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Heroes & Villains => Tickets & Travel => Topic started by: martin@ardenley on November 16, 2012, 09:40:15 PM
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We have now teamed up with Viagogo, you can either click the Ticket tab/links on the page or the image below, any commision earned goes towards the running costs of this site. Thank You
Please note that from the start of the 2015/16 season Villa are now using Seatwave. (http://www.seatwave.com/aston-villa-fc-tickets/season)
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Good idea.
I can't believe how cheap some of the tickets that are posted on there are, got some Arsenal tickets for 15 quid the other week.
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I licked the link but all that happened was a funny taste on my tongue and now my monitor has gone all blurry ;-p
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Some good deals there by the looks of it. Is there anyway to get cheap away tickets as I'm already an ST holder?
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Some dirt cheap deals at the moment
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There always are, always seems to be a seller in the Upper Trinity who posts the 10 quid tickets on there.
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and as anyone knows, it doesn't matter if they're end blocks. you cna literally pick your own seat up there most the time
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There always are, always seems to be a seller in the Upper Trinity who posts the 10 quid tickets on there.
I'm pretty sure it the club posting those. They were always there last season and I've picked up some cheap tickets for the Newcastle match already.
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and as anyone knows, it doesn't matter if they're end blocks. you cna literally pick your own seat up there most the time
Thanks for flagging this site up. I just bought six tickets for Sunderland game, getting a lot of family together, priced as £10, worked out £12 each all in. It's not clear if they are together, but are in the same row, so yes banking on being able to move about/together if need be...
Can't imagine the cut to H&V is much, but am passing the link of this thread on...
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I've just posted my tickets for Saturday on there for £25 each.
Front row of Witton Lane stand.
In case anyone is interested........
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and as anyone knows, it doesn't matter if they're end blocks. you cna literally pick your own seat up there most the time
Thanks for flagging this site up. I just bought six tickets for Sunderland game, getting a lot of family together, priced as £10, worked out £12 each all in. It's not clear if they are together, but are in the same row, so yes banking on being able to move about/together if need be...
Can't imagine the cut to H&V is much, but am passing the link of this thread on...
I've done the same for Cardiff and Sunderland. Think i'll be having a big family outing for Palace on Boxing Day too
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Used Viagogo to sell my seats for the Spurs game - they were sold - any idea how soon before I get paid? -it states on the day of the game - but if they are by BACS when should my account receive the dosh?
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Used Viagogo to sell my seats for the Spurs game - they were sold - any idea how soon before I get paid? -it states on the day of the game - but if they are by BACS when should my account receive the dosh?
It takes a few days. I think if you buy tickets on there they take the cash straight away and if you sell tickets on there they only hand over the cash a few days after the game.
Viagogo are very good at keeping hold of people's cash for the longest possible time!
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Thanks Adam - years ago I would not have dreamt of selling my seat for any game- now, however with the constant changing of fixtures and poor fayre on offer at Villa Park its an option I may well explore for the rest of the season ! As long as I get my money that is. :o
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I sold my seat for the Liverpool game last season.
It was about five or so days after the game, that I got my money.
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I sold my ticket on there for the Man City game, i got my money the monday after the game.
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I'm still waiting for my free pie voucher. Could have done with it on Sunday.
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and as anyone knows, it doesn't matter if they're end blocks. you cna literally pick your own seat up there most the time
Thanks for flagging this site up. I just bought six tickets for Sunderland game, getting a lot of family together, priced as £10, worked out £12 each all in. It's not clear if they are together, but are in the same row, so yes banking on being able to move about/together if need be...
Can't imagine the cut to H&V is much, but am passing the link of this thread on...
I've done the same for Cardiff and Sunderland. Think i'll be having a big family outing for Palace on Boxing Day too
Good stuff! Got my 6 tix for sunderland tomorrow and they *are* all together, though hoping as said we can move more centrally if space / it's practical to move a whole family.
My 4 year old nephew instigated this trip from London (me) & Hampshire for his first game, will be interesting! He might be even younger than I was at my first game, we're not sure! (i do wonder what i've done to him! still his dad & older brother are Reading, it could be worse!!!)
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I always used Viagogo before I got my ST. As money was tight got some real bargains. The best being WBA home which was a fantastic Lower Holte seat and cost me about £13.50.
Never paid for than £20 for a game. Admittedly it was random where I sat but whenever Upper Trinity I just moved more to the center after KO. For most matches there are loads of empty seats together in the middle near the back.
And if money is tight, for matches where you know it won't be anywhere near a sellout take a gamble and wait to buy a day or so before the game. I did that a couple of times and didn't get charged any P&P as it was too late for them to be posted so just picked them up form the Trinity ticket office before the game.
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£12 for lower Witton Lane for tomorrow from Viagogo, £25+ on the OS.
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SOTC & I just put our tickets oven sale Baggies next Wednesday night. Lower Trinity behind dugouts if anyone is interested.Afraid we're turning into fair weather fans.
