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Post by okebournegas83 on Jun 9, 2024 12:30:48 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 Totally agree , plain lazy by the club. When my kids were growing up and money was extremely tight the only way for us as a family to attend was via finance. I’m fortunate nowadays that I’m able to purchase one without the use of finance but I won’t be renewing as the group I go with used to use the finance option and going alone doesn’t interest me. I think this is a massive balls up and we stand to lose a lot of money / supporters due to this , I really hope they get something sorted but it’s not looking likely. |
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Post by trevorgas on Jun 9, 2024 13:04:37 GMT
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 Totally agree , plain lazy by the club. When my kids were growing up and money was extremely tight the only way for us as a family to attend was via finance. I’m fortunate nowadays that I’m able to purchase one without the use of finance but I won’t be renewing as the group I go with used to use the finance option and going alone doesn’t interest me. I think this is a massive balls up and we stand to lose a lot of money / supporters due to this , I really hope they get something sorted but it’s not looking likely. My concern is that it's not particularly related to Bristol Rovers per se,but the owners don't understand the fundamentals of running a business which is Customer dependent,they should be doing everything to facilitate ease of access both at the ground and ticketing etc. |
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Post by gasify on Jun 9, 2024 14:23:27 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. Swindon use V12: www.v12seasonticketfinance.com/Maybe someone at Rovers should contact them? |
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Post by trevorgas on Jun 9, 2024 14:26:32 GMT
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. Swindon use V12: www.v12seasonticketfinance.com/Maybe someone at Rovers should contact them? [br Failing that there is no reason that an individual cannot take out their own finance if they so wish. |
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Post by gasify on Jun 9, 2024 14:28:58 GMT
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. , 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. Agree with this for a 13 month period, from Nov 21 to Dec 22. Then since Dec 22 we haven't really been winning home games. |
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Post by gasify on Jun 9, 2024 14:30:12 GMT
[br Failing that there is no reason that an individual cannot take out their own finance if they so wish. Have you got a link to where they can do that? |
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Post by gasify on Jun 9, 2024 14:35:27 GMT
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Post by trevorgas on Jun 9, 2024 14:41:23 GMT
[br Failing that there is no reason that an individual cannot take out their own finance if they so wish. Have you got a link to where they can do that? Sorry no,guess a quick Google search will bring a few up,I know Klarna is interest free but I think for only 3 months. Ps: Money supermarket is a good source. |
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Post by gasify on Jun 9, 2024 14:52:49 GMT
Have you got a link to where they can do that? Sorry no,guess a quick Google search will bring a few up,I know Klarna is interest free but I think for only 3 months. Ps: Money supermarket is a good source. Just had a look at Money Supermarket. Minimum £500 with a minimum term of 1 year. So not ideal. |
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Post by trevorgas on Jun 9, 2024 14:54:44 GMT
Sorry no,guess a quick Google search will bring a few up,I know Klarna is interest free but I think for only 3 months. Ps: Money supermarket is a good source. Just had a look at Money Supermarket. Minimum £500 with a minimum term of 1 year. So not ideal. What's the cost of the ticket? |
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Post by gasify on Jun 9, 2024 17:06:51 GMT
Just had a look at Money Supermarket. Minimum £500 with a minimum term of 1 year. So not ideal. What's the cost of the ticket? People have been talking about Thatchers end, so £409? |
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Post by Somersetgas on Jun 9, 2024 17:16:27 GMT
For me it came down the awful performances in the second half of the season and simply no longer looking forward to attending matches. I’ll be pay on the day at the start of the season and if I start enjoying it again I’ll probably end up watching every game. Some decent signings as a show of intent will help too!!! Totally agree Eric, looking forward to doing some away games but unless it improves on the pitch at home, I will carry on watching local non league. |
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Post by Somersetgas on Jun 9, 2024 17:19:05 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. Add me to it, one son who’s just turned ten and the other is fourteen so is in the upper catchment, and before anyone says South Stand, I don’t want to sit there thanks, I prefer to stand and so do my boys. |
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Post by smudge1 on Jun 9, 2024 17:22:16 GMT
The product at home has been poor so it's no surprise numbers have dropped. At the end of the day football is in the entertainment industry and people cannot justify paying good money on a poor product.
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Post by purdownpoacher1 on Jun 9, 2024 18:12:03 GMT
For me it came down the awful performances in the second half of the season and simply no longer looking forward to attending matches. I’ll be pay on the day at the start of the season and if I start enjoying it again I’ll probably end up watching every game. Some decent signings as a show of intent will help too!!! Totally agree Eric, looking forward to doing some away games but unless it improves on the pitch at home, I will carry on watching local non league. |
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Post by purdownpoacher1 on Jun 9, 2024 18:12:22 GMT
Me too ! 💙
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 9, 2024 18:30:47 GMT
This thread seems similar to when JB was appointed with a number of fans saying they wouldn't attend games whilst JB was in charge then during our promotion push the ground was selling out.
It's really down to the owners to justify the increased prices by supporting GF/MT in putting a decent together and, if they do, then down to MT to get them to perform so that fans turn out in their numbers to support them.
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Post by sandersgas on Jun 9, 2024 20:51:37 GMT
Sounds like quite a lot of families in the same boat, faced with a huge jump in costs with the changed pricing brackets, loss of the finance option. Hypothetically if the club are down 1500 season tickets, say an average cost £350, that’s £525k which the bank balance is down by at least, must make a dent in this seasons budget. They’ll get some of that back as I’ll still go to a few games here and there, will be doing more away games this season I think
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Post by trevorgas on Jun 10, 2024 6:46:18 GMT
What's the cost of the ticket? People have been talking about Thatchers end, so £409? If it was me I would stick it on a credit card,get a balance transfer one and have 9 months interest free to pay it off, probably a 3% transfer fee of £12 . |
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Post by yattongas on Jun 10, 2024 6:48:44 GMT
People have been talking about Thatchers end, so £409? If it was me I would stick it on a credit card,get a balance transfer one and have 9 months interest free to pay it off, probably a 3% transfer fee of £12 . If you’ve got a good credit history you would get interest free , others might not . |
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