Another thing the club could have done is used the bank holiday to their advantage and opened up the ticket office on Sunday and Monday (as well throughout the week up till kick off). The main job of the back office of any club is to sell tickets!
Come on mate, you don’t actually expect them to have thought of that and make it easy for people?
The home game will not even go close to selling out, I think the club have over complicated this. Why not print off a load of tickets and advertise cash only ticket offices around the ground and club shop on the night of the game and encourage people who are not season ticket holders or cannot use the club's website to go through this method.
Season ticket holders should be able to buy online, over the phone or in person. Going to Ticketmaster and not being able to buy in person will I'm sure inconvenience some season ticket holders
There’s a big risk of a walk-up on the night the infrastructure can’t handle. Above about 3,000 the club won’t cope. Ditto too many tickets for collection.
My concern would be that the club tries to pass on excessive Ticketmaster charges to fans or gets the data migration wrong.
As much as I want to get out of this shite division I want that Belgium cnut gone far more. Ticket master my arse Roland. Run the the club properly or fuck off.
And seeing as they wont be posted until Tuesday i can see big problems arising on Thursday evening.
Do Ticketmaster offer a print at home option?
For most events yes. However it does usually depend upon the venue that they are selling for. As Charlton have scanners I see no reason they can't do print at home with barcode on.
Will Ticket Master allow you to choose which seat you want if you’re not a STH. I doubt it ... I was hoping to sit with my mates.
I've bought hundreds of tickets from Ticketmaster over 10 plus years and not once have I had a problem. You can always select your seat from the seating plan at venues. I don't see why The Valley should be any different ? This would be down to Charlton not TM.
(It will obviously now go tits up and I will get the blame )
Will Ticket Master allow you to choose which seat you want if you’re not a STH. I doubt it ... I was hoping to sit with my mates.
I've bought hundreds of tickets from Ticketmaster over 10 plus years and not once have I had a problem. You can always select your seat from the seating plan at venues. I don't see why The Valley should be any different ? This would be down to Charlton not TM.
(It will obviously now go tits up and I will get the blame )
The home game will not even go close to selling out, I think the club have over complicated this. Why not print off a load of tickets and advertise cash only ticket offices around the ground and club shop on the night of the game and encourage people who are not season ticket holders or cannot use the club's website to go through this method.
Season ticket holders should be able to buy online, over the phone or in person. Going to Ticketmaster and not being able to buy in person will I'm sure inconvenience some season ticket holders
There’s a big risk of a walk-up on the night the infrastructure can’t handle. Above about 3,000 the club won’t cope. Ditto too many tickets for collection.
My concern would be that the club tries to pass on excessive Ticketmaster charges to fans or gets the data migration wrong.
This. But that would be down to the club not TM. TM are one of if not the best ticket agency in the world, but oh no it's not good enough for some Charlton supporters. Although tbh, some of the usual whingers would find something to moan about if they won the lottery.
Will Ticket Master allow you to choose which seat you want if you’re not a STH. I doubt it ... I was hoping to sit with my mates.
I've bought hundreds of tickets from Ticketmaster over 10 plus years and not once have I had a problem. You can always select your seat from the seating plan at venues. I don't see why The Valley should be any different ? This would be down to Charlton not TM.
(It will obviously now go tits up and I will get the blame )
You Will!!! I am going up London to the place advised above. I don't expect to pay more than face value buying in cash and I expect the OAP rate.
Thinking about it Wimbledon (tennis that is, not AFC) sell a small number of next day tickets via Ticketmaster, rather than through their internal channels.
Thinking about it Wimbledon (tennis that is, not AFC) sell a small number of next day tickets via Ticketmaster, rather than through their internal channels.
Oh btw Ticketmaster have got a 50% sale on some tickets at the moment. I bought some theatre tickets this morning and I printed them at home, It took 5 mins in total. There were no fees.
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I will be going straight from work Thursday, if there are any issues with the post and my ticket isn't delivered on Wednesday, will proof of purchase be enough at the ground Thursday night as I won't have a physical ticket? (Print at home isn't an option for me)
It does seem from this initial message that tickets for the home leg of the play-off semi-finals will not be available from the ticket offices at the Valley. This is disappointing in my opinion, as I prefer to buy tickets face-to-face directly from the ticket office whenever possible, even if it means a journey across London to the Valley specifically to buy them.
However they do also say that full details will be published on the website shortly after full time on Saturday. Perhaps the Ticketmaster option will not be the only one. Maybe home leg tickets will eventually be available directly from the ticket office, just not as early as 9am on Sunday.
I don’t think the cloooob had any other option than to get a third party to manage the ticket sales for the play off home match.
Firstly, because of the short notice between Saturdays game and Thursday time slot. Secondly, ticket office is a joke anywhere. Would have been chaos. Hopefully, the admin fee charges won’t be too expensive.
I’m taking it that print at home will still be offered? If not then it’ll be post out with only a couple of days to spare (not possible considering the ticket office usually stop sending out within three days of a home game) or collection which would be utter carnage.
For everyone complaining about Ticketmaster (and I'm not a fan of them): I bought through them for Kaiserslautern in February and there were no added fees plus it was print at home.
Then I had to use them for Toronto FC and there was a £2 fee and the ticket/barcode was on my Android.
Not ideal but give it a few years and all big games in England will be bought and sold this way.
What classes as being on the clubs database? Assuming having a season ticket for 23 years before this season and having bought one match day ticket this season counts?
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My concern would be that the club tries to pass on excessive Ticketmaster charges to fans or gets the data migration wrong.
Ticket master my arse Roland.
Run the the club properly or fuck off.
As Charlton have scanners I see no reason they can't do print at home with barcode on.
You can always select your seat from the seating plan at venues.
I don't see why The Valley should be any different ? This would be down to Charlton not TM.
(It will obviously now go tits up and I will get the blame
TM are one of if not the best ticket agency in the world, but oh no it's not good enough for some Charlton supporters.
Although tbh, some of the usual whingers would find something to moan about if they won the lottery.
I am going up London to the place advised above.
I don't expect to pay more than face value buying in cash and I expect the OAP rate.
Dear
Thank you for your booking
Please check your booking details carefully and contact us if you have any queries.
Event Tickets Total
Theatre
London, United Kingdom
Fri, 1st June 2018, 7.30 PM 2 x Upper Circle
Special Offer - £27.50 each
Your Ticket numbers:
H22 H21 £55.00 GBP
Delivery Cost / Transaction Fee £0.00 GBP
Total £55.00 GBP
Your Booking Reference
Download your tickets
Please print your voucher and bring it with you on the day (you must print the voucher, not just this email).
Any Questions?
If you have any questions about your ticket purchase please visit
I will be going straight from work Thursday, if there are any issues with the post and my ticket isn't delivered on Wednesday, will proof of purchase be enough at the ground Thursday night as I won't have a physical ticket? (Print at home isn't an option for me)
This is disappointing in my opinion, as I prefer to buy tickets face-to-face directly from the ticket office whenever possible, even if it means a journey across London to the Valley specifically to buy them.
However they do also say that full details will be published on the website shortly after full time on Saturday.
Perhaps the Ticketmaster option will not be the only one. Maybe home leg tickets will eventually be available directly from the ticket office, just not as early as 9am on Sunday.
Firstly, because of the short notice between Saturdays game and Thursday time slot. Secondly, ticket office is a joke anywhere. Would have been chaos. Hopefully, the admin fee charges won’t be too expensive.
Then I had to use them for Toronto FC and there was a £2 fee and the ticket/barcode was on my Android.
Not ideal but give it a few years and all big games in England will be bought and sold this way.