Standard Home and Away memberships still on sale

[nutty nigel 7,509]

3 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said:

By increasing the number of people in the membership scheme it decreases the chance of you getting a ticket when the lottery takes place for each game.

How does it? Right now I'm a season ticket holder. If I decide to take out standard membership wouldn't that increase my chance of getting a ticket? Or am I missing something?

[TIL 1010 4,718]

10 minutes ago, nutty nigel said:

How does it? Right now I'm a season ticket holder. If I decide to take out standard membership wouldn't that increase my chance of getting a ticket? Or am I missing something?

So you think by having say 7,000 in a scheme looking to claim 3,000 tickets for a game the chance is greater if you make that 7,001 ?

[Big Vince 318]

Delia Out.

[Van wink 2,994]

54 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said:

The only reason to continue to let people join the scheme would be for financial gain by the club.

It’s pretty disappointing to be honest. I am a bit surprised!

[nutty nigel 7,509]

14 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said:

So you think by having say 7,000 in a scheme looking to claim 3,000 tickets for a game the chance is greater if you make that 7,001 ?

It would be greater for me rather than competing with a far larger group of season ticket holders. Why would you want to deny me that option?

[TIL 1010 4,718]

Did i say i was denying you that option all i said was if it is left open ended it is merely a money making exercise by Kensell and his cohorts ? My opinion is it should have stopped before it even got started.

[Big Vince 318]

5 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said:

Did i say i was denying you that option all i said was if it is left open ended it is merely a money making exercise by Kensell and his cohorts ? My opinion is it should have stopped before it even got started.

Delia Out.

[Big Vince 318]

Why are people putting the blame on the boy Kensell?

That is precisely what the Suffolk Socialists want to achieve - let somebody else take the blame for something which they have so clearly sanctioned.

They have been getting away with this from square one. Yet people on here still fall for the deception.

There is a long list of people who have previously been hung out to dry by the SS - Doomcaster, Munby just for starters.......

[Mello Yello 2,278]

Loan some money.....Then get your loan money back....Don't loan any more money into the thing you loaned the money to in the first place.....Carry on enjoying the stuff, while other folk keep chucking in their hard earned......'Perks of the job'.......NIce......

[nutty nigel 7,509]

I don't like the new system. I like some of the suggested systems even less because they seem to be about people wanting to get in a group of 3,000 then shutting the door. 

As we are now I wouldn't advise folk not to join standard membership. As I see it, and I'm happy to be corrected in these figures, these are the groups.:-

750 elite members many of which couldn't be arst to go to even half the games last season. 

7,000 £50 memberships, which if people are to be believed, include fans who couldn't be arst to go to much more than a third of games and most nowhere near that number. And fans who have hardly been away but want to pick and choose.

The standard membership takes you out of the largest group of close to 20,000 season ticket holders. Just watch them sell like hot cakes at the first sniff of a cup run...

A leopard never changes it's spots. People who went to less than half won't suddenly go to all. The biggest danger is that people apply for games they don't want to go and then sell tickets to mates of lower priority. I will watch out for this and hope others do too.

 

 

 

[FenwayFrank 2,456]

Just out of interest I wonder what would happen if we got a really good home draw in the FA Cup, would season ticket holders be able to get their seats first as usual ?

[wcorkcanary 4,329]

31 minutes ago, nutty nigel said:

I don't like the new system. I like some of the suggested systems even less because they seem to be about people wanting to get in a group of 3,000 then shutting the door. 

As we are now I wouldn't advise folk not to join standard membership. As I see it, and I'm happy to be corrected in these figures, these are the groups.:-

750 elite members many of which couldn't be arst to go to even half the games last season. 

7,000 £50 memberships, which if people are to be believed, include fans who couldn't be arst to go to much more than a third of games and most nowhere near that number. And fans who have hardly been away but want to pick and choose.

The standard membership takes you out of the largest group of close to 20,000 season ticket holders. Just watch them sell like hot cakes at the first sniff of a cup run...

A leopard never changes it's spots. People who went to less than half won't suddenly go to all. The biggest danger is that people apply for games they don't want to go and then sell tickets to mates of lower priority. I will watch out for this and hope others do too.

 

 

 

That's true Nuttyo but the system will be tightening  over time and it wont be long before ID to back up the ST / match ticket  will be required,  not always checked as it would cause big delays.  Similar  system was Introduced  here at gigs to stop  Scalping ( touting) , the effect was that far fewer  people were willing  to buy scalped tickets  as refusal at the door was much more likely. Once word gets round  that its happening people are much less likely to spend on travel  etc with a possibility  of  not getting in. Not good for me though as my mate Tillo has offered to lend me his ST for man u at home .

Edited August 23, 2019 by wcorkcanary

[TIL 1010 4,718]

13 minutes ago, FenwayFrank said:

Just out of interest I wonder what would happen if we got a really good home draw in the FA Cup, would season ticket holders be able to get their seats first as usual ?

What would the club charge as well FF as this £30 cap only applies to Premier League games ?

[CANARYKING 634]

14 minutes ago, FenwayFrank said:

Just out of interest I wonder what would happen if we got a really good home draw in the FA Cup, would season ticket holders be able to get their seats first as usual ?

Yes we would, mine gets sent automatically 

[TIL 1010 4,718]

Just now, CANARYKING said:

Yes we would, mine gets sent automatically 

Oh look Nutty we appear to have a Super Elite group. 😜😂

[CANARYKING 634]

1 hour ago, TIL 1010 said:

Oh look Nutty we appear to have a Super Elite group. 😜😂

When you renew your ST you can tick a box called “ cup option “ and any home cup game is automatically added to your ST. When you  have paid out a considerable amount of money for years and years, good times and bad I think your entitled to one perk. As I’ve been a ST holder since the early 60’s I hate to think how much cash I’ve paid out.

[FenwayFrank 2,456]

2 minutes ago, CANARYKING said:

When you renew your ST you can tick a box called “ cup option “ and any home cup game is automatically added to your ST. When you  have paid out a considerable amount of money for years and years, good times and bad I think your entitled to one perk. As I’ve been a ST holder since the early 60’s I hate to think how much cash I’ve paid out.

That’s fair enough, but I never tick that box and still get the chance to claim my seat if I want. I presume that will be the same this season

[wcorkcanary 4,329]

1 hour ago, FenwayFrank said:

That’s fair enough, but I never tick that box and still get the chance to claim my seat if I want. I presume that will be the same this season

Season Ticket Holders  Premium Cup Membership Anybody? Only £50.

[nutty nigel 7,509]

I was talking about away memberships. Not home ones. I would have thought if all season ticket holders claimed their FA cup seats there'd be nothing left for home members.

What I meant by a sniff of a cup run is that club's have to give 15% allocations. (unless they have very good reason not to) And then what if we got to the semis, or even the final? 

The thing I don't understand with the home membership is the lack of an elite group?

[GMF 736]

15 hours ago, TIL 1010 said:

The only reason to continue to let people join the scheme would be for financial gain by the club.

The only reason to change the scheme in the first place was for financial gain - totally unnecessary in the context of promotion and, arguably, has created a worse, rather than better scheme.

[Well b back 3,186]

1 hour ago, GMF said:

The only reason to change the scheme in the first place was for financial gain - totally unnecessary in the context of promotion and, arguably, has created a worse, rather than better scheme.

Not aurgubly but fact I am afraid.