Season Tickets

[Risso]

I (obviously) didn't mean this year.

[VillaTim]

I (obviously) didn't mean this year.

you got me excited then, i thought Chelsea had blown that 2 goal lead

[VillaTim]

Maybe they have approached people based on postcode ?

[Drummond]

Maybe they've looked at how many games people attend. And waiting list place. And how engaged people are.

I've been tempted. But the cost of travelling etc as well as the time have put me off. The clincher is loss of regular season ticket waiting list position.

The other thing is living where I do, it's just awkward; if I lived in Birmingham then I'd perhaps think somewhat differently.

This is corporate-light.

[cdward]

291 left now. I'm about 6,000 on the waiting list, received the invite e-mail on 17 Jul.
I've just been in and added a seat to see what the process is.
The same as buying a normal ticket, go to seating area, select an available seat, add to basket, proceed to checkout, pay Ł1560 by card.
I didn't buy one, mainly because it's a rip off, but also the principle.

[chrisw1]

Maybe they have approached people based on postcode ?

I'm not sure why we're doing somersaults to work out some convoluted process.  It seems like the majority of people on the waiting list have received an invite.  I can't see them deliberately excluding some when the are desperate to sell.  Of course it's possible technology is at fault, one side or other.

[dave.woodhall]

As Risso alluded to, though, there is still huge demand and I would imagine that many of them are the the kind of supporters the club now want.

We've got some of the best owners in the game, but even so we're all just walking wallets to be relieved of our hard earned. And it's different to any other industry in the world, and they almost cannot lose. You could have a trendy new restaurant with a 6 month wait for a table, but if you got in and the food and service were shit, you wouldn't go back. With football, we'll all be there, come what may. And if a few take a moral stand and don't, well in this new world they won't be missed by the powers that be, at all.

Just wait till the winners of the Premier League Summer Series start to get a place in Europe...

And to repeat what I've said so often that the words should type themselves - the way in which the Premier League has persuaded customers that it's their duty to hand over every last penny is the greatest marketing job of the 21st century. It's not only your duty to be a customer, you have to be the right kind of customer. Never complain, always tell the company how wonderful they are and if you receive poor service other customers will tell you it's your own fault.

[Dogtanian]

Apparently, tickets are now being sent out;

https://twitter.com/AVFCSupport/status/1686006308615372801?s=20

There's a tracker too.

[pauliewalnuts]

How is it clearly a disaster? Based on people getting marketing calls?

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a mistake and way over priced for what you get, and that they should have improved the offering across the board.

Not quite sure it is any kind of disaster for them, though.

Well, as I understand it they have now failed to sell it to season ticket holders, failed to sell it to 30,0000 people on the waiting list and they are now trying to sell it to randoms who have previously bought tickets to any old game.

At the same time they have compromised the season ticket waiting list, alienated fans, closed the upper holte for ticket sales for the Everton game and reduced facilities for the majority which will hit catering sales.

Yes, I'd call that a disaster.

“As I understand it” does not mean clearly. We have no idea how many people on the list they’ve asked.

Well they've asked everyone as randoms not on the list are now being offered the ticket.

My mate who's number 5000 or thereabouts on the list tells me he hasn't been approached at all.

He's missed his e-mail then as people 30,000 on the list have been offered it.

Again, you do not know that.

They'll have access to much more sophisticated marketing tools than just approaching people on the list.

Right, and what sophisticated tool have they used to approach my 17 year old daughter but randomly not someone at 5,000 on the list?

I have no idea, i am just pointing out that we absolutely do not know that they've worked all the way through the 30,000 on the waiting list, and we do not know that it is "clearly a disaster".

If it was that much of a disaster they'd probably yank the scheme - like they did with the badge, despite that being even more high profile.

[Dogtanian]

Tracker link;

https://astonvilla.packtracker.cedarpackaging.com/

[Brend'Watkins]

Tracker link;

https://astonvilla.packtracker.cedarpackaging.com/

Thanks. It's given me a date of July 29th 10:15:19 AM.

Is that the dispatch date and time?

[Dogtanian]

Tracker link;

https://astonvilla.packtracker.cedarpackaging.com/

Thanks. It's given me a date of July 29th 10:15:19 AM.

Is that the dispatch date and time?

Mine says something like that too, but DATA RECEIVED or something, so I assumed that was when Villa sent over my details to the company and it hasn't been despatched yet.

[Clampy]

Mine's been despatched today by the look of it. That was tremendous fun.

[VillaTim]

Track my Pack
DATA RECEIVED   Jul 29, 2023, 11:51:49 AM

[Percy McCarthy]

How is it clearly a disaster? Based on people getting marketing calls?

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a mistake and way over priced for what you get, and that they should have improved the offering across the board.

Not quite sure it is any kind of disaster for them, though.

Well, as I understand it they have now failed to sell it to season ticket holders, failed to sell it to 30,0000 people on the waiting list and they are now trying to sell it to randoms who have previously bought tickets to any old game.

At the same time they have compromised the season ticket waiting list, alienated fans, closed the upper holte for ticket sales for the Everton game and reduced facilities for the majority which will hit catering sales.

Yes, I'd call that a disaster.

“As I understand it” does not mean clearly. We have no idea how many people on the list they’ve asked.

Well they've asked everyone as randoms not on the list are now being offered the ticket.

My mate who's number 5000 or thereabouts on the list tells me he hasn't been approached at all.

He's missed his e-mail then as people 30,000 on the list have been offered it.

Me and the babby must have missed ours too then.