Commersialism

[trogladite]

A truly great end to the season and congratulations all round win or lose it's been a fantastic season.

Now here's my gripe.  Ticket sales for Wembley.

I know swindon have no say in the value of a ticket and I'm plumping for the mid range seats hoping I get a decent view.

But  I have to pay a further £3 and £2 per ticket because we are not selling from the County Ground.  Then another £1.65 per transaction for P & P.  £364 for the tickets and £21.30 for the privilege of buying them.

This is a great leap forward from the last time we  got to Wembley.  god Bless the middle men.  This doesn't improve my county Ground experience.  I see this as the bitter price of success.

[Nemo]

Do you seriously think the Ticket Office could cope with selling 35,000 tickets?

[trogladite]

great step forward.  How many tickets did we sell last time we got to Wembley, or the time before that and the time before that.

It seems to me and now Im speaking of the country as a whole, we are less capable as every year goes by.  We manage to achieve less and less.

[yeo]

It seems odd to me that they cant just hire some temps for £10 an hour and sell them at the County Ground.I hope the club are getting a cut of the booking fee,I think they must be? Its a way to make some money out of ticket sales because they dont get much from the actual gate reciepts from Wembley.

[No Longer Posh Red]

Do you seriously think the Ticket Office could cope with selling 35,000 tickets?

They did twice in the 90's, and I don't think they were any more organised then

[LucienSanchez]

I think the prices are a disgrace, I've paid up to 20% less for England games before now... Gotta be done though, can't miss something as big as this because of a few quid

[sonicyouth]

"Bookings fees have been added to cover the cost of an outsourced ticketing solution. Swindon Town Football Club will not benefit financially from these booking fees."

[yeo]

hmm well that sucks

booking fee should be per transaction not per ticket.

[pauld]

I think the prices are a disgrace, I've paid up to 20% less for England games before now... Gotta be done though, can't miss something as big as this because of a few quid

Prices are set by Wembley/Football League, but yes they are shocking. Making us pay for their fuck-up (ie Wembley) that they couldn't even get the most important aspect of right

[suttonred]

I was thinking about this last night, and it is dear, but to be fair how many people will be working that day 5000? The running costs must be huge. Not as if it's an 8000 crowd at the CG.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

I think the prices are a disgrace, I've paid up to 20% less for England games before now... Gotta be done though, can't miss something as big as this because of a few quid

And there's your problem right there. That concisely sums up the views of 99% of Town fans (or even football fans in general - and I'm one of the 99% btw) If the fans were to say, "bollocks, we're not paying these prices", the prices would come down.  We all know that won't happen though. It's emotional blackmail.

And it stinks.

[Batch]

£60 and your pitch is shit.....£60 and your pitch is shit.

[Mexicano Rojo]

we should get that chant going as soon as the first player falls over.

[Power to people]

I suppose times move on with the introduction of the internet.....

[Jamiesfuturewife]

Do you seriously think the Ticket Office could cope with selling 35,000 tickets?

The two lovely old men would keel over!!!
I would rather pay a few extra pounds and spend a few minutes ordering tickets over the phone than spending hours queuing at the County Ground!