Why do the club charge £2.50 for paying with a card? I thought this was supposed to have been banned for debit card transactions as it is a bank transfer and not a credit card?...

It's still quite common to charge a booking fee regardless of what card you use.

Both Everton and Liverpool apply a charge to tickets bought on the phone regardless of if you use a credit or debit card.

It's a rip off

Bolton used to do the same but everybody kicked off big style so they abolished it. Being charged when your buying something is a poor effort imo.

one word GREED

I was going to buy mine online this morning but they can get bent. I'm not paying £5 for two tickets just because I am paying by debit card. Travel companies got fined for doing that not long ago.

don't forget the renewal fee they are charging if you renew on line.

Let's make it clear here that it's the stadium company and not the club who are making these charges.

Nope - banks still charge merchants for debit card transactions.

I have no issue in paying £2.50 charge on the tickets especially when you compare it to tickets for concerts shows etc when they charge you about a third extra on your ticket price. You pay booking fee and postage fee regardless if they send the tickets to you or you print them on your computer.

Even RFL only charges £2 on the tickets they send to you. At least if i get family tickets for us next season it will cost approx £50-60. When you book tickets for concerts the booking and postage fee for 4 people can amount to £50 at times.

Talking of rip offs...

Delivery charges for the online club shop are a joke. Has put me off on numerous occasions buying items and is something that should be looked at.

They should have a 'reserve online pick up in store' option.

lets put this into context......i always but tickets online or over the phone....£2 per ticket is a small price to pay to save you going to the ticket office.......AND..they post them out at no extra cost.
Ticket master charged me £7-50 last time i bought a concert ticket.........and St Helens charge £5 for the same service we are getting for £2.

i think your over reacting slightly..

thats something that needs looking into....but you'll prob get the same answer as last time they "looked into it"

"we arnt a big national company (like argos) , and dont carry the stock to provide this service".........which is fair comment imo

The club should bring a card out what you can put money on and use it anywhere plus they shouldn't charge you to buy tickets with it