Again my point has been misunderstood. I'm not talking about relegation, vague wording or any of the reductions we hoped to see. I'm talking about people who bought a season ticket before the 23rd May specifically because it was advertised as a special sale price. It turns out the product was never and never will be sold any higher than the price that was advertised as discounted. That can't be allowed. I've seen some retailers that have been punished for it through a simple Google search, but most of those haven't been as clear in doing it (for example, because the discounted price did actually exist, but for such a period of time that it didn't really warrant being called a discount).
You didn't renew so why are you worried. Me and the other 9000 odd were happy to renew on the basis that if we didn't we were facing a higher price should we stay in the Premier League. I'm perfectly happy with the offer on the cup tickets.
Realistically you won't know what discount you get until they announce the ticket prices for the cup games. If they set them at a low price because they are unattractive teams then the discount will be relatively small.
I've just checked the renewal information and nowhere does it mention a discount, or a special price, it merely states th price increases for those who renew later. It's complete non-starter.
Interesting, I have no idea how it works but doesn't that imply the same thing as a discount? It encourages people to buy early under a false pretence.
Aren't loyal 'customers' meant to be rewarded? Don't 'normal' clubs charge lower season ticket prices for supporters from the previous year that have renewed early compared to brand new customers? Giving three free home cup tickets is a joke. This club could not care less about cup games and in my view have done their best to be eliminated at the first opportunity over the most recent seasons, last years FA cup run excluded. In theory we will play one round of the League cup and one in the FA cup and there's no guarantee either will be at home. If we were under previous regimes and financially in trouble I'd have no qualms about it and feel I was helping out the club. Under the current regime I feel differently.
OK implies was a daft word. It's certainly tricking people into buying on a false pretence though. Most of the 9,500 renewals will have been in the last few days before the deadline, they've got people's money because of that pretence. Maybe it's different to the retailers that have been done for it because they didn't use the word discount, but that's a bit of a **** rule if it is.
So Hull City are the only club who set a deadline date for season passholders to renew and suggest ticket prices could rise after this date are they?
why? if you couldn't afford it I would agree but all I can say is your not much of a fan if you wouldn't go if it was free, very strange
One little positive is prices don't jump up for the juniors ( or other teens ) until they are 18. 3 cup games is an okish gesture Apart from that ticket prices are far to expensive for many people . It really is a bastard when fans WANT to support Hull City but can't afford it
Would be good if they were £24 though. Pass should just guarantee you your same seat - last time I had a pass it got me something like 11 free games - quite ridiculous from the clubs point of view.
Of course not, but there can't be many clubs that state that when its not true. To be clear, I don't think for a second they've done it maliciously. They make plenty of spiteful gestures towards us but I'm pretty sure this is just a slight backtrack to boost the poor sales. Explains why they were so coy in the first place. Test the water with a price increase before committing.
Hull City Supporters’ Trust argues that the club needs to review the price it has charged Hull City season card holders for next season. Hull City has decided to not raise season card prices to the higher rates after the deadline for early renewal passed, and to give those who did renew early free entry to the first three FA Cup/League Cup matches at home. The club term this “a gesture of good will” to supporters, a gesture that, according to the Hull Daily Mail, ”has been well received”. We’re not sure how the HDM came to this conclusion. We argue that City’s gesture is not generous at all and that it masks the real issue – that the club has not dropped its season card price, advertised as for Premier League football. The cheapest price the club charges for adult season card renewals is £531. We will be among the most expensive teams to watch in the Championship, according to the HDM, and our cheapest adult renewals are more expensive than many Premier League clubs (whilst other Premier League clubs froze or dropped their prices, City raised them – and we’re not going to be in the PL next season!) Hull City has increased its season card prices by almost 40% in two years – a tremendous mark-up. The club has never proffered an explanation for these draconian rises. The 2015/16 season card costs were advertised by Hull City as being for the Premier League, with the clear implication that they would be less for the Championship. We are now being led to believe that relegation, and a subsequent drop in renewals, has come as a surprise to the club. We assert that the club’s season card prices are too high. Moreover, the club should be refunding those who bought early as these were sold on the basis that fans would be watching a higher standard of football next season. Instead the club has offered the “gift” of three free home Cup games. Is this a reasonable deal? No. Last season, for instance, the gift would have amounted to £0. Why? Because we got knocked out at the first time of asking in away ties in both domestic Cup competitions. Going out of Cups early is, we’re sorry to say, a City habit of many years’ standing. Even if we don’t do that next season, and we’re drawn at home for three matches, the prospect of poor attendances in early rounds usually leads to low ticket prices being charged, so you might save £10 a match. The odds on the saving to fans being more than about £20 are slight. The club must have worked out a price for Championship season cards, one that would be lower than last year’s PL price. We submit that it has chosen to make a generous-sounding offer of free Cup games because by doing so the club will retain more of the money fans have already paid, whilst appearing to be generous. In other words, this “goodwill gesture” to supporters is nothing of the sort. It is a cynical act; a sop, to take attention away from what the club should really be doing – lowering prices for the Championship to increase take-up, and refunding those who supported the club by buying their season cards early. http://hullcitysupporterstrust.com/dont-kick-us-when-were-down/
I sort of agree with your reasons except mine is 100% against our Egyptian owner. I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. Everything about him is just cringeworthy.
