bobbydazzla Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) 0/4 And I can't even go to the Brighton game, was just applying for a friend who would use my tickets Just reinforces my theory that the club have black balled me in the ballot cos they know I've got legendary status in sorting out tickets via the member sale and resale They don't want me to lose my incredible skills and end up becoming a has-been nobody on the ticket acquisition scene Edited September 19 by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 27 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: We probably have 100k sold memberships and more than half of them will be touts with multiple accounts. That's why everybody has such limited chance IMO. You're not in a fair game. More than half? I mean, you could be right but how can we know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Is it possible to discern in the annual accounts how many memberships we are likely to have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 20 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: More than half? I mean, you could be right but how can we know? My mate bought one on eve of the season and his transaction number was around 75k. Might mean nothing but sounds about right if some people were discouraged from previous year’s lack of success. Last year the club said we had just below half the membership that Borussia Dortmund have which is 200k. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 1 hour ago, bobbydazzla said: 0/4 And I can't even go to the Brighton game, was just applying for a friend who would use my tickets Just reinforces my theory that the club have black balled me in the ballot cos they know I've got legendary status in sorting out tickets via the member sale and resale They don't want me to lose my incredible skills and end up becoming a has-been nobody on the ticket acquisition scene quickfingers junior (me) is also 0/4. Pretty annoying tbh - I can still usually manage in the resale but a) it's tedious AF, b) I'm generally limited to singles, c) the more convoluted system this year appears to have made resale harder Was easier to deal with last season when I was getting a few in ballot and could pick up others in resale but this is definitely harder work than it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordJake Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 0/4 pretty disheartening Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 1 from 4 Not overly fussed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 1 hour ago, gbandit said: The world and club’s only going to get more digital though, not less at this point. If there’s no way to clamp down on digital touting then it’s really fucking shit. A ton of fans lose out for the benefit of a handful of people who are exploiting them. The club is neutral to it from a financial perspective but it has the potential to drive away fans if people are completely shut out from attending I don’t think the club are neutral to it, far from so. It means fans willingly pay a premium for tickets, with that premium going into someone else’s pockets rather than theirs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 3 hours ago, Earp said: Ignore that - 0/4 Same. Don’t know what I can do different Go as a pair which must decrease chance odds, but going to need a good run of ballots to get close to a 1 in 3 chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likelylad Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) 0/4 Looking at the above, it just feels like something is amiss. I got to 1 home game last year. I think next year i might just pie it. Edited September 19 by Likelylad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 2 hours ago, LFEE said: My mate bought one on eve of the season and his transaction number was around 75k. Might mean nothing but sounds about right if some people were discouraged from previous year’s lack of success. Last year the club said we had just below half the membership that Borussia Dortmund have which is 200k. I was 78,000 odd in the queue when I went on to get my membership at the beginning of last season. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if we have 100k members and even if only half of those are applying for tickets that's 50,000 scrambling for probably 15k tickets maximum so you wouldn't be getting much better than a 1 in 4 chance. Actually come to think of it didn't Eales say last season that the average member had a 25% success rate in ballots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) The percentage will be something like 15-20% this season I reckon, with the tickets that have gone to general sale. I really only enter the ballot because it's there and I may as well, long since lost any expectations about winning. Edited September 19 by AyeDubbleYoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyBartoon Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 2/2 for season. L7 for me and daughter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said: I was 78,000 odd in the queue when I went on to get my membership at the beginning of last season. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if we have 100k members and even if only half of those are applying for tickets that's 50,000 scrambling for probably 15k tickets maximum so you wouldn't be getting much better than a 1 in 4 chance. Actually come to think of it didn't Eales say last season that the average member had a 25% success rate in ballots. Yep with a bit of sensible thinking off bits of info from club and accounts from friends I reckon we sold 50k first week of sales last season rising up to 90/95k. This season just before 1st game of season I reckon we’d sold 75k at that point. i reckon each home game there is approximately 14k tickets for sale. Split pretty much 50/50 in Ballot and General. Edited September 19 by LFEE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 no joy this time, 1 from 2. Will have a go on the phone at work on tuesday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 1 hour ago, Interpolic said: quickfingers junior (me) is also 0/4. Pretty annoying tbh - I can still usually manage in the resale but a) it's tedious AF, b) I'm generally limited to singles, c) the more convoluted system this year appears to have made resale harder Was easier to deal with last season when I was getting a few in ballot and could pick up others in resale but this is definitely harder work than it was. If you’re free to be in front of a few screens at 10am on a weekday then member general sale has been a piece of piss so far In and out within 30 mins and plenty of seats to choose from, including pairs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 15 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said: If you’re free to be in front of a few screens at 10am on a weekday then member general sale has been a piece of piss so far In and out within 30 mins and plenty of seats to choose from, including pairs Cheers mate, I did try once with no joy but will give it a go again next week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 1 hour ago, Wallsendmag said: I was 78,000 odd in the queue when I went on to get my membership at the beginning of last season. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if we have 100k members and even if only half of those are applying for tickets that's 50,000 scrambling for probably 15k tickets maximum so you wouldn't be getting much better than a 1 in 4 chance. Actually come to think of it didn't Eales say last season that the average member had a 25% success rate in ballots. I think it was 30%, but as @AyeDubbleYoo says likely to be lower this season in order to facilitate the choosing of seats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 3 hours ago, bobbydazzla said: If you’re free to be in front of a few screens at 10am on a weekday then member general sale has been a piece of piss so far In and out within 30 mins and plenty of seats to choose from, including pairs I thought you had to be logged in now, preventing multiple browsers on one account? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrymac1966 Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 0 so far all applied for Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 27 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said: I thought you had to be logged in now, preventing multiple browsers on one account? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 7 hours ago, Superior Acuña said: I thought you had to be logged in now, preventing multiple browsers on one account? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 15 hours ago, gbandit said: The world and club’s only going to get more digital though, not less at this point. If there’s no way to clamp down on digital touting then it’s really fucking shit. A ton of fans lose out for the benefit of a handful of people who are exploiting them. The club is neutral to it from a financial perspective but it has the potential to drive away fans if people are completely shut out from attending Up until this season you could just send the ticket via email for our games, which was nuts. You didn't even need a membership. You could print the ticket out and as long as it had the barcode you could use it to get in. They're bringing in those ticketmaster barcodes from next season apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 (edited) 2 hours ago, Froggy said: Up until this season you could just send the ticket via email for our games, which was nuts. You didn't even need a membership. You could print the ticket out and as long as it had the barcode you could use it to get in. They're bringing in those ticketmaster barcodes from next season apparently. My best pal is also a glory seeking arrogant entitled red vermin like you and at a game last season he turned up to his ST seat at OT and there was someone already sat in it, with a ticket that had the right seat number on but must have been a snide The person had no idea is was a snide, they'd bought it off a 3rd party and it had got them into the ground but then they were booted out by the stewarts before kick off Edited September 20 by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMN92 Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Had decent luck last season in the ballot, about 50% return. This season 0/4 so far... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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