Wembley - Ticket Details

[bartman]

Again you failed to explain. If a membership card offers no benefit to my son during a regular season why shpould he have to have it to prove his loyalty? The system shows on line your purchases and if you are supporting the club that should be enough.
I have over SIXTEEN THOUSAND LOYALTY POINTS, 16000, 16 K. YET WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BUY TICKETS TILL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HAVING ATTENDED THE MAJORITY OF HOME GAMES THIS SEASON AS WELL AS SOME AWAY.
Times are hard for a lot of folk and £15 is a lot of money to some people.
So a blades fan falls on hard times and he saves up to attend 1 or 2 games a season. He/she is no less loyal than you or me but feeds her/his family for 2 days for the £15. before the crisis in her/his life he had accumulated 20,000 loyalty points. WHY SHOULD HE/SHE BE DENIED THE SAME RIGHTS AS OTHERS ON 20,000 POINTS?
Before the smart comments start from others lets assume someone offered to buy his/ her ticket to Wembley.

It is you who is ignoring what people on here are explaining to you.If you go to the majority of home games fair enough but you chose not to get a membership card and save money.Your son decided not to purchase a card. It is not about proving loyalty it is about finding a system to sell priority tickets to fans in the fairest way possible to the MAJORITY.

My lad was a student and could not afford to go to many games either but accepted there had to be priority.

Simply put...because the club has introduced a loyalty scheme to PRIORITISE ticket sales which has been explained by numerous people on this thread and again by zonemanwilf.....you have not suggested another system that would be better

In effect,you are saying that fans who go to the most games should not get priority over those who only go to 2 or 3 a season .

In your opinion what should the priority be if we only had 10k tickets. I have yet to see someone come up with a better scheme than what we have and it rewards the fans who regularly go to games with discounts and priority

In one sentence you are complaining that you are unable to get priority before someone else then in the next saying someone who goes to 2 or 3 games should be able to get a ticket when they want.

Finally,if you go to the majority of home games,why wouldn't you have joined the well publicised membership scheme ?

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Finally,if you go to the majority of home games,why wouldn't you have joined the well publicised membership scheme ?

Absolutely this. The membership scheme offers very few benefits for me at the moment, (Actually make that zero ) but for someone who attends plenty of home games a season its nuts not to join.

 

[Coily]

High praise to the ticket office, who are doing a top job. I ordered 6, found out I actually needed 7 so emailed to see if this was possible. Was called back within 30 minutes, job done!

 

[Highbury_Blade]

High praise to the ticket office, who are doing a top job. I ordered 6, found out I actually needed 7 so emailed to see if this was possible. Was called back within 30 minutes, job done!

Who's the 7th?

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

22,000 sold. Just been to shop and popped in t office to ask.

Thought it would've been more !

 

[alcoblade]

£88 tickets sold out and only limited number of £54 left.

Is this right? What about other categories? I'll be amazed if they've all sold out but for them, though that's how it reads to me.

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[alcoblade]

22,000 sold. Just been to shop and popped in t office to ask.

Thought it would've been more !

Confusing isn't it? Why would the £88 tickets have gone first?

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[metalblade]

I cannot see where this says a membership card is needed to make loyalty points valid, in my opinion not a very good attempt by the club at being "up front" and needs to be clarified at the very least.

The Blades Membership scheme includes:​

£2 discount off all home League tickets*​

Priority on purchasing away tickets* ​

100 loyalty points*​

Free admission to reserve/Academy games at Bramall Lane*​

10% off annual programme subscriptions*​

In effect,you are saying that fans who go to the most games should not get priority over those who only go to 2 or 3 a season .

Bartman isn't that in effect exactly what you are saying if someone with a membership card who hasn't been to a game has priority over a guy without a membership card who has been to games home and away ??? which is it fella you can't have it both ways ???
Seems to me some people can't see a valid point made by Boo Radley and others due to the rose tinted specs they refuse to remove.

I'll state again the loyalty scheme is the best we got but IS STILL NOT PERFECT, imo membership cards are just another way to sell 100 loyalty points in much the same way as Blades Official away travel hands points to fans paying over the odds for transport which by the way penalises loyal Blades who no longer live in Sheffield. I could just imagine the London Blades making their way to the final on an Official Blades Travel coach from the lane just to rack up loyalty points.​

 

[terrier1]

I expect you will take decent numbers down. But as we have far more fans than you, I'd expect us to take more. And that's despite our poor play off final record & the fact that our chances have been hampered because League One's best player is now doing time.

Yes id expect you to have at least 5-10,000 more fans than us

 

[borg elite]

We may have more supporters generally but that doesn't necessarily mean we'll take more than you to the final. If this board is representative of our support then it appears many aren't going. Probably due to our poor performances in the finals. Also, we've already been to the new Wembley whereas Huddersfield haven't. So you certainly have the novelty factor for your fans. I think it'll be a very even mix.

Yes id expect you to have at least 5-10,000 more fans than us

 

[terrier1]

Yes a lot of reasons why people may not go,personally i think finance is a major one,although our recent playoff history aint good either.

 

[boo radley]

It is you who is ignoring what people on here are explaining to you.If you go to the majority of home games fair enough but you chose not to get a membership card and save money.Your son decided not to purchase a card. It is not about proving loyalty it is about finding a system to sell priority tickets to fans in the fairest way possible to the MAJORITY.

