Bert, The Box Office and Eleven Hundred Quid.

[Bladesway]

Taking the individual out of it the point is valid. You would think that a club struggling to make ends meet would go some way to opening its arms to all fans who wanted to part with money for tickets just after a relegation.

As much as you can point at Bert and laugh, the fact is the club just keeps alienating its long standing supporter base. This usually doesn't lead to a happy ending. Its so SUFC is laughable.

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Not to me. If it got out that you could get a discount on season tickets because youve been on holiday and missed the deadline by serveral weeks Bramall Lane would be inundated with calls from several thousand residents of Gleadless who have been unavoidably indisposed in Greneda.

If several thousand people rang in and wanted season tickets at a reduced rate, I for one would be letting them have it. Even if it were 70. SUFC should be battling to hang on to what support it has left, not all this "True blades are at the lane, the rest of you can get to fuck" rubbish.

 

[shorehamview]

Off nose spite face your cutting to your. SV a little test for you, sort the jumbled words and you will see what the club are doing. There is an exception to every rule. Bert's argument sounds quite reasonable to me. If I were now running a company, and that amount of money and customer loyalty were at stake, I would pick up the phone and snatch His Bertship's hand off. After all our owner has been known to pick up the phone to call suppoorters himself,whether or not they were regular suporters. I'm sure Bert will find some other way to spend his money.

Sirius, sort this one out if you like word puzzles. Late luck too tough. Why should Bert be a special case? The deadline date wasn't a secret. Will Bert be asking for kick off to be delayed if he's running late? Or perhaps he'll ask for the fixtures to be rearranged to fit in with his next foreign excursion.

 

[stannyblade]

What is the discount? about £70? when we went up to the premier league the season in the chapionship I had decided I wasnt renewing after about 15 years of having one. The first game against Leicester I was at home and turned to my missus and told her I was having a season ticket after all. Cost me £70 more but I WANTED to go. This is the real issue here I dont think Bert wants to go

 

[Bladesway]

What is the discount? about £70? when we went up to the premier league the season in the chapionship I had decided I wasnt renewing after about 15 years of having one. The first game against Leicester I was at home and turned to my missus and told her I was having a season ticket after all. Cost me £70 more but I WANTED to go. This is the real issue here I dont think Bert wants to go

If you make it difficult enough and the product poor enough, eventually no one will want to go. That will teach em won't it?

 

[Rodders]

Email directly to [email protected] and give her the specific details of your reason for missing the deadline, your seat numbers, number of years as a season ticket holder etc and a little note re £1100 quid. She is an excellent person who will take your requst to the powers that be.

It's your best bet.

...and hopefully Emma can log on here and post Bert's begging letter. :rofl:

 

[broomhillblade]

Bert heads for 100-post thread shock!

Oops - I just helped it on its way.....

 

[SwissBlade]

Off nose spite face your cutting to your. SV a little test for you, sort the jumbled words and you will see what the club are doing. There is an exception to every rule. Bert's argument sounds quite reasonable to me. If I were now running a company, and that amount of money and customer loyalty were at stake, I would pick up the phone and snatch His Bertship's hand off. After all our owner has been known to pick up the phone to call suppoorters himself,whether or not they were regular suporters. I'm sure Bert will find some other way to spend his money.

And I guess then I'll be entitled to a refund because I could complain I couldn't really afford a Season Ticket in March but I did it to meet the deadline and get my discount price. Refunds are only given in exceptional circumstances, which this is. Then I'll go back in August and claim the discount price. I suggest everyone does this.

 

[Northyorksblade]

Taking the individual out of it the point is valid. You would think that a club struggling to make ends meet would go some way to opening its arms to all fans who wanted to part with money for tickets just after a relegation.

As much as you can point at Bert and laugh, the fact is the club just keeps alienating its long standing supporter base. This usually doesn't lead to a happy ending. Its so SUFC is laughable.

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If several thousand people rang in and wanted season tickets at a reduced rate, I for one would be letting them have it. Even if it were 70. SUFC should be battling to hang on to what support it has left, not all this "True blades are at the lane, the rest of you can get to fuck" rubbish.

