[Albion] Club selling your seat, is this right?

dazzer6666 · 2024-12-23T19:49:08+0000

BN9 BHA said:
I believe a ST holder can transfer to an Albion + member once for free, if they want to transfer again the ST holder has to pay a one off fee of £20.
I honestly think more ST holders would be happy to transfer to a member if they didn’t have to pay the fee.

You can transfer after the free one by paying a ‘single match’ fee, cost depends on the game category (£5 for a C cat up to £15 for A+)

Couldn't Be Hyypia · 2024-12-23T19:50:54+0000

sussex_guy2k2 said:
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.

It's not profiteering. Stop making yourself sound like a tool.

Edit. Here's the definition. All you're doing is looking to cast the club in the worst light possible. Tony Bloom must despair when he reads posts from "fans" like you.

Profiteering: the practice of making or seeking to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally or in a black market.

amexer · 2024-12-23T19:52:10+0000

Brian Munich said:
I think what they’re trying to do is encourage people to either attend, share or list on the exchange. What the don’t want is no shoes and empty seats when there’s demand for a sold-out game.

There concern is not empty seat but missing opportunity to make £10/15 on selling at match day price

dazzer6666 · 2024-12-23T19:53:34+0000

sussex_guy2k2 said:
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.

Brilliant idea to be fair. They could call it ‘season ticket sharing’ and put the functionality on the ticket website. :hilton:

dazzer6666 · 2024-12-23T19:54:05+0000

amexer said:
There concern is not empty seat but missing opportunity to make £10/15 on selling at match day price

both.

amexer · 2024-12-23T19:54:22+0000

dazzer6666 said:
Clear in the T&Cs unfortunately - they can take action if you don't attend a certain % (this is the first time I've heard of it actually happening), and if you don't list on the exchange or share your ticket

They wont get away with that attitude if we ever get relegated.

dazzer6666 · 2024-12-23T19:55:33+0000

amexer said:
They wont get away with that attitude if we ever get relegated.

I was incorrect anyway…the T&C only refers to the club being able to stop renewal of a ST that’s not been used/listed……….

BN9 BHA · 2024-12-23T19:55:37+0000

dazzer6666 said:
You can transfer after the free one by paying a ‘single match’ fee, cost depends on the game category (£5 for a C cat up to £15 for A+)

Ok thank you, I couldn’t find any details recently when one of my sons was going to miss a couple of games.

PascalGroß Tips · 2024-12-23T19:55:53+0000

BN9 BHA said:
I believe a ST holder can transfer to an Albion + member once for free, if they want to transfer again the ST holder has to pay a one off fee of £20.
I honestly think more ST holders would be happy to transfer to a member if they didn’t have to pay the fee.

£20 allows you to make unlimited transfers. The alternative after the free transfer is paying on a match by match basis. The lower category games are just £5 I believe. I guess you make a call based on personal circumstances. The last 2 seasons I’ve only missed one home game and so made the free transfer. The season before I knew I was likely to miss a few - so I paid the £20.

dazzer6666 · 2024-12-23T19:56:29+0000

BN9 BHA said:
Ok thank you, I couldn’t find any details recently when one of my sons was going to miss a couple of games.

https://tickets.brightonandhovealbion.com/usercontent/documents/pdf/2425/tandcs/MFT%20ST%20Terms%20and%20conditions%2020242025.pdf

Zeus · 2024-12-23T19:57:09+0000

I find the whole pricing and penny pinching over season ticket revenue disgusting and tasteless by the club. The entire Amex revenue from ALL season ticket holders pays for the annual salary of about FOUR Brighton players over the year. That is how insignificant ticket revenue really is to our club so why all the effort to penny pinch?

Invicta · 2024-12-23T20:00:26+0000

We've had to put Forest, Ipswich and Palace on exchange for different reasons and sold all 3 pairs of tickets. It generally works.

dazzer6666 · 2024-12-23T20:00:50+0000

Zeus said:
I find the whole pricing and penny pinching over season ticket revenue disgusting and tasteless by the club. The entire Amex revenue from ALL season ticket holders pays for the annual salary of about FOUR Brighton players over the year. That is how insignificant ticket revenue really is to our club so why all the effort to penny pinch?

