Season Ticket Discussion

[Kenny]

I think if I was renewing or thinking of doing so the increases would have pissed me off today. Instead I am a walking Partridge shrug GIF


The Covid spell in football really beat the proper love of football out of me I think. VAR started the process but Covid finished the job. I look forward to visiting the Cat Shit games next season if I can be arsed

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'm stunned at the acceptance from many fans on Twitter!

It's really, really odd.

You have to assume these are mostly/all fans who currently pay a lot of money to watch us. We are shit to watch.

There'll also be a fair old overlap between these fans who reckon it's all ok, and yet would have slated Moxey for stuff that's not even nearly so bad. And it's not like they sell it better, they're even worse at communication now, and Vinny Clark in particularly is even more dislikeable.

As Punts said - just going "it's £2 extra a game" or "it's only 7%" just leave the gate wide open for them to do the same next year, and the year after that, and the year after that.

Why on earth did we have a rise in two successive years, what can possibly justify that? I can understand a rise after promotion. Then a rise after we were clearly not just a newly promoted team, but a team that had made Europe. We've gone absolutely nowhere since, the club don't spend any money and yet the prices have gone way up? And this is fine?

I don't understand our fans.

 

[Jinky]

Saw the announcement on Twitter first and the general feedback was overly positive which confused me - as the very first post I saw on it was from Spiers saying the prices have increased between 6-8.5% and i immediately cringed thinking of the backlash. But the majority of posts said it was “fair” - and that’s confused the fuck out of me.

Came on here and saw the general vibe is they’re money grabbing wankers, which is more what I expected.

Whilst we have our community on this forum, it has to be said, the majority of the fanbase seem accepting of the increase and that’s all the club will listen to.

How many of you on here that are unhappy with the increase and have commented on not renewing will actually go through with that? I imagine the majority will be unhappy but will still cough up for a ST? I could be wrong?

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

How many of you on here that are unhappy with the increase and have commented on not renewing will actually go through with that? I imagine the majority will be unhappy but will still cough up for a ST? I could be wrong?

Agreed, i think most people will swallow it.

 

[Kenny]

The only logical reason I can see is the cost of running the Stadium on a home game is rising and the fans are covering that or part of that (have no idea if that is true but it certainly isn't to ensure we sign a midfielder unless we are resigning Dave Edwards from Bala

 

[Kenny]

Whilst we have our community on this forum, it has to be said, the majority of the fanbase seem accepting of the increase and that’s all the club will listen to.

Rule of thumb for this place - Whatever is the majority feeling is in here its not repeated out in the rest of the world.

See Politics thread for further information.

 

[Tony Towner]

The only logical reason I can see is the cost of running the Stadium on a home game is rising and the fans are covering that or part of that (have no idea if that is true but it certainly isn't to ensure we sign a midfielder unless we are resigning Dave Edwards from Bala

See the AFC Wimbledon Tweet I posted last week. In real terms it's a decrease!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

How many of you on here that are unhappy with the increase and have commented on not renewing will actually go through with that? I imagine the majority will be unhappy but will still cough up for a ST? I could be wrong?

I wouldn't like to give you a definitive answer because a) I haven't 100% made my mind up, b) they've pissed me off (even though I expected them to do it), which isn't the right frame of mind to decide and c) I do occasionally change my mind, it's been known (ask Jody Craddock).

But I'd say I'm unlikely to buy one. It's a lot of money at a bad time, I don't enjoy watching us (the football is largely God awful), we're losing a fair few people that I see on a matchday, we're probably going to sell our best player, there's no novelty factor (not even of being a stable PL team, this will be our fifth season) and I'm not sure I want to contribute to an ongoing situation where the club can just charge whatever with no consequences.

 

[Jinky]

I wouldn't like to give you a definitive answer because a) I haven't 100% made my mind up, b) they've pissed me off (even though I expected them to do it), which isn't the right frame of mind to decide and c) I do occasionally change my mind, it's been known (ask Jody Craddock).

But I'd say I'm unlikely to buy one. It's a lot of money at a bad time, I don't enjoy watching us (the football is largely God awful), we're losing a fair few people that I see on a matchday, we're probably going to sell our best player, there's no novelty factor (not even of being a stable PL team, this will be our fifth season) and I'm not sure I want to contribute to an ongoing situation where the club can just charge whatever with no consequences.

Fair play, Dan. A sad state of affairs.

I do think EP is correct, though - in that the majority of ST holders who are unhappy with the increase will still cough it up and find that money somewhere. Doesn’t make it right though!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I'm not renewing. To be honest even if they froze it, there was no realistic financial choice there.

However, this just makes me even more convinced that I probably won't bother going back much for occasional games, if at all.

