United Fans Ripped Off By Club

[yorkshirecoast]

Bert called the club on the Bert mobile to buy some tickets for the Doncaster game.

He doesn't like being ripped off at 35p per minute on an 0871 number so he called the main swithcboard on 0114 221 3156 and asked to be put through. The operator informed him that she couldn't put him through and that he had to call the 0871 number....and no doubt wait 20 minutes.

They can bollocks, Bert will now give next Tuesday night a miss.

Is this for real? What a f'kin joke. Not much of a fan are you if having to dial an 0871 number to buy tickets puts you off going to the match. There are times when the club deserves to be knocked but this is absolutely f'kin pathetic.

UTB

 

[Bert]

Alcoblade thinks Bert should stop fucking about and start giving the club some support. It needs it.

UTB

If the club rewarded fans for the level of support they had given over the years they would be sending Mick Rooker and Tony Currie with a gold Sedan Chair to carry Bert to the Doncaster game.

 

[Bert]

Is this for real? What a f'kin joke. Not much of a fan are you if having to dial an 0871 number to buy tickets puts you off going to the match. There are times when the club deserves to be knocked but this is absolutely f'kin pathetic.

UTB

Yes Bert will come clean, he only started supporting United when the got to the Premiership and now he's going to go back to supporting Man United with Barcelona as his second club.

 

[Linz]

Seb thinks that football clubs, theatrical emporiums, cinematic establishments, music halls and many other entertainment facilities all add the 'handling fee' misnomer, which would be more accurately called 'extra profit fee' and should be campaigned against with vigour. Seb proposes Bert to head up this lobby group!

Cineworld have recently abolished their booking fee for buying tickets online... and as an extra "whoops, we've been ripping you off for years" now give you 10% off for booking online as having you pick your own tickets up from a machine is the cheaper option for them.

 

[Deleted member 875]

1. Bert has never paid much attention to the likes of you, he sees you rather like a dog turd in the street, ie something to be stepped over.

Brownie has wondered if why Bert seeing him something like a dog turd in the street, and an object to be stepped over, then why has Bert seen fit to respond to his comments, when surely a more adequate form of response would be to ignore Brownie. Brownie also think Bert might also be smarting a little bit after being out-smarted by Brownie, about whom Bert thinks is like a dog turd in the street.

Brownie would also like the moderators of this board to investigate the comment that he rather like a dog turd, as he finds this comment insulting and derogatory, and feels that in this case should retract his comment, or at least recieve an infraction for his abusive behaviour.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

BoSS thinks that

a; The Stunted Mutant With Half A Brain might think you can go off people and

b: That Bert should have just got a sodding season ticket in the first place!

Also, BoSS wonders if all that weightlifting that Bert does, not only tightens his muscles but also tightens his arse!!!

 

[broomhillblade]

Whos David Blunt is he any good

Punctuation Pedro... punctuation! ;-)

 

[broomhillblade]

Is the Bert Mobile similar to the Batmobile?

 

[alcoblade]

If the club rewarded fans for the level of support they had given over the years they would be sending Mick Rooker and Tony Currie with a gold Sedan Chair to carry Bert to the Doncaster game.

Bert reminds alcoblade of his late uncle who thought that because he got right behind "Wee Jock Poo Pong McPlop" and the rest of his 1920's Blades idols, he should qualify above current season ticket holders for ticket priority.

UTB

 

[VespaBlade]

VespaBlade has read this thread from start to finish, which has took 10 minutes, felt the need to post this comment and has decided to fuck off and go back to a life!

 

[Hartley Hare]

You should never bite of your nose to spite your face.

 

[Selly]

Cineworld have recently abolished their booking fee for buying tickets online... and as an extra "whoops, we've been ripping you off for years" now give you 10% off for booking online as having you pick your own tickets up from a machine is the cheaper option for them.

They are all doing this By the end of the year, after a ruling from some quango or other, Cineworld have, thankfully, not waited to the last minute to implement it...

 

[Foxy]

They are all doing this By the end of the year, after a ruling from some quango or other, Cineworld have, thankfully, not waited to the last minute to implement it...

Have they all simply shifted 30% onto the "refreshments" instead?

 

[axel smeets]

Have they all simply shifted 30% onto the "refreshments" instead?

I reckon so, it cost me a fortune when I went to watch The Sweeney this afternoon.....

 

[JohnDenver]

3. Bert is 6'1" tall and weighs 13 stone 3 lbs, he swims 5 miles a week and can lift some very heavy weights in the gym.

From what I remember from BU, Bert also dresses thusly:

 

[TAMUS]

Did Olle listen to Dial a Disc way back when ? 2p a go .

 

[diplomat]

Diplomat wonders whether or not ringing an 08 number from a mobile is always far more expensive than from a landline? Thus the average layman and shrewd business man would always avoid doing so from their mobile phone.

Tho the theme of being charged a pound for 'booking' something irks diplomat to the extreme. Some sites add a fiver on the robbing dogs.

Diplomat also is concerned by Olle's knowledge of James Blunt ballads. Diplomat hopes not to discuss such ballads when Olle treats him to some fine hand pulled ale on one of his future trips to this fine city .

 

[moDtheGod]

LET ME HOOOOOLD YOU, FOR THE LAST TIIIIME...