That's nonsense. If people make the effort to pay early for the discounted price, and the club said often enough they wouldn't be extending the date, then so be it. You are just taking yet another opportunity to have a dig at the club, who really can't win. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. We start winning games with attractive football, then people will come back.

 

[Oreyt]

...and hopefully Emma can log on here and post Bert's begging letter. :rofl:

Oreyt sincerely hopes even that would be in the third person.

 

[JJ Sefton]

If several thousand people rang in and wanted season tickets at a reduced rate, I for one would be letting them have it. Even if it were 70. SUFC should be battling to hang on to what support it has left, not all this "True blades are at the lane, the rest of you can get to fuck" rubbish.

SUFC could hold on to a great deal of its support if they priced season tickets at £10 but would the revenue brought in from new supporters offset the revenue loss from the price cut? Thats the decision and SUFC made it. Walthamstow thinks its a shame Bert wasnt as bothered about his season ticket renewal all the long weeks he had the chance to renew it at the old price. You snooze you lose.

 

[Darren]

SUFC could hold on to a great deal of its support if they priced season tickets at £10 but would the revenue brought in from new supporters offset the revenue loss from the price cut? Thats the decision and SUFC made it. Walthamstow thinks its a shame Bert wasnt as bothered about his season ticket renewal all the long weeks he had the chance to renew it at the old price. You snooze you lose.

We are starting to agree on lots of things. This worries me.

Darren also likes your idea of everyone in this thread talking about themselves in the third person. Darren hopes that if everyone does so it might cure Bert of the habit.

 

[Balham]

All this talk about a season ticket being similar to a sofa or a fridge..it's not.

What haggling for a discount when there is none available is actually like is trying asking First to give you money off your monthly bus pass.

I'm not going to disagree that United appear to have got the campaign spectacularly wrong but at the same time, they're well within their rights to point out the prices are non-negotiable.

 

[shorehamview]

Darren also likes your idea of everyone in this thread talking about themselves in the third person. Darren hopes that if everyone does so it might cure Bert of the habit.

SV thinks this is a great idea too. In fact, SV reckons that this forum's members should start talking like either a Shakespeare play or maybe one of those Jane Austin books SV was forced to study for English literature O level. Unless of course this forum's members think this is as ridiculous as asking for a discount at the Bramall Lane ticket office.

 

[SotonBlade]

AT the end of the day, the ticket office said that the offer would not be extended, quite clearly. Why should they bend the rules for anyone. If they do it for one, they'd have to do it for everybody, then people would jump on their backs for not doing what they say they would.

Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

 

[Darren]

SV thinks this is a great idea too. In fact, SV reckons that this forum's members should start talking like either a Shakespeare play or maybe one of those Jane Austin books SV was forced to study for English literature O level. Unless of course this forum's members think this is as ridiculous as asking for a discount at the Bramall Lane ticket office.

Sir, may Darren have the temerity to indicate to your esteemed self that this Jane Austin to whom you refer is a lady with whom he has yet to make an acquaitance. Is the said female, perchace, connected with Miss Jane Austen whose literary effusions include such well regarded tomes as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility"?

Darren has, sir, the honour to be your most humble servant

etc, etc

 

[JJ Sefton]

SV thinks this is a great idea too. In fact, SV reckons that this forum's members should start talking like either a Shakespeare play or maybe one of those Jane Austin books SV was forced to study for English literature O level. Unless of course this forum's members think this is as ridiculous as asking for a discount at the Bramall Lane ticket office.

Well met gentle shorehamview! I like the idea of talking like characters from a Shakespeare history play.

 

[Isiah]

Come on Dazza!!

If tha's gunna teck piss, meck sure theer's no misteks in it!!

 

[shorehamview]

Sir, may Darren have the temerity to indicate to your esteemed self that this Jane Austin to whom you refer is a lady with whom he has yet to make an acquaitance. Is the said female, perchace, connected with Miss Jane Austen whose literary effusions include such well regarded tomes as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility"?

