thfcsteff
George Hunt
Is this another definition of 'winning' and 'being number 1'?
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StubHub
- Thread starter ringo
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Is this another definition of 'winning' and 'being number 1'?
Personally, I don't think selling a £32 ticket to a fellow supporter for £90 is happy days. In fact, I would say I think that is pretty disgusting tbh. I would never try to make money out of other Spurs supporters but that is just me. Face Value or not at all.
Can't see that happening unless there is legislation saying clubs have a legal responsibility for ensuring the original buyer is the person who uses the ticket.
Firstly new stadiums have barcode operated turnstile rather than operators, so that's an additional cost. Then there's the potential queues created by arguing with people who don't look like the photo, and that's if the minimum wage casual steward can really be bothered with the confrontation.
A one off temporary event venue, where people queue for entry over an extended period like festivals, is very different to a stadium where a high percentage of fans arrive within 15mins of kick off.
While I wouldn't personally put my ticket on there for £90, you've mentioned two reasons why I think the Stubhub model should stay.
First as a season ticket holder I get payment straight after the match. Second, if i can't get to a game I might be happy to get less than face value rather than nothing at all. I couldn't do either of the old ticket exchange was still being used.
Hotshot-Tottenham
Edgar Davids
I used it to pick up a ticket today.
I don't / can't go often but I wanted to see the old girl off.
So paying slightly over the odds was acceptable to me on a one-off / rare basis.
I don't / can't go often but I wanted to see the old girl off.
So paying slightly over the odds was acceptable to me on a one-off / rare basis.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
I have no issue with stubhub, it's not the systems fault if people take advantage of it, if those tickets don't go on such a service they get sold outside the ground anyway, i've happily paid touts 3/4 x in the pre stubhub days, on occasions this was to use season tickets, it's always happened, at least stubhub means you don't have to roam tottenham with pockets full of cash
ultimately, people are never going to pay more than they think a ticket is worth
a football match is only ever something you "want" to go to, rather than something you "have" to go to
ultimately, people are never going to pay more than they think a ticket is worth
a football match is only ever something you "want" to go to, rather than something you "have" to go to
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
I've sold tickets ok there for less than face a few times
I'm of the view that I've paid for it in advance and it's done and dusted
I'm of the view that I've paid for it in advance and it's done and dusted
Hashegotthesackyet?
Gudni Bergsson
It's all part of his bait, pathetic and comical...at his expense
Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
You can add at least 20k who didn't bother to apply because we knew we didn't have anywhere near enough LP. There will still be a demand, but not like it's now. Hopefully Stubhub gets ditched though.
Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
There are thousands of people like me that would travel more often. Now it's too bloody difficult (and expensive) to get a ticket, so I only travel once or twice a year. With easier access to tickets, more people will go more often. You can't go to something if it isn't available!
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Indeed, you pays money and takes your choice. Personally if i am unable to use my ticket i give it to mate so have never had to resort to Stubhub. Which ever system the club use to sell tickets they will be those who will moan about it.
ringo
Tim Sherwood
I don't mind StubHub in principle either. I'd like a price cap linked to a % increase of the original face value. That way everyone wins while making the tickets affordable for those who genuinely cannot afford to pay the higher prices.
I'd also like the ability to see the exact position of the seat - or at least to search using Row number as the ranking criteria, like you used to be able to.
It will be great with the new stadium though. As the capacity means it should be possible to get a ticket to most games and in most sections of the stadium.
I'd also like the ability to see the exact position of the seat - or at least to search using Row number as the ranking criteria, like you used to be able to.
It will be great with the new stadium though. As the capacity means it should be possible to get a ticket to most games and in most sections of the stadium.
thfcsteff
George Hunt
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
The problem is it's not mainly fans who can't go selling to fans who can go. It's not even baseball-capped Manchurians with drug-dealer whispers and a boot full of fake merchandise.
It's now a massive organised crime racket. Gangs in all quarters of the world use either advanced bots or just local cheap labour to buy up as many as they possibly can, then sell them on at a huge mark-up. They hugely inflate prices, purely to turn a substantial middle-man profit.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
How do these gangs have season tickets at White Hart lane?
I get your comments for gigs etc... Its called scalping in the states i think, but not for football games where you can only sell your ticket on stub hub if you have a season ticket
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
I agree
You should be able to sell your ticket at face value plus fees so it isn't about profiteering
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I was thinking about StubHub in general, rather than specifically for our season tickets. It's just ebay's 'enable criminality so they can cream off their commission too' engine.