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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 12:51:02 GMT 1
captain, I admire you're stance on this, supporting the clubs current ticket pricing strategy, but most of the comments regarding simpler and less costly ticket pricing are aimed at bucking the trend of diminishing crowds. Hardly anybody has demanded better players whilst also wanting ticket prices to be slashed. The bottom line is this, if the club can afford to sustain season tickets and take 10 schemes, where entry is sub £20, why can't they also simplify the pricing categories and offers so more people can decide to come for closer to £20 than the current cost of £30 or more in some instances. A business without customers will go out of business. Maybe Im not getting my point over very clearly, because Im not really 'supporting' the clubs pricing stategy- just of the opinion that its pretty unavoidable. You say hardly anyone is demanding better players ( ie- winning, more attractive football) - well you aren't new to DATM so not sure how you can say that. There must have been 20,000 posts saying that this season alone! The same posters are also saying it should be made much cheaper to get in. Diminishing crowds is a huge issue for the club and must frustrate the hell out of everyone at the club, especially in an era when we are actually doing well for a change. If price is the issue, my point is that , yes, the club can do some things better ( simplifying it all, ending category games etc) , but its also fair to point out they have already done things to help- our season ticket prices are cheap for this level- our pay on door prices are cheap for this level, the Take 10 scheme, promotional games etc. If price is still the issue, then its hard to see how the club can do more and STILL compete at this level. We have one of the smallest fanbases and apparently should be the cheapest by some way too? Yet still compete financially? Oh and also not sell any of our better players aswell? It just doesn't add up. And yes i know none of that is a solution to the issue of falling crowds- but neither is making us uncompetitive, because crowds will only fall further if we lose all the time, no matter how cheap it is. The only solution I can see involves ALL clubs reducing prices simultaneously. Not something I can see happening any time soon sadly. £10 v MK Dons. £33.50 against Blackburn. Same league. That doesn't add up.
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Oct 9, 2015 13:05:19 GMT 1
Maybe Im not getting my point over very clearly, because Im not really 'supporting' the clubs pricing stategy- just of the opinion that its pretty unavoidable. You say hardly anyone is demanding better players ( ie- winning, more attractive football) - well you aren't new to DATM so not sure how you can say that. There must have been 20,000 posts saying that this season alone! The same posters are also saying it should be made much cheaper to get in. Diminishing crowds is a huge issue for the club and must frustrate the hell out of everyone at the club, especially in an era when we are actually doing well for a change. If price is the issue, my point is that , yes, the club can do some things better ( simplifying it all, ending category games etc) , but its also fair to point out they have already done things to help- our season ticket prices are cheap for this level- our pay on door prices are cheap for this level, the Take 10 scheme, promotional games etc. If price is still the issue, then its hard to see how the club can do more and STILL compete at this level. We have one of the smallest fanbases and apparently should be the cheapest by some way too? Yet still compete financially? Oh and also not sell any of our better players aswell? It just doesn't add up. And yes i know none of that is a solution to the issue of falling crowds- but neither is making us uncompetitive, because crowds will only fall further if we lose all the time, no matter how cheap it is. The only solution I can see involves ALL clubs reducing prices simultaneously. Not something I can see happening any time soon sadly. £10 v MK Dons. £33.50 against Blackburn. Same league. That doesn't add up. The club are on the one hand trying to attract new fans by offering the MK Dons tickets at £10 but then shooting themselves in the foot by pricing the next game (4 days later) at £32 in the Kilner plus £3 if you pay on the day. Imagine some a new fan going to the MK dons game, hopefully seeing a good performance and then thinking that he might go again on Saturday, only to find out it could be three and a half times as expensive. Nobody would expect the Derby game to be ten quid but thirty odd is bloody ridiculous.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Oct 9, 2015 13:38:53 GMT 1
discount the more attractive games? doing it with leeds, why not some of the others.. I honestly dont think we can sell the mk game even at a big discount...
as a season card holder i have no problem with sitting in a packed stand a few times a season, none at all...
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