Millwall Offer

I find if difficult to be pleased about something that i have problems taking advantage of.

 

My main issue with it is that it’s a faff as if you don’t have an empty seat next to you it also involves having to move seats but they can’t do anything about that. Tbf to Ponty, I get what he means as I don’t know any Barnsley fans never mind season ticket holders (except for myself) so although I would have been interested in this prior to getting my ST, I couldn’t have used it like I could have done if it was just simply tickets for a fiver. I think there is more chance of converting someone to be a more regular attender though if they are going along with mates who are regulars as they may enjoy the whole experience of the match day together, not just the match itself.

 

Isn’t it also a thank you to season ticket holders for shelling out a considerable amount in advance by saying bring a friend for £5? That’s certainly how I’ve read it and how I’ve read the Leeds freebie.

 

I’m happy to get you a ticket if you promise to stop fooking moaning . Just a thought like

 

Good point, that makes sense.

 

I think most of our offers are unnecessarily restrictive. When we do a "Two for the price of one" deal it's usually a Tuesday and a Saturday game. This excludes BOTH those who can't get to midweek games AND those who can't get to weekend games. The Flexi-Ticket was only put on sale for six weeks this season during October/November as well and wasn't available for people to buy at Christmas.

 

For fcuks sake what do you want them to do?

They are quite clearly trying to attract more supporters long term. If they make it a fiver each across the board, there’ll be folk turn up just as a one off, whereas if some come with regular attending mates, they might want to come regularly themselves. It’s not flaming difficult to puzzle out.

If they made it a blanket fiver across the board they’d also have to sell to Millwall at that price - given they’ve allegedly sold over a thousand tickets that’d be like setting fire to twenty grand. That would mean extra to pay the matchday staff and policing out of other funds.

You’ve had two people offer to get you a ticket - at least - and you’re still ******* whinging.

Get one, don’t get one. I’ll criticise the club for signing dross, or nobody, I’ll criticise when they do nothing, but criticising a ticket incentive to attract new blood? Behave.

 

If you want a ticket meet me at oakwell tomorrow and I’ll get you one pal

Alternatively Saturday morning about 10:45

I honestly don’t mind

 

As stated above, unfortunately the club can’t cater to everyone’s individual needs and desires.

As you’ve insinuated above, there will always be people who can’t attend fixtures on a particular day. The ST holder who sits next to me in the West lives in Cambridge and rarely attends midweek matches but it simply can’t be helped. It simply wouldn’t make business sense for the club to open up a two for one offer for any two matches of someone’s choosing.

I’d suggest raising legitimate concerns or ideas direct with the club or with the Supporters Trust who can flag the same. That’s probably the best way of bringing about a change in practice or at least bringing perceived injustice to the attention of the club.

 

The obvious solution with a "Two for the price of one" deal is to make each game half price instead. That way both the midweek and weekend people get a stab at it.

 

But that’s not the same as it doesn’t guarantee attendance for two matches as some would simply go to one which defeats the object.

 

It is always the same, whenever the club do any kind of offers , they seem to take stick , I think the best way forward would be to make no offers at all in the future , try & make season tickets & match day tickets as reasonable as they can, because it appears no matter what they try they cannot win

 

I’d go slightly further as well in that the hope is that someone who goes to two games albeit for the price of one could be tempted back again and even if they aren’t then the increased footfall could have an impact on sales in terms of merchandise and food/drink etc over both games.

 

There isn't a high take-up of offers and I'm explaining some of the reasons why. Most people don't get a season ticket because they are either midweek only or weekend only supporters. Those people can't make use of a Tuesday/Saturday 2-for-1 offer. Earlier in this thread I pointed out why 'Bring a friend' doesn't work for many either.

 

Are the club only doing this offer for home supporters only

 

Cheers

 

Those that have felt the need to get arsy, need to take a long look at themselves. It's just a debate about why offers don't work for a lot of people.

 

You created the thread to whinge. Not debate.

Nothing wrong with that. I whinged about the snowed off game. But I didn’t try to pass it off that I was just debating. You are clearly moaning because some of the offers don’t suit your agenda.

In terms of long looks I’d start looking a bit closer to home.