Centenary Society: Update from club

A complete lack of foresight or planning. This should have been thought of as the likelihood of getting to Wembley drew closer. Thankfully I am now sorted (courtesy of Mike Hayselden - £28 ticket, no booking fee and free travel).

 

Hold on a minute, I was being too charitable there. It should have been thought of as soon as we started using Ticketmaster.

 

I could understand if we had like 4-5k tickets. But with 40k available should we need i'm sure when you take away the centenary members that are season ticket holders, can get one on general sale, know a season ticket holder who can get one on their behalf etc that the number who'd struggle to get a match ticket would be so low that the catergory wasn't necessary.

 

That's not the point Dreamy. Some people have stayed in the Centenary Society for the ticket priority. It's still one of the listed benefits of being a member.

 

I gather the "gatemen" have been given an access code, so why can't this also be applied to the few Centenary Members who are not season ticket holders?

 

The club will have a batch of tickets on one side for staff, players etc. They won't have to get them through Ticketmaster. They could have estimated the likely demand from non-season pass Centenary members and put a few extra on one side for local distribution.

The club have the attitude that if it's only a small number of supporters affected, they aren't worth bothering about. That was their attitude when stopping the membership scheme.

 

you have pm

 

Old boy come's in our shop every morning. Been a centenary member since it started. Not set foot in oakwell since we played chelsea in the fa cup quarter final. In his words he doesnt keep it on out of loyalty to the club but because it costs very little every week and he has a chance of winning something.

Now this obviously isnt the general attitude of the member's but am sure he wont be alone. My point is why should someone like that get a priority ticket over someone who, lets say, cant buy a season ticket because of work commitments but has paid on the gate 6 or 7 times a season. That person ,and am sure there are a few ,has probably contributed more to BFC than said centenary member so why should one get priority over the other ?

 

Because it is advertised as a benefit to members and failing to provide this benefit is a breach of advertising law

 

the club should bend over backwards for the centenary members, they'll **** their pants if loads resign from it stating why.
its 100% the clubs fault for this **** up, they chose tittywan'ka to sell tickets.
granted all will get a ticket, but certain premium seats may go to us oiks before them which isn't fair, they pay for a service don't they?

 

I am very surprised that the club have adopted the 'oops its too late now and there's nothing we can do' when said stance is seemingly putting them in breach of the law. Especially when here ARE ways to comply with the law and provide the benefits they advertise

 

I will repeat. I have been advised that the "Gatemen" have been given a code to access ticketmaster. This may not be true, but I have no reason to doubt the person that told me.

 

its not like the games next weekend and need to sell quick, why not put general sale back a week and give time to set up another priority sale
i must say if i was a non season ticket holder but a member i'd be canceling

 

what about the lads who sell the 50/50 draw on the games at oakwell on every game. in the rain and snow getting wet and the club as not given the any codes to get any tickets for wembely and the centenary members are moanig but they join to win money or holidays lottery sellers are helpin the club out

 

I thought the lottery sellers got paid

 

don't they get a ticket in game, which is £20 odd for a couple of hours

 

This all sounds like a lack of forethought with the 'benefits' of being a member of the centenary society and it looks like the club have brought about their own problems. Why should somebody who doesn't go to Oakwell get priority tickets by virtue of this membership? In my opinion they shouldn't and if the club had thought it through this wouldn't even be an issue.

 

I've paid almost £3,000 into the club via this membership and have never won. It was a lifeline to the club when it was set up in 1987.

 

Tosh
Can confirm that no gatemen have been given an access code. Any staff who don't get a season ticket ie match passes only, ie no patron code, have had a patron / client code created at Ticketmaster to allow them to apply for tickets, just like every other season ticket holder.
The club have held their hands up over the Centenary Society members, and the date base will be sorted in due course to ensure it isn't a problem in future.
Clearly the box office staff haven't the time now before 8am tomorrow to register 1500 members , addresses e mails etc etc.
The box office have had hundreds of callers each day this week, and have helped load client numbers for anyone having a problem. This is as well as people turning up to buy Wembley tickets !!! despite all the publicity about none on sale at club.
The club clearly values Centenary members and if the tickets were handled at the club, the problem could have been sorted. In this instance they are using Ticket master and therefore can't sort the problem locally. They have apologised and offered 20 per cent off Wembley merchandise.
Centenary members if they had been given priority would only put them a day in front of general sale. Hopefully most are season ticket holders and friends who can ensure they get tickets. We will have sufficient at 40,000