Well until very recently we were making huge losses every year, coming directly out of Tony’s pocket, so I wouldn’t describe trying to be sustainable as ‘disgusting and tasteless’. What else ? Sell food and beer at cost price ?

BN9 BHA · 2024-12-23T20:01:28+0000

PascalGroß Tips said:
£20 allows you to make unlimited transfers. The alternative after the free transfer is paying on a match by match basis. The lower category games are just £5 I believe. I guess you make a call based on personal circumstances. The last 2 seasons I’ve only missed one home game and so made the free transfer. The season before I knew I was likely to miss a few - so I paid the £20.

dazzer6666 said:
https://tickets.brightonandhovealbion.com/usercontent/documents/pdf/2425/tandcs/MFT%20ST%20Terms%20and%20conditions%2020242025.pdf

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Thank you both.
Next time I’m going to ask on here if I want to know anything :smile:

Swimboy64 · 2024-12-23T20:03:20+0000

sussex_guy2k2 said:
Then that’s their fault for the profiteering system that’s in place. So many more seats would be filled if a simple system was in place that worked for passing on tickets. But no, they want more money.

The biggest problem is that the exchange itself is a waste of time. I’ve had to put two up for sale this year and neither ticket has sold. Had I been able to pass it on, they’d have had bums in seats and extra money from concessions.

It’s greed, pure and simple.

For my part, I hope there’s a ton of facts missing from the OPs post (although I highly doubt it). Otherwise this is sickening to me, and shows how much contempt the club continue to have for fans.

That’s exactly how I feel about the club

PascalGroß Tips · 2024-12-23T20:07:57+0000

sussex_guy2k2 said:
Then that’s their fault for the profiteering system that’s in place. So many more seats would be filled if a simple system was in place that worked for passing on tickets. But no, they want more money.

The biggest problem is that the exchange itself is a waste of time. I’ve had to put two up for sale this year and neither ticket has sold. Had I been able to pass it on, they’d have had bums in seats and extra money from concessions.

It’s greed, pure and simple.

For my part, I hope there’s a ton of facts missing from the OPs post (although I highly doubt it). Otherwise this is sickening to me, and shows how much contempt the club continue to have for fans.

Absolute nonsense. I’ve put my seat on the exchange 4/5 times over the last few seasons. Not generally high profile games. Sold very time. Plenty of others on here have also had great success selling theirs. It’s NOT greed … pure and simple.

PascalGroß Tips · 2024-12-23T20:09:54+0000

Swimboy64 said:
That’s exactly how I feel about the club

If having a season ticket doesn’t work for you as the club don’t operate in a way you want … you can always give it up and just buy tickets on a match by match basis.

Brian Munich · 2024-12-23T20:16:14+0000

PascalGroß Tips said:
Absolute nonsense. I’ve put my seat on the exchange 4/5 times over the last few seasons. Not generally high profile games. Sold very time. Plenty of others on here have also had great success selling theirs. It’s NOT greed … pure and simple.

I concur. That Brentford Boxing Day game was the only time that mine has failed to sell in the 5-6 times I've listed mine on the exchange.

Super Steve Earle · 2024-12-23T20:17:12+0000

Thunder Bolt said:
I got an email which I felt was threatening after the Southampton game, but when I looked it hadn’t sold out, so I didn’t list it. I was told I had to attend five games to keep my season ticket. The wording was very patronising.
Customer Services is a misnomer!

Mrs Earle had that letter too. After the Man City game which she missed due to me not having a loo in the car or one between The Bridge and The Amex. A very, very late decision borne from optimism. But the letter needs to include how many matches have been missed. It may have been her first or possibly second, but I don't know.

Justice · 2024-12-23T20:19:45+0000

We haven’t forgot where we came from despite all the match day rants.
It would appear the club have.

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