Adults using kids' tickets to get into RoF
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Radio New Zealand has reported many adult fans are buying kids' tickets to get into Phoenix games. I'm keen to know what fans on here think (warning - I may quote you!). Are tickets too dear and using cheaper tickets is the only way you can get in? Or do you feel paying full price supports the club?
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personal I think it's morally wrong...I'm not sure what % of the gate the nix get but whatever it is adults getting in on concession tickets is ripping the club off.
theprof2010-10-18 07:55:44
tickets aren't that costly! excluding the ridiculous "booking fee" that ticketek add to every purchase whether you buy 1 ticket or multiple.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Any adult who is buying kids tickets to get into a game is ripping the club off. It wouldn't matter what sport it is, it's still cheating.
The Phoenix rely on ticket sales for home games to avoid having huge losses for the club each year (eg the somewhat mythical 10,000 tickets per-game break-even point)
If this was proven to be a problem, I wouldn't blame Terry if he decided to stop selling childrens tickets online.
Ticket prices are not expensive.Ard Righ2010-10-18 07:59:40
The Phoenix rely on ticket sales for home games to avoid having huge losses for the club each year (eg the somewhat mythical 10,000 tickets per-game break-even point)
If this was proven to be a problem, I wouldn't blame Terry if he decided to stop selling childrens tickets online.
Ticket prices are not expensive.Ard Righ2010-10-18 07:59:40
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done it before.
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
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done it before.
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
Yes
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done it before.alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
You're an adult?I know, I know, its serious!
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done it before.alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
You're an adult?
oh, mr funny....
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done it before.
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
Yes
yea it'd be good to have GCU crowd numbers eh ?
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done it before.
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
totally! if your too cheap to pay the right price you can f**k off! go watch it at a mates place for free you cheap bastard.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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done it before.
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
alright, you lot whooooooo are complaining would you rather have these guys not come to games at all ?????????????????
Yes
yea it'd be good to have GCU crowd numbers eh ?
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I'm getting a lot of abuse here, I only did it once which was last season.
ffs.
imo If it helps crowd numbers it's fine.
ffs.
imo If it helps crowd numbers it's fine.
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helps crowd numbers, so getting 15000 in at childrens prices compared to 11000 at adults prices makes sense to you? do the math! theprof2010-10-18 08:27:06
Queenslander 3x a year.
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I'm getting a lot of abuse here, I only did it once which was last season.
ffs.
imo If it helps crowd numbers it's fine.
ffs.
imo If it helps crowd numbers it's fine.
Morally bankrupt
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Oldest trick in the book for the stadium, although I can't say I have ever done it for the Nix (season ticket holder).
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I'm getting a lot of abuse here, I only did it once which was last season.
ffs.
imo If it helps crowd numbers it's fine.
ffs.
imo If it helps crowd numbers it's fine.
So completely wrong it's silly.
A bit sad that you can't see it.
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whooooooo is not a true fan, just a troll wanting a cheap night out....anyone caught doing this should be banned for life!
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Human nature, sadly. There will always be people who will look for a way to get round paying full whack for their tickets.
Personally, I think anyone who does it should have their testicles removed with a rusty razor blade and be paraded round the ROF wearing them as earrings. That would teach them.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Not just a Nix issue. Basically the same for all events at the stadium where they have different price categories. I guess that is the trade off of having the efficiency of the scanners as opposed to someone standing their ripping tickets.
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It's very sad. What happened to being honest Kiwis?
Three for me, and two for them.
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whooooooo is not a true fan, just a troll wanting a cheap night out....anyone caught doing this should be banned for life!
Well I thought he was banned so why has he been allowed to re-register.
Regardless if you are a troll or not, you don't think people are just a little tired of your schtick?
You're not morally bankrupt. You're just a f**king idiot.
I can see it around the water cooler now
'Oh I pay for kids tickets to go to a football game and then go on their forum to wind up everyone with an opinion that is based on my minds fantasy of whats right according to me. I'm really cool'
If I ever meet you at a game, I'm going to punch you. And if any mod wants to ban me for this post, I'm not fussed nor will I protest. In fact, it been a good start to my morning getting that off my chest.
Jeff Vader2010-10-18 09:56:13Grumpy old bastard alert
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whooooooo is not a true fan, just a troll wanting a cheap night out....anyone caught doing this should be banned for life!
Well I thought he was banned so why has he been allowed to re-register.
Regardless if you are a troll or not, you don't think people are just a little tired of your schtick?
You're not morally bankrupt. You're just a f**king idiot.
I can see it around the water cooler now
'Oh I pay for kids tickets to go to a football game and then go on their forum to wind up everyone with an opinion that is based on my minds fantasy of whats right according to me. I'm really cool'
If I ever meet you at a game, I'm going to punch you. And if any mod wants to ban me for this post, I'm not fussed nor will I protest. In fact, it been a good start to my morning getting that off my chest.
Post of the day, so far. 
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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whooooooo is not a true fan, just a troll wanting a cheap night out....anyone caught doing this should be banned for life!
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Well I thought he was banned so why has he been allowed to re-register.
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Regardless if you are a troll or not, you don't think people are just a little tired of your schtick?
You're not morally bankrupt. You're just�a f**king idiot.
I can see it around the water cooler now
'Oh I pay for kids tickets to go to a football game and then go on their forum to wind up everyone with an opinion that is based on my minds fantasy of whats right according to me. I'm really cool'
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If I ever meet you at a game, I'm going to punch you. And if any mod wants to ban me for this post, I'm not fussed nor will I protest. In fact, it been a good start to my morning getting that off my chest.
