Monroe Transfer 0 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Sort of rather people didn't boycott West Brom as we'll probably need the points there and every little helps etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Sort of rather people didn't boycott West Brom as we'll probably need the points there and every little helps etc. Unless you've been asleep for the past 7 games it makes no difference full stadium or not they've lost them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30611 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Unless you've been asleep for the past 7 games it makes no difference full stadium or not they've lost them all. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Sort of rather people didn't boycott West Brom as we'll probably need the points there and every little helps etc. Not really any evidence to suggest this is true though, is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Watford ticket prices were up to 15% higher than comparable games. Chelsea prices reduced for the public, but not for members. I've done another angry article about Newcastle supporters being unclear on what they're paying when. http://www.themag.co.uk/2015/09/the-mystery-of-newcastle-united-ticket-prices/ In my view it's not an accident, we're actively misled by confusing price fluctuation, Just like Sports Direct shoppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Yeah but you are SD shoppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44885 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 If the price is reduced for the public but not for members, wouldn't you just not log in as a member? I'm not saying they shouldn't sort their pricing policy out or that people should have to look for loopholes btw, just wondering if there's a way round paying the higher price. It would be worth somebody taking your analysis to the next Fan's Forum though. This is exactly the sort of thing that should be aired and responded to in that forum. Otherwise what the fuck else is it for (I know the answer is to appear to be maintaining a dialogue with the fans btw). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Yeah but you are SD shoppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 If the price is reduced for the public but not for members, wouldn't you just not log in as a member? I'm not saying they shouldn't sort their pricing policy out or that people should have to look for loopholes btw, just wondering if there's a way round paying the higher price. It would be worth somebody taking your analysis to the next Fan's Forum though. This is exactly the sort of thing that should be aired and responded to in that forum. Otherwise what the fuck else is it for (I know the answer is to appear to be maintaining a dialogue with the fans btw). Members were still paying less for the chelsea game than non-members. But the club dropped the price for members of the public to try and sell more tickets*, without dropping the price for members, who don't need the encouragement. *Crowd of 48,000 was still 4,000 down from last season though (also televised). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44885 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Ah ok sorry, so it was a last minute price drop to try and get bums on seats. Difficult to see how, as fans, you win that argument though as they're just applying basic retail practices albeit to an industry that doesn't usually do that. They look unfair in hindsight but if people see it happening, it's pretty easy for them to adjust and take advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 It would be worth somebody taking your analysis to the next Fan's Forum though. Lee Marshall was defending the clubs position on Twitter, but stopped when it got to the details... ..... I've submitted the question to the Fans Forum before. Will again though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Ah ok sorry, so it was a last minute price drop to try and get bums on seats. Difficult to see how, as fans, you win that argument though as they're just applying basic retail practices albeit to an industry that doesn't usually do that. They look unfair in hindsight but if people see it happening, it's pretty easy for them to adjust and take advantage. Wasn't a last minute change. Just a reduction from last years price. That's the crux of it. "if people see it happening". The club never make any reference to past ticket prices, or provide any means for a comparison at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Can you knock up a graph on the VW emissions scandal HF? Danke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44885 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Did you submit the question and it just didn't get asked? That's madness given the standard of interrogation at that thing. The kid responding on twitter doesn't exactly cover himself in glory either by dismissing it as complaints about cheaper tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Basra, the corner shop where I used to live, was run by an elderly couple. The bloke was dead canny, he liked a bet and used to have a chat on. He had a toothy grin and an ebullient laugh. I’m not sure the old dear was all there though, she would never engage in conversation at all, she was a hunched crone who tersely spat a price as her only form of communication. What made me wonder about her having her marbles or not was the fact that the prices she shot at me were never the same. One day 4 cans of Stella could be £4.80, the next day £5.20, the next day £5. She seemed to make it up as she went along. I never challenged her on it. I wasn’t bothered about the coppers she added to a bottle of milk or whatever and I wouldn’t want to embarrass anyone, especially a pensioner, over such inconsequential sums. With the latest round of ticket prices announced by Newcastle United, I’ve had to rethink my opinion of that old crone though. Rather than a confused sexagenarian I realise she was more a retail genius on a par with multi-billionaire Mike Ashley. Since I last wrote about ticket pricing at Newcastle United two more sets of tickets have gone on sale, and the lady from Basra’s would be proud. First, Norwich. Initially this looked like the same pricing structure as the Southampton game. Member tickets went on sale with adult prices in the Gallowgate, Leazes, East Stand