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carpon · 19-04-2010, 20:03

I'd have to agree that, personal opinion, I think that putting up walk on prices up by as much as £2 is steep.

In my opinion it will deter floating support. Let's remember not everyone has the internet, the phone reservation mullarkey will probably put folk off and as for picking them up / paying for them in advance would certainly put off others. Personally speaking I'd have like to have seen one of the following initiatives deployed:

1) Whilst the early bird prices are appealing, I ( for one)cant afford to stump up that sort of cash in one hit. Other clubs offer an option to pay in installments, so for example buying a season ticket (seated)after the 4th of May; and by paying in four installments (May-August, with the final installment due before the first home game) that softens the blow. £57.50 is a lot more affordable in four installments and the cost a lot easier to digest financially than £230 in one hit.

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2) It would be an idea to offer a half season ticket with a slight reduction. I'd assume the club could do the maths on an acceptable figure / price for that, but lets say 13 games for £130 (seated). Not everyone can get to every game ( I for example can't do the Majority of midweek games due to work commitments) but an open "flexi ticket" (i.e. the tickets can be used at any of the 23 league games) may appeal to folk.

or even

3) If a season ticket from one of our neighbours is produced at the turnstile (or to police this better, produce it at the ticket office ) Like Bury have tried once this season,offer a reduction to these folk. Not a substantial one, but say £2 off the pay on the day price. After all they've already paid for their own season ticket.

The club has tried to their credit to entice more folk in (i.e. the family bundle, letting all under 12's in free, membership scheme etc, etc) but I think it would be prudent to maximise every opportunity. My apologies to the hierarchy, if somebody has already thought these ideas through, maybe they might think that these ideas are not financially viable.

By all means offer this walk on incentive to visiting fans, maybe it would entice a few additional visiting supporters to follow their team at the crown, but we all know that the facilities aren't the best and charging £17 to sit and £15 to stand paying on the day doesn't add up to me.

19-04-2010, 20:03	#57
carpon Full Member+ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The land of REALISM !! Posts: 814 Liked: 253 times Rep Power: 2120	Re: Bigger crowd I'd have to agree that, personal opinion, I think that putting up walk on prices up by as much as £2 is steep. In my opinion it will deter floating support. Let's remember not everyone has the internet, the phone reservation mullarkey will probably put folk off and as for picking them up / paying for them in advance would certainly put off others. Personally speaking I'd have like to have seen one of the following initiatives deployed: 1) Whilst the early bird prices are appealing, I ( for one)cant afford to stump up that sort of cash in one hit. Other clubs offer an option to pay in installments, so for example buying a season ticket (seated)after the 4th of May; and by paying in four installments (May-August, with the final installment due before the first home game) that softens the blow. £57.50 is a lot more affordable in four installments and the cost a lot easier to digest financially than £230 in one hit. or 2) It would be an idea to offer a half season ticket with a slight reduction. I'd assume the club could do the maths on an acceptable figure / price for that, but lets say 13 games for £130 (seated). Not everyone can get to every game ( I for example can't do the Majority of midweek games due to work commitments) but an open "flexi ticket" (i.e. the tickets can be used at any of the 23 league games) may appeal to folk. or even 3) If a season ticket from one of our neighbours is produced at the turnstile (or to police this better, produce it at the ticket office ) Like Bury have tried once this season,offer a reduction to these folk. Not a substantial one, but say £2 off the pay on the day price. After all they've already paid for their own season ticket. The club has tried to their credit to entice more folk in (i.e. the family bundle, letting all under 12's in free, membership scheme etc, etc) but I think it would be prudent to maximise every opportunity. My apologies to the hierarchy, if somebody has already thought these ideas through, maybe they might think that these ideas are not financially viable. By all means offer this walk on incentive to visiting fans, maybe it would entice a few additional visiting supporters to follow their team at the crown, but we all know that the facilities aren't the best and charging £17 to sit and £15 to stand paying on the day doesn't add up to me. __________________ "Once in a while you will stumble upon the truth, but most of us manage to pick ourselves up and hurry along as if nothing happened" - Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill.