SaintRichmond Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I "booked" my 2 tickets this am, aprox 9.30 Not quite that straight forward though I wanted Block 227 I was told that seats would be allocated, and I could end up with seats anyware between Blocks 227 and 231 - from the centre line back to the goal line I am NOT impressed. Why cannot you Book the seats you WANT ??? Bit like asking for Kingsland and getting a seat in the away area Doesn't make sense, especially in this computer age:D:)
damers Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Also the guy I spoke said, let me just make sure I get your 6 seats together and then spent time booking them together so the must be allocating seating straight away, I guess it just saves some time, Anyway, Were all going to Wembley!!
The9 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I "booked" my 2 tickets this am, aprox 9.30 Not quite that straight forward though I wanted Block 227 I was told that seats would be allocated, and I could end up with seats anyware between Blocks 227 and 231 - from the centre line back to the goal line I am NOT impressed. Why cannot you Book the seats you WANT ??? Bit like asking for Kingsland and getting a seat in the away area Doesn't make sense, especially in this computer age:D:) That would be because Saints' ticketing system is based on St Mary's not Wembley I should think, and there's not much point rewriting it and doing all the bug-fixing, testing that would be required for the sake of one match.
Trumush Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I "booked" my 2 tickets this am, aprox 9.30 Not quite that straight forward though I wanted Block 227 I was told that seats would be allocated, and I could end up with seats anyware between Blocks 227 and 231 - from the centre line back to the goal line I am NOT impressed. Why cannot you Book the seats you WANT ??? Bit like asking for Kingsland and getting a seat in the away area Doesn't make sense, especially in this computer age:D:) This was all explained on the Saints website. You can only apply for the blocks they specified. 227-231 was one of them.
The Cat Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Can't you just be happy you're going? In the great scheme of things it doesn't really matter that much where you sit.
SaintRichmond Posted 22 February, 2010 Author Posted 22 February, 2010 This was all explained on the Saints website. You can only apply for the blocks they specified. 227-231 was one of them. OK, I missed that, thanks:D:cool:
SaintRichmond Posted 22 February, 2010 Author Posted 22 February, 2010 Also the guy I spoke said, let me just make sure I get your 6 seats together and then spent time booking them together so the must be allocating seating straight away, I guess it just saves some time, Anyway, Were all going to Wembley!! The booking guy I spoke to did not say that. He indicated that he could not even state my PREFERRED Block when my booking was forwarded OK, I'm going to Wembley, but it did not seem like a TRUE "Booking" service Until I get my tickets circa 16th March, I will NOT know where I am sitting I simply :cool:think that is a poor service.
dune Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I notice there's still no explanation from David Luker for the rip off booking fee.
SaintRichmond Posted 22 February, 2010 Author Posted 22 February, 2010 Can't you just be happy you're going? In the great scheme of things it doesn't really matter that much where you sit. Yes, I am happy that I am going Yes, it DOES matter where I sit You are obviously not bothered where YOU sit in a cinema or theatre then ??? Or at St Mary's even ?? Any seat will do will it ??
oldsarum Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I notice there's still no explanation from David Luker for the rip off booking fee. Why don't you get off the back of David and his box office team Carlisle are charging a booking fee too http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10361~1967934,00.html
SnailOB Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Why don't you get off the back of David and his box office team Carlisle are charging a booking fee too http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10361~1967934,00.html All about opinions mate To use the telephone will cost £3 a ticket. Don't really give a f*** what anyone else charges - it is pretty steep - would you not agree ? Especially when you consider most of us would have been pretty happy to queue and purchase in person - that would have kept the box office team busy ! And for that fee you still can't get told what seat
Saint Samuel Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I've been trying the ticket line all morning, no luck yet.
krissyboy31 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 All about opinions mate To use the telephone will cost £3 a ticket. Don't really give a f*** what anyone else charges - it is pretty steep - would you not agree ? Especially when you consider most of us would have been pretty happy to queue and purchase in person - that would have kept the box office team busy ! And for that fee you still can't get told what seat Think you'll find that it's a Wembley imposed booking fee and nothing to do with the participating clubs.
SnailOB Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Think you'll find that it's a Wembley imposed booking fee and nothing to do with the participating clubs. Doesn't Carlisle link (that someone else pointed to) show concessions for booking fee ? Still disappointing. Trying to book 34 tickets for a group of us that go up with our kids to St Marys - ideally all together in particular area. Still trying to get through whilst reading forum - reading the comments that its going to end up costing an extra £100 + for this booking just 'smarts' a bit !