and Family Enclosure matching exactly. Junior prices largely matched in those areas too, but not in the Gallowgate/Leazes, where kids were offered £5 tickets compared to £12 for Southampton. Then public tickets went on sale and it got really complex. Public prices didn’t match any sold to kids in the Gallowgate/Leazes previously. Member or public, it’s £5 for a kid to sit in the Gallowgate/Leazes ends. For Southampton, those tickets were sold at £12 (member) and £13 (non-member). This ensured that against Southampton members got the minimum 5% discount promised in the membership terms. As has happened many times before, this promise to members has been completely ignored for the Norwich game apparently. It’s a similar story for adults in the family enclosure, whether a member or not, tickets are £15, disregarding the promised benefit of being a member. This is different to the Southampton game where members paid £15, saving £2 on non-members tickets which were £17. Senior Citizens are the only people to get value from a membership in all areas of the stadium for the Norwich game. Pensioners without a members card DO have to pay the extra £2 in the Family enclosure. Stoke came next, on sale to members only right now, but once again in a whole new pricing category of it’s own. £28, £33 or £19 for adults in the Gallowgate/Leazes, East Stand and Family enclosure respectively. Other categories follow suit with prices not seen previously. In the six games on sale so far this season a child buying the same seat in the Gallowgate/Leazes would have paid ticket prices of £5, £12, £13, £14, £17 and £18. Not one ticket costing the same as another. For adults, buying the same seat 6 times would have cost 5 different prices, whether in the Leazes end, the Gallowgate end, the East Stand or the Family enclosure. I continue to ask the club about this price fluctuation without any response or commitment to publish match categorisation criteria. Unfortunately, it’s too late for me to ask the lady from the corner shop about her price fluctuation. The shop closed a few months ago. I think people preferred the Mace around the corner where they didn’t leave the shop feeling unsure if someone had just picked their pocket. http://www.themag.co.uk/2015/10/latest-newcastle-united-ticket-prices-are-even-more-difficult-to-understand/#sthash.rIkOOAhA.dpuf I've fleshed out the point in green with a lot of filler, but if anything ticket pricing has got worse at Newcastle, which I never thought possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44885 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Your corner shop was never called Basra, you racist bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44885 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 My Indian schoolfriend, Slumdog Millionaire, once said to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 This an excuse to tell us a story about a sexygenarian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Your corner shop was never called Basra, you racist bastard. http://foodhygienerating.me.uk/council/South-Tyneside/food-hygiene-ratings/?place=191435-Bass-Foodstore-Basra-83-Broughton-Road-South-Shields-Tyne-and-Wear-NE33-2RT Eat a slice of humble pie, anyone will tell you I'm crushingly PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 My Indian schoolfriend, Slumdog Millionaire, once said to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44885 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 http://foodhygienerating.me.uk/council/South-Tyneside/food-hygiene-ratings/?place=191435-Bass-Foodstore-Basra-83-Broughton-Road-South-Shields-Tyne-and-Wear-NE33-2RT Eat a slice of humble pie, anyone will tell you I'm crushingly PC. I bet it was you gave them that 3 out of 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Do the ticket prices match up with attendance figures HF ? ie cheaper tickets bigger attendance. I was reading the other day that the only time St James Park has been sold out this season was for the rugby last Saturday were Level 7 (the cheap seats) tickets were £175 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Do the ticket prices match up with attendance figures HF ? ie cheaper tickets bigger attendance. More came to the Southampton game than Chelsea when tickets were an average £12 cheaper. But Watford was £9 cheaper than Chelsea too and was the lowest attendance of the season. Think there's too many factors other than price. Is it on TV? how attractive are the opponents? what date is it? what time? etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 We have all seen how fantastic a noisy St James’ Park is. The atmosphere you generate lifts the players and turns the stadium into a very special place to be. It does make a difference. That was certainly the case against Liverpool and I was delighted that our fans could leave the ground with smiles on their faces, something we are all striving to achieve more regularly than we have this year. We want to fill St. James’ Park to capacity and recreate that atmosphere for every home game. With that in mind, I am delighted to announce, for a limited time only, the release of half-season tickets for under-18s priced at just £25 in the Family Area, £50 in category 2 & 3 seating and £75 in category 1 seating. The means our next generation of supporters can watch the final ten home games of the season from as little as £2.50 per game. Starting with Everton on Boxing Day, these half-season tickets will guarantee a seat at fixtures including the visits of Manchester United and Manchester City, the Tyne-Wear derby, the final match of the season against Spurs and five other Premier League fixtures. For supporters who have already committed to buying a junior half-season ticket, we will be sending out a free adult and child ticket for you to join us for the Premier League fixture against Aston Villa. I sincerely hope that you will join us all at St. James' Park. I would welcome you to take a closer look here. Tickets can be bought online, over the phone and in person. We’ll be opening our matchday box office tomorrow & Saturday so supporters can buy their tickets in person from St James’ Park, direct from our expert team. Thank you for your support. Lee Charnley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30611 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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