West Ham "ticket forwarding"

[Bozza]

Just seen this from West Ham. A bit of a contrast to our approach:

If you are a Season Ticket Holder and cannot attend a game at London Stadium, you can now forward your ticket to a friend or fellow supporter to use for a game – or donate it to the West Ham United Foundation, meaning some of the most deprived West Ham supporters in the local borough can benefit by watching the Hammers in action.

This new service runs alongside the Ticket Exchange and gives you the option of sending your ticket to a friend via our online ticketing system.

Forwarding your ticket is simple to do – simply select who you wish to send the ticket to (or donate to the Foundation) and we will do the rest.

The person receiving the ticket will need to have an account with our online ticket office – if they don’t when the ticket is forwarded, they will receive an email to set an account up.

Ticket Forwarding is charged by Ticketmaster at £1.25 per ticket. This cost, like a booking fee, is paid by the person receiving the ticket.

LINK: https://www.whufc.com/tickets/ticketforwarding

 

[BNthree]

Far too simple and convenient!

 

[Mellotron]

Ahem. Be interested to know PB's thoughts on this scheme.

 

[portlock seagull]

But how can this possibly be legal and what about the children?

 

[Don Tmatter]

They need to fill their stadium whereas we don't when getting full houses at moment. But it does seem a better system all be it TicketMaster taking a cut

 

[Was not Was]

I'm sure Barber's approach to things make sense looking at the balance sheet on a match-by-match basis.

But this sort of thing (which, iirc, we were planning to do not long after moving to Falmer, until the ticketing system changed) would, I suspect, be much better for expanding the fan base.

Imagine it. You benefit from being electronically forwarded a ticket by someone you know at work. Then, a fortnight before the next not-sold-out match, you get an email from the Albion saying "Did you enjoy the game v Derby? We'd love to have you back. Click here to buy a ticket for Albion v Blackburn, as our promotion challenge continues".

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Hopefully this is something the club will consider next season after seeing if this method has been successful.

 

[Ernest]

I like the idea of donating the tickets to the foundation so somebody less fortunate can use them rather than have an empty seat

 

[kingcole]

Fantastic idea. Winners all round

 

[Notters]

They need to fill their stadium whereas we don't when getting full houses at moment. But it does seem a better system all be it TicketMaster taking a cut

Hmm, not sure about that, surely this system is better for full stadiums. When they're half empty this wouldn't be so good as it could deprive the club of income.

 

[Badger]

I find it hard to believe that Ticketmaster are only charging £1.25. They normally charge about 3 times that much for the "admin fees" associated with letting you print your own ticket.

 

[portlock seagull]

Ahem. Be interested to know PB's thoughts on this scheme.

But West Ham is completely different. Different shirt, shorts, spelling, nickname, accents, music, fans...EVERYTHING! They even eat their potatoes 'mashed' in contrast to our coastal 'chip' preference. You can't make a direct comparison, it's apples and pears, guv...see what I did there?

 

[rippleman]

Absolutely splendid idea.

We are, after all, supposed to be a community club aren't we? Albion In the Community. American Express Community Stadium.

After the (thoroughly deserved) kickings at aimed at Barber over the past week or so, here is a golden opportunity to repair some of the damage.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I like the idea of donating the tickets to the foundation so somebody less fortunate can use them rather than have an empty seat

Same. Change the word 'foundation' to 'AITC' and West Ham might just have provided us, at no charge, with a simple, elegant, and above all FAN-FRIENDLY blueprint for the future. Markedly at odds with Barber's heavy-handed approach.

 

[Easy 10]

Its a TRAP

Read the small print. Anyone arriving at the City of Londond stadium on a 'forwarded ticket', but cannot produce a photo ID when demanded, will be immediately frogmarched from zee premises. Both the STH and the offender will then be BANNED from the stadium until further notice, and their seat cordoned off with police tape.

 

[Medwayseagull]

Its a TRAP

Read the small print. Anyone arriving at the City of Londond stadium on a 'forwarded ticket', but cannot produce a photo ID when demanded, will be immediately frogmarched from zee premises. Both the STH and the offender will then be BANNED from the stadium until further notice, and their seat cordoned off with police tape.

You forgot the option for hung, drawn and quartered.

 

[Bozza]

But how can this possibly be legal and what about the children?

Ticket transfer is legal if the ticket issuer agrees, as it clearly has by putting the scheme in place.

They need to fill their stadium whereas we don't when getting full houses at moment. But it does seem a better system all be it TicketMaster taking a cut

Eh? They have 52,0000 season ticket holders and a waiting list of 55,000: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...e/west-ham-season-ticket-prices-a7626681.html

 

[Collingburnian]

Hanged,, drawn & quartered, please

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Common sense approach which has the added advantage of not needing to be accompanied by a rather aggressively worded club statement/match day programme piece......

 

[Guinness Boy]

Tremendous idea.