JRM Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Think you'll find that it's a Wembley imposed booking fee and nothing to do with the participating clubs. wrong. Carlisle put tickets on sale they were available on the phone, online, or in person at the ticket office. Tickets purchased over the counter at the ticket office have no booking fee, info passed to me by a carlisle contact who had just been down there to buy them last week
damers Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I've been trying the ticket line all morning, no luck yet. Use this number mate, you should get straight through, then hold for 5-10mins.
northam soul Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Use this number mate, you should get straight through, then hold for 5-10mins. What number would that be ?
Depressed of Shirley Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 wrong. Carlisle put tickets on sale they were available on the phone, online, or in person at the ticket office. Tickets purchased over the counter at the ticket office have no booking fee, info passed to me by a carlisle contact who had just been down there to buy them last week I think this is the same at St. Mary's, i.e. book in person at the ground, no booking fee. The booking charge is standard for Wembley games, concerts etc, and I would guess this comes from Wembley itself.
krissyboy31 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I think this is the same at St. Mary's, i.e. book in person at the ground, no booking fee. The booking charge is standard for Wembley games, concerts etc, and I would guess this comes from Wembley itself. That is how I understand it. It is a rip-off but a Wembley imposed one not a Saints one.
Window Cleaner Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I personally think we should try to get knocked out in the first round of every competition we play, then there will be no moaning about ticket allocation schemes, difficulty in bookings, not getting your very own seat or booking fees. ;);););)
bungle Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 The post should be locked. Whinging for no reason.
krissyboy31 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 The post should be locked. Whinging for no reason. No different from all other threads then!
bungle Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 No different from all other threads then! Seems to be the 'fashion' these days.
StuRomseySaint Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 All about opinions mate To use the telephone will cost £3 a ticket. Don't really give a f*** what anyone else charges - it is pretty steep - would you not agree ? Especially when you consider most of us would have been pretty happy to queue and purchase in person - that would have kept the box office team busy ! And for that fee you still can't get told what seat I just ordered 30 tickets online and got charged a WHOPPING £3... 10p per ticket. Are you for real?!?!?!??!?!?!
hutch Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 That would be because Saints' ticketing system is based on St Mary's not Wembley I should think, and there's not much point rewriting it and doing all the bug-fixing, testing that would be required for the sake of one match. I get so fed up with all the negative posters on this forum.
The9 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I get so fed up with all the negative posters on this forum. Obviously we're in the process of testing hosting Wembley's new system for them in advance of the reinstatement and FA Cup Semi-Final, Final and Play-Off Final appearance, they just couldn't push it through in time for the JPT, I mean... :smt033
Saint Samuel Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Held on for 20 minutes and finally got through, was just as well, any longer listening to that music would have driven me to insanity! And to make it coincidental, Simply Red - Holding Back The Years randomly came on shuffle on spotify whilst I was waiting (I'll Keep Holding On).
L1Minus10 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Finally got through - 2pm. All of the most expensive tickets have gone... never mind. Bring it on. Phone system is painful..."Please have your card details ready"....20 ****ing times
Trumush Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Yes, I am happy that I am going Yes, it DOES matter where I sit You are obviously not bothered where YOU sit in a cinema or theatre then ??? Or at St Mary's even ?? Any seat will do will it ?? I am in the phase 2 booking from next Monday. Looks like I will be in nose bleed territory,still wtf ,anywhere in the stadium will do me.
Saint_clark Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Finally got through - 2pm. All of the most expensive tickets have gone... never mind. Bring it on. Phone system is painful..."Please have your card details ready"....20 ****ing times As in the £58 ones or the £44 ones as well?
The9 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Judging by the other thread the main problem with using the online system is that people haven't got their accounts set up properly, and the main problem with phone booking is that you get charged £3 PER TICKET not £3 per booking.
Saint_clark Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 (edited) I'm never good with being on hold, I always get paranoid that it isn't working and i'm just stuck on the music for all eternity. EDIT; nah it's OK, it was working. Was sat there for 10 minutes before being disconnected. Thank god for that. *rolleyesthingy* Edited 22 February, 2010 by Saint_clark
SnailOB Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I just ordered 30 tickets online and got charged a WHOPPING £3... 10p per ticket. Are you for real?!?!?!??!?!?! Telephone booking was £3 per ticket As one person quoted - if you book at ticket office there would be no charge BUT at this time that is not an option But hey - sorry for moaning. Didn't know that passing an opinion was going to offend soooooooo many people.