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Just got a seat in the Holte end for Fulham £14.
(would be £33 usually).
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Just got a seat in the Holte end for Fulham £14.
(would be £33 usually).
I've just sold one for £13.20 (it's not the same one - Viagogo make much more of a markup on tickets than that!).
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PS I know who got the better deal!!! ;)
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PS I know who got the better deal!!! ;)
you may be right but just to be safe, I'll reserve judgement until 5pm Saturday.
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Anyone tried to use viagogo for the new season? Only Parma on there so far and I'm unable to sell any seats?
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Just checked the Chelsea viagogo site and the cheapest Villa tickets start from £195! Jesus.
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Just checked the Chelsea viagogo site and the cheapest Villa tickets start from £195! Jesus.
They are hospitality packages rather than just a ticket.
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ah.
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Have started this season and booked all available except the Arsenal match (sister's 40th); had my Newcastle ticket through ok but still waiting for Hull.
Saved about £30 what I would have spent on ST so far - will still consider a half-ST later on in the season though
Not sure what you have to take to get tickets from the office?
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First time using these; I bought a ticket for the Stoke match on Wednesday evening. They get posted first class post they said and here I am on Saturday morning without my ticket. On the confirmation email I received, they said that I would be able to pick up the ticket from the Trinity Road kiosk if I didn't receive it through the post. Fine, but the entire point of me ordering through viagogo was to avoid having to arse about on Saturday morning getting a ticket, so any convenience that this service was offering is lost. Further to this, you have to contact customer service to arrange pick up of tickets, yet they fail to provide a customer service number on their website, so I had to check out a couple of forums to get one.
When I eventually got through, the customer service operator spoke very quickly with a strong accent and was clearly disinterested in my complaints - I asked for a refund of handling costs because I paid for first class post which didn't happen - he apologised and then wittered on with a string of unintelligible sentences that I couldn't make out. I'm hard of hearing and I explained this to the guy but he didn't give a fuck. So now I have to go to Villa Park to pick up a ticket before doing the usual pre-match stuff. Why can't I pick up from the shop in town? No one knows.
I won't be using this service again as the discount in ticket price isn't worth the ballache of dealing with these ******. I'd have sooner paid an extra tenner to the club and wish I had done.
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I've used them loads over the years and never had a problem. I didn't think they posted them when bought that close to a game.
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I've used them loads over the years and never had a problem. I didn't think they posted them when bought that close to a game.
If that is the case they did not make it clear during the purchasing process and in any case were offering postage options.
Fair enough if you've had no problems with them though. I find their customer service poor, however.
Villa's is much better. Got through to the Villa ticket office to find out that Viagogo had messed my address up, somehow. I find that weird considering it's gone through a computerised system. So their admin staff are also poor. Villa have arranged things so I can pick up my ticket from the club shop, which is awesome.
I'll stop moaning now.
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Check your confirmation email as it will have the address you entered on it, could be you made a mistake? I did once when ordering from somewhere, which was pretty embarrassing cocking up my own address!
The confirmation should also say if it's being posted or not. I've only once bought a ticket close to a game and it stated when I was ordering the ticket had to be collected from the Trinity Road ticket kiosk on the day.
More often than not the Villa are superb at sorting out any problems.
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Check your confirmation email as it will have the address you entered on it, could be you made a mistake? I did once when ordering from somewhere, which was pretty embarrassing cocking up my own address!
The confirmation should also say if it's being posted or not. I've only once bought a ticket close to a game and it stated when I was ordering the ticket had to be collected from the Trinity Road ticket kiosk on the day.
More often than not the Villa are superb at sorting out any problems.
Yeah, I checked the address. It's correct on the confirmation of purchase email I got, but I never received an email confirming that they had been posted. You can't track your purchases unless you're signed up to viagogo either and I'd purchased mine as a guest, so that was out the window.
The address issue came about, I think, because there is a letter after our flat number which was inputted after my purchase as "37" (according to Villa) instead "3F", so my ticket is with someone now. Hopefully an Albion fan.
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Check your confirmation email as it will have the address you entered on it, could be you made a mistake? I did once when ordering from somewhere, which was pretty embarrassing cocking up my own address!
The confirmation should also say if it's being posted or not. I've only once bought a ticket close to a game and it stated when I was ordering the ticket had to be collected from the Trinity Road ticket kiosk on the day.
More often than not the Villa are superb at sorting out any problems.
Yeah, I checked the address. It's correct on the confirmation of purchase email I got, but I never received an email confirming that they had been posted. You can't track your purchases unless you're signed up to viagogo either and I'd purchased mine as a guest, so that was out the window.
The address issue came about, I think, because there is a letter after our flat number which was inputted after my purchase as "37" (according to Villa) instead "3F", so my ticket is with someone now. Hopefully an Albion fan.
Check your confirmation email as it will have the address you entered on it, could be you made a mistake? I did once when ordering from somewhere, which was pretty embarrassing cocking up my own address!
