Is the club defrauding loyal supporters?

[ex hibitionist]

Agree £54.00 for each match is a little high. Two tier prices could be useful to local people committed to Palace. Perhaps points held could lead to a discount - the club (Box Office) should be able to identify newer supporters progressing towards regular attendance.

it's not a little high, it's extortionate, max £45 to sit in the Arthur, Whitehorse or Main Stand - each stand is either shoddy with pillar obstructions or has a poor over-low view. And as a not unrelated point, there must be a way to prevent the resale of unused season tickets - it wouldn't take a tech expert to find a way to make the tickets available at a standard price. A click of a button and the season ticket holder gets a fiver for vacating the seat, the seat gets bought, everybody wins: season ticket holder, club and the buyer of the newly available ticket.

 

[HeathMan]

it's not a little high, it's extortionate, max £45 to sit in the Arthur, Whitehorse or Main Stand - each stand is either shoddy with pillar obstructions or has a poor over-low view. And as a not unrelated point, there must be a way to prevent the resale of unused season tickets - it wouldn't take a tech expert to find a way to make the tickets available at a standard price. A click of a button and the season ticket holder gets a fiver for vacating the seat, the seat gets bought, everybody wins: season ticket holder, club and the buyer of the newly available ticket.

Agree. With touting now off site (Ticketmaster and others doing reselling) the days of someone asking people if they have spare tickets at Selhurst park are in the past. The Box Office should be allowed to trade in "second hand tickets" at least until touts get wise - perhaps at selected times, the day before the match, or similar slots. A few stewards (backed by Police) on match days saying "hello" to people who appear to be offering tickets could be useful both to the club and local supporters.

 

[ASCPFC]

My last tickets as an International member were well over 60 each. There was a Ticketmaster fee added.

 

[Paaalaaace]

My word, its everywhere in society:

MSN

 

[Dubai Eagle]

Yesterday, at the main stand, the brick entrance ( not the one with the big white banner on it) whilst we were waiting for the issue with not enough stewards to be sorted, circa 12.20 ish, a lady arrived who had clearly not used digital tickets before, she had downloaded 7 tickets onto her phone for the people in her group & had to enter each person in turn by handing the phone back through the turnstile for the next one to enter, I didnt get chance to ask her where she got the tickets but it seemed a tad unlikely that she could have got 7 tickets in the main stand area directly from the club, Also just to mention there were a lot of new faces in the family bar before the game.

 

[Phil’s Barber]

Me and my lad were sat in the AW yesterday - Block X, Row 22, Seats 182 & 183. We had three empty seats to our left and NINE empty seats all next to each other to our right! At the beginning of the second half a group of six people (Foreign speaking Europeans - Albanian or similar appearance) came and sat in the vacant seats to our right. Did not celebrate any of the goals and did not partake in any of the singing.

 

[Phil H]

Apart from ticketing, we had a miserable experience at the Stockport game. Had to queue from 2.40 to 3.25 for Gate 7, missed most of the first half because of turnstile problems. When I complained, the club seemed fairly relaxed, said they would look into it (haven't come back with any explanation) and offered measly £10 credit for a ruined day.

 

[Isley46]

Me and my lad were sat in the AW yesterday - Block X, Row 22, Seats 182 & 183. We had three empty seats to our left and NINE empty seats all next to each other to our right! At the beginning of the second half a group of six people (Foreign speaking Europeans - Albanian or similar appearance) came and sat in the vacant seats to our right. Did not celebrate any of the goals and did not partake in any of the singing.

There were quite a few spare tickets being offered on various forums for yesterday's game and someone had also posted that there were lots showing on the official website. We haven't bothered renewing our memberships this season due to the ticketing issues. Went online Sunday morning and the official site still would only sell to members (so we would need two memberships to purchase) - needless to say didn't bother.

Watching on TV and 30mins in Mrs switched to the Spurs game as it sounded more exciting - (there hadn't been a shot in the palace game) - Mrs was originally a Spurs supporter but living in Croydon we started going to Palace many, many years ago - didn't go to many games last season due to other football commitments with kids and haven't been to any this season due to ticket issues.

Unfortunately, at the moment we're not really missing it - and I think it's going to be difficult to get the enthusiasm back.

