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Now the season ticket prices have been revealed, will you be renewing?  

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  1. 1. Now the season ticket prices have been revealed, will you be renewing?

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OldNick

OldNick

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Prices are OK (nothing special), but the fees for on-line and phone booking will really p!$$ people off. Has put a bit of a slow puncture in my 'feel good' factor.

i think if you read the fans charter that the club published last season, this could well be in dispute with that.
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saintwarwick

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I think i,ve sussed it. 23 matches X £27 = £621 then the discounts quoted make sense. Poorly explained by club as it makes the incentive to renew by end of June not that attractive.

 

Yes but it does say "Adults renewing their seats will pay between 32 and 35 per cent less than those buying a new one", I read it as buying a new season ticket and not individual tickets. It doesn't affect me but the wording and figures are not compatible

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St. Jason

St. Jason

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I'm truly gutted to say 'no' i will not be renewing my 2 season tickets.

 

i have no real issue with the cost going up I just cannot afford to buy 2 NOW without the payment plan. If the club had warned us that after xx years of using the instalment plan that this was to be the last season I'd of saved, but to be told i have 30 days to find the full amount is not on, not in this current climate anyway!!

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Berkeley Saint

Berkeley Saint

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Do the individual match prices quoted already include the £3 extra ?

 

The "on the day" prices quoted on the OS are £2 more than the advanced purchase tickets. It's a bit of a nonsence to quote say £27 as a "on the day" price (and then add £2 as a on the day premium / penalty).

 

If the £3 is already included in the ticket price, then this is not so bad. (effectively the "ticket price" is reduced and there's an additional charge included) Otherwise, people who live out of the area are really being penalised.....

 

This needs clarification I think ....

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Third Division South Days

Third Division South Days

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Yes but it does say "Adults renewing their seats will pay between 32 and 35 per cent less than those buying a new one", I read it as buying a new season ticket and not individual tickets. It doesn't affect me but the wording and figures are not compatible

 

Just read it again and to be fair it doesnt mention the saving is for renewing ticket early. Picked another point from the notice (apologies if already mentioned). Season tickets MUST be renewed by end of June to retain seat.

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OldNick

OldNick

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I assume the £3 booking fee applies for all tickets, including away games?

 

That seems very naughty to me... a £18 ticket to go to Oldham might well be upped by almost 20%!

for the cup game it was a booking fee per ticket, that was piracy IMO
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Scummer

Scummer

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Going to be impossible to find the season ticket money in one go. I normally end up missing a few games, I'll probably just miss a few more and pay by the game. Expect the cost to me will work out about the same.

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SaintRichmond

SaintRichmond

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Why didn't you save the cash you would have spent ??

 

Or put it on an interest free credit card ?

 

I don't mean to sound pedantic

 

 

Why didn't you save the cash you would have spent ??[/b]

 

............" if you'd gone to Confused .com " ..........

 

 

Sorry, couldn't resist it :D:D:D:)

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Eastcowzer

Eastcowzer

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09:01 and the online ticket system is not working.

 

Thank god for that Bourno

I thought it was my PC acting the K---

What a day to decide to carry out an update with the on-line system.

Any idea when it will be back in service, or is this another wheeze to get more people to pay cash

Nicola certainly knows how to rub people up the wrong way.

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Cleveland 782

Cleveland 782

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Don't post very often but have just got our 4 tickets nenewed in the Chapel -My mate and our two young sons and felt is was worthy!

 

I appreciate alot of the frustrations of others but it does feel great to know these tickets are coming!! I'm sure most of you will find a way to beg, borrow and steal to get your seats. Its going to be a great season. Make it work!

 

Now for some big signings - COYR :smt038

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stevegrant

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Can't say I've got any complaints over the prices themselves - with the VAT rate reverting to 17.5%, and the club having to price the tickets in such a way as to get loads sold at short notice last summer, an increase of only £30 on a renewal is fair enough, IMO.

