the matchday individuals next year and how many tickets will be made available to them with the relocations of those ST holders from the North Stand whilst the works getting carried out. Supply even lower to meet the demand = even higher rises.

Every game there are different accents and faces near us every match. And I'm fed up of getting up and down in the match for them to come in late and go early at half time and full time. But that is probably for another thread.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

I don’t even think about going for tickets now and just spend my money doing other things. It hurt at first but I’ll pick up the occasional spare on here for the odd match and be content enough.