The confirmation should also say if it's being posted or not. I've only once bought a ticket close to a game and it stated when I was ordering the ticket had to be collected from the Trinity Road ticket kiosk on the day.
More often than not the Villa are superb at sorting out any problems.
Yeah, I checked the address. It's correct on the confirmation of purchase email I got, but I never received an email confirming that they had been posted. You can't track your purchases unless you're signed up to viagogo either and I'd purchased mine as a guest, so that was out the window.
The address issue came about, I think, because there is a letter after our flat number which was inputted after my purchase as "37" (according to Villa) instead "3F", so my ticket is with someone now. Hopefully an Albion fan.
I too have used them all season with only one problem. Normally good but when they do cock up you have an experience like Stu's where they just don't get the fact you feel mucked about. I contacted them around Xmas because I knew there was only one day to receive post and they were going to miss it. Received an e-mail saying tickets sent. Didn't arrive. Had to collect them but complained that they had actually lied to me as the tickets were never sent. Ignored me but I expect no more from anything to do with "entertainment" companies
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They will not post tickets that close to a game. It is always collect. When I have bought on Viagogo really close to a game it clearly stated when I was booking, and on the confirmation email, I had to collect the tickets in person for the Trinity ticket office.
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I suppose one of the things with Viagogo is that you're getting what you pay for. Cheap seats = Sports Direct-type service.
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To be fair I've always found them good as a seller and a buyer .
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Cheeky gits not only charge a transaction fee but also have charged be £4.65 because I have bought ticket less than 7 days before match and will have to collect from ticket office.
Have seen that Man City have ditched Viagogo.
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Just bought three for the Burnley match in the Holte-unavailable on the OS. Stung for £16.50 in fees.
Can I get these tickets allocated to my reference numbers?
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They should automatically go on, but if you call them asap to double check, and especially if you want them going on 3 different references, the club should sort it.
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Thanks PWS-managed to get another reference onto my son's, which swung it for Wembley! Good times!
Big up to the ticket office staff for polite professionalism on two occasions of nervy final fever fan calls.
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Just a quick review for anyone thinking of using Viagogo next season. Attended all home matches except for Stoke.
I used them for the majority of the league matches (80%) and only had one issue when I had to collect due to Xmas posting. See above post. When I wanted to sit with mates or middle of the Holte (for Cup especially) etc I went through the TO. All my booking references were recorded so had no problem with Wembley tickets.
Will use them again next season but keep to the Holte as I had too many arguments with opposition in the Upper Trinity and I value my freedom/good looks ;-)
Missed having an ST but still won't give Lerner my money before I know what he is doing with the club
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Is it right that there's no Viagogo this season ?
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Is it right that there's no Viagogo this season ?
No, we are still with them I think .
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Nothing up on the Villa page just yet on their website.
Someone did randomly post on a thread in the main forum we weren't dealing with them this season so wait and see where the cheap Trinity upper tickets turn up this season.
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The ticket office told me earlier that we are no longer dealing with Viagogo.
They are however trying to offer an alternative service/supplier for ticket resale. This won't be in place in time for the United, and probably the Sunderland fixtures.
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The ticket office told me earlier that we are no longer dealing with Viagogo.
They are however trying to offer an alternative service/supplier for ticket resale. This won't be in place in time for the United, and probably the Sunderland fixtures.
"Details of the new partnership will be announced the week starting July 27."
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To be fair to Viagogo they offered a generally good service (unless something went wrong) or you decided that you wanted to go at the last minute, when extra charges were added not only for their service but also for collecting the tickets.
Fans of other clubs moan about Ticket Stub who are Viagogo's big competitor in the market.
The delay does have an immediate impact on fans who live outside the West Midlands area and perhaps cannot get to each home game, like a Friday night against the Mancs.
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I liked Viagogo aswell, will see what the new service is like.
Certainly needs a refresh on the O/S as the article says the new partnership was going to be announced last week!
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To be fair to Viagogo they offered a generally good service (unless something went wrong) or you decided that you wanted to go at the last minute, when extra charges were added not only for their service but also for collecting the tickets.
Fans of other clubs moan about Ticket Stub who are Viagogo's big competitor in the market.
The delay does have an immediate impact on fans who live outside the West Midlands area and perhaps cannot get to each home game, like a Friday night against the Mancs.
Do you mean Stub Hub ?
I use them for some games Stateside (Baseball and NHL). I've never had a problem as a buyer
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Have to say I hate the new Seatwave site. It's truly crap compared to viagogo.
Another questionable decision by the club.
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I used it for the Sunderland game, they were fine. Nothing really different to Viagogo.
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Seat wave are absolute c***s, you don't get paid til approximately 14 days after the event has taken place
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seat wave are below any acceptance level. There is going to be a lot of problems for Villa unless they drop them.
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seat wave are below any acceptance level. There is going to be a lot of problems for Villa unless they drop them.
Agree 100%