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Post by newsouthstand16 on Mar 5, 2023 14:51:29 GMT
I use my Season Ticket, and paid a lot of money for the privelage. To hear others are getting in through cheating the system doesn't sit well with me. I understand that, all I’m saying is people bend, stretch and break rules everyday. I don’t get why people are so upset by this particular issue. There seems to be far more important things to get upset by! Mate: your making it sound like we are a greedy capatilist system making millions and overcharging ruthlessly. This is a community football club losing £3 million per season. Your entitled to your views of course but I think your comparisons is unfair.
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Post by baggins on Mar 5, 2023 14:51:31 GMT
And hopefully speeders are all prosecuted and fined. Just like fans getting in on the cheap. Again all very subjective. If 87% of people are doing it then they obviously feel differently. Is speeding any better or worse than getting into football cheaply? Statistically many of those complaining about people getting into the football cheaply are happy to break laws. That’s why I refer to it as faux outrage! They're not, most of us abide by laws, obviously you're not one of them and think it's ok.
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Post by orgasmic on Mar 5, 2023 15:09:36 GMT
Again all very subjective. If 87% of people are doing it then they obviously feel differently. Is speeding any better or worse than getting into football cheaply? Statistically many of those complaining about people getting into the football cheaply are happy to break laws. That’s why I refer to it as faux outrage! I think you're assuming many people have your outlook on breaking rules. We don't, it's just you. That’s why I quoted a basic statistic. 87% is a sizeable majority. For clarity I have no issue with someone using another person’s ST regardless of age category. It has already been paid for as far as I am concerned. I also think it’s a bit naughty getting in on a cheaper category ticket, but understand spiralling costs for many. I think using a ticket multiple times to get in for free is theft and wrong. However, I’m not outraged by it! There are far worse things to be outraged by!
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 5, 2023 15:11:07 GMT
I use my Season Ticket, and paid a lot of money for the privelage. To hear others are getting in through cheating the system doesn't sit well with me. I understand that, all I’m saying is people bend, stretch and break rules everyday. I don’t get why people are so upset by this particular issue. There seems to be far more important things to get upset by! Fans using duplicate tickets is not bending rules but it's basically theft as the club are losing out on the income they'd receive from selling the ticket, it's just the same as picking up an item from a supermarket and walking out with it without paying or putting £20 of fuel in your car/van and just driving off without paying for it. Lets not start making out that this is normal behaviour for Rovers supporters.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Mar 5, 2023 15:13:15 GMT
I think you're assuming many people have your outlook on breaking rules. We don't, it's just you. That’s why I quoted a basic statistic. 87% is a sizeable majority. For clarity I have no issue with someone using another person’s ST regardless of age category. It has already been paid for as far as I am concerned. I also think it’s a bit naughty getting in on a cheaper category ticket, but understand spiralling costs for many. I think using a ticket multiple times to get in for free is theft and wrong. However, I’m not outraged by it! There are far worse things to be outraged by! I reckon he's on the wind up !
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 5, 2023 15:19:28 GMT
I think you're assuming many people have your outlook on breaking rules. We don't, it's just you. That’s why I quoted a basic statistic. 87% is a sizeable majority. For clarity I have no issue with someone using another person’s ST regardless of age category. It has already been paid for as far as I am concerned. I also think it’s a bit naughty getting in on a cheaper category ticket, but understand spiralling costs for many. I think using a ticket multiple times to get in for free is theft and wrong. However, I’m not outraged by it! There are far worse things to be outraged by! Not sure anybody is outraged on this thread just annoyed fans are ripping the club off when it's already losing £m's every season. As far as the ST try using that excuse on a train when the ticket inspector notices you're using the wrong age group ticket.
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Post by trevorgas on Mar 5, 2023 15:36:44 GMT
That’s why I quoted a basic statistic. 87% is a sizeable majority. For clarity I have no issue with someone using another person’s ST regardless of age category. It has already been paid for as far as I am concerned. I also think it’s a bit naughty getting in on a cheaper category ticket, but understand spiralling costs for many. I think using a ticket multiple times to get in for free is theft and wrong. However, I’m not outraged by it! There are far worse things to be outraged by! Not sure anybody is outraged on this thread just annoyed fans are ripping the club off when it's already losing £m's every season. As far as the ST try using that excuse on a train when the ticket inspector notices you're using the wrong age group ticket. Absolutely right Topper,surely a Season ticket is only for the purchaser and not transferable if the purchaser can't go,its not allowed in any other business so why should the club be deprived of much needed income,or am I missing something?
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Post by oldmarket65 on Mar 5, 2023 15:46:16 GMT
I think you're assuming many people have your outlook on breaking rules. We don't, it's just you. That’s why I quoted a basic statistic. 87% is a sizeable majority. For clarity I have no issue with someone using another person’s ST regardless of age category. It has already been paid for as far as I am concerned. I also think it’s a bit naughty getting in on a cheaper category ticket, but understand spiralling costs for many. I think using a ticket multiple times to get in for free is theft and wrong. However, I’m not outraged by it! There are far worse things to be outraged by! So let's all purchase a ST for over 65s save £170 sheets and all pretend we're O.A.P s !. Brilliant!
