If fraeye is the new man then im probably done for this season. Is it possible to return one mid season?
I'm not trying to stoke a debate up here on whether people should or shouldn't refund just asking if anyone's done it before and how they work out the refund??
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It is easy to ignore posts on here.
Less so if there are a steady stream of such requests direct to the club.
I'm not at the point yet of handing mine back in but respect those that are and who take action.
Just make sure it is action that the club are directly aware of.
There were big changes to consumer legislation courtesy of the Consumer Rights Act 2015* which came into force with effect from 1st October 2015. So your chances of success depend upon what that legislation says and maybe whether you bought on-line, by telephone or in person. But I'd suggest the club could reasonably decline a pro rata refund if it so wished. Playing rubbish football is probably not grounds for a breach of contract I'd have thought.
*That would be the nasty Tories battering big businesses to better protect ordinary hard working consumers - who'd have thought it!
It was a massive step for me to give up my season ticket. I've sat in that seat since we won promotion to the Prem via the play-offs. I've seen some amazing games from that seat. Whilst people around me have come and gone, I've been there thick and thin, travelling hundreds of miles per match, but enough was enough. If you keep giving them your money you are giving them your permission to run this club into the ground. Many may not share this perspective, I know, but please think about it.
Away games are often a more expensive day out, and I completely understand that living where I do gives me access to a lot of clubs in this division, many of which are either closer than The Valley or a similar distance, but it feels great to support the team knowing that my money is not going directly into the coffers of this rich maniac dictator.
I think targeting DNC could make Meire's life uncomfortable.
Would he care? Probably not , he has no emotional interest in us, otherwise if he did, he'd flog his other clubs, and come to our games.
Surely if they have paid us to have the catering rights then its their issue not the clubs.
Getting rid of DNC and bringing the catering house might actually do the club a favour assuming they can find someone to run it well.
If we are doing well then gates go up if not they go down.
Also if the product is bad or overpriced then the sales figures will go down.
I don't eat or drink at the ground as I think its bad value.
Anyway, getting away from the subject of the thread, apologies.
When ran as an in house operation the catering and hospitality operations brought in significant six figure profit for the club.
don't know the details, Gaefield is the expert, but I assume we get a flat fee plus a percentage of sales/profit.
So reduced sales hit our share.
Meanwhile if DNC are losing money on the contract they will doing everything to cut costs to reducing the chips to less than 14, paying staff less, reducing hospitality offers while putting up prices while closing some outlets.
All means worse service for fans, fewer options and higher prices.
Doesn't matter if don't buy food or drinking the ground but it becomes a vicious circle as poor service equals fewer sales equals worse service and so on.
Meanwhile DNC put pressure on the club to increase sales and or prices.
But as long as we sweat the asset.