Combined Stubhub and stadium announcement by year end confirmed.
2018 Season Ticket Thread
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i got the same offer sent to my St Johns email even though i havent been in college for over a decade.
Glad to hear it's not limited to Columbia. I didn't get an email but found it as a promoted item on my FB stream.
Yeah, you lose points for both matches. It's kinda BULLSHIT. But hey, at least you can swap.
I sold the galaxy game under cost, and 1 game at cost, 1 game half price only cause I forgot to to trade it, the rest I've had to trade cause it was the last day to trade and nothing was happening. I have marquee games at cost and they aren't selling, wtf. Last year I was selling dud games 20-40% over cost. This year is terrible.
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I sold the galaxy game under cost, and 1 game at cost, 1 game half price only cause I forgot to to trade it, the rest I've had to trade cause it was the last day to trade and nothing was happening. I have marquee games at cost and they aren't selling, wtf. Last year I was selling dude games 20-40% over cost. This year is terrible.
#1 they offer too many seats for each match, devaluing all the seats.
#2. It’s more convinient to buy from ticketmaster at face because you get instant download. As STHs on the secondary market, we’re at huge disadvantage versus the club.
#2 is the big issue. I’ve had a lot more trouble selling this season, and I think this is why.
its a bit of a catch 22. On the negative my seats are worth less and i dont get squat for them when im trying to sell. On the positive side, i go to almost every game and sometimes need extra seats and i can buy them on the cheap cheap
I keep telling my rep; I’m not worried about my bottom line, but I don’t want to be a sucker either. If my tickets are worth half what I’m paying on the free market I’m not coughing up each season on a losing proposition. I might as well move to SS. Those re-sell well because the club doesn’t sell them directly. I could theoretically selll EVERY match. Then buy wherever I want “on the cheap cheap”. At least I’m not pissing away money that way. I could even up my swag budget.
i dont like to feel like im losing out on profits, so i just give tickets away for free
That’s actually what happens with me 90% of the time. It’s just starting to feel like a PSL more than a season ticket. Overpaying for years to be first in line for seats at a new stadium. Let’s say I’m overpaying by $1000 per season on the street value. After 7 years I just dumped $7k to the club for nothing. I could have purchased my seats for every match and gone for $7k less over that span. But I did it to pick my seats first? I’m having a hard time rationalizing it. And even if SS tickets take a loss, it’s probably not as large a loss over the season as my tickets. I could maybe be sold on the idea of a $1-2k PSL over several years.
I only have 1 ticket for myself so unless im pairing it with a friend or something, I might as well just give it to someone as a gift for their girlfriend/family member so I at least get points for showing up
i have supporters and theyre usually fairly easy to sell... at most losing like 5 dollars a seat. Very rare they dont sell at all and i just give them away. It also gives u the benefit of selling a single ticket easily because they are GA. On top of that youre paying about 350 for the entire season, so losing thousands isnt even possible.
The other thing that sucks is there will be more than enough open seats to choose from in a new stadium. At the rate the stadium search is going, it’s not exactly like the club is going to have a long line of people queued up to buy season tix. In other words, i’m no longer sure there is a line for us to hold our place in.... we can all give up the season tix now and still walk to the front of the line when the stadium is built.
Exactly my point. I can change to 2 SS tickets. Easy to sell or give away. Less exposure financially. And then I just buy anywhere I want in the stadium at half price. Only times I might pay face or more is a NJ match or playoffs. I can eat that risk. Hell, I can't even make the NJ match this year thanks to a family batmitzva.
And this is why there's no resale value in your season tickets...
