Onge Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 51 minutes ago, Geedee said: I have been a member for years but it's gone up a lot ( from £10 to £50) and has become less useful for me. That's because we now have nearly double the number of season ticket holders as a few years ago. That's obviously great news for the club but means that you have little chance of important away game tickets as a member. Away tickets being the main reason I became a member in the first place. If it goes up again I don't think I will bother. I've been a member for at least a decade (and I get one for my wife so I can get two tickets) primarily for away tickets but frankly it stopped being value for money when it went up to £50. Probably won't stop me continuing, but I definitely don't get much for my money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hack-Abusi Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Doesn't the membership offer you anything else apart from potential to jump so much of the queue for match day tickets? Money off in the club shop? Money off anything at all in the club? discounted entry to special events? Isn't that what membership of an establishment about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Hack-Abusi said: Doesn't the membership offer you anything else apart from potential to jump so much of the queue for match day tickets? Money off in the club shop? Money off anything at all in the club? discounted entry to special events? Isn't that what membership of an establishment about? £5 off every home match and £10 off some home matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bark1062 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 On 15/07/2018 at 10:19, thewookieisdown said: Comparisons aren't really relevant. Chelsea etc are big clubs with internationalised support and essentially you are signing up for a package of benefits which includes access to tickets for second tier games. For smaller clubs like us the point should be to offer something for those who want to attend quite regularly but not so often they want an ST and enticing/enabling them to do say 12 home games not 8. To me the sticker price for membership seems too high if that's the intention. See what your saying here, however surely in all walks of life we are asked to pay higher prices for better brands( that doesn’t always mean better quality) in football however the premier league is certainly a better quality brand than the championship, on that basis we are being asked to pay too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling Wolfe Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 16 minutes ago, Bark1062 said: See what your saying here, however surely in all walks of life we are asked to pay higher prices for better brands( that doesn’t always mean better quality) in football however the premier league is certainly a better quality brand than the championship, on that basis we are being asked to pay too much. Whilst I can see where your coming from you have to remember that Chelsea will have earned hundreds of millions last season alone. Prem clubs could probably afford to let their supporters in for free if they didn't pay such ridiculous wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Hack-Abusi said: Doesn't the membership offer you anything else apart from potential to jump so much of the queue for match day tickets? Money off in the club shop? Money off anything at all in the club? discounted entry to special events? Isn't that what membership of an establishment about? 1 hour ago, HirstWhoScoredIt said: £5 off every home match and £10 off some home matches? Yep that's all these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 WBA - £6 Bristol City - £20 Norwich City - £20 Swansea - £25 Aston Villa - £30 Birmingham City - £30 Sheffield Utd - £30 Derby County - £39 Leeds United - £40 Jesus Christ, I believe there is no club charging £50 for memberships, other than ourselves Lets lead by example SWFC! Time to make a change, get your fans on board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonowl Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 35 minutes ago, bigash_swfc said: WBA - £6 Bristol City - £20 Norwich City - £20 Swansea - £25 Aston Villa - £30 Birmingham City - £30 Sheffield Utd - £30 Derby County - £39 Leeds United - £40 Jesus Christ, I believe there is no club charging £50 for memberships, other than ourselves Lets lead by example SWFC! Time to make a change, get your fans on board! So what you sayin'? WBA, no ticket discount. Norwich, £2 ticket discount. Villa, one £10 ticket discount voucher. Sheffield Utd, £1 ticket discount. Leeds, 3 x £5 ticket discount voucher. I'm not trying to justify the price but that's 5 of the 9 where you would need to attend more games to cover the cost of the membership than with our £5/£10 diacounts or can't cover the cost on ticket savings. Add Derby who give you 10% off and Birmingham who give you 10% credit and they would both need you to go 9+ times to cover the cost. Bristol give £5 off every game and Swansea do £25 match tickets for members, don't know what they charge non-members. My main issue is that the £5 or £10 should be off a normal ticket price. I think high POTD prices are sometimes justified with a 'its only X amount if you are a member". Pretty much allows the club to add £5 onto the ticket price and then give you a £5 'discount'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebowl Yell Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 On 16/07/2018 at 16:15, Hack-Abusi said: Doesn't the membership offer you anything else apart from potential to jump so much of the queue for match day tickets? Money off in the club shop? Money off anything at all in the club? discounted