[Official Site] INTRODUCING RIMMINGTON'S LOUNGE

Yeah, if it’s the cost on top of a ticket I’d expect at least a meal to be included but I think it’s really: match day ticket, access to a warm room where you can buy food and drink without standing around in the cold and queueing and a padded seat in the upper tier.

If it is that it’s a decent idea but it needs explaining better and I’d still like to know how ST holders can upgrade.

 

I agree.

 

I was scrolling past all the flowery language like ‘yeah, yeah, but what do I get?!’

 

The offer last year was cheap, and a lot took the offer up - probably too many.

So to manage it a bit more and reinvest the funds, they’ve renamed it, invested money into it and put the price up.

Seems ok to me. If you pack out the executive levels too much, folk won’t want to go.

Which opens up the other question - if the West Stand was to be renewed, are Executive Boxes required in it? I suspect they will be. The East Stand is usually at capacity for most games.

 

Was it pay on the dayer’s using it though or ST holders? I’m not sure how anyone with a ST can access it this season without paying for a new match day ticket.

 

Exactly JamDrop Barnsley folk deal in straight facts, not Wordsworthian fawning over the East Stand.

 

Think the plus VAT bit is to appeal to businesses.

 

Don't insult Wordsworth he knew the difference between decorum and decor!

 

Touche Helen! He was also an esteemed and decorated poet

 

so did Wilfred Owen Dulce et Decorum Est
BY WILFRED OWEN
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum

 

Sounds like you get a three course meal and a padded seat in the east stand for your £54 so not too shabby really.

 

Does it? Where does it say that? I only saw ‘Our skilled chefs prepare a range of delicious options, from mouthwatering main courses to light bite sides.’ Are you getting it mixed up with the Legends Suite which does give you that but doesn’t list a price?

 

I love how nobody has an effing clue!

 

As the ad is worded in such a way that it is very clearly aimed at consumers and end users then it is actually illegal for them to advertise the price excluding VAT. They MUST advertise the total price INCLUDING VAT. Something which the club have been reminded of numerous times over recent years but continue to ignore.

 

Especially as it specifically says ‘individuals and families’.

 

It's in the 'Whats On against Port Vale' article

 

Yep it's not even ambiguous. It's a very clear advertising law which the club have had brought to their attention several times. It's extremely worrying how they breach the law like this. They did the same with the Centenary society by not advertising the chances of winning.

 

I’d be up for doing this on days when it’s freezing cold, because I’m a big pansy, but surely there’s a discount for season ticket holders. As loads of others have said, the article needs clarification.

 

Barnsley FC, more than any other business I've ever encountered, need a Product Manager. If they want a good one they should give me a call.

 

I don't understand any of this advertising. The article introducing rimmington's lounge doesn't mention any food being included but a similar article advertising the 'copier systems legend suite' DOES mention including a 1 or 3 course meal and last season the 1 course meal option cost £60 plus VAT and the 3 course costing a massive £80 plus VAT, both of these packages include a seat in the east upper tier at the half way line.

Then suddenly we get a what's on article that says "Rimmington's Lounge sees a revamp for 23/24, with supporters receiving a three-course meal and the option of a padded seat in the upper tier of East Stand. Priced at £45+VAT for an adult, Rimmington's provides an affordable option for a hospitality experience whilst watching the Reds in action."

Now that to me reads very much like the legends suite package yet it has the rimmington's name and price. A mistake surely? Unless the article advertising rimmington's was littered with errors and it's actually identical to the legends suite but the price has been reduced by £42