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Post by wertongas on Jun 8, 2024 15:17:17 GMT
I was clearing out a draw and found the letter that accompanied my season card I received last summer. It states " The card should now remain for a number of years unless you change to a different part of the ground or to a different age bracket". So why do we need to purchase a new card, is it a money making thing, or did the club cock up again and give out incorrect info.
Or perhaps the QR code had to be altered to allow for it to be used in a Wallet?
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 8, 2024 15:51:52 GMT
You sense it's the latter and is a different type of technology but as this is Rovers you never know.
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Post by sandersgas on Jun 8, 2024 16:28:32 GMT
For me it came down to the price. Last season in the thatchers £369 adult and £49 for my 9 year old son total of £418.
This season cheapest tickets are £409 for me and £169 for my now 10 year old son, £578. An increase of £160 / 38% in a year is totally ridiculous. Prices for kids need to stay low for the next generation of fans. How can a £169 be the cheapest ticket available for a 10 year old, especially when City is £55 in their family area for an under 12 including a match shirt. The club have got this very wrong and I hope they sort it out, it’s not too late.
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Post by wallywalters on Jun 8, 2024 16:44:43 GMT
For me it came down to the price. Last season in the thatchers £369 adult and £49 for my 9 year old son total of £418. This season cheapest tickets are £409 for me and £169 for my now 10 year old son, £578. An increase of £160 / 38% in a year is totally ridiculous. Prices for kids need to stay low for the next generation of fans. How can a £169 be the cheapest ticket available for a 10 year old, especially when City is £55 in their family area for an under 12 including a match shirt. The club have got this very wrong and I hope they sort it out, it’s not too late. I along with 10 plus of my mates and their kids all havnt renewed for the same reason. It's disgusting and was batted off by the owners at the q and a by saying were doing it the man city way. Appalling decision which will hit us in the pocket long term and lose hundreds of kids to the reds. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 8, 2024 18:08:15 GMT
For me it came down to the price. Last season in the thatchers £369 adult and £49 for my 9 year old son total of £418. This season cheapest tickets are £409 for me and £169 for my now 10 year old son, £578. An increase of £160 / 38% in a year is totally ridiculous. Prices for kids need to stay low for the next generation of fans. How can a £169 be the cheapest ticket available for a 10 year old, especially when City is £55 in their family area for an under 12 including a match shirt. The club have got this very wrong and I hope they sort it out, it’s not too late. I along with 10 plus of my mates and their kids all havnt renewed for the same reason. It's disgusting and was batted off by the owners at the q and a by saying were doing it the man city way. Appalling decision which will hit us in the pocket long term and lose hundreds of kids to the reds. Do we even have 100's of kids as season ticket holders to lose? At present even after the early bird discounts have finished you can still get a child's season ticket for £109 in the south stand, which seems good value for 23 league matches. The club are losing £3m+ a season so they clearly have to make additional income from somewhere, plus cut their outgoings, or none of us will have a club to support soon. |
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Post by Quarters on Jun 8, 2024 18:17:23 GMT
I along with 10 plus of my mates and their kids all havnt renewed for the same reason. It's disgusting and was batted off by the owners at the q and a by saying were doing it the man city way. Appalling decision which will hit us in the pocket long term and lose hundreds of kids to the reds. Do we even have 100's of kids as season ticket holders to lose? At present even after the early bird discounts have finished you can still get a child's season ticket for £109 in the south stand, which seems good value for 23 league matches. The club are losing £3m+ a season so they clearly have to make additional income from somewhere, plus cut their outgoings, or none of us will have a club to support soon. And if season tickets are down on sales and attendances are down could be greater losses. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 8, 2024 18:55:59 GMT
Do we even have 100's of kids as season ticket holders to lose? At present even after the early bird discounts have finished you can still get a child's season ticket for £109 in the south stand, which seems good value for 23 league matches. The club are losing £3m+ a season so they clearly have to make additional income from somewhere, plus cut their outgoings, or none of us will have a club to support soon. And if season tickets are down on sales and attendances are down could be greater losses. Not if 90% of the last seasons fans attending are now paying up to 15% more? I assume that's the gamble the new owners are taking, if they can manage to put together a team which actually wins games then attendances might even increase. |
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Post by eric on Jun 8, 2024 19:19:22 GMT
