yeah thats what they told me when i renewed..mid December

Thanks, wasn't that I was worrying, just thought it was a little unproffesional that they thought handing me a complimentary slip as a sign of receipt proves anything, then recieving a membership letter weeks later when I'd paid, what a waste of money!

They sent us 5 letters, to me, my wife, two kids and my Dad - all at the same house. I emailed them to say please just send one in the future.

Must admit I rang up to confirm everything was ok after receiving a 'Final Reminder' to renew. I'd paid for mine online in Sept, surely the club see who has renewed rather than send letters out to those who have already bought their season ticket?

No, unfortunately they appear to send letters out to all season ticket holders, including under 8s, who are hardly likely to be in a position to get their credit cards out!

I've already renewed and also been sent the letters since.

me too.

Perhaps the club could save some cash by refining it's mass mailing methods!!

This happened last year as well it makes you wonder how much the club has lost in printing and postage. I'm sure it can't be to hard for them to sort the data base out and take out those who have paid already I do it all the time at work.

What is it at the moment that people take every opportunity to slag the club off.

So what if they sent you a reminder and you've already paid, the cost of mass mailing doesn't go down if you take out 1 letter it's bundled together in the hundreds.

So what if you only got a complimentary slip, the records will show you paid, if you'd asked for a full receipt I'm sure they'd have given you one but then you wouldn't have been able to come on here saying how unprofessional things are.

So what if an 8 year old gets a Season Ticket letter, it might spur the kid on to tell their parents they want to go watch the Bulls again next year.

Personally I'm looking forward to next season without thinking about where I can find fault with the club in the meantime

I wasn't slagging the club off, it was just a suggestion.

I used to work for a mass mailing company and their clients spend a lot of money paying the company to out duplicates and non-required mail because it saves them so much more than it costs to take them out!

Such things are possible with a bit of fairly simple database management and surely worth the effort.

My kids like getting their mailings, I think its good that they are treated like members. Which indeed they are.

The season hasn't started yet

Blimey, calm down a little, I don't think anyone here is slagging the club off, just asking legitimate questions and concerned that they don't waste money at a time when money is tight.

Debaser's kids like getting the mailshots, mine ignore the ones that aren't to do with the Junior Bulls, so it's a discussion, pros and cons, it's not an attack on the club.

I did exactly the same, and am in the same boat as you except that I did get a printed and dated card receipt so do have proof of payment but I still thought just the same as you when I got the leaflet. As usual I didn`t actually ring up to ask or anything........`cos it`ll be ok, won`t it?

Course it will! Roll on 2010!