entry to special events? Isn't that what membership of an establishment about? You get the satisfaction that knowing your hard earned money is going to the club you love which a fan should be absolutely down with. People need to stop asking what Sheffield Wednesday can do for you and ask yourself what You can do for Sheffield Wednesday. Get the memberships bought up, even if you go to two or three games a season it shows an intent to support the club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rebowl Yell said: You get the satisfaction that knowing your hard earned money is going to the club you love which a fan should be absolutely down with. People need to stop asking what Sheffield Wednesday can do for you and ask yourself what You can do for Sheffield Wednesday. Get the memberships bought up, even if you go to two or three games a season it shows an intent to support the club. In the we almost went bust era and every penny counted yes. These days = meh Edited July 17, 2018 by modboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopswfc76 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 On 16/07/2018 at 10:47, jwhancock said: Does anyone know when we can renew the Membership and why does it take them ages to set this up? John Never mind that, you still reffing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) Said it before- double the discount to £10 a game and you'll massively increase the membership plus you'll make the POTD prices more reasonable and undoubtedly tempt more people to attend regularly. At the minute there's huge disparity between the average price for ST holders and the POTD price. It's creating an 'all or nothing' culture. Yes, season ticket sales are massively up compared to 3 years ago, but they've dropped this season and those who haven't renewed are going to take some encouraging to pay the current matchday prices. Edited July 17, 2018 by RUMBELOWS91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 12 minutes ago, RUMBELOWS91 said: Said it before- double the discount to £10 a game and you'll massively increase the membership plus you'll make the POTD prices more reasonable and undoubtedly tempt more people to attend regularly. At the minute there's huge disparity between the average price for ST holders and the POTD price. It's creating an 'all or nothing' culture. Yes, season ticket sales are massively up compared to 3 years ago, but they've dropped this season and those who haven't renewed are going to take some encouraging to pay the current matchday prices. 100% agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 5 hours ago, londonowl said: So what you sayin'? WBA, no ticket discount. Norwich, £2 ticket discount. Villa, one £10 ticket discount voucher. Sheffield Utd, £1 ticket discount. Leeds, 3 x £5 ticket discount voucher. I'm not trying to justify the price but that's 5 of the 9 where you would need to attend more games to cover the cost of the membership than with our £5/£10 diacounts or can't cover the cost on ticket savings. Add Derby who give you 10% off and Birmingham who give you 10% credit and they would both need you to go 9+ times to cover the cost. Bristol give £5 off every game and Swansea do £25 match tickets for members, don't know what they charge non-members. My main issue is that the £5 or £10 should be off a normal ticket price. I think high POTD prices are sometimes justified with a 'its only X amount if you are a member". Pretty much allows the club to add £5 onto the ticket price and then give you a £5 'discount'. I agree, to fully compare every aspect, you have to dig extremely deep. With your Sheffield United comparison for example, the £1 ticket discount sounds disrespectful. But you left out a crucial bit to their offer. Attend 5 league games, get your 6th game of your choice for free. which is great gesture by the club. Every club will have a standout offer on their membership which makes their offer unique, all I'm saying is, at £50 a pop, are we standing out for the wrong reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonowl Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 7 hours ago, bigash_swfc said: With your Sheffield United comparison for example, the £1 ticket discount sounds disrespectful. But you left out a crucial bit to their offer. Attend 5 league games, get your 6th game of your choice for free. which is great gesture by the club. I did but to call it a 'great geature' is a bit much. You pay £30 membership, you get £1 each off each of your first 5 tickets, then you get a free (say £35) ticket.£40 of savings for your £30 membership if you attend 6 games. Then it's back to £1 discount, so if you attend say 10 games, you save a total of £14 by the time your membership is paid. Not saying our membership is good value, as I actually think it's a bit too expensive I'm just saying that there is little between all the ones on your list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 A tweet from the club says they're announced today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaskedowl Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 It's a good option for overseas Owls. IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, themaskedowl said: It's a good option for overseas Owls. IMHO. Only insomuch as it gives you priority for play off final tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 If I'm reading it correctly and it's £90 for standard adult membership, then unfortunately this is the first year I'm priced out. https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2018/july/owls-memberships-on-sale-now/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 £90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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