Bolton ticket wanted - 500 more available 9am Thursday

[StephenBlade]

For those who are loathe to use the internet to purchase tickets, Foxy and I have used it numerous times over the last few years.

On the rare occasions that the tickets get lost in the post, we've had no problem getting re-issues.

ok - totally the fault of the people queuing for hours this morning, we should have used the internet, we should have known they were all being sold online, and we should have sorted personal stuff out way before today to enable us to buy them sooner. What a silly bunch we are.

For a new poster on here - I am surprised at the lack of compassion!

 

[TJB.]

We've always bought tickets as and when people have the correct points, then made one trip down to the Lane to swap them.

It isn't one ticket per person, it's one per loyalty number (before general sale). There'd have been no issue with one member of your group going down to collect all of them as long as he/she knew the loyalty numbers.

See I had absolutely no idea you could do that. We got tickets anyway, and I've no idea about who had what points in our group, but that could possibly have saved us a bit of bother.

If you could input multiple loyalty numbers into a group booking form online, and they actually informed people that this was possible, I reckon that'd be a good solution. Sounds too much like common sense, though.

 

[Sean Thornton]

ok - totally the fault of the people queuing for hours this morning, we should have used the internet, we should have known they were all being sold online, and we should have sorted personal stuff out way before today to enable us to buy them sooner. What a silly bunch we are.







For a new poster on here - I am surprised at the lack of compassion!

Think yourself lucky your rabbit hasn't gone missing....

 

[Leonardo Green]

ok - totally the fault of the people queuing for hours this morning, we should have used the internet, we should have known they were all being sold online, and we should have sorted personal stuff out way before today to enable us to buy them sooner. What a silly bunch we are.

For a new poster on here - I am surprised at the lack of compassion!

Yes, you should have done all those things. Is the world supposed to stop for you? You sound like a spoilt child.

 

[Linz]

If you could input multiple loyalty numbers into a group booking form online, and they actually informed people that this was possible, I reckon that'd be a good solution. Sounds too much like common sense, though.

You can link accounts via the friends and family section - you can book tickets for others online. That's how Foxy buys mine

 

[Sean Thornton]

See I had absolutely no idea you could do that. We got tickets anyway, and I've no idea about who had what points in our group, but that could possibly have saved us a bit of bother.

If you could input multiple loyalty numbers into a group booking form online, and they actually informed people that this was possible, I reckon that'd be a good solution. Sounds too much like common sense, though.

It's on the system under family and friends

 

[TJB.]

why doesn't one of your group create a 'family' so you can buy tickets on-line when you can. It saves you going down. The ticket office will sort this for you. Also,only one of you has to go down to the ticket office to buy seats together as long as you have the reference numbers and the right level of points

Be no point now as we've sorted our tickets and I'm unlikely to be with this particular group at an away game again for a while. Again, not everyone can down to the Lane between 9pm and 5pm Monday to Friday (is it open Saturday when the season is off?).

 

[Ricky]

Whatever you say about people being daft not to just do it online, the club surely knew many would be turning up at the ticket office to queue, it's what always happens. A proportion of the tickets should only have been available in person.

If the club had bothered to update everybody when 1000 or 500 tickets were left for example instead of just 100, we wouldn't have seen anything like this mad rush. They've even got a Twitter account FFS. Might I suggest they use it for such things.

 

[StephenBlade]

Yes, you should have done all those things. Is the world supposed to stop for you? You sound like a spoilt child.

Cheers fellow blade! Such a welcome.

 

[TJB.]

You can link accounts via the friends and family section - you can book tickets for others online. That's how Foxy buys mine

It's on the system under family and friends

Well bugger me sideways. Genuinely had no idea.

 

[Leonardo Green]

Cheers fellow blade! Such a welcome.

Who walks into a room stamping their feet having a tantrum? Welcome to the forum!

 

[Rodders]

See I had absolutely no idea you could do that. We got tickets anyway, and I've no idea about who had what points in our group, but that could possibly have saved us a bit of bother.

If you could input multiple loyalty numbers into a group booking form online, and they actually informed people that this was possible, I reckon that'd be a good solution. Sounds too much like common sense, though.

Eh? You link up to your family and friends by entering their loyalty point numbers. It's really straightforward.

 

[Sean Thornton]

StephenBlade at the start of the thread says people were waiting hours only to be told they'd sold out, which I presume meant when they got to the front? Maybe he can confirm.

You said they didn't, but don't bother him now he's upset at the lack of empathy on here.

 

[Linz]

ok - totally the fault of the people queuing for hours this morning, we should have used the internet, we should have known they were all being sold online, and we should have sorted personal stuff out way before today to enable us to buy them sooner. What a silly bunch we are.

For a new poster on here - I am surprised at the lack of compassion!

Don't get your knickers in a twist - as I said in my initial post, fair enough some people weren't able to commit until the last minute, but why is that the club's fault?

My post about using the internet was to reassure any who are reluctant to use the internet to buy tickets that it works fine - there really isn't any requirement to go and queue up.

 

[BushBlade]

Is it just me who has absolutely no issue with our loyalty points system?

I regularly see people moan on Twitter that it's unfair and the like, but I just don't see it. People who go most often get most points so get first dibs on tickets. What's not to like?

