oldtawnyowl Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 4 hours ago, s73owl said: Isn't that because they get 600/700 points per match? Yes, plus the fact that, unlike ours, their's has no cut off after 2 seasons. They just keep accumulating points season after season. Must make it impossible for "New" supporters to ever obtain tickets for any attractive away game, even after several years of following their team. Mind you I would count that as the only advantage of following the Oinkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I'd like us to tweak our points system with different points for different games Ipswich away on a Wednesday night when it's on sky should get you more points than s standard home match on a Saturday afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Nobody has really answered the question from the op Some people are keeping their points by buying tickets but then selling them on. They are keeping the right to buy tickets but not actually going to the trouble of going to games . Even worse if they are making a profit I agree with the op This is wrong but you will always get two hats who abuse the system. Shame they are keeping proper fans from getting tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Newsome Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) Love listening to the ones who don't go complain about TPP, one of my mates last year said it's not fair there should be a free for all so everyone has a chance of going... It's the fairest system, rewards the ones who go and put their money in, while the ones who don't go can still attend but they've got to build their TPP up by attending less glamorous games such as early road cup ties and trips to Reading/Ipswich/Norwich/Weekday games. i also don't see anything wrong with what the OP says, as long as they aren't being sold for profit they've built the TPP to buy the tickets so let them get them, not like the people with low TPP would get them anyway. Edited October 7, 2017 by Not Jon Newsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We'llNeverBeMastered Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 35 minutes ago, oldishowl said: Nobody has really answered the question from the op Some people are keeping their points by buying tickets but then selling them on. They are keeping the right to buy tickets but not actually going to the trouble of going to games . Even worse if they are making a profit I agree with the op This is wrong but you will always get two hats who abuse the system. Shame they are keeping proper fans from getting tickets But they must be proper fans to acquire that amount of points in the first place? Swings and roundabouts. I'm sitting comfortable on 740 atm and I expect to be on 780 by the time United away comes around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 One of the problems I see is the way priority points are awarded for season tickets. A new season ticket holder accrues 230 priority points at the start of the season before attending a game. A fairer way would be to add 10 points for each time the card is read at the turnstile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1867Heaven Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) 11 hours ago, Chris Sanderson said: People with priority points buying tickets then reselling them to friends or through social media. Think it's happening quite a bit. Priority points seems a good system but its not all its cracked up to be. Can't make an away game buy ticket or tickets anyway knowing you'll be able to sell them on and still get the points. Becoming a closed shop maybe. Thoughts? I disagree, I’ve always been average in away attendance but a bit of effort last season and beginning of this has put me in a position to buy tickets, even got one for Burton! Although I put that down to our slow start. No system is going to be perfect but with effort you can climb priority, one change I’d make is maybe do it over 3 season. Edited October 7, 2017 by 1867Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_Great_Hope Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, Blatter said: One of the problems I see is the way priority points are awarded for season tickets. A new season ticket holder accrues 230 priority points at the start of the season before attending a game. A fairer way would be to add 10 points for each time the card is read at the turnstile. The club would need to put a system in place to do that. Not worth the time or outlay imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1867Heaven Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 10 hours ago, Ever the pessimist said: Pigs do theirs with no time limit: Basically accrued from as far back as their system allows. Pros and cons to both I suppose. Speaking of pigs, what's guess on tpp needed for away match? 700? Huddersfield play off semi last season sold out at 750 I think it was, 700-something anyway, so I’d say same as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1867Heaven Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 4 hours ago, dowls said: People play the system .. thing is why should the club care? Plenty of club run such systems, Man Utd have been running it for years. During their glory years they were plenty of vacant season ticket holders whose tickets would be resold by the fan clubs around the country. Fact is when teams become popular supply becomes limited and demand increases. Tickets still available for Bolton away so demand as yet to outstrip supply and when we play Leeds we've rarely sold out, and I doubt we will sell out for Ipswich. If a fan wants to buy a ticket for Ipswich and not bother well there funding Ipswich and Wednesday get a degree of income - we won't sell out for Ipswich. Man U have it in place that if it can be proven any member has sold their ticket they get a life time ban! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ryan the owl said: But they must be proper fans to acquire that amount of points in the first place? Swings and roundabouts. I'm sitting comfortable on 740 atm and I expect to be on 780 by the time United away comes around. But the issue is they are maintaining the status in an unfair way and by buying tickets and selling them on are depriving other current proper fans of the tickets. It is not up to individuals who accrue points yet don't go to games to decide who should get the tickets. They should stop it and let the system work. And you don't need to miss many games to drop down the order. I am normally in the first sale but missed the Fulham game and was then in the second tranche for Burton. Fair enough, I missed a game. The system is meant to reward people who go to the trouble and expense to support the team. Let it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_Great_Hope Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, oldishowl said: But the issue is they are maintaining the status in an unfair way and by buying tickets and selling them on are depriving other current proper fans of the tickets. It is not up to individuals who accrue points yet don't go to games to decide who should get the tickets. They should stop it and let the system work. And you don't need to miss many games to drop down the order. I am normally in the first sale but missed the Fulham game and was then in the second tranche for Burton. Fair enough, I missed a game. The system is meant to reward people who go to the trouble and expense to support the team. Let it work. In all honesty, how many people are actually doing this? 10? 20? Out of allocations in the 1,000's it can't really be that much of an issue. In order to make it a "closed shop" as you say - multiple hundreds of people would need to be doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 55 minutes ago, 1867Heaven said: Huddersfield play off semi last season sold out at 750 I think it was, 700-something anyway, so I’d say same as that. Anyone want to use my ticket to go to Reading, Norwich and Brentford then? Could do with the points! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Last_Great_Hope said: In all honesty, how many people are actually doing this? 10? 20? Out of allocations in the 1,000's it can't really be that much of an issue. In order to make it a "closed shop" as you say - multiple hundreds of people would need to be doing it. I have no idea I just think it is wrong to deprive fans who deserve tickets by fiddling the system but I just dislike people who cheat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 24 minutes ago, Ever the pessimist said: Anyone want to use my ticket to go to Reading, Norwich and Brentford then? Could do with the points! How many points you got. Are you going to villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I only put it to wind the OP up! I have 600 so unlikely to get pig tickets even with Brentford and Reading to come. Would like to go Forest on Boxing Day but expect those to be difficult to get too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We'llNeverBeMastered Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 1 hour ago, oldishowl said: But the issue is they are maintaining the status in an unfair way and by buying tickets and selling them on are depriving other current proper fans of the tickets. It is not up to individuals who accrue points yet don't go to games to decide who should get the tickets. They should stop it and let the system work. And you don't need to miss many games to drop down the order. I am normally in the first sale but missed the Fulham game and was then in the second tranche for Burton. Fair enough, I missed a game. The system is meant to reward people who go to the trouble and expense to support the team. Let it work. But the people they are buying tickets for are going through the trouble and expense of supporting their team so you're kind of contradicting yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richowl Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 There's plenty of games throughout the season where you'd easily get a ticket. those wanting to get tickets for high profile/low allocation games need to go other games too. see you at Ipswich/millwall/QPR in midweek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Doing my aggressive pointing reps in the bedroom and noticed the Cardigan, is in fact.. not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chow Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 There will be pros and cons to any system, changing it won’t make a different. I think it should first come first serve and scrap all points but that’s me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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