Another new low

[richard moore]

Serious comment, that HT increment is an absolute disgrace. The club is taking the piss out of the original hand that fed. It's one thing trying stunts like this on when the football side is hunky dory but to be doing it now is an absolute piss take.
Angry.

Have you read the full story or have you just gone into automatic Everything Is Shit mode?

What full story ? I read the opening post and 4 more pages. Please divulge

They give you back 10p for every goal scored but you have to pay them 5p for every pass that goes astray. A throw in which reaches a Villa player entitles you to an extra half pint. Paul Lambert saying anything vaguely coherent and you win a year's supply of free lager. Coherent and intelligent and you have free lager for life. Expect Carling to post record profits for 2014/15

[dave.woodhall]

Serious comment, that HT increment is an absolute disgrace. The club is taking the piss out of the original hand that fed. It's one thing trying stunts like this on when the football side is hunky dory but to be doing it now is an absolute piss take.
Angry.

Have you read the full story or have you just gone into automatic Everything Is Shit mode?

What full story ? I read the opening post and 4 more pages. Please divulge

Prices are cheaper than normal until kick-off.

Prices are 20p more at half time than before kick off. Which one is the "normal" price would seem to be irrelevant.

Not if the price is the higher one on non-matchdays.

[silhillvilla]

I breaked full at the lights, RED, damn, stay calm, breathe. I flicked the radio to Capital Xtra and glanced left. Rita Ora came on. It was there, he was there. Focus . I felt my brain tighten then relax then tighten again. Without glancing back I decided it was time to loosen my tie and play with the gearstick. Thoughts drifted to "fuck it let's go with everything is shit mode".
No. Not here. Not now. This is a race, not just a race but the race.

[Ads]

Duuuuuuuuude, that's deep man, y'know?

[amfy]

I got the thing about the drinks being 20p less before the match, rather than 20p more during it, but I can also see that this could be just semantics really.

Are drinks also 20p more in the concourse?

I'm only asking because it's really easy to get a drink in The Holte Suite at half time.

It's also a much more warm and pleasant place to spend half time than the concourse, especially in winter.

The loos are nicer, and there doesn't tend to be a queue in those either.

I don't mind paying an extra 20p for all that, especially if there is the choice not to pay it on the concourse - it'd kind of make sense.

[Richard E]

I'm pretty sure that if you buy soft drinks and possibly also food in the concourse under the Holte there's an advertised early bird price or something of that ilk. I think the pies are 10p cheaper until an hour before kick off? Not sure there's anything to see here.

[Brazilian Villain]

Last night I paid to get in the Holte Suite pre game and had a few drinks with friends.

As is now the norm for us, we returned at half time for a quick pint. When I ordered my beer, the price had increased 20p from before the game.

When I asked the lady serving me why, she said that they are told to add 20p on to the price of every pint served during the half time break.

I'm not sure if it's just me, but I am absolutely disgusted the way the club can use this to exploit the fans who have made the effort to support the club. I know it's only 20p, but the principle and the way it is done is unforgivable.

So just to get this straight. An American chairman with no connection to Brum who's spent 100s of millions of pounds on Villa is beyond the Pale because a lifelong Villa fan is being asked to spend an extra 20p a pint on some beer at HT. Another new low indeed!

[mike]

Serious comment, that HT increment is an absolute disgrace. The club is taking the piss out of the original hand that fed. It's one thing trying stunts like this on when the football side is hunky dory but to be doing it now is an absolute piss take.
Angry.

Have you read the full story or have you just gone into automatic Everything Is Shit mode?

What full story ? I read the opening post and 4 more pages. Please divulge

Prices are cheaper than normal until kick-off.

Prices are 20p more at half time than before kick off. Which one is the "normal" price would seem to be irrelevant.

Not if the price is the higher one on non-matchdays.

It's like my mother in law. Objectively and factually Dave is correct, but the relationship has broken down to the point I can't be objective or factual.

[DBTW]

Last night I paid to get in the Holte Suite pre game and had a few drinks with friends.

As is now the norm for us, we returned at half time for a quick pint. When I ordered my beer, the price had increased 20p from before the game.

When I asked the lady serving me why, she said that they are told to add 20p on to the price of every pint served during the half time break.

I'm not sure if it's just me, but I am absolutely disgusted the way the club can use this to exploit the fans who have made the effort to support the club. I know it's only 20p, but the principle and the way it is done is unforgivable.

So just to get this straight. An American chairman with no connection to Brum who's spent 100s of millions of pounds on Villa is beyond the Pale because a lifelong Villa fan is being asked to spend an extra 20p a pint on some beer at HT. Another new low indeed!

Yes it is. The price is irrelevant, the reasons and way they do it are disgusting.

Ive currently in my 30th year of a season ticket, so i feel entitled to be able to pass on my feelings.

And I think you have hit the nail on the head with you comment regarding the American having no connection to Brum. He simply hasnt, and we are being made more aware of it increasingly regularly. So for that one comment only, I thank you.

Now, we go again to Burnley. Are you going?

[richard moore]

Well said DBTW, I agree with you entirely regarding the principle at hand and about our owner.

[Richard E]

I must be missing something as to the matter of principle involved in this situation that reflects badly on the club or its owner. There have been many things to bash Aston Villa about over the last 4-5 seasons but I don't think this is one of them.

[john e]

Can You H&V fence sitters make up your minds

You criticise silhillvilla and Richard Moore because everything is shit and every post to negative
Then you criticise Westly for being to positive and not seeing reality

Maybe they have more extreme opinions on either side than those that choose a more middle of the road approach like me,
but it strikes me certain posters are just taking cheap shots at a lot of their posts because they think they have the backing of the majority of the site and feel all safe and warm in cumfortably numb situation

Gets a bit boring to read a post by Silhillvilla, RM or Westly to then know someone will have a pop for no real apparent reason, apart from they see the situation differently,
isn't that what the message board is about

[Richard E]

I'm not sitting on the fence on this one. I don't see the Club have done anything wrong at all. It is cheaper if you get there early. What is the problem?

[Clampy]

Can You H&V fence sitters make up your minds

You criticise silhillvilla and Richard Moore because everything is shit and every post to negative
Then you criticise Westly for being to positive and not seeing reality

Maybe they have more extreme opinions on either side than those that choose a more middle of the road approach like me,
but it strikes me certain posters are just taking cheap shots at a lot of their posts because they think they have the backing of the majority of the site and feel all safe and warm in cumfortably numb situation

Gets a bit boring to read a post by Silhillvilla, RM or Westly to then know someone will have a pop for no real apparent reason, apart from they see the situation differently,
isn't that what the message board is about

The thing is if they're going to post opinions which are going to provoke, then surely they can expect a response?

[Dave]

Well said DBTW, I agree with you entirely regarding the principle at hand...

That pre-match food and drink promotions should be scrapped?