I still reckon it will sell out during the 3+ window.
Why is it common sense or garbage? Given we've increased attendances by 4k on average and decreased the allocation by 2k, that it will get beyond 5+ and 3+, when demand has increased and supply decreased?Surely it's common sense to assume the average 4k increase in support has been to a minimum of 3+, given the number of sell outs we've had. That as a result there will be a lot more that meet the 5+ threshold and 3+ threshold this year compared to last and fewer seats to meet that demand.
It is a crappy way to sell tickets, no doubt about it.When I tried to buy our 3 tickets at 6:45 pm on Wednesday (after waiting in the q for over an hour) there were NO middle tier tickets available in the side sections, other than 100’s in the family sections that we did not qualify for.We ended buying in block 528.Yesterday, during the cup final, I randomly logged on to the website after 5pm. Got straight onto the site and bugger me, the whole of blocks 228,229 were available.In my opinion, it looks like they deliberately hold back these ‘premium’ seats for later and so in reality, the earlier in the windows you qualify to buy your ticket, the shitter the choice.I am sure I pointed this out previously to my mates, but there is no way we were going to gamble by leaving buying our tickets until days after they have gone on sale when we can buy them when they first go on sale.
A quote fail, when trying to correct a quote fail.It's been a long day.
Quote from: andyh on May 19, 2019, 06:55:30 AMIt is a crappy way to sell tickets, no doubt about it.When I tried to buy our 3 tickets at 6:45 pm on Wednesday (after waiting in the q for over an hour) there were NO middle tier tickets available in the side sections, other than 100’s in the family sections that we did not qualify for.We ended buying in block 528.Yesterday, during the cup final, I randomly logged on to the website after 5pm. Got straight onto the site and bugger me, the whole of blocks 228,229 were available.In my opinion, it looks like they deliberately hold back these ‘premium’ seats for later and so in reality, the earlier in the windows you qualify to buy your ticket, the shitter the choice.I am sure I pointed this out previously to my mates, but there is no way we were going to gamble by leaving buying our tickets until days after they have gone on sale when we can buy them when they first go on sale.Its a horrible dilemma when you suspect better tickets are going to re-appear. With regard to the middle tier though - I think there are a lot of corporate seats in that tier & they take a few days to see how these are selling & then offer a number to us plebs accordingly. As a result of this, the atmosphere may not be as good there as in the top tier, where so many of our core support have ended up. I noticed yesterday when Man City won the FA Cup, the middle tier was nearly empty when they were celebrating whilst the bottom and top were still full.
What is the logic in holding blocks back for an event that will definitely sell out?