Linked tickets - ST holders please ignore

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Linked tickets - ST holders please ignore

by 1960 » 23 Aug 2006 16:48

For non ST holders to buy Man U tickets you have to buy tickets for Charlton at the same time. This does bring up some questions about the way the club goes about things. That's not my problem though. I can't actually go to The Manutd game, but I can get to the Charlton game. The club say that the system makes people who want to go to the big games have to go to the smaller games too. I WANT to go to the smaller game. I wonder what they'll say if I email them with this point.

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by jetsetwilly » 23 Aug 2006 16:55

Surely you can buy a Charlton ticket but not a Man Utd ticket ? They will only be linked the other way around.

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by The 17 Bus » 23 Aug 2006 16:55

well I guess you will need to buy the linked tickets and pass on the Man U tickets to someone else that you know.

The prem is such a great place to be is it not?

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by ArfnipIsARoyal » 23 Aug 2006 16:55

It does sound suspect. What if someone who is planning on going to all games, but cant for whatever reason go to a linked game? Its rather odd.

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by PieEater » 23 Aug 2006 17:26

IIRC Southampton used to do this too. This must be part of the Makin deal, we let him go, they tell us how to get more income.

I would have prefered it the club decided to do this when they did not sell out for a game, then they would have some justification in making life more difficult.

This should be a real challenge for the online ticketing system....


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by Wycombe Royal » 23 Aug 2006 19:40

PieEater I would have prefered it the club decided to do this when they did not sell out for a game, then they would have some justification in making life more difficult.

Isn't that what they are trying to achieve? We struggled to sell out our first ever game in the Premiership so it is feasible that games like Charlton and Bolton wil also struggle to sell out. This is their way of trying to prevent that.

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by The 17 Bus » 23 Aug 2006 19:43

what happened to supply and demand, if Charlton was cheaper then it might easily sell out, once again i think the club have go the whole thing wrong.

Middlesboro would have sold out if tickets had been less, there is not demand in Reading for much more thatn 25k and that is only for the top few games

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by working class hero » 23 Aug 2006 23:57

The 17 Bus what happened to supply and demand, if Charlton was cheaper then it might easily sell out, once again i think the club have go the whole thing wrong.

Middlesboro would have sold out if tickets had been less, there is not demand in Reading for much more thatn 25k and that is only for the top few games


The club has over estimated demand and have priced at a level that is leading to consumer resistance..... I am amused that the justification for hiking prices was that it was all down to market demand. When demand then is found to be lower than our experts believed they distort the rules to try to blackmail people into going to games they do not wish to attend. Am I the only one who can see that many will be unable to afford to buy linked games and seem to be being relegated to only watching 'lesser' games? If the Charlton game is available without a link and sells out it leads to the hilarious prospect of unsold seats at the MU game if Charlton attendees are not interested in both.....

In 1983 I stopped going to football as prices began to spiral and the joy was removed from the game in my view. I started back in 2000 watching 'little Reading' in Division 2 and rapidly became an STH. Since we have reached the top I am again feeling disenchanted at the 'business' aspects of my beloved game.

I guess I will have to just go and support a lower / non league team and see the true principles again.

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by Gav » 24 Aug 2006 02:15

Fulham do this too.

A mate of mine had to buy a ticket for the Bolton game tonight to get one for the Chelsea game.


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by RoyalBlue » 24 Aug 2006 10:39

Number 54 in the 'Reading FC Recipes For Disaster' book!

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by Royal Fleet » 24 Aug 2006 10:40

Not sure I agree with this, as it will just end up with empty but sold seats at the Charlton game.

I would think that making the Royalty point scheme more reactive would be a better idea, i.e. no points for the Man U and 20 points for the Chartlon game. This means as the season goes on, you would need Royalty points to get tickets to any big game, and you need to have gone to a few smaller games to get them.

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by Platypuss » 24 Aug 2006 10:46

Royal Fleet Not sure I agree with this, as it will just end up with empty but sold seats at the Charlton game.


You never know, the club might just possibly have introduced their much-vaunted buyback scheme by then.

Nah.

