Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:48 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I can understand the need to get cash in quickly but not extending the discount period until after christmas was a mistake IMO

Totally agree with this, hopefully the club will reconsider this decision next season.

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:58 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I can understand the need to get cash in quickly but not extending the discount period until after christmas was a mistake IMO

Its usually extended to around the 4/5th Jan to allow people who are paid at the end of December time to get theirs. I will put it on the Voices agenda.

I know that the club have done an email survey but if anyone has any concerns or comments then let Voices know and we can address the club with them.

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:51 am  

Bet Lynch wrote:

Totally agree with this, hopefully the club will reconsider this decision next season.

roll on 2014 eh?

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:57 am  

Think AP will be starting to regret his investment tbh.

IMO a lot of people i speak to have become disilusioned with RL in general, just dont think the interest is there anymore.
We have had the recent farce with Bradford, Salford look as though there heading the same way, the disaster of the Crusaders. Promotion and relegation needs to come back to get the sport some credibility back for a start.
I work at a company of around 50 people who have 2 free tickets in the premier club which any of us can use. no body uses them for the rugby, know one is that interested any more, sad but true.

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:24 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I can understand the need to get cash in quickly but not extending the discount period until after christmas was a mistake IMO

I said this at the time, big mistake. Should have been until end of the year.

Times are hard and people are struggling, a RL pass is not a must.

[Chris71]

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:08 am  

PAUL M wrote:

Jake the Peg wrote:

I can understand the need to get cash in quickly but not extending the discount period until after christmas was a mistake IMO

I said this at the time, big mistake. Should have been until end of the year. Times are hard and people are struggling, a RL pass is not a must.

Quite agree. Times are hard in general nationally but tending to bite harder locally. Many people now no longer have the extra cash for secondary spending that they had a few years ago.

The cut off date for the discount period was just far too early even if the length of time available was the same as previous years, should have ended on January the 1st.

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:06 pm  

How long can you keep a discount period going?

Plenty of notice, direct debit monthly payments, great extra prizes. I don't think the club have done alot wrong here.

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:13 pm  

Agree totally that the early discount period was a big mistake.

We were hoping people would buy a pass before the previous season had barely finished and months in advance of when they can start to use it.

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:16 pm  

It's also fair to say that we don't know what saving we're making when buying a pass at the moment. The value for me was to get my reserved seat and the convenience that goes with it but anyone who goes "unreserved" with perhaps the possibility of missing a couple of games during the year because of holidays etc isn't going to save that much. It could be that one or two are also thinking that missing ,say, Salford , London and maybe Widnes is no great loss so then paying for the rest on the day would probably make the annual cost around the same as buying a pass without paying it out up front. If we go well on the field we'll get some decent walk ups especially for the non televised "top" club fixtures but will suffer on the rest. Maybe a case for having A and B grade prices though that will no doubt upset some passholders? Difficult.

Re: Pass Sales : Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:11 pm  

VerbalKint wrote:

Think AP will be starting to regret his investment tbh.

IMO a lot of people i speak to have become disilusioned with RL in general, just dont think the interest is there anymore.
We have had the recent farce with Bradford, Salford look as though there heading the same way, the disaster of the Crusaders. Promotion and relegation needs to come back to get the sport some credibility back for a start.
I work at a company of around 50 people who have 2 free tickets in the premier club which any of us can use. no body uses them for the rugby, know one is that interested any more, sad but true.

I don't think yours is the only company either. Sad times.