OT ticket price hikes for rest of season

Utd heap said:
They are manipulating tickets that are sold back to them.

My mate goes to Thailand for a month in Jan. He will sell back the four home games, his ST price is £33 a ticket.

Utd can now re-sell that ticket at £66.

All your other points are fairly true, just think we are skirting around the point here and makes it sounds like lite excuse making on their behalf.
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If they are refunding £33 to ST holders and then selling them on for £66 yeah i would agree this bad business practice, but I was never trying to defend practices like that.
 
Our overlords have made it very difficult to support them so far. Another blow.
 
Utd heap said:
Because we didn't want to be run by a nation state proxy we shouldn't be infuriated by INEOS pricing regulars out?
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That's the attitude. So many of the pro-Qatar posters will never forgive or forget.

As for the price increases - they're inevitable.

Club in serious debt with no guarantee of CL or title races. Stadium in dire need of regeneration.

Where did we really think the money was going to come from?
 
We were always really good with tickets. Unfortunately we’ve been mismanaged so much over the years that I’m not surprised.
 
Rood said:
IIRC polls were pretty split at the time with loads on here and in Old Trafford wanting the full sale Sheikh Jassim option, it was clearly the best option for the club
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Considering how badly Qatar cocked up a one-horse race in buying us, and their failed psg franchise, I don't know why you seem to think they are the 'best' for United.

Must be their attendant politics.
 
Crostien said:
Considering how badly Qatar cocked up a one-horse race in buying us, and their failed psg franchise, I don't know why you seem to think they are the 'best' for United.

Must be their attendant politics.
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The cheapest PSG ticket I can find looking at their site is a category 7 ticket vs Nantes which is right at the top of the stand in the third tier and is 89 Euros which is 75 quid.
 
Andy Mitten needs to get on this as a fanzine editor - he has a privileged position on the TOTD pod and national broadcasters etc.

Time to properly call them out.
 
The worrying thing about this exercise is not the sale of a few thousand tickets at inflated prices during the season, because it is well known that United is such a well supported club that it's match going fans are, and have been for years, 'sitting ducks'.

It is what is to follow next season and thereafter where the 'clouds' for match-going fans, will become darker.

I half expected a increase in ticket prices on a regular basis the moment the Glazer's took over, and was mildly surprised when it didn't happen.

Amorin is right when he implied that everything going forward is going to be different about the club, what happened in the Ferguson era has now gone, for good (effectively SAF himself), a new era begins, this is the start.
Therefore to all fellow fans who are ST holders, or other regulars who entertain the hope of getting to see a few games live at OT every season I say, "buckle up and try to enjoy the ride."

The 'Super League' idea has not gone away, there is still no sign of a football regulator and we are being 'fattened up' for the launch; probably around 3-5 years away, may depend on other things, e.g. like a new 100,000 capacity stadium?
 
When near enough every club has put up prices, the cost of nearly everything has risen and with the club having frozen prices for quite a while, this is wholly expected.
Not worthy of the outrage, football stopped caring about fans a long time ago.
 
Champ said:
When near enough every club has put up prices, the cost of nearly everything has risen and with the club having frozen prices for quite a while, this is wholly expected.
Not worthy of the outrage, football stopped caring about fans a long time ago.
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In the last five years:

- New fan section established (TRA)
- Club led atmosphere section setup with ST holder moves facilitated
- Youth ST policy on above sections
- Significant improvement in dialogue between fan groups and the ticketing representatives.
- Better reductions for Europa and Carabao games.

Always a rolling eyes moment when someone strolls in from the outside and tells us how it is - with no knowledge of the actual context.
 
Utd heap said:
Andy Mitten needs to get on this as a fanzine editor - he has a privileged position on the TOTD pod and national broadcasters etc.

Time to properly call them out.
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I'm sure he will do... and he will also reference the fact that he has been talking every other week about what Sir Jim's modus operandi is in terms of cutting costs when he gets his hands on a business, before jacking up prices. He's been warning for months about where the funds would likely come from a new stadium, based on how Sir Jim's previous businesses have been run.
 
Champ said:
When near enough every club has put up prices, the cost of nearly everything has risen and with the club having frozen prices for quite a while, this is wholly expected.
Not worthy of the outrage, football stopped caring about fans a long time ago.
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It is wholly expected for tickets for kids to go from £20 to £66 mid-season without warning?
 
The Boy said:
The cheapest PSG ticket I can find looking at their site is a category 7 ticket vs Nantes which is right at the top of the stand in the third tier and is 89 Euros which is 75 quid.
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Keep looking.

Can't imagine their matches filling up. Niche club in a farmer's league (vulgar, but accurate).

The price will not be staying so high.

Utd heap said:
There's been no time to organise anything half decent for tomorrow - and then annoyingly the Everton home game isn't televised.
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We could get the match called off by marching onto the pitch?

It would save us the bother of another disappointing result, if nothing else.
 