Darren has, sir, the honour to be your most humble servant

etc, etc

Prithee Darren, that'll be the wench. Verily, and all that. SV has tried to wipe all thoughts of Austins and Austens from his mind. He has failed, much like a man asking for post-deadline discount.

SV does not wish to make Miss Austen's acquaitance or acquaintance, perchace or perchance. Knave.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Sir, may Darren have the temerity to indicate to your esteemed self that this Jane Austin to whom you refer is a lady with whom he has yet to make an acquaitance. Is the said female, perchace, connected with Miss Jane Austen whose literary effusions include such well regarded tomes as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility"?

Darren has, sir, the honour to be your most humble servant

etc, etc

For some reason I read that post in the voice of Richard Burton a la the opening of 'Zulu'.

 

[Oreyt]

Alas, poor Leonard! I knew him; a fellow of infinite dour, of most unending doom; he hath bored me silly a thousand times; and now, how enjoyed in my imagination it is to think of him languishing on Bladesmd with Curtis! My smirk rises at it. Here hung those lips that flapped depressingly I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? It's not rocket science is it?

 

[shorehamview]

For some reason I read that post in the voice of Richard Burton a la the opening of 'Zulu'.

As opposed to Michael Caine confusing the scripts of "Zulu" and "The Italian Job".

"Stop chuckin' them bloody spears!"

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It's not rocket science is it?

Surely sirrah thou meanest "Tis not ox cart witchcraft, prithee?"

 

[Darren]

Alas, poor Leonard! I knew him; a fellow of infinite dour, of most unending doom; he hath bored me silly a thousand times; and now, how enjoyed in my imagination it is to think of him languishing on Bladesmd with Curtis! My smirk rises at it. Here hung those lips that flapped depressingly I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? It's not rocket science is it?

On First Looking Into Bladesmad

The trick of that voice I do well remember
Ist not Len? Aye, every inch Len
When he hears that voice, how doth McCabe tremble..

(with apologies to WS and KIng Lear)

 

[SwissBlade]

Presumably, Bert also gets a half priced season ticket anyway as Bert said he's retired I'd suggest that he's over 60.. unless he took early retirement.

Here's a Swiss Top tip to burn £1100 at the lane on Season tickets. for 3 Season tickets, why doesn't Bert sit on the Kop and get Bert Jnr and H (The Enforcer) adult tickets (£369 a pop) and a Senior citizens ST for Bert at £259. A grand total of £997 which gives Bert change in his no doubt deep pockets of £103 to help fuel up the Range Rover!

Even if Bert wasn't yet entitled to a Senior Citizens concession, then it would only cost £1107 and I'm sure Bert could bother a few generous souls on here to make up the £7 shortfall.

 

[Grecian2000]

SUFC could hold on to a great deal of its support if they priced season tickets at £10 but would the revenue brought in from new supporters offset the revenue loss from the price cut? Thats the decision and SUFC made it. Walthamstow thinks its a shame Bert wasnt as bothered about his season ticket renewal all the long weeks he had the chance to renew it at the old price. You snooze you lose.

The worthy Grecian thinks that this £10 stuff is a complete red herring. The erstwhile initial poster was after a previously advertised price and not some fanciful reduction of biblical proportions.

If the club relaxed this deadline nonesense and sold 1000 more season tickets (or even three of the fuckers at £1100) would they not be better off in this hot summer of little incoming funds rather than refusing and receiving a princely fuck all?

Grecian likes talking like a complete twat in the third person and may do so for the rest of the day.

 

[SwissBlade]

The worthy Grecian thinks that this £10 stuff is a complete red herring. The erstwhile initial poster was after a previously advertised price and not some fanciful reduction of biblical proportions.

If the club relaxed this deadline nonesense and sold 1000 more season tickets (or even three of the fuckers at £1100) would they not be better off in this hot summer of little incoming funds rather than refusing and receiving a princely fuck all?

Grecian likes talking like a complete twat in the third person and may do so for the rest of the day.

