Dynamic Pricing

Surely that's a good thing for us?

Sheff Utd tickets last week would have plummeted in price before kick off.

 

I suspect the dynamism doesn't include lowering of prices!

 

That is just a version of 'earlybird'...rather than price dependent on demand.

 

Yep sure it's only dynamic one way.

 

Maybe we'll see tickets on SFF last minute for not much above cost. JamDrop can get her tickets at a reduced rate then tell the rest of us...

 

Barnsley already do it anyway. It dynamically goes up £2 despite there not being any real demand.

 

While on pricing just seen villas pricing for the champions league home games cheapest adult price 85 quid a ticket majority of the ground 94 quid. Crazy

 

Apparently UEFA have capped away tickets for the Champions League at 60 euros (~£50) for this season, so does this mean villa are charging their own fans £45 more!?

Uefa lowers price caps for away fans at European ties - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c935xdz1xxpo

 

According to that article, tickets start at a base price and could go up in price depending on demand. It doesnt say that prices could go down. The Sheff U tickets would probably have remained at their base rate , which was lower than the standard league price.

 

Yeah but the Villa fans who can’t go away won’t be ripped off.

 

I blame Easyjet and Ryanair who were amongst the first to use this shameful practice. Same goes for train operators, a journey on a train is a journey on a train, costing the company the same whether the train is full or empty so the price to the traveller should be the same irrespective. Anyone remember the good old days of British Rail?

 

‘Valencia, who are majority owned by former Salford City shareholder Peter Lim, said: "We understand the concern but we believe it's more about fairness.

"It wouldn’t be fair for someone who planned ahead and bought a ticket early to pay the same as someone who waited until the last minute.’

Of course it’s fair. What’s not fair is to charge people with less available money to buy as soon as it becomes available and charge those who need to wait until pay day more.

 

Must be the case only just seen it ripping there own fans off.

 

Ticket to watch Bath Rugby game in the best normal seats is £100+.

 

To demonstrate how utterly stupid their argument is imagine if Tesco started charging more for their yellow label stuff because "It wouldn’t be fair for someone who planned ahead and bought their food early to pay the same as someone who waited until the last minute."

 

Cinemas must use the same practice. Was looking to book Beetlejuice 2 for me an the missus Saturday night.

Parkway is a fiver in September to try and get bodies in, Cineworld Barnsley 11.99 plus 0.75p booking fee per ticket.

Cineworld Wakefield £6.50 plus 0.75p booking fee.

How can Cineworld charge 2 different prices for the same film at 2 different cinemas?

 

One may have been a 2D screening and the other an IMAX one.

I have Cineworld Unlimited, think at 16.99 per month it's good value providing there are a steady flow of movies. Writers strikes don't help anyone in the industry especially cinemas for movie flow. But unlimited is paid for with 2 visits per month then any more and it's a bargain really.

We watch plenty of movies so can't grumble about their pricing really.

I wouldn't go to Parkway tbh, personally don't think the design of the venue is upto it. Main screen is almost flat so doesn't help especially with kids if a 6ft person is in the seat in front. Add to that, they are basically the same seats that have been in there for decades and aren't the comfiest now in comparison to a modern theatre with nice comfy recline seats.

If I owned Parkway, I'd go down that niche route of less capacity but more comfy sofa style seating with table setups. Something like the one in Leeds, is it called Everyman? So let people sit watch the movie with a pizza, beer etc. Competing like for like with a modern cinema isn't a good business model, the owners have said they may have to close with the Beetlejuice offer a last ditch attempt at survival.

 

Pricing was for 2d which is why I found it strange

Yeah I know what you mean about Parkway, very dated. Although they've spruced up the outside, inside looks like a throwback to the 80's

 

Do they ever go below the advertised price?