 

[broomhillblade]

I don't often buy tickets on-line but last year there was a concert that Mrs.B wanted to go to. The only way to get tickets was via the internet. I went on-line and started to order two tickets. Then it came to payment. To pay by credit or debit card there was a £3 surcharge. I t seemed a bit steep, but I pressed on, only to be told that since I was buying two tickets I had to pay £6 for my credit card transaction. If I'd been buying four tickets, the surcharge would have been £12 – for one transaction.

At this point I cancelled the transaction and told Mrs.B that we would not be going to the concert. It was an open-air event and, as it turned out, it chucked it down that evening, so we escaped a soaking.

 

[Ollessendro]

Olle thinks that the ticket office phone line is absolutely brilliant and should never change. Olle would stop supporting SUFC if they ever changed it. However Olle is not as big a fan as Bert, so perhaps the club should change it. David Blunt, for those who ask, is James Blunt's evil retarded twin. He only knows an excert from one of his songs and sings those same horrendous lyrics over and over again. Normally this would be hell, but the interuption of Mrs Sheffield United, to welcome us to Shiffield Unieeed Futball Club and please owd, Olle finds somewhat charming. Olle thinks that this composition is actually a musical master piece. Olle rates it up there with Swan Lake, Adagio for strings and unfinished symphony. Olle tried listening to James Blunt, but found him an irritating, whining, talentless, rip off, prick. However Olle finds an excert of James (mastered by David) and Mrs SUFC's broad South Yorkshire accent, not only soothing, but endlessly charming.

So all together now ...... "LEEETTTT MME HHOOOLLLLLDDDD YOUUU, FOR THE LLAAASSST TIMMME ..... "

 

[Crouchy]

I don't often buy tickets on-line but last year there was a concert that Mrs.B wanted to go to. The only way to get tickets was via the internet. I went on-line and started to order two tickets. Then it came to payment. To pay by credit or debit card there was a £3 surcharge. I t seemed a bit steep, but I pressed on, only to be told that since I was buying two tickets I had to pay £6 for my credit card transaction. If I'd been buying four tickets, the surcharge would have been £12 – for one transaction.

At this point I cancelled the transaction and told Mrs.B that we would not be going to the concert. It was an open-air event and, as it turned out, it chucked it down that evening, so we escaped a soaking.

Crouchy once had a letter published in the Independent complaining that a ticket to see Metallica at the O2 had had a face value of £45 but had cost him nearly £10 more to buy because of the "booking fee" and "transaction fee".

Crouchy would have happily paid £55 for what was an excellent gig, but Crouchy dislikes the deception that he is paying £45 when he is not.

 

[Wapping Blade]

Crouchy once had a letter published in the Independent complaining that a ticket to see Metallica at the O2 had had a face value of £45 but had cost him nearly £10 more to buy because of the "booking fee" and "transaction fee".

Crouchy would have happily paid £55 for what was an excellent gig, but Crouchy dislikes the deception that he is paying £45 when he is not.

Crouchy is a grumpy old Grouchy - FACT! ;-)

 

[SwissBlade]

So I have to send a big thank you to Bert. Because of your inconsiderate behaviour with the ticket office and refusing to pay £1 per minute to get tickets, the club has now had to resort to bringing out a 3rd Kit. The so called 2nd away kit has been launched.

Now that is a reason to have a go at the club for ripping fans off! Another Bloody white kit!

 

[georgebernardshaw]

George really hasn't a clue what's going on here (thanks, you're too kind), but it does seem to George that a lot of correspondents have reacted badly to the fact that Bert now can't be arsed to ring a certain number to buy his tickets. George would like to suggest that all parties, including Bert, get a bloody life and tackle the challenges of the real world.

George

 

[davidpinder]

New white 3rd kit out now to get some more money off us

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

We launch a 3rd kit this weekend (all white) to be worn for one game of the season, away at Bournemouth!

So they didn't realise this when opting for black away? Like bollocks they didn't, a planned move this.

I've said it hundred of times and I'll say it again. Simple regulations like the ones below sanctioned by the football authorities can kill the 3rd kit phenomenon instantly.

Rule 1. All away kits must not contain any colour found in the home kit.

err, that's it!

 

[ghandi]

We launch a 3rd kit this weekend (all white) to be worn for one game of the season, away at Bournemouth!

So they didn't realise this when opting for black away? Like bollocks they didn't, a planned move this.

I've said it hundred of times and I'll say it again. Simple regulations like the ones below sanctioned by the football authorities can kill the 3rd kit phenomenon instantly.

Rule 1. All away kits must not contain any colour found in the home kit.

err, that's it!

It's simple .....everyone's away kit has to be white, that way only 2 kits are ever needed. If the home team's kit is white the away team just wear their home kit.

 

[boo radley]

Cineworld have recently abolished their booking fee for buying tickets online... and as an extra "whoops, we've been ripping you off for years" now give you 10% off for booking online as having you pick your own tickets up from a machine is the cheaper option for them.

Does that mean we can now watch the Blades at Cineworld?

 

[TAMUS]

Some would only moan the ice cream seller was too slutty

 

[Grecian2000]

Some would only moan the ice cream seller was too slutty

WHAT? Surely there's no such thing as "too slutty".

EDIT. Sorry forgot the spirit of the thread for a moment. It should read:

Grecian2000 doesn't believe anyone can be "too slutty".