 

Even the matchday prices themselves are ok - if bought in advance, the actual ticket price is £2 less than last year (it was £24 for the Northam last season, then £26 on the day from January), but then they've thrown in the £3 booking fee for online and phone sales to throw it all out of sync.

 

The hilarious irony is that it will now work out cheaper for people to buy match-by-match tickets on the day of the game by queueing up at the ticket office (£24) than to book on the phone or online (£22 + £3 = £25). Good work, whoever came up with that idea to reduce the queues at the ticket office on matchdays :lol:

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Steeleye Saint

Steeleye Saint

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Ive just turned 21...do i have to pay Adult rate this year or could i get a young adult ST for this coming season?

 

plus £3 booking fee for online and phone bookings on match day tickets.....bad move there i think.

 

Yes I agree about the booking fee - they want to encourage pre-booking but whack on a fee for doing it. Not everybody can get to the ticket office in the week - we don't all live in Southampton NC!

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Ken Tone

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It seems I have a straightforward choice.

 

Renew and due to no installment plan not go on holiday this year, or do not renew and just go to the odd game here and there.

 

I've got some sums to do.

 

Renew now, then go on holiday later in the year. Overall you'll spend no more than you would have done with the installments --just the other way round to previous years.

 

This has been really badly handled by the club. No excuse for such short notice. Still no actual formal announcment about the apparent decision not to move the way fans ..which would have affected whether I renewed in same seats or moved.

 

K.

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Daren W

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Can't say I've got any complaints over the prices themselves - with the VAT rate reverting to 17.5%, and the club having to price the tickets in such a way as to get loads sold at short notice last summer, an increase of only £30 on a renewal is fair enough, IMO.

 

Even the matchday prices themselves are ok - if bought in advance, the actual ticket price is £2 less than last year (it was £24 for the Northam last season, then £26 on the day from January), but then they've thrown in the £3 booking fee for online and phone sales to throw it all out of sync.

 

The hilarious irony is that it will now work out cheaper for people to buy match-by-match tickets on the day of the game by queueing up at the ticket office (£24) than to book on the phone or online (£22 + £3 = £25). Good work, whoever came up with that idea to reduce the queues at the ticket office on matchdays :lol:

 

Surely the damning sign here is the online poll that shows 25% of people not renewing in a season in which we're favourites to actually win something...

 

I don't think anyone minds an increase, I don't expect Markus to shoulder the cost himself but for the life of me I cannot see the logic of the £3 fee or the instant removal of the installment plan...

 

If the club had said in January they would remove the installment plan option then fine, people could have put money aside but to just state you have until the end of June and then if you haven't renewed by August 6th you can't have a season ticket, is just madness!

 

It's been said that the club has had defaulters on installment plans and that's why the option has been removed. Then get bar coded season ticket cards, no scan, no watch.

 

To punish a whole load of existing season ticket holders is just not on...

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the saint in winchester

the saint in winchester

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Right time for some OOO rounding up then

 

Here are the season ticket prices for the rest of league 1 (Prices shown in this thread are Adult and based on as if you were buying one now)

 

Bournemouth

http://www.afcb.co.uk/staticFiles/af/4e/0,,10324~151215,00.pdf

 

Adult: £304 - 456

 

Brentford

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/SeasonTickets/0,,10421~2030391,00.html

 

Adult: £335-440

 

Brighton

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/ComingUp/0,,10433~2037717,00.html

 

The lowest-priced season ticket is £373, and equates to just over £16 per match. Seniors can snap up a ticket for £218, less than £10 per match; while under-21s can pay as little as £124, just over £5 per match; under-16 and under-10 tickets are as low as £64 and £16 respectively.

