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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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amexer said:

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

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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

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amexer said:

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

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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+)

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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dazzer6666 said:

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

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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.

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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.

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Swimboy64 said:

That’s exactly how I feel about the club

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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.

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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!

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