Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Dave P]

I'd like to see a sticker of this.

[ADVILLAFAN]

40 years old, but very tempted by a Villa Sticker Album.

[Somniloquism]

Well if you buy the programmes you auto get all the stickers.

[Risso]

Got, got, got, need, got...

[Ads]

The things you could swap for a no1 shiny Premier League sticker. The coveted Holy Grail of all stickers.

[chrisw1]

It's a nice idea and should boost programme sales.  Won't there be a lot of wastage though if every programme throughout the season includes a sticker pack?

[Somniloquism]

For those who don't go to the matches and are ordering online, the season subs seems to be almost twice the cost of the 19 programmes bought individually. Usually ordering in bulk is supposed to save you money.

[pablo_picasso]

I don't know where else to put this, but I think this is a great idea;

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/july/30/150th-anniversary-sticker-album-launches-/

They are using the decent lion-print lion on the crest of that.

[PeterWithesShin]

For those who don't go to the matches and are ordering online, the season subs seems to be almost twice the cost of the 19 programmes bought individually. Usually ordering in bulk is supposed to save you money.

What's the postage for 1 issue compared to the season sub?

[Drummond]

For those who don't go to the matches and are ordering online, the season subs seems to be almost twice the cost of the 19 programmes bought individually. Usually ordering in bulk is supposed to save you money.

What's the postage for 1 issue compared to the season sub?

Full subs £135 inc postage

Match by Match £4 plus £3.25 p&p per game. Plus cost of sticker album at £4 plus £3.25 p&p = £145

[Beard82]

For those who don't go to the matches and are ordering online, the season subs seems to be almost twice the cost of the 19 programmes bought individually. Usually ordering in bulk is supposed to save you money.

What's the postage for 1 issue compared to the season sub?

Full subs £135 inc postage

Match by Match £4 plus £3.25 p&p per game. Plus cost of sticker album at £4 plus £3.25 p&p = £145

I'd do the full subscription upfront now - be great to know who is starting every game before the season starts.  That way we don't have to bother going to the ones with Olsen in goal.

[chrisw1]

For those who don't go to the matches and are ordering online, the season subs seems to be almost twice the cost of the 19 programmes bought individually. Usually ordering in bulk is supposed to save you money.

What's the postage for 1 issue compared to the season sub?

Full subs £135 inc postage

Match by Match £4 plus £3.25 p&p per game. Plus cost of sticker album at £4 plus £3.25 p&p = £145

£3.25 P&P for an A5 envelope?  Bloody hell.

[PeterWithesShin]

Depends how they post them. Assuming they weigh 100-250g, if they send 1st class it's £2.90.

[Smithy]

For those who don't go to the matches and are ordering online, the season subs seems to be almost twice the cost of the 19 programmes bought individually. Usually ordering in bulk is supposed to save you money.

What's the postage for 1 issue compared to the season sub?

Full subs £135 inc postage

Match by Match £4 plus £3.25 p&p per game. Plus cost of sticker album at £4 plus £3.25 p&p = £145

£3.25 P&P for an A5 envelope?  Bloody hell.

A large letter via Royal Mail these days (anything over 100g, which this almost certainly would be), is £2.10, minimum.  If you want to send it tracked (which most ecommerce stores do these days), then it's £3.50 minimum.  Anyone charging you less than £3 to ship anything - no matter how small - has either factored the shipping cost into the price, or is using one of the dodgy couriers.

I ship a lot of stuff in the day job, and shipping prices have gone up loads in the last three or four years.  I know people who've kept the shipping as it was (around £1.99), but added the extra cost into the price of the products, because they worry the "true cost" of shipping will put people off at checkout when they're buying lower value goods at less than £20-25.

£3.25 is probably a true-ish estimate of the cost, but even if it's a little higher than you expected, it certainly won't be a place they're "making" money.

[algy]

For those who don't go to the matches and are ordering online, the season subs seems to be almost twice the cost of the 19 programmes bought individually. Usually ordering in bulk is supposed to save you money.

What's the postage for 1 issue compared to the season sub?

Full subs £135 inc postage

Match by Match £4 plus £3.25 p&p per game. Plus cost of sticker album at £4 plus £3.25 p&p = £145

I'd do the full subscription upfront now - be great to know who is starting every game before the season starts.  That way we don't have to bother going to the ones with Olsen in goal.

Really I'd see it as an investment.  Order the season bundle, then just pick out the last programme of the season.  Go straight to the page that lists all the results, bookings, sendings off, and so on*.  Place a few bets before the opening match, you'll easy make that £145 back.


* I assume there's still such a page - I haven't bothered with matchday programmes since they stopped doing Villa Vouchers.