It is all above my head really as my hubby will confirm, just shop pay with card no worries, every now and again hubby starts getting all technical about money it is soooooooooooo boring

How much interest would you pay if you got it on Credit Card and paid that off in 3 equal amounts ???

i have no problems with the £15 charge and im usually one of the first to moan

I know there is a charge for visas but i dont recall it been £2.50 per pass

Relatively between passes going on sale and christmas youre right. After then the VAT goes up so theyre correct.

Guess the different sales dates and the VAT changing make it difficult for FC Marketing to come up with a slogan. On reflection maybe they could have simply said:
Season passes on sale. 2010 prices are......

Safer to not even make comparisons.

indeed

Its funny cos the £10 rise for passes and the £15 dd charge if i did that is less than i would spend on beer at 1 home game. Some people need to put it into perspective i think instead of just moaning at the club again.

I'm assuming they will add the new vat amount just as they reduced it last year

I'm assuming they wouldnt. Dont know why. Guess they probably should.

If there was not a £15 charge then who would pay for a ticket in one go?

It allows people to chose to pay that way but if there was no charge then most people would pay that way and the business would have a heck of an admin headache.

It is something I won't use as I will pay by debit card to avoid even the £2.50 per pass charge of credit card.

I think the charge is a bit high but less steep than say the charges Ryan air apply to credit card and debit card payments.

As the prices are the same as the prices this time last year barring the adult tickets which have the stated £10 rise on them then I can't see anything changing once the VAT returns to normal.

so do we get a reduction now then?

there either cheaper this year, more expensive next year or the club pockets the extra vat this year or pays it next year.

not that i give a toss as it's less than i spend on beer

Well if you look the DD scheme needs to be started by 28th of november and passes are sent out after 2nd payment.

The club could have made payments be taken on the 1st of each month so the pass would have been paid in full before the season starts and they could be sent out when paid in full.

With a simple clause stating non payment results in pass not being sent and no refund given.

At the end of the day though the charge is most likely there to deter people from using the DD route. Better for the club to have all the money to hand straight away rather than waiting for it.