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by cmonurz » 24 Aug 2006 10:52

Match tickets are over-priced, and this will be reflected in crowds this season.

Two tickets (for myself, a member, and my Dad - NM) plus parking, beers and programme, for Manchester City, is going to be near £90. For a midweek home game. Crazy.


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by Wycombe Royal » 24 Aug 2006 10:52

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Royal Fleet Not sure I agree with this, as it will just end up with empty but sold seats at the Charlton game.


You never know, the club might just possibly have introduced their much-vaunted buyback scheme by then.

Nah.

I doubt they would offer the buy back scheme for a linked match. If they did what would have been the point in linking it in the first place.

OK so there may be some people who can't attend both matches due to prior commitments but this number will be small. So if anyone buys these linked tickets and only turns up for the Man Utd game then they must have more money than sense.

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by southbank1871 » 24 Aug 2006 11:08

Don't really see much of an issue with this. Stops people from just attending the United game, which although may annoy some people who literally can't get to the Charlton game, is fair enough IMO.

As has already been said, you'll obviously be able to buy a Charlton ticket without having to buy a United one, seeing as the Charlton game is in November.

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by premiership_bound » 24 Aug 2006 11:31

southbank1871 Don't really see much of an issue with this. Stops people from just attending the United game, which although may annoy some people who literally can't get to the Charlton game, is fair enough IMO.

As has already been said, you'll obviously be able to buy a Charlton ticket without having to buy a United one, seeing as the Charlton game is in November.


Not sure this is right. If they sell out the Man U game then surely the Charlton game will also sell out.

If they are forcing you to buy charlton tickets at the same time as Man U they cannot sell the Charlton tickets on their own otherwise they will not be available to Man U ticket buyers.

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by southbank1871 » 24 Aug 2006 11:34

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southbank1871 Don't really see much of an issue with this. Stops people from just attending the United game, which although may annoy some people who literally can't get to the Charlton game, is fair enough IMO.

As has already been said, you'll obviously be able to buy a Charlton ticket without having to buy a United one, seeing as the Charlton game is in November.


Not sure this is right. If they sell out the Man U game then surely the Charlton game will also sell out.

If they are forcing you to buy charlton tickets at the same time as Man U they cannot sell the Charlton tickets on their own otherwise they will not be available to Man U ticket buyers.


Hadn't thought about it like that, you are correct.

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by Platypuss » 24 Aug 2006 11:39

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Royal Fleet Not sure I agree with this, as it will just end up with empty but sold seats at the Charlton game.


You never know, the club might just possibly have introduced their much-vaunted buyback scheme by then.

Nah.

I doubt they would offer the buy back scheme for a linked match. If they did what would have been the point in linking it in the first place.
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To sell all the Charlton tickets?

The buyback scheme wouldn't refund the full value of the tickets and certainly not in staright cash, so what has the club got to lose?

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by Silver Fox » 24 Aug 2006 12:17

Royal Fleet Not sure I agree with this, as it will just end up with empty but sold seats at the Charlton game.


So people already unhappy with the price of tickets will pay double for Man United?

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by STAR Voice » 24 Aug 2006 12:24

Personally, I don't see any problem with this.

Anyone who is a Royals fan will be happy to have a chance to get a ticket for 2 games in one transaction - and because personal/phone callers can choose which 2 games to link together that's exactly what it is - the chance of not being able to make one of the smaller games shouldn't happen. (It's only on the web sales that you have to link the "big" game to a particular "small" game - and that's because of the way the software is at the moment - there's no other way to do this for web sales at the moment).

As far as I'm concerned, if anyone is interested only in seeing Reading play games against the "glory teams" then let them pay more for their ticket. Yes, there may be some people who buy tickets for Man Utd & Charlton (for example) and then don't bother to turn up for Charlton, but IMHO that's their loss and more fool them, and I suspect that the vast majority of those tickets will be used one way or another, even if they're used by someone else.

In summary, I don't see anything much wrong with the club effectively saying "if you want to buy tickets for us playing a popular team you need to make a bit more of a commitment to us and buy tickets for a less popular game too."

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