News Article: Ticket Exchange Opened to Public
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King Woodballs
Captain Awesome
Being one who joined the Waiting List solely for the SeatExchange access, I am extremely disappointed. Moreso that they opted to make the change mid-season.
I agree; they marketed the Wait List this year as having exclusive access; it seems unfair to change that partway through the season.
I think the best thing to do is make your feelings known to ticket reps.
I think we came up with the idea of waitlist people getting 24 exclusivity on tickets that get posted before it went public as a compromise. Perhaps suggest something like this. I believe TNSE has been pretty good about issues like this previously, so I'd send an e-mail or make some calls.
I don't think TNSE made this decision with the fans needs in mind. It's a business decision. They want to sell tickets. All the tickets.
I'm on the wait list for 1 reason. To eventually get season tickets so this really doesn't bother me. I feel for the people who joined up solely for the access to tickets. That sucks but what can you do. If the wait list members aren't buying them up then what do you expect TNSE to do?
That's a good point. It was the season ticket holders who were suffering.
At the same time, TNSE wants all the seats full at games. Full seats translates into concession revenue.
I don't buy off seat exchange anyways. My main in is the premonth draw. And yah, i'm on the waitlist to get season tickets as well.
The premonth draw is just way cheaper then seat exchange.
theamazingchris
Registered User
Yup. I can spend less than 70 per ticket, or I can spend over 80 for the same ticket on seat exchange. No brainer.
The only thing with the pre month draw is finding pairs can be difficult. Especially for the big games. I like Seat Exchange for this. I can make a last minute decision to go to the game with the wife and usually find a pair.
I'v ebeen pretty lucky. for november iw as able to get pairs to both saturday afternoon games (chicago and minnie)
Though ia gree, it does eliminate "spur of the moment" buying, but frankly, my bankroll can't handle that anyway.
theamazingchris
Registered User
That's true, but when you're a broke university student like me, only the cheapest of tickets are really feasible.
Haha, that's true. Hell, when I was your age I was buying Jets tickets at 7-11 for under $10 each. Those were the days.
theamazingchris
Registered User
Upper deck for me. Not a lot more than $10 but if we got stuck up there the seats were at least ok. Most games though we ended up in the reds on the other side where nobody showed up for the game. We used to specifically target games where we knew some season ticket holders wouldn't show up.
Never saw a playoff game from anywhere other than the upper deck though.
As far as this decision goes it really falls ultimately to a business decision: not all seats were going as they had in the past and the season ticket holders were getting upset at the limited market. Whether those seat holders are scalpers or someone with a legit reason to miss a game, they want those seats sold. And TNSE wants those people, all of them, to renew and that pressure starts up this year.
It certainly sucks for those that got on the wait list for the access alone, but relative to the complaints of season ticket holders their complaints won't matter near as much.
I enjoyed at the old barn buying the cheapest seats available for Moose games, which meant you sat alone in the boonies. When the "move of the game" took place I was always selected (cause there was literally no one within 200 feet of us) and BAM rinkside seats.
Describes my situation and the reasoning behind why I think a complaint to my rep will fall upon deaf ears. Especially since I'm a season ticket holder too (with a group - wanted the access to land games I didn't draft).
I realize they were losing on resales and the concession monies it brings, however making a change this drastically to start (without starting with a larger time window to the public) and thus changing the agreement during the term, is uncool.
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Guardian17
Strong & Free
I signed up for the waitlist this year for the sole reason of having access to the Seat Exchange tickets. I am at the bottom of the list and I will likely be 100 before I ever see season tickets from it, unless the market for Jets tickets dwindles quickly. What I am annoyed by is the mid-season change from it going to all access to no priority. As was suggested before, giving 24 hour access before game day would have made sense and those of us on the waitlist would have maintained the perk. The money I paid this year to join the waitlist is essentially gone, regardless of whether I ever get season tickets from the waitlist. Its only the 2nd year and future year renewals that go towards the eventual purchase. That is frustrating. I paid $100 to get access for 2 months and to get a special waitlist only practice ... not exactly what I signed up for.
I think it comes down to TNSE listening to the complaints of STHs who were having problems selling to the limited Seat Exchange market over the possible backlash from those on the waiting list. The former group have deposits down of $500-$1000 per seat and pay $2000-$6500 per seat each year, and are committed to 3- 4- or 5-year terms. The latter have a non-refundable $50 plus their $100/year membership. Easy call for TNSE.
I can understand that. I guess the frustrating part from my perspective is that I paid for a perk and without any notice no longer am getting that perk. That's annoying. I guess we'll just have to see what ends up happening with Seat Exchange and how much it affects the availability of seats.
