musingowl

Can you all p!$$ off signing up to this! Big Christmas draw coming up soon and I wanted better odds of winning.

Currently in the process of obliterating all the TPP's I've built up over the years, won't be renewing, doubt I'm gonna get to another match until the Derby (I could go, but I've prioritised other things in my life). Everything on the pitch seems completely irrelevant at the moment. Had the discussion with some friends who are undecided, following Wednesday is what they do, my question to them has been what are you going to get for your money? An embargoed team of kids who can't even compete in L1? A 3/4 empty stadium? The prolonging of this agony? Its honestly not even a question for me, think some will panic, my guess would be around 5-7k.

Why do folk love the Futbology app? Got to be clunkiest mess of an app on the market. footballgroundmap best site for tracking your grounds in my humble opinion. As far as the wider point goes, it's not a problem, the vast vast majority that buy tickets go, I'd be amazed if the ones that "abuse" the system are even in the triple figures. Time and time again, even in non boycotting seasons, its been shown that there's ample opportunity to build points. The usual loudest opponents of the TPP system are people that have been to 2 away games in past 5 years (including Wembley), but fancy a ticket for the Lane or if we have a good seaside trip on a Bank Holiday. Sledgehammer to crack a cashew nut.

Got through 2 and a half minutes before that AI voice bacame too bloody jarring.

Yes, and if we were shifting 0 physical away tickets and it were a pointless exercise opening the club shop we'd shift the entire operation online/offshore and save on most of those costs.

Not everybody uses this, plenty still buy in person for multiple accounts, no booking fee at the ticket office.

Read my point on that again, but slowly this time. So you think the ticketing software, maintenence, internal IT, electric, MIA, overtime for when they've cocked up and have to work late stuffing envelopes pays for itself? I've already stated, I haven't been away this season, nor to any additional matches.

I've only stated reasoned arguments. The costs associated with selling away tickets outweighs any pre VAT charge. The handling and shipping out of physical away tickets in small time frames is (under current circumstances) the most labour intensive part of the role of the ticket office staff. As things stand, this operation could not be shipped offshore in a cost cutting excersize, as the majority of championship clubs still use physical tickets (try getting 7k tickets from Blackburn to Bangalore, then back to the UK in a 10 day window). Our home ticketing operation could theoretically go down this route and just use e-tickets. It stands to reason that there are 3 reasons why we have not yet made redundancies, 1- the scenario I've outlined above is accurate, 2- we can't afford the payouts, or 3- Chansiri really cares about his staff and the good times are just around the corner. The fact we have to sell away tickets as a rule is an inconvenience to DC, and folk can live with the fact that the £1.30 he gets off of their ticket wouldn't even cover the utility bills... If he's paying them that is. For what it's worth, I've not been away this season, would normally do 12+. I don't think infighting amongst ourselves and getting holier than though really helps anyone.

If the ticket office staff weren't having to process physical away tickets, do you genuinely believe redundancies wouldn't have started?

If there were less tickets to process on a day to day basis, what do you think the first thing he'd do would be? Tbf I'm surprised we've not outsourced this already as he clearly can't afford the operation as is.

Eh?

We'd keep 100% of home sales so that makes no sense.

It's not profit though is it. Let's take the £4,200 as gospel (which the poster clearly stated it isn't). Double it (Pompy and Brum sales) £8,400 ain't covering the payroll of the ticket office staff alone(and I do realise that neither is the pr!ck in charge) , let alone additional costs. I'd be amazed if over the corse of a season if selling away tickets doesn't cost us money.

The pre VAT 5% the club makes from away tickets is FAR outweighed by the cost of selling them (staff, website/CRM software maintenence, ticket office utility bills). Pathetic post.

What's the difference between a casual dinner party and a pirate orgy? At a casual dinner party you come as you are, at a pirate orgy you "arrrr" as you come.