Sydney Blue wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
Sydney Blue wrote:
This thread is a bit like Im taking my bat and ball and going home.
Never read so many whining whinging post.
You either want to go watch them or you dont.
A membership is a season pass to the games nothing more nothing less
Not exclusively. There must be plenty like me.
I buy memberships for my family and we usually don't use them to get into games.
Sometimes we have the memberhips with us when we travel interstate, most times we dont and just buy best seats available.
It's a donation which helps the club financially and helps with the clubs membership tally.
I also buy memberships for my mates' kids. They don't usually go to games, but they remember which their first membership belonged to. I buy those for the same reason. Spread the word.
I stopped buying memberships this year for relatives' kids.
At one stage between 2003 and 2009 I was buying up to 50 memberships to help oout.
Between 2003-2010 there was a group of about 20 who had reserved seats all together for home games, some I attended. The club decided to change seating arrangements and split families with the promise they wouldnt do that. They have promised to fix that yyear after year and I can tell you that all buut 4 of the seats remain as members of the club.
More than just a whine SB. There's some serious ethical issues at play here too.
We are talking about people's passions, financial coommitmnts and the service (and lack of) they receive from an institution they once trusted.
Memberships reflect more than just seats at games.
Bondi your support for the club is quite generous . But may I ask what did buying 50 membership a year entitle you too.
What extras did you get what influence did you have on the club other than bolstering their numbers and getting a reserved seat at the game.
A membership is effectively a season pass they might try and dress it up more to make you feel more included but essentially you are buying tickets to a show
I agree with your POV, but stated its not exclusively for seats.
I didnt do it for entitlement I did it to boost numbers, spread the word, and a bit of fun.
The members receive the mershandise and wear it, stick it..in a sense spreading he word, increasing the reach and helping me build the population of like minded people around me so I feel at home in SSydney.
Its a lot of things for me.
The result of poor performance for over a decade and futile promises that we are coming has been somewhat embarrassing for me TBH. The result is the memberships are a good laugh in conversation but I have only converted a handful of those members to Carlton supporters. Thanks club.
Today the only influence I have on the club is to withdraw my support. They dont listen to members otherwise and I doubt they could care less because they've done nothing to entice lapsed members whose seats with their families were taken away by the egotistical managerment of the membership department: the untouchables.
Your point is I can choose to watch them or not. That is correct.
I can do that without a membership and do so. I do not view my membership as an entry ticket.
In terms of entiltement, I just hope we can get a few stickers for the kids to spruik the club, and that isnt done well either, but I cant do anything about that. It is not really about the seats and stickers
withdrawing my membership next year is my way of of letting Admin know once and for all I do not condone their behaviour and decisions,, and they cant take me for granted any more.
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