 

[sycophantia]

The below are all positive moves

Admin fees have also been removed for season tickets and home match tickets, which were £6 for season tickets and 50p for match tickets last season.
The refund for ticket resale has now increased from 50 per cent to 80 per cent of the pro-rata value. Previously that money was only refunded in Wolves Cash, but fans will now have the option to take that refund in cash.
For home games the club is now introducing category C games, when previously they only had category A and B games. The new C games will be those fixtures when home fans are in the Steve Bull lower and visiting supporters come in fewer numbers and take up the quadrant in the Stan Cullis Stand.
Finally, Wolves have introduced a ballot for away games. For Premier League matches, 5 per cent of the allocation will be made available as a ballot. All season ticket holders will be able to apply.

These are actually good moves hut fucking hell, a big price hike for the 3rd/4th year running in the present economic climate is just immoral.
I'm amazed that it's only on here that there is a backlash

 

[Derby Wolf]

How many of you on here that are unhappy with the increase and have commented on not renewing will actually go through with that? I imagine the majority will be unhappy but will still cough up for a ST? I could be wrong?

I'm furious that they've upped prices again. They're genuinely tone deaf/don't care about supporters and there's only so much give in that elasticity.

Personally speaking a new job with a significant raise at the start of the year means I could afford it but its whether I can get my head round paying £600 for 19 games of football regardless of affordability.

Unlike that cunt Vinny I understand both cost and value.

Add in from there I pay £22.80 return from Derby so for just league games we're talking £1023.20.

Even if I conservatively budgeted £20 for food and drink each league match you're talking in excess of £1400*

I go to the games with my dad and family friends, so I'd hate to give up that quality time with family and friends but I'm teetering dangerously close to binning the lot off.

*I appreciate I'm quite close in comparison to Darlo/Aiki and even yourself.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

I'm really disappointed with the increase.

Not for me because I will pay it, but because there is nothing better than being at a full, crammed, loud and passionate Molineux. I loved it as a kid in the 70's and continue to do so. The rise in prices [again], empty seats [there will be] and general apathy it creates, aligned with a negativity of thought radiates across the stands and reduces the enjoyment of everyone's matchday experience - whether they think the increases in cost are justified, reasonable, affordable or not.

 

[Jack Regan]

Oh, I will be.

Hope you've already done it as they've credited that to my account in wolves cash this afternoon.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I will ask them to reverse that. I should also point out that this sort of blind side activity is another sign of the absolute fucking cunts in charge of the ticketing and pricing process at the club now. Snake move. I don't want fucking Wolves cash you cunts, I want my refund that the law of the land entitles me to.

Second edit - any danger of two years' interest on that money? Thought not, but I bet the club enjoyed that interest while sitting on the money. I go tomorrow but that's it. I'm not going again while Vinny is employed by the club.

 

[Del Woppio]

It's obvious why they've done it - they'll still sell the same number of season tickets. But fuck me, tone deaf profiteering. And the worst bit is it's for fuck all - c£900k ffs. The value of "understanding what fans are going through, and so freezing prices", the good will and positive press that would garner would probably cost more than that. About 0.6% of our wage bill covered. Nice one.

 

[Jack Regan]

I will ask them to reverse that. I should also point out that this sort of blind side activity is another sign of the absolute fucking cunts in charge of the ticketing and pricing process at the club now. Snake move. I don't want fucking Wolves cash you cunts, I want my refund that the law of the land entitles me to.

Second edit - any danger of two years' interest on that money? Thought not, but I bet the club enjoyed that interest while sitting on the money. I go tomorrow but that's it. I'm not going again while Vinny is employed by the club.

They haven't actually done it yet, I was wrong. Saw todays date on a transaction on my ticket page and jumped to conclusions as it looked like a fresh addition. They will of course be doing it at some point.

 

[Kenny]

I will ask them to reverse that. I should also point out that this sort of blind side activity is another sign of the absolute fucking cunts in charge of the ticketing and pricing process at the club now. Snake move. I don't want fucking Wolves cash you cunts, I want my refund that the law of the land entitles me to.

Second edit - any danger of two years' interest on that money? Thought not, but I bet the club enjoyed that interest while sitting on the money. I go tomorrow but that's it. I'm not going again while Vinny is employed by the club.

I bet Jeff is rolling around in the interest made off a few £30 at 0.1%

Your circumstances have changed but the club did say get a refund or use it for a cup game (but moved the goalposts as we played shit and got knocked out) so putting it back as Wolves cash is the obvious move.
A simple email at any point in the last 2 years would have got it back as cash. Plenty have done so, some had to email a couple of times though.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It isn't a refund as Wolves cash unless you renew. It's letting you spend your money with them and them alone.

Not allowed under consumer protection law.

 

[Kenny]

It isn't a refund as Wolves cash unless you renew. It's letting you spend your money with them and them alone.

Not allowed under consumer protection law.

That's how they are dealing with it with these who renew. I bet if those renewing contacted and said, actually prefer the £30 in my bank they would get it.
Initially it was refund for cash or leave it for a Cat A cup game that never happened.

Not renewing they are more than likely to turn into Wolves cash unless you ask. Raging over something you have had 2 years to get back and can still get back is more OTT than the price rise.

Just like last year, the season ticket rebate could be claimed as actual cash or used towards the ST.