 

Bristol Rovers

http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10328~2042813,00.html

 

Adult: £275-430

 

Carlisle

http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10361~2024458,00.html

 

Adult: £285 (Standing) - 365 (Seat)

 

Charlton

http://tickets.cafc.co.uk/STnotice.ink

 

Adult: £240 - 425

 

Colchester

http://www.cu-fc.com/page/SeasonTickets2010/0,,10424~1987574,00.html

 

357-393 And the option of a Quarterly and Half season ticket

 

Daggers

http://www.daggers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10692~1650937,00.html

 

£255-285

 

Exeter

http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/page/SeasonTickets/

 

£305-400

 

Hartlepool - NOT YET AVAILABLE

http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/page/SeasonTickets/0,,10326,00.html

 

Huddersfield

http://www.htafc.com/page/SeasonTicketsDetail/0,,10312~2019718,00.html

 

£295 - 499

 

Leyton Orient

http://www.leytonorient.com/staticFiles/dc/4d/0,,10439~151004,00.pdf

 

200 - 325

 

MK Dons

http://www.mkdons.com/staticFiles/83/49/0,,10420~149891,00.pdf

 

255 - 480

 

Notts County

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/SeasonTickets/

 

325 - 400

 

Oldham

http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/page/SeasonTickets/

 

Not giving much away

 

Peterboro

http://www.theposh.com/staticFiles/ae/4a/0,,10427~150190,00.pdf

 

325 - 450

 

Argyle

http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10364,00.html

 

265 - 399

 

Rochdale

http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10364,00.html

 

270 -360

 

Sheff Wed

http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/SeasonTickets/0,,10304~1832164,00.html

 

381 - 535

 

Swindon - Not out until June 1st

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10341~2031117,00.html

 

Tranmere

http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/staticFiles/6c/4c/0,,10365~150636,00.pdf

 

225 -380

 

Walsall

http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/SeasonTickets/

 

280 - 360

 

Yeovil

http://www.ytfc.net/staticFiles/8e/4c/0,,10673~150670,00.pdf

 

270 -342

 

Looking at it every other club in the league has an installment plan, most have a half season ticket available and some even a 1/4 season ticket on offer. Most have frozen their ticket prices.

 

OOO

 

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Have a look at the Blackburn Rovers website - dirt-cheap season tickets, plus an instalment plan!

Ok, it's to watch c*ap football by the home team, but you get to see other quality Prem sides when they come to town.

I know the area is mill-workers so priced for the area, but even so .... they're paying like 200 quid a season with an instalment plan for a PREMIERSHIP ticket, where we're being asked for 350 quid for League 1 football, no instalment plan.

This is going to stretch many fans to breaking point, and beyond, in some cases.

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Tom28

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I dont understand this match day ticket thing; As i understand it, if you buy your tickets before match day, tickets are £22 (wing), but if you phone up to book as the majority will, you pay a £3 booking fee. ie. the ticket is £25. However, if you rock up on the day, the ticket prices are £24.

 

Wouldn't they want to get advance numbers rather than match day walk ups to help with steward and police planning? This pricing system means that those buying tickets for each match they attend, are more likely to buy on game day.

 

Have I understood that incorrectly?

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Katalinic

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well something has to pay for new training ground and massive league 1 spending

 

I don't think many people mind that - last year's prices were arguably artificially low in order to get as many in as possible. This season should be pretty exciting so an increase seems fair to pay for the points you mention. The issue is the instalment plan or lack of it - I can't understand why the club would make such a crass decision that immediately precludes a significant number of season ticket holders from renewing - short sighted at best.

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Um Bongo

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I dont understand this match day ticket thing; As i understand it, if you buy your tickets before match day, tickets are £22 (wing), but if you phone up to book as the majority will, you pay a £3 booking fee. ie. the ticket is £25. However, if you rock up on the day, the ticket prices are £24.

 

Wouldn't they want to get advance numbers rather than match day walk ups to help with steward and police planning? This pricing system means that those buying tickets for each match they attend, are more likely to buy on game day.

 

Have I understood that incorrectly?

 

Nope, your right. So they club have bought out a scheme, designed to cut queues on match day. But they have totally got it wrong. I mean, it's quite laughable.

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Nexstar

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The increase in ticket price due to VAT or whatever i can just about deal with but no instalment plan is stupid and what I find most ridiculous of all....

