I think we're saying 2 sides of the same coin. I think you could argue a case, I personally wouldn't. Like I say wonderfully vague language has probably meant it wouldn't go far anyway
I wonder what match day prices will be next season ? If we are talking £25+ I can see some pretty low attendances
What a joke the attendance at the KC on a Tuesday night in the 2nd round of the FL Cup v Blackpool or the like will be less than 5,000. I would not go even if it was free entry
It looks like they'll now be £25/£30/£35 assuming there will be cat A-C as before, the average matchday ticket needs to be about £30 to justify the season pass prices.
The wording on the website was "Based on Premier League Football", so that did leave the club with wriggle room legally thereafter. Sadly on this occasion they have not legally done anything wrong. Morally, we are bankrupt.
Have to say if I wasnt boycotting home games, I wouldnt pay £550 for a season ticket and I would pick and choose my games. It's just too much money, that's a flight for a holiday right there. It's not like you'll need your seat next season, pay on the gate will be the norm and I'd expect incentives at key points making a season ticket pointless. And it's got nothing to do with the level of football, I don't even understand why Premier League football is more expensive. What's the rationale behind higher charges? I think people just accept it without actually thinking of the ridiculous level of income clubs at the top level get away from ticketing. If anything it should be cheaper to get into Premier League matches.
I think my point about legality is still being misunderstood. Retail outlets sometimes get in trouble for fiddling their 'sales' to make it look like the product usually costs more, when in reality it never cost what they claim it did. That gives people the impression the product is worth more and that they're getting a better deal. I wouldn't credit the Allams with such wit, but it's surely the same thing. Promoting a product based on a price lower than the 'standard' or after sale price, when the product is never actually sold for that price. And you surely can't legally argue that you just swapped it for a different benefit because regardless, people bought under the impression they were getting a discount, and they weren't.
I am finding it so hard to find or say anything good about City nowadays. How many of you guys (and guyesses) feel the same?
I never remember a worse time to support us and I had season tickets in the Chetham, Fish, Hinchcliffe, Belton and Lloyd eras.
Consumer law prevents a retailer from claiming a product was previously sold at a higher price than it actually was, it doesn't cover an instance like this and there is absolutely no legal case case to answer. People may well have expected the price rise to be scrapped if we were relegated, the wording of the renewal forms certainly suggested it, but we should have known not to expect anything like that from these shabby bastards. We didn't get any benefit from a fund specifically set up for our benefit, getting a benefit the club had no obligation to give us was always unlikely(though not giving us it is incredibly stupid).
I still think you're misunderstanding me. I'm specifically talking about selling it as a discounted price when it wasn't. That's a dodgy selling tactic and from Googling, there are retailers who've been punished for what looks to me like less obvious cases. I'm not talking about the relegation or vague wording about possible reductions.
The problem Allam has is once fans stop going they find it hard to get back going. As it stands, I reckon 18k tops for most matches next season.
You have more confidence that I mate. I can't see us getting anywhere near that . There will be the obvious curiosity to see who we have signed in action and the only way we will get 18,000 is for us to sign somebody who can score goals. Already there is talk (and I repeat 'talk') that Jelly is going out on loan, Hernandez is going out on loan, N'Doye is going out on loan so that leaves us without a striker. No goals - low attendance.
I know what you're saying, but consumer law simply doesn't cover this sort of thing. Someone could bring an action for miss selling, but it wouldn't have a prayer.
The difference with this is that we are essentially purchasing a product knowing its status can change. We're all aware of relegation and what it brings
