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[Albion] Club selling your seat, is this right?
- Thread starter DarrenFreemansPerm
- Start date
Not in my experience. Ours have sold every time (4/5 games per season on average) we've put them on. Last week I put the Brentford tickets up at 9pm and they sold in about an hour.
sussex_guy2k2
Well-known member
- Jun 6, 2014
- 4,330
I appreciate some have had good experiences. Everyone I know is already at the “what’s the point in listing it on the exchange” stage. I think the system is a profiteering mess, that has nothing to do with making the job easier for fans, and everything to do with trying to squeeze more out of people at a time when the cost of living crisis has hit, but we’re still paying footballers £10,000s a week. It’s crazy for me, but I appreciate others have had a better experience.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,212
Brentford, Arsenal and Everton have all officially sold out. Most empty seats are likely to be those listed on the exchange that didn't resell and other now shows.
As long as you list it on the exchange, even if it doesn’t sell, you should probably be ok.
It not using it AND not bothering to list it that attracts the most attention.
It takes 30 seconds - you have nothing to lose by listing it.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 16,293
There will be a lot of people biting their tongue if they don't toe the line.
One other thing about listing the tickets is that you are not allowed to specify ‘don’t leave a single seat’ if you are listing a pair. More than once, someone has bought one of my 2 tickets only, leaving a single seat that nobody wants and even when other single seats were available. Probably it’s done on the thought that you’ll get a bit of extra room if there’s a spare seat adjacent to you but not great for the one trying to sell them as a pair!
That would be so easy to fix too.
That would be so easy to fix too.
sussex_guy2k2
Well-known member
- Jun 6, 2014
- 4,330
An equally sensible system that would take 30 seconds, would be allowing me to transfer the ticket to a registered member, seeing as I’ve paid for that ticket for a season. You know, like most sensible clubs do.
Less profiteering, more bums on seats.
And yes, it takes only a few minutes, but it doesn’t get sold unless the main allocation is sold out (or at all in the case of everyone I know who’s tried it). So, from my experience, it’s a waste of my time, even if it is 30 seconds.
I have a friend who’s in the same position, difference is, he heads up security and basically forgets to swipe in every game, he’s received the same threat. (Don’t think it’s got as far as tickets listed though).This - doesn't seem like all the facts are known on here perhaps. If there was nothing more than a single email before this action was taken I'd be surprised
Presumably, he’s acted on it as he hasn’t mentioned it in the last two weeks….
More broadly, if you’re a season ticket holder, unless you default on payment can they do this?
Feels very heavy handed….
HangletonGull
Well-known member
- Apr 10, 2023
- 2,388
I better be very high up in that email has have 4 st in the swc
Agree - the software should force anyone wanting single seat to choose a single seat, particularly when it's late in the process. I've bought tickets online for other things where you can't leave single seats mid-row through your seat choice
Hometownglory
Well-known member
- Jan 12, 2014
- 725
I've had positive experience with the exchange also.
We haven't got the biggest stadium, so as a business model that is trying to compete with powerhouses, you can see why the club want to ensure maximum revenue, especially now with PSR. I get your sentiment though.
Wouldn't have thought so, it seems to be if you don't attend and take no action to allow others to go instead that attracts letters
Three or four years ago I was missing out on club emails specific to my ST and cup ticket dates etc. Even though I’d ticked or not unticked the right bits. The club admin people over the phone denied there was an issue.
I solved it myself by agreeing to all marketing cr@p, literally everything.
I solved it myself by agreeing to all marketing cr@p, literally everything.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,212
What really bugs me is how the ticket website splits the blocks in the middle of the rows rather than at the aisle.
This means I can list mine and my son’s season ticket but they look like single seats as they are either side of the mid-block split.
Brian Munich
teH lulZ
- Jul 7, 2008
- 328
Lots of games are sold out but with lots of empty seats from no-shows/shoes. That’s what the club are trying to prevent.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Brentford has NOT sold out. There are seats in my area that are not ST seats and go on general sale every match. They are still for sale.
pigmanovich
Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Actually it sold out then went back on general sale after Brentford returned one of their blocks. Mine sold while the ticket exchange was briefly open.
The block splits are price points..................we're on the edge of the cheaper side of our block