Great Groupon Deal

[Simster]

Groupon deals are generally the last croak of a dying firm, desperate for a small amount of cashflow.

I think that is sometimes the case.

From a firm's point of view, Groupon are a sad and desperate roll of the dice as they don't build any brand loyalty whatsoever and they devalue the product you're selling. Mind you, I'm not sure CPFC needs much help with devaluing, what with their gash, half-empty, run-down "stadium".

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

do you mean profit? I would have thought it was at least £15-20M in revenue as we must be taking almost £1M per game.

Yeah sorry profit, that's just a complete guesstimate though.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I guess they mean Charlton, which is only going to last another season, who are struggling along with gates of 16.5k in Div 1

I'm going to laugh when Charlton get promoted and have 18K plus attendances and they'll be stuck on 12k

 

[gullshark]

People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, but those in crystal palaces should score goals.

Oh...

 

[piersa]

best bit is that on 51 have been sold so far.

 

[pigbite]

At the risk of being flamed to death, I think this is very sad. Of course we all hate Palace etc. etc. but it's a great shame when any club is at a financial low. We've been at the rough end of enough commercial dealings to know what it's like to think your club is going down the pan. It doesn't take alot for good fortune to turn and I genuinely hope this does not signal even harsher times for them. After all I really don't want to end up having to hate Southampton or Pompey...

 

[Horsham Gull]

Derby tickets on Groupon today - CPFC BBS

Bless them they are all so happy

Good idea. Tickets are also available through Croydon Commitment for £10 each

Well done to whoever thought of this! Would get some myself but Im not in London

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

At the risk of being flamed to death, I think this is very sad. Of course we all hate Palace etc. etc. but it's a great shame when any club is at a financial low. We've been at the rough end of enough commercial dealings to know what it's like to think your club is going down the pan. It doesn't take alot for good fortune to turn and I genuinely hope this does not signal even harsher times for them. After all I really don't want to end up having to hate Southampton or Pompey...

Yeah, I agre-

Actually, no, f*** 'em.

Anyway, their owners are billionaires so I don't think they're in serious jeapordy. It's just mildly amusing.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Derby tickets on Groupon today - CPFC BBS

Bless them they are all so happy

Haha, 'I'm not in London, I'm in Northampton so I can't be f***ed despite the knock of prices!'

 

[amexee]

Anyone want a purchase history for jan 31st, guaranteed entry for an outlay of £10

 

[Common as Mook]

Anyone want a purchase history for jan 31st, guaranteed entry for an outlay of £10

This.

There's Brighton there, there's Brighton there!

 

[pauldcpfc]

Seriously, Palace must be heading toward financial problems again on the crowds that that they are getting.

I know they have a few kids on low money but must have an average wage of about £9k pw, considering that they paid Murray more than that and have quite a few players left from the Jordan days.

If just 14 of their players are earning that on average then thats £6.5m a year. Average crowd of 13k paying £20 avg x 24 games = £6.24m over 24 league games.

That means just the TV money, sponsorship and on the day revenue keeping their heads above water and thats not even considering all the other business overheads and non playing staff costs. best starting selling those youngsters!!!!

Compare this to the Amex, 20k average paying customers x lets say £22 comes to a very tasty sum of £10.5m per year gate money alone.

Murray is on £7.5k a week not more than £9k.

The highest wage is £12k. The average is around £6k.

And it's not desperation, it's trying to encourage fans to go. I don't blame them. Most of our fanbase are absolute wankers who can't be arsed to go to games.

The club loses £2m a season, most of which has been made back due to our Carling Cup run (Man Utd game is worth £1.2m alone thanks to ticket sales and Sky coverage). And due to the Academy having so much success, we would only need to sell a Zaha or a Williams to cut losses for 2 years.

Personally, a Friday night game on Sky, 6 days after Millwall (where the crowd was poor due to our fans being bottling twats), 2 days after Man U away (5000 away tickets sold), in the month before Xmas, i'm not expecting a big crowd.

But, some fans care enough about their team for money to be no object. The real fans of the team will be there and personally, that's all I care about.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Murray is on £7.5k a week not more than £9k.

The highest wage is £12k. The average is around £6k.

And it's not desperation, it's trying to encourage fans to go. I don't blame them. Most of our fanbase are absolute wankers who can't be arsed to go to games.

The club loses £2m a season, most of which has been made back due to our Carling Cup run (Man Utd game is worth £1.2m alone thanks to ticket sales and Sky coverage). And due to the Academy having so much success, we would only need to sell a Zaha or a Williams to cut losses for 2 years.

Personally, a Friday night game on Sky, 6 days after Millwall (where the crowd was poor due to our fans being bottling twats), 2 days after Man U away (5000 away tickets sold), in the month before Xmas, i'm not expecting a big crowd.

But, some fans care enough about their team for money to be no object. The real fans of the team will be there and personally, that's all I care about.

Great post this. Obviously I particularly endorse the part about most of your fan base being wankers, but pretty much all fair points.

 

[Sompting_Seagull]

63 sold so far, mugs.

 

[Jesus Gul]

up to 72...That's nearly one and a half grand of revenue...how much cut does groupon take?

 

[cmonbarrybringonwoody!]

Those boots look well comfy, great discount too! Do you think they'll be alright to scotchguard so i can wear them at the amex when it rains?.... Oh where you on about the cheap tickets? Los Desperados!!

 

[WhingForPresident]

Ahahahahahahahahhahahahahaaa.

 

[beorhthelm]

up to 72...That's nearly one and a half grand of revenue...how much cut does groupon take?

50% of the offer price.

 

[Originunknown]

Was round at my Dads on Sunday, small village in Kent, local rag which is usually full of absolute filler due to lack of real news had a massive CPFC advert begging people to buy a half season ticket for something like 30 pounds. It had desperation written all over it and has probably been taken up by no one.

I feel sorry for the people in marketing up there, must be hard to try and flog a dead horse!

 

[brightn'ove]

50% of the offer price.

seriously?

so they are only making £5 a ticket?

that's sad.