Didn't think theprof's post was that bad tbh.
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Most of the ticket turnstiles have a Red badge person monitoring them.
When we go through the turnstile it beeps and shows on the LED readout to proceed through.
My suggestion is get the company who installed the turnstiles to differentiate between adult and chld tickets and alter the audio beep to a distinctive tone on every child's ticket.
Alternatively, flash a lamp on each turnstile when a child's ticket is activated.
When that tone sounds or the lamp flashes the red badge attendant can see if it is in fact a child or not.
RedGed2010-10-18 10:09:01
When we go through the turnstile it beeps and shows on the LED readout to proceed through.
My suggestion is get the company who installed the turnstiles to differentiate between adult and chld tickets and alter the audio beep to a distinctive tone on every child's ticket.
Alternatively, flash a lamp on each turnstile when a child's ticket is activated.
When that tone sounds or the lamp flashes the red badge attendant can see if it is in fact a child or not.
RedGed2010-10-18 10:09:01
Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!
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Most of the ticket turnstiles have a Red badge person monitoring them.When we go through the turnstile it beeps and shows on the LED readout to proceed through.My suggestion is get the company who installed the turnstiles to differentiate between adult and chld tickets and alter the audio beep to a distinctive tone on every child's ticket. Alternatively, flash a lamp on each turnstile when a child's ticket is activated.When that tone sounds or the lamp flashes the red badge attendant can see if it is in fact a child or not.
The expense and hassle of making these changes would clearly be a worthwhile exercise given the significant number of people cheating the system.
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So Whooooo acts like a dick, gets banned, comes back, acts like a dick, gets banned, acts like a dick...
It's like the poverty cycle.
I like tautologies because I like them.
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I personally couldnt do it and cant understand why any othe fan of the club would want to do it, im a poor bugger as well.
Something definately needs to be done about it though
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I'm a cheap bastard at the best of times but there's no way I could do that to the nix.
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People do it with student tickets as well, theyre the same price as childrens tickets. I know for a fact that its reaching epic proportions, i went to the CCM game earlier in the season with about 10 people my age (early/mid 20's), only myself and one mate had adult tickets.
Everyones doing it and will continue to do it until the 'security' at the turnstyles are actually checking each ticket before its entered. This is the only way its going to be phased out.
Everyones doing it and will continue to do it until the 'security' at the turnstyles are actually checking each ticket before its entered. This is the only way its going to be phased out.
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I'm getting a lot of abuse here, I only did it once
Clayton Weatherston? Is that you?
Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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People do it with student tickets as well, theyre the same price as childrens tickets. I know for a fact that its reaching epic proportions, i went to the CCM game earlier in the season with about 10 people my age (early/mid 20's), only myself and one mate had adult tickets.Everyones doing it and will continue to do it until the 'security' at the turnstyles are actually checking each ticket before its entered. This is the only way its going to be phased out.
Student not same price. YF Zone prices (before Ticketek BF rip-off) Adult $28.00, Child (5-16 years) $12.50, Student $18.50.
Still a "saving" that I'm sure a lot of recently ex students take advantage of.
I know, I know, its serious!
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I'm getting a lot of abuse here, I only did 216 times
Clayton Weatherston? Is that you?
Fixed
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you can buy a family pass and all the separate tickets to that don't say weather its a childs or adults. This is what we do.
Apologies if you get all angry but it just offsets the cost and enables 4 of us to go for a reasonable price rather than all be hit hard before we even get to the game and pay $4.50 for a punnit of chips. The prices for an adult ticket are ridiculous and how are you meant to attract your friends to come by saying it costs 33 bucks to get in?
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whooooooo is not a true fan, just a troll wanting a cheap night out....anyone caught doing this should be banned for life!
Well I thought he was banned so why has he been allowed to re-register.
Regardless if you are a troll or not, you don't think people are just a little tired of your schtick?
You're not morally bankrupt. You're just a f**king idiot.
I can see it around the water cooler now
'Oh I pay for kids tickets to go to a football game and then go on their forum to wind up everyone with an opinion that is based on my minds fantasy of whats right according to me. I'm really cool'
If I ever meet you at a game, I'm going to punch you. And if any mod wants to ban me for this post, I'm not fussed nor will I protest. In fact, it been a good start to my morning getting that off my chest.
Dishonest. Eject. Ban. Can I join the punchfest too? I coulda been a contender ya know etc blah blah.......Nostalgia isnt what it used to be...........
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I've never done it, nor would I consider it but thinking about it, if someone was really hard up and they otherwise wouldn't be able to come isn't it better that they do that? Just a thought. For those who can actually afford it, though, and still rip the system off - I hope Terry catches them personally!
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you can buy a family pass and all the separate tickets to that don't say weather its a childs or adults. This is what we do.
Apologies if you get all angry but it just offsets the cost and enables 4 of us to go for a reasonable price rather than all be hit hard before we even get to the game and pay $4.50 for a punnit of chips. The prices for an adult ticket are ridiculous and how are you meant to attract your friends to come by saying it costs 33 bucks to get in?
I'm not even going to comment on the rest of your post, but how much would you suggest that the tickets should be then?
$5? $3?
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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It's very sad. What happened to being honest Kiwis?
They're all supporting coalface football at ACFC.
Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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It's very sad. What happened to being honest Kiwis?
They're all supporting coalface football at ACFC.
....and paying full price for their tickets.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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It's very sad. What happened to being honest Kiwis?
They're all supporting coalface football at ACFC.
Another thing. What happened to you giving a proper response on here?
Three for me, and two for them.
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