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Post by oldgas66 on Mar 5, 2023 16:01:05 GMT
Once a season ticket or match day ticket has been scanned once for that particular match, a second scan will show red. The tech does work but some people (the minority)still try to abuse the system.
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Post by oldie on Mar 5, 2023 16:02:15 GMT
Not sure anybody is outraged on this thread just annoyed fans are ripping the club off when it's already losing £m's every season. As far as the ST try using that excuse on a train when the ticket inspector notices you're using the wrong age group ticket. Absolutely right Topper,surely a Season ticket is only for the purchaser and not transferable if the purchaser can't go,its not allowed in any other business so why should the club be deprived of much needed income,or am I missing something? Strange isn't it that some cannot discern the difference between right and wrong. Doubly strange the justification given that others do it, or similar.
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Post by gasify on Mar 5, 2023 16:10:16 GMT
I don't think it is faux outrage. I am really angry that we are missing out on this revenue. What if the additional revenue from these people (and the fact that a statement has been put out, suggests it was more than one person) could've bought a player in the Jan transfer window that would have made a difference to our end of season? It's just not justifiable. Each to their own. 87% of people speed in a 20 mph zone despite the fact we all know it’s designated 20mph due to their likely being a school or children nearby and also knowing that in doing so they significantly increase the likelihood of a fatal accident. I can understand being angry at that. Getting in to the football on the cheap just doesn’t rank highly in my list of things to be angry at. I heard that 90% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Mar 5, 2023 16:13:15 GMT
I’ve used a senior season ticket before when it couldn’t be used by the ST holder. It was a game I wouldn’t have attended had it not been ‘free’. At the match I purchased a few pints in the club, a dirty overpriced burger and chips and a Mars bar. All revenue the club would have lost had I not attended. I have no issue doing it and would do it again. Seems perfectly reasonable to me! That was a one off, with a ST loaned by a friend, not a deliberate attempt to cheat the club. I think that the concern is with people who are fruadently getting in to matches on a regular basis by purposely purchasing a ticket in a cheaper category, and maybe even buying season tickets for a cheaper category which they don't actually qualify for.
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Post by baggins on Mar 5, 2023 16:13:49 GMT
Once a season ticket or match day ticket has been scanned once for that particular match, a second scan will show red. The tech does work but some people (the minority)still try to abuse the system. And some think it's such a trivial breaking of the rules it's ok.
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Post by baggins on Mar 5, 2023 16:15:02 GMT
I’ve used a senior season ticket before when it couldn’t be used by the ST holder. It was a game I wouldn’t have attended had it not been ‘free’. At the match I purchased a few pints in the club, a dirty overpriced burger and chips and a Mars bar. All revenue the club would have lost had I not attended. I have no issue doing it and would do it again. Seems perfectly reasonable to me! That was a one off, with a ST loaned by a friend, not a deliberate attempt to cheat the club. I think that the concern is with people who are fruadently getting in to matches on a regular basis by purposely purchasing a ticket in a cheaper category, and maybe even buying season tickets for a cheaper category which they don't actually qualify for. Yea, but they do buy a burger and a mars bar so that's fine.
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Post by trevorgas on Mar 5, 2023 16:24:18 GMT
Absolutely right Topper,surely a Season ticket is only for the purchaser and not transferable if the purchaser can't go,its not allowed in any other business so why should the club be deprived of much needed income,or am I missing something? Strange isn't it that some cannot discern the difference between right and wrong. Doubly strange the justification given that others do it, or similar. True,it's wrong if someone else does it but ok if you do it sort of mentality.
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Post by baggins on Mar 5, 2023 17:50:03 GMT
Strange isn't it that some cannot discern the difference between right and wrong. Doubly strange the justification given that others do it, or similar. True,it's wrong if someone else does it but ok if you do it sort of mentality. It's only a couple of quid innit? Who cares right?
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Post by trevorgas on Mar 5, 2023 18:47:44 GMT
True,it's wrong if someone else does it but ok if you do it sort of mentality. It's only a couple of quid innit? Who cares right? I'm assuming sarcasm bags😉
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Post by pucklegas on Mar 5, 2023 20:07:56 GMT
I use my Season Ticket, and paid a lot of money for the privelage. To hear others are getting in through cheating the system doesn't sit well with me. I understand that, all I’m saying is people bend, stretch and break rules everyday. I don’t get why people are so upset by this particular issue. There seems to be far more important things to get upset by! You must be joking thousands of us joined the share scheme where you gave the club your money for nothing! If everyone shared tickets there would be no Rovers, more income means more money for joe to invest in the playing squad. I find it very distasteful and you must be on a wind up, it's not a bend the rules type game, it s clear Fraud! Money is tight for everyone, hope they make an example of people caught!
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Post by 84gas on Mar 5, 2023 20:55:27 GMT
Once a season ticket or match day ticket has been scanned once for that particular match, a second scan will show red. The tech does work but some people (the minority)still try to abuse the system. Show red but still let you in? Ridiculous if so
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Post by miltongas on Mar 5, 2023 21:33:03 GMT
I realise this is a massive generalisation but I imagine some of those who are happy to play the system in their favour will then complain that the club doesn’t invest in x, y or z and yet probably cannot see the link between the two.
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