Paying for season tickets

i can't beleive what i'm reading here

anyone who is that hard up and financially challenged, should have there head read if they still put football before food, bills etc. It should be the first thing to sacrifice.

 

New scheme

I believe the details of a new payment scheme are being finalised

 

RE: fair enough

There is that way. Then there is the put a deposit down in June/July and pay it in installments over the next few months.

Personally I wouldn't mind paying a bit of interest either.

 

0% interest credit card

buy the ticket pay it off over 9 months whenever you can afford it i.e. birthdays xmas etc. At the same time open a new bank account and set up a £24 per month direct debit (equals £12 pr game give or take) for next seasons. for the first season your paying twice i.e. this and next seasons, but then you've always got a ticket fund when may coms round.

We have this conversation evey year, why? We should be able to organise our finances surely. And for those that can't afford then whatever the club does people still can't afford.

 

Depends on when the tickets go on sale

If they went on sale in feb then yes start paying then or if they went on sale in june/july as normal then let people pay throughout the season. Ok the club wont get the money up front but they have guarentees that it will come so they still benefit from it

 

RE: They talk crap.

no offence mate, but then surely football this year may have to take a back seat. I don't think the club can help in that situation.

 

RE: Depends on when the tickets go on sale

how do they know the money will come in? People can cancel direct debits. what happens then. and don't say that you sign a contract, cause we all know they're not worth a jot. Club has to pay to take you to court etc, and that will look grand in the papers.

 

oh dear, don't like that

only in that the club could end up chasing a lot of small bad debts. I'm in favour of installments but to me it must be settled before the season starts.</p>

I have experience of chasing small bad debts and it isn't fun.</p>

 

Agreed

Payment plans are fine, but the balance has to be paid before the season ticket is issued.

 

exactly

otherwise the idea of season tickets i.e. less cost for up front payment doesn't happen. They're essentially reducing the cost of a match day ticket by half. And how does the club sign player contracts, on the basis that all te contracts suporters have signed will be honoured.

We'd be bankrupt before xmas, nailed on!

 

in the long run it could work out quite well

if they moved into the 21st century and installed some electronic method of entry like swipe cards then they could implement a great system where by the amount you paid in installments had to be more than the cost of entry.

By that I mean that £20 has to be paid before the first home game, £40 by the second etc. If someone didn't pay then the club could revoke their ticket which isnt easy to do at the moment but with an electronic one would be simple.

 

RE: thats the problem

i would favour an intallement plan pay eg £50 a month but like the comments been mentioned needs to be done before season starts. also if they did it now n the payment plan was still in place when the season started any one who missed they payments the club could name and shame them in the match programe or half time anouncement (i know this would never happen but be fun taking piss out of the tight arse bloke behind you thats sat in a seat he cant afford)

 

Sounds like a massive expense for the club

For no benefit.

 

dear me

6 bad games and the attendance drops to 2000.

All players are on 3 year deals with no money coming in.

BFC = gone

not to mention cost of the swipe cards. The club has to completely restructure the way they do business because it's fans aren't capable of organising their own finances. sounds a great plan.

 

I meant in the long run

I didn't mean to set up electronic ticketing for this reason, I just meant if and when electronic ticketing is set up for general use anyway (i assume it will be eventually) then they'd be able to do payment plans like that quite easily

 

RE: They talk crap.

It will if nothing comes up soon. But lets say (and hope to god) I get something in the next month or so, would be nice to think I wouldn't have to fork £290 straight out but still get one.

 

I agree that the season ticket should be paid for before the season starts. I think if a payment plan just covered the three months during the summer period before the season starts it could work.

 

I feel the cost of implementing a swipe system

may be prohibitive for the perceived benefit. The club could negotiate preferrential rates with a credit card provider for a reduced rate of interest over say 9 mths thus freeing them of the responsibility for chasing the debt.

 

RE: oh dear, don't like that

But they used to do it. Maybe through an independant finance company or something but they did.

Also, other clubs do it. How do they do it?

 

RE: I meant in the long run

It all sounds far too complicated. I see no benefit to BFC in issuing season tickets when the balance has not been paid in full. There is another option to buying season tickets and that is paying on a match by match basis.