 

A £3 booking fee for ONLINE transactions?! The idea of doing things online is that a staff member does not have to be at the other end to sort it out, a booking fee for phone transactions would encourage more people to go to the website, but with this cost and the fact that the online service is utterly useless the club may as well scrap it.

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PaulSaint

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Get the prices & payment schemes right & NC had a real opportunity to get the ground almost full this year. As it stands though with the increases, the lack of an instalment plan, the booking fee & no half season tickets he wont.

 

NC you have dropped a b*llock!

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Minty

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There are certainly enough questions and concerns expressed here that I think that the club needs to clarify the reasons for their decisions.

 

Exactly my thoughts. No point in commenting too much further without knowing the reasons. I sincerely hope we get them.

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mancsaint

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I think the membership info in July will have somethings as additional benefits for members, match commentary is all I use at the moment so there better be. Maybe membership for £120 and no additional charges for online booking. I jest!

I don't use online for home games because I have little choice about my seat position, I can't even nominate a particular seat to see if it's available.

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miserableoldgit

miserableoldgit

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If the Sky cameras were showing NC now would there be booing from fans?

 

Or would it still be boos meant for Mawhinny..........

I suggest that the NC detracters do a pros and cons list for him and see which list is the longest. I would suggest that he has done more good things for the club than bad.

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saintwiz

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There was no credit check last year (maybe due to late notice after takeover).

 

Debit/credit card was swiped at ticket office when first installment taken and details saved. Then at the beginning of each month the next installment would be taken as a new transaction on the same card.

 

Easy way to do it IMO.

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mancsaint

mancsaint

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Who gives a sh!t about a payment plan, haven't any of you losers heard of a credit card?

 

Some of us pensioners and others on fixed income can't get one because banks are now stricter than before, tight as fishes a**eholes.

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AK

AK

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Exactly my thoughts. No point in commenting too much further without knowing the reasons. I sincerely hope we get them.

 

Ha and while they are it they can tell us why the matchday programmes were withdrawn

why the players end of season dinner was cancelled and why they have behaved

like such *****s over the STs.

 

Maybe someone can explain why this year I now have to pay £543 for

me and my 9 year old son where as last year it was £350.

Also each week I take a different friend of my son's to try and spread the word of Saints

to all his Chelsea supporting mates. According to that price structure it will cost me £19 a game on top of my season tickets to buy an extra ticket for an 8/9 year old.

That is a ****ing rip off glad to see all our recent owners and chairmen hold our fans in

the same high regard.

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Alain Perrin

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I'm sorry but 28% not renewing smacks of typical forum over reaction.

 

Once the dust has settled people will renew, just like they always do.

 

No repayment plan? Get a 0% credit card.

Spent the money you saved? Get some self control.

Moaning because the price has gone up? Don't keep asking for new signings.

 

Still good value for a Saturday afternoon in my opinion and in line with other clubs (once you take out some of those 'oop North / in competitive areas).

 

I'll be renewing but I won £12m on the Lotto on Saturday, so cashflow isn't an issue ;)

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Um Bongo

Um Bongo

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I'm sorry but 28% not renewing smacks of typical forum over reaction.

 

Once the dust has settled people will renew, just like they always do.

 

No repayment plan? Get a 0% credit card.

Spent the money you saved? Get some self control.

Moaning because the price has gone up? Don't keep asking for new signings.

 

Still good value for a Saturday afternoon in my opinion and in line with other clubs (once you take out some of those 'oop North / in competitive areas).

 

I'll be renewing but I won £12m on the Lotto on Saturday, so cashflow isn't an issue ;)

 

Not being funny but people's priority's change. Money isn't an issue for me, but I can only make 15/23 games anyway due to work. It will be even less then that this year due to a change of role. I got a season ticket last year due to the fantastic price, but see no point in paying extra this year when i'm going to see even less games. I guess i'll have to wait and see what the Membership is going to be like....

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