Rugeley Villa Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Not many left at all after lower ground unsold going on sale. Have they not put resale up yet for season tickets? Either way be pretty much full tonight . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Forget that loads on sale now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Yep, they've finally put them up. Less than 12 hours before kick off. Ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Finally released all the ST relist then. £48 they want for mine (my refund would be circa £25). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Bloody hell a lot of resales for tonight. All of them would have been empty seats! Edited January 30 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 5 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Bloody hell a lot of resales for tonight. All of them would have been empty seats! Stupid kick off time, no trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 11 minutes ago, blunther said: Stupid kick off time, no trains. I got out of going London for work because didn’t want my ticket to go to waste. I’ll be going game after all! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanmac Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 About 800 seats left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano & Dalian's Umbrella Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 24 minutes ago, villanmac said: About 800 seats left. Hopefully word will get around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Reply from the club: I hope this email finds you well. I am reaching out in response to your recent correspondence (complaint reference 24 Jan-Mar 048). While it is regrettable that your experience led you to file a complaint, I am sincerely grateful for the time and effort you invested in expressing your thoughts via email. Although I had hoped to connect with you over the phone, it seems your mobile has gone to voicemail from which I have left you a message, prompting me to provide a swift written response. Concerning the resale seats for the Newcastle game not being available at the time of your initial email, I am pleased to inform you that the game reached a sell-out late last night; As a result, resale seats have been activated for tonight's match. I understand the frustration you may have experienced until this point and commend your commitment to using the proper channels for season ticket resale. It is important to persist in utilizing the club's designated resale platform, ensuring accountability for both sellers and buyers. In adherence to the Season Ticket Match Re-sale Terms and Conditions, the resale scheme operates once all available tickets for the match have been sold. Our priority remains the sale of general admission seats over resale seats, as the latter are partially reimbursed to season ticket holders. Regrettably, for the Newcastle game, general admission seats were not entirely sold out until later yesterday. This season, we only encountered one instance where a game did not feature active resale seats, attributed to Fulham not taking their full away allocation, resulting in several vacant seats in the upper Doug Ellis. Various factors influence whether a game reaches a sell-out. With Newcastle in particular, it has been unclear whether we would reach this point. As well as it being a midweek game, which limits the number of families that have the desire to attend, other factors include a less desirable kick-off time, television coverage, and a surge in sales observed in the last few days is possibly tied to supporters waiting until payday to make their purchases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blunther Posted January 30 Popular Post Share Posted January 30 And my response: I understand the system of only selling resale seats once we're at 'sold out', but I wonder if the definition of 'sold out' could be loosened a little, for the good of both ST holders wanting to sell a seat, the club's finances and fans who are looking to attend. When we're down to the final 50 seats in the original batch, it's inevitable that lots of them will be single seats. I'd imagine that many fans will have logged on over the weekend and yesterday, seen only a very limited selection of seats, often singles, and in a place they might not want to sit, then thought 'well, I'll have to miss this game'. These fans may well not think to come back and look when there's only a few hours before kickoff on the same day - making plans to attend a match might need a few days notice to get friends involved, arrange childcare, sort things out with work or what have you. It seems to me the club would be better off selling the resale seats even if we get, say, below 100 of the normal seats. I understand the club is making less money per seat as they're having to the refund ST holders to an extent, but it's still a healthy profit margin. My seat has sold now (thank you!) for £63, of which I am refunded about £30. Fine, that's what we signed up for, and it's still good money for the club. Releasing seats earlier, we might sell 500 more resale seats, at the expense of not selling the 100 non-resale seats. This generates more revenue for the club, helps out ST holders when they can't attend and gives a better fan experience for those attending who get far more choice over where to sit, as well as side-revenue from drinks, food, merch etc that the club hopefully gets a cut of (unless Dr Tony sold all that off!). Fulham was obviously a different situation with them not taking the full allocation, but again I wonder how many fans had a look that would have bought tickets in a more desirable location but didn't fancy paying full price to sit above the away fans in a dated stand with terrible facilities. Is this something that could be suggested to the commercial manager or whoever is responsible? Waiting for that very last seat to sell in A2 could cost hundreds of potential ticket sales in other areas. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 just seems daft waiting for that last single seat in A2 to sell when there's probably hundreds of people looking for Holte End tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted January 30 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30 thanks for your efforts @blunther . i fear they've set their stall out from the outset and won't budge but let's see. it's frustrating when fans can all see how things should work but the club can't! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Agree, Thanks @blunther for making club aware of our frustrations. Id love it if you could move your season ticket seat online too. Hate having to wait an hour to get through to do that and the family stand normally full by the time the lines open the next day after tickets released to members. I’m probably asking too much now though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Only problem here is if someone wants to take their kid they are now paying double bubble for their child’s seat because it’s resale. I know it is what it is but it puts a lot off . I wasn’t able to go tonight but due to circumstances I’m able to now but no way am I paying for my ticket plus paying adult prices for my lad. I might still go on my own but not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 51 minutes ago, blunther said: just seems daft waiting for that last single seat in A2 to sell when there's probably hundreds of people looking for Holte End tickets. Yep, if they did it earlier there’s more time for people to snap them up. It’s expensive for a midweek televised game against normal opposition imo . No way should Newcastle be CAT A. No doubt trains playing up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman22 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 This is very frustrating. I could have gone tonight with my brother (also a Villa fan) but we couldn’t get tickets. We have to fly over so we can’t do last min as the flight will cost a bomb now. To see 500 odd tickets go on sale so late is a kick in the plums. TV and few beers it is!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted January 30 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30 32 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Agree, Thanks @blunther for making club aware of our frustrations. Id love it if you could move your season ticket seat online too. Hate having to wait an hour to get through to do that and the family stand normally full by the time the lines open the next day after tickets released to members. I’m probably asking too much now though. email ticketsales@avfc.co.uk - normally a response within 24-48 hours. too late for today, but just for future reference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Comical really, releasing this many tickets on matchday when they could have released them ages ago and would probably have sold out. Empty seats for a Cat A match isn't a good look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano & Dalian's Umbrella Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 A big thanks to the person who must have held my 2 seats in their basket for 2 hours this morning only to now remove them after similar seats in the same area have now sold! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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