TMDaines said:
I'm sure he will do... and he will also reference the fact that he has been talking every other week about what Sir Jim's modus operandi is in terms of cutting costs when he gets his hands on a business, before jacking up prices. He's been warning for months about where the funds would likely come from a new stadium, based on how Sir Jim's previous businesses have been run.
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He has indeed - hence hoping he ramps it up, as he's more than hinted he knew something like this was in the works ( as many of us did TBH but he clearly had access to a more educated guess..).
 
Champ said:
When near enough every club has put up prices, the cost of nearly everything has risen and with the club having frozen prices for quite a while, this is wholly expected.
Not worthy of the outrage, football stopped caring about fans a long time ago.
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Wow, maybe adjust the adults to £66 but absolutely do not adjust youth prices to the same level - that's beyond insane.

Do any other PL club do this across the board?

I know Villa have done it, but that's only in certain sections of the stadium.
 
NextSeason said:
I tweeted/X'd him last night, not seen anything from him yet which is weird considering he is normally all over matchgoing fan issues like this.
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He’s not that kind of journalist. He will be looking to speak to people first rather than kneejerking something out.
 
NextSeason said:
Yeah fair enough, but as a journo you should be on top of stories ASAP. It's not like this story needed verifying, it was literally published on the United website.
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You can be glass half full or empty with Mitten. Is he a part of the Utd mouthpiece now or is he still a fanzine man of the people.

A little unfair probably but this is a big one for him, interested to see how he plays it.
 
McGrathsipan said:
For me to go with my two kids would be €240 just on tickets -


I went to Brentford game a few weeks ago and it was less than €100 for 3 tickets.
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I’d suggest joining a supporters branch , you won’t have to pay €80 through a branch.
 
Utd heap said:
You can be glass half full or empty with Mitten. Is he a part of the Utd mouthpiece now or is he still a fanzine man of the people.

A little unfair probably but this is a big one for him, interested to see how he plays it.
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Yeah he is very pally with the club these days, they've supported him in some of his charity endeavours, etc. He's probably giving the club the right to reply so I would expect to see something from him by tonight at the very latest.
 
NextSeason said:
Yeah he is very pally with the club these days, they've supported him in some of his charity endeavours, etc. He's probably giving the club the right to reply so I would expect to see something from him by tonight at the very latest.
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He can be pally with the club but is well entitled to call this out especially the no concessions part. It’s a disgrace for parents who want to bring their kids.
 
Red00012 said:
He can be pally with the club but is well entitled to call this out especially the no concessions part. It’s a disgrace for parents who want to bring their kids.
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From a PR perspective the whole thing is a disaster but if they fixed concession prices that would have definitely taken the edge off. And I presume the numbers are so low the hit on their income would be trivial. Yet they cracked on and fecked over the children, Merry fecking Christmas! Mad the way stuff like this seems to happen without any thought at all.
 
FrankDrebin said:
Can comments like these just feck off.
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Why? Let the man speak

Ineos haggled to the point where they had too strike this crazy deal that kept the glazers on. He's right this was obviously coming. Its a shambles of a decision regarding kids prices, so out of touch.
 
Crostien said:
Considering how badly Qatar cocked up a one-horse race in buying us, and their failed psg franchise, I don't know why you seem to think they are the 'best' for United.

Must be their attendant politics.
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The full sale 92Foundation (not the same as the owners of PSG) option would have got rid of the Glazers and cleared all our debts - quite obviously this would have been a far better option than the minority investment PSR mess we find ourselves in today (and that of course is the reason for these ticket price rises).

Anyway it's a pointless discussion now as INEOS won the race, so I'll not be posting about anything apart from ticket prices in this thread.

If you want to rehash old discussions then find the relevant thread:
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/qat...ers-would-you-prefer-vote-now-private.475744/
 
Prices for tickets at OT have generally always stood up well compared to most, if not all PL clubs,but this just seems totally unnecessary considering (if true),the club claims its only 3% of tickets which would bring in a tiny amount of extra revenue. To have kids paying the same as adults is shocking and should be called out.

Talk about PR own goals.
 
Remember the geese said:
Most likely timed deliberately ahead of Amorim's first home game in order to silence any dissent.
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Well that certainly hasnt worked - all forums, social media etc pretty unanimous on this one and fan groups working hard to get it reversed
 
Red00012 said:
I’d suggest joining a supporters branch , you won’t have to pay €80 through a branch.
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Wrong. Branches have just announced its been passed onto them with immediate effect.

*Any new tickets that is.
 
This makes a mockery of the Fans Advisory Board and Fans Forum. The fact they tried to slip it under the radar with no one noticing. Incompetent management like this really makes my blood boil but unfortunately you see it everywhere now, including the highest level of government and big corporations.
 
Fts 74 said:
Prices for tickets at OT have generally always stood up well compared to most, if not all PL clubs,but this just seems totally unnecessary considering (if true),the club claims its only 3% of tickets which would bring in a tiny amount of extra revenue. To have kids paying the same as adults is shocking and should be called out.

Talk about PR own goals.
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A month before Xmas aswell
 
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