Saint_clark Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Just got mine. Little hiccup with the payment because whilst I was reading out the credit card details someone else snapped up my seats, but no problems other than that.
StuRomseySaint Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Telephone booking was £3 per ticket As one person quoted - if you book at ticket office there would be no charge BUT at this time that is not an option But hey - sorry for moaning. Didn't know that passing an opinion was going to offend soooooooo many people. Do you think the 6 or so people at the Box Office will be able to cope with the demand to sell 44,000 tickets in such a short space of time? Bearing in mind we have an away game tommorow and home on Saturday as well. It doesn't offend me... I think the club have every right to charge people for telephone bookings... there is a perfectly good online booking system, as I said, I booked 30 in about 5 minutes this morning. Simples.
Gingeletiss Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Just glad I'm going....north stand 140-144, no pillars;) so happy;)
Saint_clark Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 So the singing/standing/Northam area is behind the goal, yes?
locks heath saint 2 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 227-231 £58 tickets sold out! sh* t
Jimmy Gabriel's Halo Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Well I've just got mine by phone. Had to wait a few minutes in the phone queue but got there eventually. And, oh boy, am I DELIGHTED. £44 seat near the half way line. In '76 and '79 I was an impoverished student living in Sheffield so I missed those finals. After the FA Cup win I couldn't even afford a pint to celebrate the victory. No student loans in those days and only a limited grant (for me anyway). The ZDS final somehow passed me by - too busy forging a career in London. The 2003 Cardiff final I couldn't get a ticket as I was not a ST holder. So I REALLY don't give sh*t where I am sitting because I'M BL**DY WELL GOING TO WEMBLEY TO SEE THE SAINTS WIN (hopefully !!). CHESHIRE CATS HAVE NOTHING ON ME RIGHT NOW......;-) x 10,000..!!
L1Minus10 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 As in the £58 ones or the £44 ones as well? The £58s have all gone, gone by 11am-ish today apparently.
InvictaSaint Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I'm never good with being on hold, I always get paranoid that it isn't working and i'm just stuck on the music for all eternity. EDIT; nah it's OK, it was working. Was sat there for 10 minutes before being disconnected. Thank god for that. *rolleyesthingy* I had that too - three times before finally getting through. So frustrating. Wouldn't mind being on hold if they had one of those "you are now number 23 in the queue" systems that other big organisations have, but being cut off after 10 minutes is very irritating. BTW, did anybody else get through during the period when the card payment system wasn't working properly? 20 minutes waiting for the payment to be accepted! The poor girl at the other end of the line was at her wits' end, the poor thing. All you could hear was other operators in the background saying the same thing "Oh no, payment failed". Just don't think the system could cope...
saintwarwick Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Telephone booking was £3 per ticket As one person quoted - if you book at ticket office there would be no charge BUT at this time that is not an option But hey - sorry for moaning. Didn't know that passing an opinion was going to offend soooooooo many people. Should of booked online then and you would of saved money, simples really
Dog Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 TBH I aint that bothered about going to Wembley, joke kick off time, and ripp off prices. Give me Wycombe away anyday.
PAULDJ4 Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Seems that real fans are paying up again, we have the booking fee,postage etc and when it comes to the tickets for general sale I think they will be able to walk up to the ticket office pay only the actual price and sit where you want. Whinge over
saintwarwick Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 TBH I aint that bothered about going to Wembley, joke kick off time, and ripp off prices. Give me Wycombe away anyday. You mean like the premiership every weekend, I remember our relegation season where we didn't have a 3 o'clock kick off at SMS till november.
Saint Samuel Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 Shame about the kick off time, would have been nice to have quite a few pints before the game, but just to be going to Wembley is good enough for me. Got blocks 132-135, cat 3, hope thats where alll the noise will be!
milan boy Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 The £58s have all gone, gone by 11am-ish today apparently. Thats because they are Club Wembley Members seats and holders have taken up their options and saints have taken a vast number for staff/players!!
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 22 February, 2010 Posted 22 February, 2010 I just ordered 30 tickets online and got charged a WHOPPING £3... 10p per ticket. Are you for real?!?!?!??!?!?! No offence but how many season ticket holders have you got tickets for and how many plastic fans have you got tickets for?
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