Season Ticket Prices

[jonny72]

The season ticket financing is being provided through Zebra Finance, who do the same thing for over 40 other clubs in the UK with the same APR being charged to everyone. As others have pointed out you're only being charged about £30 for the financing, most of which in effect will be the fee's for setting it up and running it. So it doesn't seem that bad having thought about it some.

[overthehill]

I haven't read all the posts so apologies if this has been said before.

Buy a TE season ticket after 1st June on instalment plan and pay £381.80
Buy a matchday ticket every game  23 x £16 = £368

Where FFS is the logic or incentive in that?

[RobertT]

Don't buy it then.  I would imagine they are not as fussed as some people on here are about getting massive season ticket sales in the TE - why? because the ancillary sales will be very low in that stand due to having such poor facilities and fans tending to be the turn up 5 mins before kick off type.  Better, financially, to sell season tickets in the two main stands and push on the day sales to the TE.

[Arriba]

trouble with that rob, is if form is poor,turn up on the day fans wont bother coming.an attractively priced season ticket in the townend would have people in there week in week out with it paid for upfront.if we play well it wont be an issue as people will turn up and pay on the day.all ifs buts maybes really isn't it.

[RobertT]

I'm working on the priviso that most people who want a season ticket will purchase one anyway - many of them being in the DRS, like me.  By reducing the price, all you do is move people from 1 seat to another rather than entice new people in.  It may be a little different this year, but I doubt it.  Such was the good value for the main stands.

There is a completely different argument on how that impacts atmosphere etc, but I suppose for an accountant, bottom line is the issue not how we all fell about it.

[Simon Pieman]

I agree with that in a sense.

Although you could argue if someone wanted to go to every game before the strt of the season, they'd get their ticket sooner than June.

The full price with finance doesn't make sense though, but I suppose it's been done to make people renew sooner.

[Luci]

If you pay in installments, do you have an opportunity to settle the agreement earlier or do you have to take it out over 10 months?

[Fred Elliot]

you can settle earlier Luc but you will still have to pay the term interest

[jayohaitchenn]

Just got mine on the credit card. Went for a Town End renewal in the same seat.

[Luci]

you can settle earlier Luc but you will still have to pay the term interest

Sods.  I could prob pay 200 of it without installments but 300 is pushing it to be honest.

Im going to leave it till end of April and see whats left of my wages.  If not much, Ill prob have to do installments although thats my last option.

[4D]

Just had a nose around the Leyton Orient OS and I see that for next season they are offering Adult Season Tickets from £200. I guess with the current financial climate we may see more clubs reducing prices for next season.