And if season tickets are down on sales and attendances are down could be greater losses. Not if 90% of the last seasons fans attending are now paying up to 15% more? I assume that's the gamble the new owners are taking, if they can manage to put together a team which actually wins games then attendances might even increase. If the owners were to unveil some exciting stadium development plans that might also reignite some enthusiasm among the fans and see an uptick in ST sales? Some good signings, a quick start and stadium plans would create a perfect storm for dramatic change in mood around the whole club |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2024 20:46:13 GMT
If I have to watch a team of city players think I would be better of spending it at Ashton to watch their first team. How far we have fallen
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Post by wertongas on Jun 9, 2024 8:10:54 GMT
I along with 10 plus of my mates and their kids all havnt renewed for the same reason. It's disgusting and was batted off by the owners at the q and a by saying were doing it the man city way. Appalling decision which will hit us in the pocket long term and lose hundreds of kids to the reds. Do we even have 100's of kids as season ticket holders to lose? At present even after the early bird discounts have finished you can still get a child's season ticket for £109 in the south stand, which seems good value for 23 league matches. The club are losing £3m+ a season so they clearly have to make additional income from somewhere, plus cut their outgoings, or none of us will have a club to support soon. Kids are becoming a rarer site at The Mem , perhaps we should hire a child catcher to nab some from the surrounding streets. |
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Post by wallywalters on Jun 9, 2024 8:57:59 GMT
I along with 10 plus of my mates and their kids all havnt renewed for the same reason. It's disgusting and was batted off by the owners at the q and a by saying were doing it the man city way. Appalling decision which will hit us in the pocket long term and lose hundreds of kids to the reds. Do we even have 100's of kids as season ticket holders to lose? At present even after the early bird discounts have finished you can still get a child's season ticket for £109 in the south stand, which seems good value for 23 league matches. The club are losing £3m+ a season so they clearly have to make additional income from somewhere, plus cut their outgoings, or none of us will have a club to support soon. Yes we do. And that's very short term thinking and not the correct way to run a football club imo. You have to consider the long-term money the club will lose by not attracting these kids to matches now who would end up spending thousands of pounds for the next 70 years following the gas then there kids and grandkids etc. These owners don't seem to care about the long term. We have 8 kids between our group that won't be getting season tickets this year. Sandersgas has one that's almost 10% of a 100 that won't be getting any from just 2 posters on here so yes we do have 100s to lose. |
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Post by The Equaliser on Jun 9, 2024 10:29:33 GMT
Do we even have 100's of kids as season ticket holders to lose? At present even after the early bird discounts have finished you can still get a child's season ticket for £109 in the south stand, which seems good value for 23 league matches. The club are losing £3m+ a season so they clearly have to make additional income from somewhere, plus cut their outgoings, or none of us will have a club to support soon. Kids are becoming a rarer site at The Mem , perhaps we should hire a child catcher to nab some from the surrounding streets. The strange thing is during the Magnificent Seven season and the following one there seemed to be a huge increase in younger fans and families, almost certainly down to the ‘feel good’ feeling at The Mem at the time. I clearly remember discussing it with friends and supporters around me at the time. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 9, 2024 10:41:22 GMT
Do we even have 100's of kids as season ticket holders to lose? At present even after the early bird discounts have finished you can still get a child's season ticket for £109 in the south stand, which seems good value for 23 league matches. The club are losing £3m+ a season so they clearly have to make additional income from somewhere, plus cut their outgoings, or none of us will have a club to support soon. Yes we do. And that's very short term thinking and not the correct way to run a football club imo. You have to consider the long-term money the club will lose by not attracting these kids to matches now who would end up spending thousands of pounds for the next 70 years following the gas then there kids and grandkids etc. These owners don't seem to care about the long term. We have 8 kids between our group that won't be getting season tickets this year. Sandersgas has one that's almost 10% of a 100 that won't be getting any from just 2 posters on here so yes we do have 100s to lose. I've no idea where our typical fans come from, have they always had season tickets from being a youngster going with their parents, or have they just started watching Rovers later in life and then stuck with the club. What's the conversion rate from being a child season ticket holder to an U21/adult season ticket holder, perhaps the new owners have looked at that figure and seen that it's minimal? |
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Post by Quarters on Jun 9, 2024 10:54:46 GMT