No, you're right. And I'm a part timer. I know full well that means I won't always get tickets for big games and why the fuck should I?

 

[Barney]

You said they didn't, but don't bother him now he's upset at the lack of empathy on here.

No, I said they didn't come out and notify those queueing they had sold out.

 

[StephenBlade]

I feel i need to clarify my point - its not about them selling out, its not about the brilliant ticket office staff, its not even about me not getting a ticket. My point was I think the club could have communicated more efficiently about how the remaining tickets were to be sold. Historically, in my experience they usually are great at this. And why they let people queue up for hours, only for no tickets to be left once the doors opened at 9 is just a little frustrating, and, ultimately, badly managed.

 

[Rodders]

StephenBlade at the start of the thread says people were waiting hours only to be told they'd sold out, which I presume meant when they got to the front? Maybe he can confirm.

Maybe StephenBlade got there at 6/7am, the office opened at 9am and then everyone was then told then they'd sold out?

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Can I ask?
Can we count all those who didn't get tickets as boycotters?

 

[Jesus_was_a_Blade]

For a new poster on here - I am surprised at the lack of compassion!

You'll soon get used to it

 

[BushBlade]

ok - totally the fault of the people queuing for hours this morning, we should have used the internet, we should have known they were all being sold online, and we should have sorted personal stuff out way before today to enable us to buy them sooner. What a silly bunch we are.

For a new poster on here - I am surprised at the lack of compassion!

I save my compassion for those who lose family or friends or get made redundant, that kind of thing, not people who whinge because they can't organise themselves to get tickets for a football match and then blame the club.

 

[Barney]

Maybe StephenBlade got there at 6/7am, the office opened at 9am and then everyone was then told then they'd sold out?

Yep, I said further up that if that was the case my post doesn't apply.

Come on StephenBlade, spill the beans we've got loads of pedantic points to score.

 

[Rodders]

I feel i need to clarify my point - its not about them selling out, its not about the brilliant ticket office staff, its not even about me not getting a ticket. My point was I think the club could have communicated more efficiently about how the remaining tickets were to be sold. Historically, in my experience they usually are great at this. And why they let people queue up for hours, only for no tickets to be left once the doors opened at 9 is just a little frustrating, and, ultimately, badly managed.

Not sure I follow this - are the Club to have people monitoring the car park from 6am to check for people queuing?

 

[Barney]

Can I ask?
Can we count all those who didn't get tickets as boycotters?

Are they counted in the attendance figures if they are season ticket holders?

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

queue up for hours, only for no tickets to be left once the doors opened at 9

At what time did they inform the queue that all tickets had sold out?
What time did the ticket office open?

You're making it sound like they told everyone at 1100 onwards?

 

[Linz]

I feel i need to clarify my point - its not about them selling out, its not about the brilliant ticket office staff, its not even about me not getting a ticket. My point was I think the club could have communicated more efficiently about how the remaining tickets were to be sold. Historically, in my experience they usually are great at this. And why they let people queue up for hours, only for no tickets to be left once the doors opened at 9 is just a little frustrating, and, ultimately, badly managed.

But unless they specifically said they were taking them off sale online, wouldn't it just be assumed that they were selling them in the usual way? i.e. online, on the phone and if there were any left by the time the first handful of people had been served, in person?

 

[Leonardo Green]

There is no reason to think that the tickets wont be sold online like they always are.

How are the ticket office staff supposed to know that they would all be gone in 5 minutes?

Can they see into the future? What if they came and told you when they got there (cant see them getting there before half 8 anyway) that they would all be sold online, and then only 20 people booked online?

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Not sure I follow this - are the Club to have people monitoring the car park from 6am to check for people queuing?

BANG ON.
Have a like...

 

[Sean Thornton]

Whatever you say about people being daft not to just do it online, the club surely knew many would be turning up at the ticket office to queue, it's what always happens. A proportion of the tickets should only have been available in person.

If the club had bothered to update everybody when 1000 or 500 tickets were left for example instead of just 100, we wouldn't have seen anything like this mad rush. They've even got a Twitter account FFS. Might I suggest they use it for such things.

Nice to see after failing to land the manager/board liason job, chief scout and director of football roles, player contract negotiations guru and managing director position you've set you sights lower by considering the ticket office supremo job.

I'd still suggest starting lower down the pyramid with the caterers, you could be the one who passes the pint from the pump to the counter on match days, working your way up in a couple of years to be the one who actually pushes the button to dispense said beer.

It wouldn't interfere with your "everything about this club is shit"obsession either.

 

[Chezzy Blades]

No, you're right. And I'm a part timer. I know full well that means I won't always get tickets for big games and why the fuck should I?

Generally, unless it's due to extenuating circumstances or it being a tiny allocation, anyone who attends a few away games a season will get a ticket for games such as Saturday if they don't leave it to the last minute. It's the sense of entitlement from people who are just too lazy to go down any earlier, then just call for the loyalty point system to be abolished because it's clearly anyone's fault but theirs.

5000 loyalty points for last week's sales for Bolton is 2 years of having a season ticket, and if figures are correct we've had 12,000 ST holders at least the last few seasons. why should anyone with less than that expect to jump these 12,000 people to get one of 3,700 away tickets, then throw the toys out the pram 'cos they haven't got one? Seems bizarre to me.