LV Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, SuperFlat said: Last day of my holiday, so I guess I’m sat refreshing the available areas in the hope that something miraculously pops up. MS-LL2G is taking the piss out of me Ive tried that one like 20 times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, JackieDoor said: what queue number were you? Outrageously lucky and was straight on, didn't see which number. Assumably top 50. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Already been in the queue for 35 mins or so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 28 minutes ago, JackieDoor said: Any idea roughly how many tickets were available? Last season the gen sale was about 500 i think, and if you were in the top 1k in queue you had a chance. Maybe something similar? Thankfully i nabbed a barracks ticket for the villa game last week. Did you get Barracks just through normal sale? Seems to be sold out for every game this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam P Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 29 minutes ago, Chicken Dancer said: Also the pricing, quite frankly, was disgusting for the friendlies. Understand there was 'other games' but let's be fair most couldn't give a shit. The club should use friendlies (and early cup games) as a way to encourage families. Dads taking their kids for the first time etc. Not as a money making exercise. The attendances showed that tbh. I feel almost guilty having a pop at ownership as I very much doubt they were directly involved in these decisions, but they need to be very careful going forwards. I guess football is all about ££ these days, but we're a working class city full of people on the bones of their arse at the minute. Knowing your audience is important here. When the takeover happened, one of the main consequences was a more aggressive commercial strategy. The sponsorships are all part of that but the revenue from SJP was very poor compared to what it could be. I hope they are trying to balance your concerns with the objective of driving revenue from all sources. Its all part of the mix and is both a positive and negative of the takeover by ambitious owners. The push for international customers in hospitality seems to be a good way of balancing this but i dont think there are straightforward options for the financial / commercial team. I thought 7.50 per game for kids last sunday wasnt that bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Interesting that today there was more people in the queue for <1000 tickets than at any time last season with the original queuing system. Perhaps logic shows that plenty of people can join a queue at 10am. If we are to ballot surely the ballot should be after a queuing system? Today was just madness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, TheGuv said: Interesting that today there was more people in the queue for <1000 tickets than at any time last season with the original queuing system. How do you know that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Managed to get two, but fuck me that took some refreshing and quick adding to basket - was literally on for 50 minutes - there has to be a better way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, mattypnufc said: Managed to get two, but fuck me that took some refreshing and quick adding to basket - was literally on for 50 minutes - there has to be a better way. Adult tickets? Ive been on since 10am and not seen anything but youth and one wheelchair ticket Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, LV said: Adult tickets? Ive been on since 10am and not seen anything but youth and one wheelchair ticket Aye, oddly enough both in the same area of the Leazes for me and my cousin. Like five rows apart. Just by sheer chance mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Yeesh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 36 minutes ago, BottledDog said: Already been in the queue for 35 mins or so... Picking up speed now, but still reckon their estimated wait time is almost Napster-esque. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Fuck, I think I’ve just got one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFlat Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Well done! Just pop up when refreshing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrone Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 ST holder have a few days left to sell up so tickets will be appearing until then. No idea how quick they are put up for sale once you confirm though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, SuperFlat said: Well done! Just pop up when refreshing? Yeah. Platinum club. 2 seats together but I only needed one. Hopefully someone else off here got the other one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFlat Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Definitely not moving today then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieDoor Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 37 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Did you get Barracks just through normal sale? Seems to be sold out for every game this season. It went on sale Tuesday last week on the hospitality section, don't think you even need to be a member. Was some left for the Luton game when i looked yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, SuperFlat said: Definitely not moving today then. Good luck mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieDoor Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 So if you can sit on the website refreshing at least you have some chance, still a shite system though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, JackieDoor said: So if you can sit on the website refreshing at least you have some chance, still a shite system though. Yep. Not great. Was much easier to get tickets last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 38 minutes ago, El Prontonise said: How do you know that? I queued for every game last season. Never saw anything over 40,000 like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, TheGuv said: I queued for every game last season. Never saw anything over 40,000 like Liverpool, Brighton and Leicester came close I think. Man Utd probably too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Did anyone get an international membership and test if it was any easier? I can't make our opener unfortunately, so I'm yet to experience how painful the new system is. Edited August 8, 2023 by mighty__mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 The more I see and hear of this the more it becomes evident that this is a totally ill thought out shambles. When demand completely outstrips supply it's imperative that some sort of loyalty scheme is put in place so that those who have supported the club through thick and thin, whether that be through buying season tickets, memberships or just buying tickets for matches through public sale are looked after in some sort of way, certainly not lumped in with someone who just fancies a one off game because we're now good, or dare I say it an away fan chancing his luck by buying a membership because let's face it, we all now have the same chance. The annoying thing is that it would have been easy to do. Our loyalty or purchase history can be traced back decades or to when we first registered and were allocated a supporter number. Some of these folk on 150+ points have their purchase history included all the way back to the mid 1990s so it's all there. For me it should have started on a tiered membership like they do at the other top clubs in England where demand massively outstrips supply. When we applied for our memberships for this season our purchase history should have been looked at and just using a simple example you could have been put in a certain loyalty band, maybe Platinum, Gold, Silver, bronze, depending on your past purchase history with the club then allocate a certain % of tickets on sale to Platinum members, a smaller % to silver etc, etc. At least it rewards past loyalty in some sort of way instead of what we currently have which isn't really much use to anyone. Really hope that this is something the club look at going forward because eventually loyalty, match going fans of many years who are used to going along to support the team will become disillusioned into being forced to become armchair fans and will ultimately walk away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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