Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Chip Butty 111]

Loads of tickets available on resale sites for less than half price.

Heck is a genius.

and he told us so in his fluff piece last week ...

I don't think its via the club though. It's via private individuals. My mates just bought one for tonight for £39 and already has it in his apple wallet. He bought two for Bayern via the same site and paid around face value. He had to meet the man at the ground to get them, as he'd just had a couple spare

I suspect on the day, private individuals just "want rid" and will take whatever they can get, rather than just waste the ticket?

These are available in blocks of 2-4, so I don't think it is just individuals wanting rid.  It looks like the club have sold chunks of tickets to re-sellers who were expecting to be able to sell them on at a profit.

Quite a few have disappeared from K2 this morning that were for sale as GA+, after sitting around for weeks unsold?

[aldridgeboy]

Loads of tickets available on resale sites for less than half price.

Heck is a genius.

and he told us so in his fluff piece last week ...

I don't think its via the club though. It's via private individuals. My mates just bought one for tonight for £39 and already has it in his apple wallet. He bought two for Bayern via the same site and paid around face value. He had to meet the man at the ground to get them, as he'd just had a couple spare

I suspect on the day, private individuals just "want rid" and will take whatever they can get, rather than just waste the ticket?

These are available in blocks of 2-4, so I don't think it is just individuals wanting rid.  It looks like the club have sold chunks of tickets to re-sellers who were expecting to be able to sell them on at a profit.

You may well be correct with lots, but my mate met teh guy he bought his 2 Bayern tickets off. He just had spares he wanted rid of

[Chip Butty 111]

All the 'Cocktail glass' tickets that are £400 + in A2 have gone this morning miraculously, along with most of the 'Beer glass' tickets. So something is going on..

[maidstonevillain]

All the 'Cocktail glass' tickets that are £400 + in A2 have gone this morning miraculously, along with most of the 'Beer glass' tickets. So something is going on..

And none of the £1000 "Aston" tickets are shown as available, although the section does highlight (to indicate tickets are available) when you hover over it.

[The Man With A Stick]

Seems more than coincidental that all of these £28 tickets have just suddenly become available.  If I'd forked out £94 for this like I did for Bayern I'd be massively unimpressed.  What an absolute(ly preditable) fuck up.

[Brend'Watkins]

Seems more than coincidental that all of these £28 tickets have just suddenly become available.  If I'd forked out £94 for this like I did for Bayern I'd be massively unimpressed.  What an absolute(ly preditable) fuck up.

You said it.

[Skerra]

Turning out to be a complete fiasco regarding the tickets. Villa/Heck have lost a lot of faith from long term supporters like me and, will be difficult for the club to turn this around. £35 would have been about right for this Bologna match. Good luck to whoever has got my seat for tonight for the bargain price of £97!! They will be right pissed off when they find out others have paid £25 or thereabouts!

[Clampy]

Turning out to be a complete fiasco regarding the tickets. Villa/Heck have lost a lot of faith from long term supporters like me and, will be difficult for the club to turn this around. £35 would have been about right for this Bologna match. Good luck to whoever has got my seat for tonight for the bargain price of £97!! They will be right pissed off when they find out others have paid £25 or thereabouts!

Not sure about £35. They can charge more than that without pricing people out.

[ChicagoLion]

I doubt if Heck understands the difference between Bayern Munich and Bologna.

[kippaxvilla2]

Well I’m in my padded seat just been handed a glass of Moet.  Eaten some wonderful nouvelle cuisine.  All for £20.

[Chip Butty 111]

They should have all been CAT A prices, everyone would have been happy, the place would have been rocking, and no negativity whatsoever. The club has been very silly with the pricing, we generate 2M for a win....

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Well I’m in my padded seat just been handed a glass of Moet.  Eaten some wonderful nouvelle cuisine.  All for £20.

Wetherspoon's?

[kippaxvilla2]

Ha!

[SaddVillan]

A few questions spring to kind about this ticket business.


It doesn't make sense.
Questions:
What reselling sites are involved
Where did these tickets come from
How many are there
What's the price differential between the website price and face value.
Who gains/loses from selling this number at these prices in this way.

Don't know of many resellers who sell at below face value.

[London Villan]

So according to the BBC the attendance was 41,847 - which is some achievement, as over 1500 seats were blocked off for advertising hoardings, hundreds were still sale last night and there were at least a couple of hundred spare in the Bolgona overflow seats.

Someone is telling porkies somewhere...