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hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
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Mar 16, 2005
62,759
Chandlers Ford
do me a favour and name one player in the current Albion squad thats worth an entrance fee of £40 alone.

Not sure how to answer that.

Why would anyone need to chose ONE player that's 'worth an entrance fee of £40 alone', when there are tickets available for £32 (including transport), that let you watch ALL 22 players?
 




Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
19,361
Worthing
Not sure how to answer that.

Why would anyone need to chose ONE player that's 'worth an entrance fee of £40 alone', when there are tickets available for £32 (including transport), that let you watch ALL 22 players?

And the subs.
 


Mr Bridger

Sound of the suburbs
Feb 25, 2013
4,753
Earth
Of course the other option is watching the biggest game of the season down the pub.

On a completely separate issue, does anyone leave home for the pub with less than £20-£30 in their pocket? :dunce:

Girls.

Usually buy a coke for themselves when they are in a group of six with a debit card.
 








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wellquickwoody

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Aug 10, 2007
13,912
Melbourne
As you compare the club to a supermarket then you must see yourself as a customer, do me a favour and name one player in the current Albion squad thats worth an entrance fee of £40 alone

You don't just watch one player though do you? You watch 11 plus subs from 1 team and the same again from another, by my maths about £1.25 each.

if the customers are happy to pay PL prices for some of the shite thats been served up this season then who am I to argue.

Think you have answered yourself there.
 






Bozza

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Jul 4, 2003
57,289
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Shocking prices.

Given what the 10,000 or so Palace 'fans' that have appeared since promotion have to pay for, in many cases, squalid conditions, I think we do OK thanks.

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Yours includes travel too, right?
 


Birdie Boy

Well-known member
Jun 17, 2011
4,387
Has anyone ever seen American football ticket prices?

http://blog.tiqiq.com/2014/04/2014-nfl-tickets-team-team-average-prices/2014 NFL Tickets: Team By Team Average Prices

Highest average price PER TICKET is $452.34= £299
Lowest average price PER TICKET is $146.53= £97

Granted there are at most 8 matches in a season with 2 "pre-season" matches.


I am going to New York in March and the cheapest ticket I have found for an NHL game at Madison Square gardens is $76, there is then a service charge and then a delivery fee and then another $40 for what I do not know! I think it came to around $140 each! I am currently looking at other avenues!

£42 is a lot, I am ESU but if this isn't a CAT A game then nothing is.
 




Tony Meolas Loan Spell

Slut Faced Whores
Jul 15, 2004
18,071
Vamanos Pest
Given what the 10,000 or so Palace 'fans' that have appeared since promotion have to pay for, in many cases, squalid conditions, I think we do OK thanks.

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Yours includes travel too, right?

Nice one boss :) back in your box palace.
 


Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
29,319
I think we will get tickets, just need to plan to make that time available.

In terms of cost if it were just ticket prices then yes we would save money. But if we miss 4 matches over a season at say £25 via ST, and then save £30 per head on beer in town, and beer and food at the ground then we will break even or be ahead. Plus we don't get the guilt trip about not being at Falmer at 7.45 on any Tuesday night when it is lashing it down against Blackpool and not getting home until after 11pm when we have to get up for work the next day. Horses for courses,blah, blah......

Fair dos - you obviously do have a business mind :lol: (original comment was tounge in cheek btw ;) )
 


Sheebo

Well-known member
Jul 13, 2003
29,319
Given what the 10,000 or so Palace 'fans' that have appeared since promotion have to pay for, in many cases, squalid conditions, I think we do OK thanks.

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Yours includes travel too, right?

As Red n Blue is one of the more normal palace fans, I assume he's saying that football overall is shocking prices - which I agree with! Interesting those prices though as they're very high for a club like Palace - just shows how fans are being priced out
 




Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
9,101
Brighton
Why has everyone gone mental about the prices?
I have just had an email for Micheal McIntyre at the O2. £43 to £57. Add £21 parking, dinner at £50 and £5 a pint, makes the Amex look like a bargain.
 


Knotty

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Feb 5, 2004
2,421
Canterbury
So lets compare - let's take a TV & internet package - around £50 for the whole month without premium sports and movies. Add in Netflix for another £7. So you will have around 30mb broadband ( giving you access to all the latest on demand TV - i.e. hundreds of hours ), over 200 TV channels and free phone calls FOR A WHOLE MONTH !!!!!!! Now compare that to going to this 90 minute match with a 11 year child and a 8 year old child for around £52 before extras like the odd drink and a programme.

The TV and media companies have invested far more than the £200m TB has ( although I'm very grateful to him ) in their infrastructure. They pay far more in salaries than TB does.

Does football still seem like value for money ?

A very strange and illogical comparison in my opinion.

You are comparing two entirely different products and experiences. Furthermore, one has a few tens of thousands of followers and the other many millions.

To compare Tony Bloom's investment with Sky's or BT's is bizarre in the extreme.

And what is 'value-for-money'? Who decides where that level is set? Surely we all do that as individuals and we each have a different view. What is value-for-money for one will be overpriced (or even underpriced) for another. And for those who smoke and drink, surely cigarettes and beer are some of the most overpriced and poor value-for-money commodities we can buy. How much to people whinge about those?

I pay for things - like football and Sky TV - that I think are overpriced but I do so because I want what they give me. And there are so many things about being at a live match that you simply can't put a monetary value on.

If I thought ticket prices should be based on the standard of football then, after 57 years, the Albion should be PAYING ME to attend now!

Being able to afford it is another matter and whilst some have said that they believe £20 or £25 for a match ticket would be appropriate, there are many fans for whom £10 would be too much.
 


Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
19,361
Worthing
Why has everyone gone mental about the prices?
I have just had an email for Micheal McIntyre at the O2. £43 to £57. Add £21 parking, dinner at £50 and £5 a pint, makes the Amex look like a bargain.

Cue the usual 'And he's sh*t' remarks.
 


Tooting Gull

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
11,033
Why has everyone gone mental about the prices?
I have just had an email for Micheal McIntyre at the O2. £43 to £57. Add £21 parking, dinner at £50 and £5 a pint, makes the Amex look like a bargain.

Quite right. Ignore the unfunny tw&t and go to an extra Albion game or two.
 






seagullsovergrimsby

#cpfctinpotclub
Aug 21, 2005
43,944
Crap Town
Given what the 10,000 or so Palace 'fans' that have appeared since promotion have to pay for, in many cases, squalid conditions, I think we do OK thanks.
Relegation will see the number of STHs at Palarse decrease by at least 40% and the popular return of Groupon deals. :lol:
 


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