 

[ASCPFC]

Me and my lad were sat in the AW yesterday - Block X, Row 22, Seats 182 & 183. We had three empty seats to our left and NINE empty seats all next to each other to our right! At the beginning of the second half a group of six people (Foreign speaking Europeans - Albanian or similar appearance) came and sat in the vacant seats to our right. Did not celebrate any of the goals and did not partake in any of the singing.

My experience of the Arthur every time now

 

[MabbsWasKing]

Looking at the empty seats yesterday I do hope the traders that purchased them took a good financial soaking. Maybe a few miserable days like yesterday will curb their enthusiasm for the quick buck!

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Looking at the empty seats yesterday I do hope the traders that purchased them took a good financial soaking. Maybe a few miserable days like yesterday will curb their enthusiasm for the quick buck!

I looked around yesterday and thought I wonder how many ‘fans’ paid well over the odds to get soaked watching that classic premier league fixture palace v Brentford
Serves them right 🤣

 

[BromleyMonkey]

I’ve heard it all now, tickets are being sold to tourists for our last game v Liverpool for anything from £1600 to £17,000!!!! I haven’t put too many noughts on that, just heard it on the radio, the footballing world really has gone crazy

 

[doombear]

I’ve heard it all now, tickets are being sold to tourists for our last game v Liverpool for anything from £1600 to £17,000!!!! I haven’t put too many noughts on that, just heard it on the radio, the footballing world really has gone crazy

That game is, of course, at Anfield, so are we talking about Liverpool defrauding fans or Palace?

 

[Downeagle]

This was being discussed on Talksport this morning and I’m sure available somewhere for reference in response to an article in the Telegraph reporting that Ted Boehly who has shares in and shares ownership of a ticketing website that sells tickets for Chelsea home games to tourists bypassing their own membership.
As the originator of this thread has stated this undermines the home supporters who buy memberships for the opportunity to access home tickets. A couple of Chelsea supporters commented that they try as soon as the tickets are available online within minutes they are gone.
Simon Jordan didn’t have anything sympathy for supporters and indicated it was up to the club to make money to buy players etc.

 

[Badger11]

That game is, of course, at Anfield, so are we talking about Liverpool defrauding fans or Palace?

Let's hope the bin dippers have wrapped up the title well before our game. I hate it when the away team has to applaud the titile winners espcially if it's normally a team I despise.

I would hope that the luv in happens before our game their fans can have a party on the day and we'll take the 3 points home.

 

[Painter]

This was being discussed on Talksport this morning and I’m sure available somewhere for reference in response to an article in the Telegraph reporting that Ted Boehly who has shares in and shares ownership of a ticketing website that sells tickets for Chelsea home games to tourists bypassing their own membership.
As the originator of this thread has stated this undermines the home supporters who buy memberships for the opportunity to access home tickets. A couple of Chelsea supporters commented that they try as soon as the tickets are available online within minutes they are gone.
Simon Jordan didn’t have anything sympathy for supporters and indicated it was up to the club to make money to buy players etc.

Fans are always complaining about transfer window activity, but dont like the club maximising their revenue streams. We all know its a money driven business, now.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

That game is, of course, at Anfield, so are we talking about Liverpool defrauding fans or Palace?

The point is every premier league club is doing exactly the same as us, basically getting as much money as possible for their percentage of seats that are not season tickets.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Fans are always complaining about transfer window activity, but dont like the club maximising their revenue streams. We all know its a money driven business, now.

Exactly what Simon Jordan says constantly. He always refers to his time at palace when fans complained about him not spending enough on players, but when he mentioned about putting ticket prices up to pay for it, they didn’t like it

 

[Pierre]

Let's hope the bin dippers have wrapped up the title well before our game. I hate it when the away team has to applaud the titile winners espcially if it's normally a team I despise.

I would hope that the luv in happens before our game their fans can have a party on the day and we'll take the 3 points home.

I am hoping it goes down to the Premiership goes down to the wire this season and we get the opportunity to piss on their parade again. As well as taking 3 points home with us!!!!

 

[eritheagle]

Exactly what Simon Jordan says constantly. He always refers to his time at palace when fans complained about him not spending enough on players, but when he mentioned about putting ticket prices up to pay for it, they didn’t like it

That's why I don't complain about us not spending loads. As long as I can afford to go and see 11 players in Palace shirts giving their all then I'm happy!!