: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:07 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Hudgell took the opportunity to fleece FC fans for £7 each more than the going rate last season and chose to keep all the money. Hull FC are just adopting the same principle but donating the surplus to a charitable cause. Think yourself lucky. Compared to everyone else, FC fans paid a 70% premium to attend Craven Park - if you applied that premium at the KC you'd be looking at £34 a ticket.

It's not only Rovers fans that are paying it. FC have about 8000 passholders and a sellout would be 23000, leaving 15000 tickets to sell. Are you bringing 15000? Probably half that.

You do talk absolute tosh , if Hull were so charitable why not donate the pound for every passholder as well. You didn't pay a 70% premium you already know how much it costs to get into CP at the beginning of the season. The Derby's are well attended so it would be foolish to offer the B/W a discount , do you have any business sense?

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:20 pm  

cofr_rockin_robin wrote:

You do talk absolute tosh , if Hull were so charitable why not donate the pound for every passholder as well. You didn't pay a 70% premium you already know how much it costs to get into CP at the beginning of the season. The Derby's are well attended so it would be foolish to offer the B/W a discount , do you have any business sense?

I'll ask the question again, seeing that no one seems able to answer it. How many games, other than the derbies, saw a £17 charge for the South Stand last season? I agree it's good business sense to charge whatever you can get, but you can't then criticise FC for charging a much smaller premium over the normal price and giving it away to charity. Since Rovers have charged £10 for the South Stand for each game so far, it will be interesting to see whether they give any charge over and above the customary £10 to charity this year or whether they just keep it.

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:22 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

I'll ask the question again, seeing that no one seems able to answer it. How many games, other than the derbies, saw a £17 charge for the South Stand last season? I agree it's good business sense to charge whatever you can get, but you can't then criticise FC for charging a much smaller premium over the normal price and giving it away to charity. Since Rovers have charged £10 for the South Stand for each game so far, it will be interesting to see whether they give any charge over and above the customary £10 to charity this year or whether they just keep it.

Yes we fleeced you but plenty of you paid up

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:22 pm  

cofr_rockin_robin wrote:

Why should we not be given the choice to pay the extra pound ?

You do have the choice, you either pay it or you don't get a ticket. Would you be happier if FC just put a £1 on the price because it was a derby and kept the money for themselves?

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:25 pm  

roversmad wrote:

Yes we fleeced you but plenty of you paid up

Correct. Not me though

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:28 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Correct. Not me though

You dont have time to go to matches you're too busy on here

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:48 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

I'll ask the question again, seeing that no one seems able to answer it. How many games, other than the derbies, saw a £17 charge for the South Stand last season? I agree it's good business sense to charge whatever you can get, but you can't then criticise FC for charging a much smaller premium over the normal price and giving it away to charity. Since Rovers have charged £10 for the South Stand for each game so far, it will be interesting to see whether they give any charge over and above the customary £10 to charity this year or whether they just keep it.

The key diffrence is that the cost you lot paid to watch at CP was always the price you just didn't get the discount.
The £1 extra we are talking about isn't part of the usual price but something you have just slung on top for 1 game.
HTH.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:46 am  

cofr_rockin_robin wrote:

You do talk absolute tosh , if Hull were so charitable why not donate the pound for every passholder as well. You didn't pay a 70% premium you already know how much it costs to get into CP at the beginning of the season. The Derby's are well attended so it would be foolish to offer the B/W a discount , do you have any business sense?

I dont agree with you putting your price up to 17 quid but yes it is good business sense. On the flip side, Isnt it good buisness sense from hull, we give 1 quid of the ticket price to charity but still dont lose any of our own money too?

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:00 am  

BlackNwhite wrote:

I dont agree with you putting your price up to 17 quid but yes it is good business sense. On the flip side, Isnt it good buisness sense from hull, we give 1 quid of the ticket price of someone elses money to charity but still dont lose any of our own money too, so in essence aren't really supporting any charity as a club.

Typo corrected.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:15 am  

Roverswall wrote:

The key diffrence is that the cost you lot paid to watch at CP was always the price you just didn't get the discount.
The £1 extra we are talking about isn't part of the usual price but something you have just slung on top for 1 game.
HTH.

If it was "always the price", how many other sets of away supporters were charged it last season? Not sure why this is such a difficult question.