Tickets: Rangers Season Ticket Holder Talk
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GordonGecko
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That's the whole rub with dynamic pricing, should not go below full STH price. But teams do it all the time, not much we can do about it except complain. But when the team is popular they know we're aren't going anywhere (as evidenced by the small soda coupons)
On a side note, pretty amazing how the supply on the secondary market has completely evaporated. Total 180 from the start of the season
On a side note, pretty amazing how the supply on the secondary market has completely evaporated. Total 180 from the start of the season
As far as dynamic pricing, for the Rangers, tickets will dip below STH price only a few times per year. Not that it is ok, but I seriously doubt we are ever in a situation like the Yankees or Mets where there is almost no benefit to having Season tickets or a package.
Are the prices you see on TM tickets the Rangers are selling? Could be resellers (STH selling on TM). I do not think Rangers are dumping tix. I am sure Islanders/Mets probably Yanks do.
Devils STH told me they told him next year Devils will buy back up to 3 games from them they dont want. He also said the Devils told him they hired a company that will buy tickets from the secondary market and the Devils will resell them to help increase demand.
As for myself - this is my 9th year and probably my last as a STH (sec 212/$78). From 05-06 through 09-10 I went to at least 35 games a year. This year 16. The tickets continually go up. Parking, tolls, train - everything has gone up. If I could easily sell every game for face or more I would consider it but selling this year has been the worst since I've had tickets.
As for myself - this is my 9th year and probably my last as a STH (sec 212/$78). From 05-06 through 09-10 I went to at least 35 games a year. This year 16. The tickets continually go up. Parking, tolls, train - everything has gone up. If I could easily sell every game for face or more I would consider it but selling this year has been the worst since I've had tickets.
It will get even tougher next season with the preseason games. But for the rangers it's all good because your seats will get picked up by the downgrades and upgrades. There is a pool of newbie deposits which will start their cycle in the lower bowl next season. It's a game of musical chairs until everyone is priced out.
I don't understand how you can't sell them at face. I have had 3 games all season that I didn't sell at face. The demand is there.
trueblue9441
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Anyone ever check out the Devils STH thread on their board? Its crazy what the devils are putting their season ticket holders through.
GordonGecko
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trueblue9441
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$53, but there were a lot of weak games early in the year that i made sure to get out of very early
trueblue9441
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they've been classifying some fans as brokers because they've sold a lot of their games on the secondary market this and last year.
they'll be taking their seats away or something along those lines.
GordonGecko
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so they're trying to lure Kovalchuk back by implementing their own Soviet Union secret police haha
This makes no sense...
1) If they sell elsewhere than the official NHL Ticket Exchange, how do the Devils even know? (I am imagining web crawlers on Stubhub etc. where the actual seats are disclosed and/or facial recognition at the gates lol)
2) If they sell a lot on TE, isn't it good for someone (not the Devils I guess) since $$ is collected as fees every time a sale is made?
On the other topic, I have $76 seats and managed to average about face value for the season (sold 8 games below face value, take home range was $50-110 per seat).
I have row 14 so I imagine it's the worst possible resale value in 200's, one row up is much cheaper (it is the last row of section though, but I doubt anyone bought because of that).
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GordonGecko
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On the playoff invoice, is it just me or is it weird that you can select up to "3 shippings" at $25 each
trueblue9441
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i saw that too, had no clue what that was about. i think its on the regular season invoice also
NYRFAN218
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Yeah they put in an internal policy last season where if someone listed (not even sold) half their games they considered them a broker. If they did that, they took away most/all the perks you get as a STH (buying extra tix, events, etc). Supposedly they hired some company to collect all the listings from StubHub and such to see what seats are on the market. Now they just sent out a letter to season ticket holders who they consider a "broker" that they don't want them.
Seems to me they're trying to get rid of those STH to cut the supply back on the secondary market especially for those dead games. No one will go to the box office to buy tix if prices on StubHub are going for nothing.
trueblue9441
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its been brought up multiple places, but how can they do that if the seller masks the seat numbers?
NYRFAN218
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I guess they could narrow it down based on other seat listings out there/what seats in the row are actually season ticket accounts.
It doesn't seem like there information is entirely accurate either as one poster got the broker letter even though he said he listed under 10 games this season.
GordonGecko
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While this plays out, I could easily see stubhub moving to a "zone purchase" model like the super bowl for devil games. Of course, since the Devils have said as much they will be buying up supply at the low end so they're going to be logging actual sales of your actual tickets
This is all very silly
broadwayblue
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I call BS. As if the Devils could actually sell season tickets if they required their subscribers go to all the games. On the other hand, my colleague is a Devils season ticket holder, and he only pays like $40 for tickets that say $70 on them. So perhaps this is a bit different.
It's going to be interesting how this all plays out.
Things happen and I feel most STH can only go to half of the games. Most people don't attend (or want to afford) all 41 games.
One poster even said that he had a single (full season) and sold that to buy 4 tix so he could go with friends and family.
But because he sold his season ticket he was a "broker" and not a "loyal fan" even though he was in the building lol.
The Devils are spending so much money tracking these "brokers" down that it's going to case a bunch of their current STHs to buy a StubHub plan instead.
Also - we all know the 30 days of prizes are rigged anyway.
Things happen and I feel most STH can only go to half of the games. Most people don't attend (or want to afford) all 41 games.
One poster even said that he had a single (full season) and sold that to buy 4 tix so he could go with friends and family.
But because he sold his season ticket he was a "broker" and not a "loyal fan" even though he was in the building lol.
The Devils are spending so much money tracking these "brokers" down that it's going to case a bunch of their current STHs to buy a StubHub plan instead.
Also - we all know the 30 days of prizes are rigged anyway.
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