Yes we do. And that's very short term thinking and not the correct way to run a football club imo. You have to consider the long-term money the club will lose by not attracting these kids to matches now who would end up spending thousands of pounds for the next 70 years following the gas then there kids and grandkids etc. These owners don't seem to care about the long term. We have 8 kids between our group that won't be getting season tickets this year. Sandersgas has one that's almost 10% of a 100 that won't be getting any from just 2 posters on here so yes we do have 100s to lose. I've no idea where our typical fans come from, have they always had season tickets from being a youngster going with their parents, or have they just started watching Rovers later in life and then stuck with the club. What's the conversion rate from being a child season ticket holder to an U21/adult season ticket holder, perhaps the new owners have looked at that figure and seen that it's minimal? Not all about conversion rates. As they move into different age groups who knows what they are doing with their lives so that they come every week. But there is a very good chance they will return at some point. |
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Post by wallywalters on Jun 9, 2024 11:47:18 GMT
Kids are becoming a rarer site at The Mem , perhaps we should hire a child catcher to nab some from the surrounding streets. The strange thing is during the Magnificent Seven season and the following one there seemed to be a huge increase in younger fans and families, almost certainly down to the ‘feel good’ feeling at The Mem at the time. I clearly remember discussing it with friends and supporters around me at the time. I agree. During bartons reign the number of kids about the mem was significantly higher than in recent years. I think the pricing helped that. I think it was £29 for a kids season ticket then in the thatchers which In turn encouraged adults to attend with the kids badgering them to go. That's certainly how it worked for a lot of people I know who were occasional attendees but went as their kids wanted to go and had those cheap season tickets. |
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Post by keygas on Jun 9, 2024 11:48:29 GMT
For me it came down to the price. Last season in the thatchers £369 adult and £49 for my 9 year old son total of £418. This season cheapest tickets are £409 for me and £169 for my now 10 year old son, £578. An increase of £160 / 38% in a year is totally ridiculous. Prices for kids need to stay low for the next generation of fans. How can a £169 be the cheapest ticket available for a 10 year old, especially when City is £55 in their family area for an under 12 including a match shirt. The club have got this very wrong and I hope they sort it out, it’s not too late. Spot on, just don’t understand our new owners strategy with pricing, whilst our neighbours across the city do everything possible with marketing & offers to fill their stadium, we seem to do very little. Not allowing people to buy season-tickets through a finance scheme is another own goal, strange how up the road Swindon Town can manage to offer their fans the option of paying through finance. Dread to think what matchday prices will be for the new season, perhaps they might be reasonably priced, but I won’t hold my breath. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 9, 2024 11:53:06 GMT
Not a lot the club can do if the finance company will no longer offer loans as certain members of our fan base refuse to pay back the loans?
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 9, 2024 11:56:14 GMT
The strange thing is during the Magnificent Seven season and the following one there seemed to be a huge increase in younger fans and families, almost certainly down to the ‘feel good’ feeling at The Mem at the time. I clearly remember discussing it with friends and supporters around me at the time. I agree. During bartons reign the number of kids about the mem was significantly higher than in recent years. I think the pricing helped that. I think it was £29 for a kids season ticket then in the thatchers which In turn encouraged adults to attend with the kids badgering them to go. That's certainly how it worked for a lot of people I know who were occasional attendees but went as their kids wanted to go and had those cheap season tickets. During Barton's era until last season we were playing decent attacking, winning, football, I'm sure that had far more influence on kids attending than on the admission prices. If we'd been pushing for a top 6 place last season the whole ground would have probably sold out for the likes of Bolton. |
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Post by trevorgas on Jun 9, 2024 11:58:10 GMT
Not a lot the club can do if the finance company will no longer offer loans as certain members of our fan base refuse to pay back the loans? I think that's not correct,all finance company's will have historical data and be able to undertake credit searches so I see NO commercial reasons why non payers cannot be excluded and those that pay are offered the loan facility,just lazy by the Club |
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Post by keygas on Jun 9, 2024 12:13:57 GMT
Not a lot the club can do if the finance company will no longer offer loans as certain members of our fan base refuse to pay back the loans? Can’t believe Rovers are the only club where a few fans default on payments, surely it’s the finance company responsibility to chase these people up, no different than if I failed to pay my car loan finance, perhaps it’s more to do with our new owners wanting season ticket money up front, rather than instalments. |
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