pressingon Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 With all the complaints on here and in the press re: No renewal letter or email encouraging continued support for the club No early bird incentive Large price increase Loss of concession 60-65 (that's me!) No half season tickets Installment plan difficulties I wonder if it's possible that we will end up with fewer ST holders than last year? I'm not convinced the attraction of championship will bring in many newbies or bring back some of the strays.
Spudders Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 No renewal letter or email encouraging continued support for the club I had an email from the club reminding about renewal.
Thedelldays Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 I have had a few emails in the last month or so from ST sales to corporate offers etc..
OVER THE HILL Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Anyone know how they're currently getting on ? I've got mine and my father in law has one so that's two.
The Kraken Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Last season the club came in for a fair bit of criticism for their marketing approach, and many predicted sales would be extremely low. They weren't. Can't see the situation is any different this year to be fair. i think the club are continuing with their policy of "if you want a season ticket we'll sell you one, but we're not going massively out of our way to promote them". Not saying I necessarily agree with that approach, but sales figures last year seemed to stack up fairly well despite the minimal promotion so there's not really any evidence to argue for or against it either way.
Saint Mikey Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 I had an email from the club reminding about renewal. I didn't! That's the final straw, I'm not renewing.
Miffy Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 I'm not renewing, so that is one less. Three of us renewing + two new STs. Nets out to one more.
Block 5 Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 With all the complaints on here and in the press re: No renewal letter or email encouraging continued support for the club No early bird incentive Large price increase Loss of concession 60-65 (that's me!) No half season tickets Installment plan difficulties I wonder if it's possible that we will end up with fewer ST holders than last year? I'm not convinced the attraction of championship will bring in many newbies or bring back some of the strays. 4 of us renewing and at least 2 new STs joining us. HTH. Perhaps you can go and grind your axe at the ironmongers as opposed to here?
Colinjb Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Dad and I renewed today. Can't wait for the new season now.
Toadhall Saint Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 renewed plus I know a couple of people that will be purchasing as new ST holders
70's Mike Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 doing our 3 on way home from work Weds, just need to find youngest son's passport to prove DoB.
pressingon Posted 4 July, 2011 Author Posted 4 July, 2011 Perhaps you can go and grind your axe at the ironmongers as opposed to here? Tad harsh as I have no axe to grind with anyone I have been a regular at Dell/SMS since 1963 and have renewed my ST I was just opening a debate to see if people thought the adverse publicity (mumerous threads on here) would affect the sales against the feel good factor of promotion. Delighted to see posts about new ST holders and nobody would be happier than me to see the ground full and rocking!
Sour Mash Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 We'll sell plenty of season tickets and more than we did last year for obvious reasons. Will we sell as many as we realistically could have? Not at all, but we've had that debate many times before.................
mikethesaint Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Renewed my 2 today. Had to wait in a queue for about 45mins. When I came away the queue was still about the same length so sales seem to be steady.
StDunko Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 My Dad and I have ST's, will probably renew tomorrow. Will need to check my Dad's date of birth though, I'm not 100% sure but I think he may be 64, so now an adult again rather than an OAP. I don't remember giving them his DOB when I got the tickets 1st time round, so are they likely to ask me to prove his age, or will they believe me if I say he is now 65? Anyone had problems doing this?
StDunko Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 My Dad and I have ST's, will probably renew tomorrow. Will need to check my Dad's date of birth though, I'm not 100% sure but I think he may be 64, so now an adult again rather than an OAP. I don't remember giving them his DOB when I got the tickets 1st time round, so are they likely to ask me to prove his age, or will they believe me if I say he is now 65? Anyone had problems doing this? They certainly did not get me to prove his age last time. Can I renew oline and avoid all the hassle?
Toomer Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 doing our 3 on way home from work Weds' date=' just need to find youngest son's passport to prove DoB.[/quote'] Did mine Saturday Mike, ESB and his son have done their's and Morse has done his and I know the usual suspects sat round us will be back next season.
pressingon Posted 4 July, 2011 Author Posted 4 July, 2011 but we've had that debate many times before................. This would be a very quiet board if we were only allowed to debate things the once!
Sour Mash Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 This would be a very quiet board if we were only allowed to debate things the once! Weren't a pop at your thread as such mate, as its asking a slightly different question - we will sell more season tickets than last year for lots of obvious reasons - promotion, playing the Skates among others. Could the club have sold more tickets? In my opinion they definitely could, but it's impossible to ever actually "know" either way.
RonManager Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Bought 32,000 STs today. Finally I get the place to myself.
pressingon Posted 4 July, 2011 Author Posted 4 July, 2011 Weren't a pop at your thread as such mate, as its asking a slightly different question - we will sell more season tickets than last year for lots of obvious reasons - promotion, playing the Skates among others. Could the club have sold more tickets? In my opinion they definitely could, but it's impossible to ever actually "know" either way. Okay and I agree with you that with a different attitude they could have sold more which dissapoints me. If we are top six at Xmas we will be getting plenty of walk ups, bottom six and struggling will be a different scenario and it will be ST & the fathful few like 3/4 seasons ago and it's depressing to see SMS half full. Not convinced many would buy ST just to ensure a seat for skates among others.
eurosaint Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Given that they've demanded a 72% increase and given that I can apply online but then need to phone before they will actually send it to me, I really should tell them to stuff it, however, I will be renewing ! I will not 'cut off my nose ro spite my face' but sincerely believe that some of the recent decisions have been badly thought out and extremely poorly communicated !! Some of these issues will survive whilst we are on the way up but no doubt will resurface big time if we start to falter !