My lad was a student and could not afford to go to many games either but accepted there had to be priority.

Simply put...because the club has introduced a loyalty scheme to PRIORITISE ticket sales which has been explained by numerous people on this thread and again by zonemanwilf.....you have not suggested another system that would be better

In effect,you are saying that fans who go to the most games should not get priority over those who only go to 2 or 3 a season .

In your opinion what should the priority be if we only had 10k tickets. I have yet to see someone come up with a better scheme than what we have and it rewards the fans who regularly go to games with discounts and priority

In one sentence you are complaining that you are unable to get priority before someone else then in the next saying someone who goes to 2 or 3 games should be able to get a ticket when they want.

Finally,if you go to the majority of home games,why wouldn't you have joined the well publicised membership scheme ?

You seem to think I don't agree with a loyalty scheme. Ive already said its a great idea if it includes those who have been loyal.
I have suggested an inclusive alternative. the fact that those with high loyalty points get one afternoon session to get their tickets means they are classed as less loyal than those with a membership. stagger the days of selling to each group is fine. Just include those who have been proved to be loyal otherwise its not a loyalty scheme. You may as well call it Oaloth f'tang f'tang biscuitbarrel.
I have given you scenarios where people should be included and you seem to think they should be just dumped on and left to general sale.
Why should any loyal fan have to wait till general sale, especially if he/she cannot make contact with the club on the one miserly afternoon session provided by the club.

 

[1973_Blade]

Yes a lot of reasons why people may not go,personally i think finance is a major one,although our recent playoff history aint good either.

Also tickets have only been on sale since Wednesday and for part of that time they have only been available to a relatively few people. I would imagine we would have sold at least another 10,000 before next Sat.

 

[Selly]

Confusing isn't it? Why would the £88 tickets have gone first?

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Because there are a lot less of them?????

 

[alcoblade]

Because there are a lot less of them?????

well yes - but from memory they were the ones that we didn't shift against Burnley.

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[Staffs_Blade]

well yes - but from memory they were the ones that we didn't shift against Burnley.

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The rich get richer and the poor get poorer!

 

[boo radley]

Just got a ticket stub out from 09. Cannot beleive that i paid £74 fo a ticket in block 121.
If it was the same play off that would be a 6% increase each year to the same seat this year. Its not though so how much did wet spam or blackpool fans have to pay for that equivalent seat this year?

 

[raul]

Dearest seat in the house at Hampden yesterday - £35. Pies could be bought inside from £2 for a Scotch Pie. Four pints in pub nearish to ground £10.40. Burgers £2.50.

It doesn't have to be a total rip......

 

[oaklandrdblade]

Just got a ticket stub out from 09. Cannot beleive that i paid £74 fo a ticket in block 121.
If it was the same play off that would be a 6% increase each year to the same seat this year. Its not though so how much did wet spam or blackpool fans have to pay for that equivalent seat this year?

Block 121 was £78 or £66 down by the front yesterday, we paid £62 behind the goal 3 years ago looks like they were £66 yesterday.

 

[Foxy]

Dearest seat in the house at Hampden yesterday - £35. Pies could be bought inside from £2 for a Scotch Pie. Four pints in pub nearish to ground £10.40. Burgers £2.50.

It doesn't have to be a total rip......

That's us sorted when we're up for the Olympics

 

[boo radley]

Block 121 was £78 or £66 down by the front yesterday, we paid £62 behind the goal 3 years ago looks like they were £66 yesterday.

Got mixed up again -sorry £64 tickets are the = to the £74 we paid in 09- I think. So on what you said they have not gone up too much in the 3 years.

 

[oaklandrdblade]

Just found mine from The Millenium in 2003, paid £36 for the second to back row behind the goal.

 

[alcoblade]

Dearest seat in the house at Hampden yesterday - £35. Pies could be bought inside from £2 for a Scotch Pie. Four pints in pub nearish to ground £10.40. Burgers £2.50.

It doesn't have to be a total rip......

My god, we've lost the plot haven't we?

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[WhiteHawk]

Just dug my tickets out for the last 2 play off finals. Against Burnley I was in block 222 and it cost me £98, against Wolves I was in block U7 and it cost me £36.

 

[Creepy]

Dearest seat in the house at Hampden yesterday - £35. Pies could be bought inside from £2 for a Scotch Pie. Four pints in pub nearish to ground £10.40. Burgers £2.50.
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How much was it for the winners?

 

[JohnDenver]

How much was it for the winners?

Priceless?*




*Don't ask me - I'm a Blade.

 

[jt64]

anyone who ordered on line on saturday get them through the post yet? at work and called home, looks like they've just sent a receipt with i assume the ticket to follow separately?

 

[TheSwollengland]

anyone who ordered on line on saturday get them through the post yet? at work and called home, looks like they've just sent a receipt with i assume the ticket to follow separately?

my tkts and reciept arrived together on friday two days after i bought em on wednesday

 

[jt64]

nevermind, the old man was just a bit clueless and didn't see it at first glance

beat - row 6 of the lower tier of 34 quid, rather than the upper tier

 

[BerksBlade]

anyone who ordered on line on saturday get them through the post yet? at work and called home, looks like they've just sent a receipt with i assume the ticket to follow separately?

Mine arrived in the afternoon post - ticket + receipt.