The way that I see it is that Clubs (not just United) recognise that they don't get many summer sales, because football almost goes to the back of the mind, unless there is a major signing coming in. In which case, I'm sure there would be a spike in sales for a few days after that signing and this would almost be regardless of discount or full price. Optimism will bring fans back during the summer.

I'm sure if we signed Messi, then all these stubborn non renewers would stop quibbling on the price and clamber for tickets.

 

[Darren]

The worthy Grecian thinks that this £10 stuff is a complete red herring. The erstwhile initial poster was after a previously advertised price and not some fanciful reduction of biblical proportions.

If the club relaxed this deadline nonesense and sold 1000 more season tickets (or even three of the fuckers at £1100) would they not be better off in this hot summer of little incoming funds rather than refusing and receiving a princely fuck all?

Grecian likes talking like a complete twat in the third person and may do so for the rest of the day.

But Darren things that Grecian is missing the essential point. The club advertises a deadline date for the discount so that it can get the money sooner with all the advantages that brings in terms of interest earned (not great these days admitedly) and cash flow. Darren believes thats the whole point of offering a time limited discount. If there was no time limit and there was just one set season ticket price, then the money would come in more slowly and prices would have to go up anyway to cover the resultant losses to SUFC.

 

[JJ Sefton]

The worthy Grecian thinks that this £10 stuff is a complete red herring. The erstwhile initial poster was after a previously advertised price and not some fanciful reduction of biblical proportions.

If the club relaxed this deadline nonesense and sold 1000 more season tickets (or even three of the fuckers at £1100) would they not be better off in this hot summer of little incoming funds rather than refusing and receiving a princely fuck all?

Grecian likes talking like a complete twat in the third person and may do so for the rest of the day.

Indeed, it was a "previously advertised" price. It was the price which was advertised for all that length of time when the OP could have got his ticket for that price but chose not to.

If the club relaxed that deadline how do we know how many extra fans they would get? I find it pretty hard to believe there are 1,000 people sat around in Sheffield who, the day after the offer expired, thought "Tell you what, Ill renew my season ticket" but who, on finding out the offer had expired, thought "Sod that then". In fact it appears to be only Bert who finds himself in this unfortunate position and its one he put himself in.

Quoth the raven

 

[Bert]

Indeed, it was a "previously advertised" price. It was the price which was advertised for all that length of time when the OP could have got his ticket for that price but chose not to.

If the club relaxed that deadline how do we know how many extra fans they would get? I find it pretty hard to believe there are 1,000 people sat around in Sheffield who, the day after the offer expired, thought "Tell you what, Ill renew my season ticket" but who, on finding out the offer had expired, thought "Sod that then". In fact it appears to be only Bert who finds himself in this unfortunate position and its one he put himself in.

Quoth the raven

Bert is not in "an unfortunate position".
He will infact be better off by not buying the season tickets and just going to the same number of games as he went to last season, he may even go to less games due to his new habit of going on holiday. It wasn't worth his while buying the tickets last season and it won't be worth it this season, none the less he was prepared to support the club by paying his eleven hundred quid but £1,252 is a bridge too far.

nb Bert has no wish to sit on the Kop amongst the tattooed, beer drinking Pukka Pie munchers.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Presumably, Bert also gets a half priced season ticket anyway as Bert said he's retired I'd suggest that he's over 60.. unless he took early retirement.

Bert's too self-effacing to mention it, but it will be good few years before he's entitled to a pensioner's discount.

Ferenc Blade asked the question yesterday as to whether Bert is some kind of idiot. The answer is that he's so stupid, he's managed to retire and go on extended holidays in his mid-fifties and still be active enough to enjoy them. Trig wishes that Trig had been blessed with such lack of business acumen that he could have afforded to do what Bert has done.

Don't let Trig's youthful outlook and exuberance fool you, he's several years older than Bert.

 

[JJ Sefton]

...none the less he was prepared to support the club by paying his eleven hundred quid...

And Bert had ample opportunity to do just that.