Thedelldays Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Given that they've demanded a 72% increase and given that I can apply online but then need to phone before they will actually send it to me, I really should tell them to stuff it, however, I will be renewing ! I will not 'cut off my nose ro spite my face' but sincerely believe that some of the recent decisions have been badly thought out and extremely poorly communicated !! Some of these issues will survive whilst we are on the way up but no doubt will resurface big time if we start to falter ! right there is why they are doing this......
solentstars Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Given that they've demanded a 72% increase and given that I can apply online but then need to phone before they will actually send it to me, I really should tell them to stuff it, however, I will be renewing ! I will not 'cut off my nose ro spite my face' but sincerely believe that some of the recent decisions have been badly thought out and extremely poorly communicated !! Some of these issues will survive whilst we are on the way up but no doubt will resurface big time if we start to falter ! i agree and told the boss in the ticket office,he understood but is only takeing orders from upstairs was his answer.
benjii Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 I am outraged, blah, blah, blah, bunch of parasites, ******s...!!! Two season tickets please.
stevegrant Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 I'm expecting numbers to be roughly the same. Some will not renew as they can't afford to do so, some will not renew because last season they were free under-8s season tickets that weren't actually used by under-8s (I suspect this is the reason they're being so proficient regarding checking ID for concession tickets this time around), and there will be a number of new ST holders. Still a bit baffled as to why the whole process has taken so long, but "meh" really, from a selfish point of view it helped me out as I didn't have to find a lump sum at the same time as forking out for loads of away games in the last six weeks of the season.
corsacar saint Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 Renewed mine and my mates ticket this morning.
djharvey Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 At the mo i reckon we will top 20k. With a couple of good signings maybe even 21-22k
Barry the Badger Posted 4 July, 2011 Posted 4 July, 2011 At the mo i reckon we will top 20k. With a couple of good signings maybe even 21-22k Are you Matthew Le God in disguise?
doddisalegend Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 I've renewed, only niggle was the guy at the ticket office wanting me to produce photo ID for my five year old daughter, who was stood next to me, it seemed rather over the top. I'm pretty sure he could see she wasn't a teenager trying to sneak in for free.....
The9 Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 Apparently I'm getting mine on Tuesday. I have been instructed.
fromdayone Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 Renewed my 2 tickets this today, only gripe is I need to go back for general sale to claim a free new u11 seat (fingers crossed the seat next to the ones bought today is still avail, otherwise will have to move all 3 seats to somewhere together!).
Dimond Geezer Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 Queued for 15-20 minutes on Saturday, (on the way back from the tip), and renewed my 3. Dad will be doing his today & my sons mate will be doing his next Saturday (well his Mum will). I've been told by a mate, (who is co-incidentally a mate of the 2 who sit in front of us) that they are renewing. So that's our little group of 7 all reunited again.
CitySaint Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 Renewed Saturday morning at 9.00am (after queueing that became 09.17am) It says this on my invoice, will receive the ST in 3 weeks time apparently.
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 Still hoping I'll find £500 down the back of the sofa so I can renew!
Macey_J2 Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 I renewed on saturday. I got an email reminding me; AS IF A SEASON TICKET HOLDER NEEDS REMINDING?!?!?!?!!!!?!?!? and although i do feel sorry for the oap concession age being raised to 65, the club introduced 'students' to the concession rates and it doesnt have an age limit. When i renewed, a guy infront of me who was clearly in his 60's was renewing as a student.
fromdayone Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 I renewed on saturday. I got an email reminding me; AS IF A SEASON TICKET HOLDER NEEDS REMINDING?!?!?!?!!!!?!?!? and although i do feel sorry for the oap concession age being raised to 65, the club introduced 'students' to the concession rates and it doesnt have an age limit. When i renewed, a guy infront of me who was clearly in his 60's was renewing as a student. A friend of mine at work is on a course and gets a student card which he will use as a concession ticket.He is 35.
Turkish Posted 5 July, 2011 Posted 5 July, 2011 At the mo i reckon we will top 20k. With a couple of good signings maybe even 21-22k We should be looking near towards the 28k mark given our potential and catchment area. Any less will be a massive disapointment.
djharvey Posted 6 July, 2011 Posted 6 July, 2011 Are you Matthew Le God in disguise? Would it make you feel less insecure if i said yes?
djharvey Posted 6 July, 2011 Posted 6 July, 2011 We should be looking near towards the 28k mark given our potential and catchment area. Any less will be a massive disapointment. Yeah! and then demand expansion to 45K. cough
saintedwill Posted 8 July, 2011 Posted 8 July, 2011 If you do find yourself in the 60-65 bracket, here's a tip: Go to your local college and enrol on a course. Then go to the NUS office and pick up a card. Then go back up to the enrolment office and cancel your course and get your money back. You now have your concession rate back again for 15 mins effort (if you can be bothered)
lewpylew Posted 8 July, 2011 Posted 8 July, 2011 My boyfriend, his friend and my son will be renewing their seats and I am getting a new one to seat share with my brother as cannot make every game : )
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