Buy-back scheme

[The Goat was fed]

Anybody heard any news about the ticket buy-back scheme for ST holders?

The club said a few months ago they would be announcing the details in, I think, June or July but I've heard nothing. I'll have to miss a ferw games this season and the money is not to be sneezed at...

[WestCoast Life]

the HNA 'buy back' scheme pays better

[fridays child]

You not got any mates who would take up the spare?
I've lost count of those that have said they'll be happy to pay to use mine if I'm 'indisposed'

[RoyalBlue]

May not be as easy for us As the same steward is stationed near us each game. In the past, if one of the kids couldn't make the game we tended to bring along a friend of the other. However, I fear in future the steward may blow the whistle on us if the appearance of the kids changes from one game to the next!

Personally we never thought we were doing any wrong. We had paid for the season ticket, thus guaranteeing rather than depriving the club of income. Furthermore, occasionally bringing other kids along helped spread word of The Royals in our part of the world.

[weybridgewanderer]

FYI another club that has introduced this sort of buy back scheme this summer

They offer you £10 to buy back your ticket. You do not get the cash but this is added to an account which they will then use to "discount" your renewal the following the season

so if the new season ticket price £545

10 games sold back - 10 x £10 = £100 in your account

so renewal price you pay = £445

Thats how one other club I know are implementing the scheme. Lets see how Reading do it

[Winchester Royal]

Thats a pretty good idea, ensures the money goes back into the club.
Perhaps the money back could be given in vouchers for use in the Ticket office or the megastore?

[Wycombe Royal]

so if the new season ticket price £545

10 games sold back - 10 x £10 = £100 in your account

so renewal price you pay = £445

Effectively 9 matches for £445. Bargain.

[West Stand Man]

May not be as easy for us As the same steward is stationed near us each game. In the past, if one of the kids couldn't make the game we tended to bring along a friend of the other. However, I fear in future the steward may blow the whistle on us if the appearance of the kids changes from one game to the next!

Personally we never thought we were doing any wrong. We had paid for the season ticket, thus guaranteeing rather than depriving the club of income. Furthermore, occasionally bringing other kids along helped spread word of The Royals in our part of the world.

To be honest I don't think you are risking much so long as the friend is in the entitled age bracket. The people they are really after are those who buy a ST for an U12 and then try to sneak in a 21 year old (or an adult).

[Dirk Gently]

May not be as easy for us As the same steward is stationed near us each game. In the past, if one of the kids couldn't make the game we tended to bring along a friend of the other. However, I fear in future the steward may blow the whistle on us if the appearance of the kids changes from one game to the next!

Personally we never thought we were doing any wrong. We had paid for the season ticket, thus guaranteeing rather than depriving the club of income. Furthermore, occasionally bringing other kids along helped spread word of The Royals in our part of the world.

To be honest I don't think you are risking much so long as the friend is in the entitled age bracket. The people they are really after are those who buy a ST for an U12 and then try to sneak in a 21 year old (or an adult).

Correct - or those who sell tickets on at personal profit on a regular basis.

[Huntley & Palmer]

FYI another club that has introduced this sort of buy back scheme this summer

They offer you £10 to buy back your ticket. You do not get the cash but this is added to an account which they will then use to "discount" your renewal the following the season

so if the new season ticket price £545

10 games sold back - 10 x £10 = £100 in your account

so renewal price you pay = £445

Thats how one other club I know are implementing the scheme. Lets see how Reading do it

I don't see why anyone would utilise this scheme, especially if you can give the ticket to a mate or for a nominal amount

[RoyalBlue]

FYI another club that has introduced this sort of buy back scheme this summer

They offer you £10 to buy back your ticket. You do not get the cash but this is added to an account which they will then use to "discount" your renewal the following the season

so if the new season ticket price £545

10 games sold back - 10 x £10 = £100 in your account

so renewal price you pay = £445

Thats how one other club I know are implementing the scheme. Lets see how Reading do it

Boyd will love that idea! They 'give' you £10 for your ticket but actually keep it. Then they flog your ticket for three or four times that amount!!

It's perfect for a RFCTO scheme!

[RoyalBlue]

May not be as easy for us As the same steward is stationed near us each game. In the past, if one of the kids couldn't make the game we tended to bring along a friend of the other. However, I fear in future the steward may blow the whistle on us if the appearance of the kids changes from one game to the next!

Personally we never thought we were doing any wrong. We had paid for the season ticket, thus guaranteeing rather than depriving the club of income. Furthermore, occasionally bringing other kids along helped spread word of The Royals in our part of the world.

To be honest I don't think you are risking much so long as the friend is in the entitled age bracket. The people they are really after are those who buy a ST for an U12 and then try to sneak in a 21 year old (or an adult).

Correct - or those who sell tickets on at personal profit on a regular basis.

You might think it would be low risk if I kept to the spirit of things but the steward concerned once took me to task for 'shouting too much/too loudly' during a game!!!

On that basis, giving my kid's ticket to another of the same or lower age must surely be a capital offence!

[Forbury Lion]

If you sell your seat back to the club do you lose any Royalty points that would have been allocated to your account for attending the match?

If so, It will make sense to sell to a mate as at least you can be sure the points will go on your card.

[midlandadie]

so if someone cant go to man utd at home (highly unlikely) this is priced at £41 game the club have took your money then buy it back for a tenner?then sell it for another £41!people will sell there ticket to friends or family its easier with no hassle plus your get the same money back that your ticket cost the only time this scheme will be used is for teams like watford wigan etc

[From Despair To Where?]

I know there are 6 games that, barring shifts in kick off times, I probably won't get to because of work; Blackburn, Bolton, Wigan, Aston Villa, Charlton and Portsmouth. By coincidence, 6 of the less attractive games of the season (6 we have a good chance of winning and i'm going to miss them, bollocks). Will the demand for those games be there? Possibly but I'd want at the very least, 50% of the face value of the seat refunded to make me think about doing it, either as a straight cash deal or credited to my credit card account. If the club want to offer me vouchers or credit for official merchandised tat at some crappy rate like £10 a ticket, they can blow it out their collective arse because the incentive just isn't there.

[weybridgewanderer]

i only used an example of one club

thier ticket price per games is £23

I wouldb't imagine the numbers are quite the same for us

basically, if they are able to resell the ticket, they take an admin fee off then split the difference with you

also ALL public sale tickets must be sold before they will start reselling "returned" season tickets

[Platypuss]

Do the club have any plans to actually introduce a scheme before the season starts or has the whole idea been quietly ditched?

[Dirk Gently]

As far as I have been told the scheme will be happening. Not sure exactly when, but plans are definitely being made for it.

Instead of a specific figure like a tenner, the value will be a percentage of the ticket price (i.e. a higher credit for Man Utd than for Bolton) minus a small, fixed, admin charge.

You won't get the cash, it'll be a credit for next year's ST purchase.

[Scarface]

so if someone cant go to man utd at home (highly unlikely) this is priced at £41 game the club have took your money then buy it back for a tenner?then sell it for another £41!people will sell there ticket to friends or family its easier with no hassle plus your get the same money back that your ticket cost the only time this scheme will be used is for teams like watford wigan etc

I can't.

[B16]

so if someone cant go to man utd at home (highly unlikely) this is priced at £41 game the club have took your money then buy it back for a tenner?then sell it for another £41!people will sell there ticket to friends or family its easier with no hassle plus your get the same money back that your ticket cost the only time this scheme will be used is for teams like watford wigan etc

I can't.

I can't either