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| Quote: Jukesays "I didn't have time or the inclination if I'm honest to reply earlier (edit- just re read this and realised it may look like I'm meaning to yourself. when I say about not replying, should have said and meant about replying to the post you replied to. So i meant im agreeing with you).
You've just about scraped the surface of why they're wrong
Imagine saying you can pay in February the same price as someone who paid in August
Imagine not knowing in February what your income is for 2023 and yet fans want signings and the club to pay max salary cap, buy players, and yet the club have no idea what their income is for 2023
Auto renewal etc is a DISCOUNT
For paying early, for putting your money up front
We can go around this a million times
The prices at Wigan are favourable to other clubs in the vast majority of categories and instances
Why do other clubs charge what they do? Why do they offer Discounts for early purchase and payment? Note - DISCOUNT
If things are so poor pricing wise at Wigan, why are crowds still comparably good, and why are other clubs charging more?
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And I have to admit I'm not 100% on this
But been told today that if you buy an auto renewal package this season you are entitled to the discount from year 1??
May be wrong on that
Why did your mate not buy at early bird price?
Why did he not take up the finance options?
Why not call all tickets early bird/auto renewal price as you suggest, and then find out at last-minute that half your fans don't buy them and end up with less income, last minute? What impact will that have on the club?
Why not consider that that the correct price is the price for a ST and the early bird/auto renewal is a DISCOUNT
Because the second you count the early bird price as the standard price, someone will be looking for a discount on that price as well, and then it'd a race to the bottom.'"
The basic premise was sign up to the early bird offer and always receive the best price for your season ticket. As you mention start changing eligibility criteria to claw back lapsed fans and no one will sign up early in case a better deal pops up.
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| Quote: TonyM19 "This is the first season since 2020 that we have had a season ticket (we had one for at least 10 years before the pandemic). We knew that we would miss some games this season but we thought that we could fall back on the system where you can swap tickets for game you miss for ones later in the season to make it worth our while. Together with letting pour kids use them for some games it was a decent saving. We have done ticket swaps in the past, but its not available any more. Minor gripe I know, but it just makes it not cost effective for us to have the season tickets from now on. Just flagging it up if anybody else was thinking of swapping tickets.'"
Sorry could you clarify this? What do you mean by swapping tickets?
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| If you couldn't make a game, you could swap your tickets to a different game later in the season. We used to do it regularly. Meant that we could bring friends/family to the game we could make. You can't do it now. No big deal, but it was a factor in us deciding top get season tix from a price per game point of view
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| Quote: TonyM19 "If you couldn't make a game, you could swap your tickets to a different game later in the season. We used to do it regularly. Meant that we could bring friends/family to the game we could make. You can't do it now. No big deal, but it was a factor in us deciding top get season tix from a price per game point of view'"
So my understanding is that if you cant make it to a game (holiday,illness,cant be d etc) you could give the ticket to anyone later on to get in free but you could also use your ticket aswell,that doesnt make commercial sense as it isnt the clubs fault that you are missing a game but the club gets stung for £28 upwards.
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| Quote: Jason65 "So my understanding is that if you cant make it to a game (holiday,illness,cant be d etc) you could give the ticket to anyone later on to get in free but you could also use your ticket aswell,that doesnt make commercial sense as it isnt the clubs fault that you are missing a game but the club gets stung for £28 upwards.'"
Commercial risk that probably didn't work so is no longer available.
We now have memberships where people can pick and choose.
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| Quote: Jason65 "So my understanding is that if you cant make it to a game (holiday,illness,cant be d etc) you could give the ticket to anyone later on to get in free but you could also use your ticket aswell,that doesnt make commercial sense as it isnt the clubs fault that you are missing a game but the club gets stung for £28 upwards.'"
Your understanding is wrong. You couldn't let someone else use your ticket. It was cancelled for the game you couldn't make and you got extra tickets for a different game. It's no big deal. I just thought you could still do it. The person I spoke to at the ticket office said they stopped it last year. It must have been a real sphere ache to manage so it's understandable that they've stopped it. It just tips the value of getting a season ticket over the edge for us and it will be a membership net season
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