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hopelessdeesfan   8

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Hi All

Call me crazy and shoot me down if you will.I am a mad demons supporter but I live with 2 collingwood supporters(Husband and son) who are AFL silver members but Eddie changed the rules this year(he isn't doing a ballot for silver members,you have to upgrade to legends or no chance of a grand final ticket) and they have no chance of getting a ticket through their club.I need to get them out of the house on Grand final day or they will drive me nuts.I know this is a long shot but I promised my son if Collingwood got into the Grand final I would ask you guys and last night my worst fears were realised.If anyone knows of any tickets available or if you can direct me in the right direction that would be great.I am happy to pay above ticket price for 1 or 2 tickets

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Hi All

Call me crazy and shoot me down if you will.I am a mad demons supporter but I live with 2 collingwood supporters(Husband and son) who are AFL silver members but Eddie changed the rules this year(he isn't doing a ballot for silver members,you have to upgrade to legends or no chance of a grand final ticket) and they have no chance of getting a ticket through their club.I need to get them out of the house on Grand final day or they will drive me nuts.I know this is a long shot but I promised my son if Collingwood got into the Grand final I would ask you guys and last night my worst fears were realised.If anyone knows of any tickets available or if you can direct me in the right direction that would be great.I am happy to pay above ticket price for 1 or 2 tickets

How much are you prepared to pay?? I know where to access GF tix but they have to come with a GF Brunch at Etihad Stadium thru an AFL wholesaler. Will be well over a grand a pop however! I can PM u details if required! As you`d expect, they are selling like hotcakes. People are coming from O/S to go to the game and price is not an issue for starved Pies. They`ll be gone soon!

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Hi All

Call me crazy and shoot me down if you will.I am a mad demons supporter but I live with 2 collingwood supporters(Husband and son) who are AFL silver members but Eddie changed the rules this year(he isn't doing a ballot for silver members,you have to upgrade to legends or no chance of a grand final ticket) and they have no chance of getting a ticket through their club.I need to get them out of the house on Grand final day or they will drive me nuts.I know this is a long shot but I promised my son if Collingwood got into the Grand final I would ask you guys and last night my worst fears were realised.If anyone knows of any tickets available or if you can direct me in the right direction that would be great.I am happy to pay above ticket price for 1 or 2 tickets

MFC have tickets for sale which include brunch at the Grand Hyatt. $1275 for standard seats & $1325 for prime seat. Click on link for details. Grand Final tix

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Thanks everyone for the offers and advise,I would prefer just tickets wiithout a function as my son is only 9 years old.If anyone has any full AFL membership barcodes that they won't use for the big day could you please let me know.I will buy a package for husband if I need to but I would love my son to go as well

Thanks Guys

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Thanks everyone for the offers and advise,I would prefer just tickets wiithout a function as my son is only 9 years old.If anyone has any full AFL membership barcodes that they won't use for the big day could you please let me know.I will buy a package for husband if I need to but I would love my son to go as well

Thanks Guys

ahhhhhhhh yeah I will risk my afl membership for your collingwood supporting husband...........

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Gee,everyone else on here has been so good about this,I guess it takes all kinds.Just asking for a favour if anyone would be king enough to help.

As harsh as JW sounded, I'm pretty sure they are right in saying that it would risk their AFL membership by giving someone else (a non-member) their barcode for tickets.

From what I understand, you purchase a ticket with the barcode, they (ticketek) type in the member number, then the member's name appears on the actual ticket. Then, when you try to get in to the football, they would check id to make sure the name matches. If it doesn't, you've lost your money, and the member probably loses their membership.

Unfortunately, the AFL have it set up as a corporate day, rather than 2 sides supporters going to watch their team play in the last game of the year.

Nb. Happy to be proved wrong as I'm not 100% sure how it works, and I have friends who have the barcodes but are non-members, and are wanting to buy tickets but don't want to risk losing their cash/their friends AFL membership.

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Yeah, I just assumed that the AFL membership was transferrable.

If not, the request is totally unreasonable.

I probably won't go, but would never risk giving my MCC membership to someone else.

Not a chance. Even if they weren't a collingwood supporter!

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Yes, true,,, but an AFL member could surely buy the tickets & hand them over to the person they were giving a helping hand to.

Nope. Membership is non transferable and I.d checks, although rare, do happen. The ticket itself, because purchased with the afl membership, is also non transferable. Too big of a risk for someone who has waited 8 or so years to become a full member.

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Even if AFL Silver members were in the ballot there'd be no guarantee of a ticket, so it might have been worth investigating grand final options earlier. It's definitely something Dees fans should be thinking about in a couple of years.

Thanks everyone for the offers and advise,I would prefer just tickets wiithout a function as my son is only 9 years old.If anyone has any full AFL membership barcodes that they won't use for the big day could you please let me know.I will buy a package for husband if I need to but I would love my son to go as well

Thanks Guys

As for using someone else's AFL membership, the AFL's mentioned they'll be more vigilant with ID checks etc.

It's not like your son needs to attend the function. If your reluctance is because of the cost, you might have to suck it up if you want tickets to the grand final.

That said, ticketing arrangements for the grand final suck.

PS. I wonder what the requests will be like on here when the Dees make the grand final :P

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hopelessdeesfan   8

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HI There

I do understand what you are saying about the AFL full membership,and you are probably right it may be to big a risk for some people and that is fair enough.I have tried all the footy clubs and they are all sold out so maybe it is just my hubby that will be lucky enough to go.But I still hold out hope that someone from a non competeing club may not want their tickets.Just to let you know my son is also a Demon member,hopefully in a few years he will be coming with me to a grand final to watch the Dees win.I agree,It will be very interesting to see the messages on here when the Dee's arrive in that Grand Final.I know if I could I would help someone out and I appreciate all the help and advise that was given by some Demonlanders

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Its not possible in the MCC to "borrow" memberships anymore, as every member is photographed. I have no idea what AFL members go through.

Am still deciding whether i will go on saturday...it is special to be there live when the Filth lose.... :)

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Wow,thats amazing that MCC use photo ID.AFL members don't have to do that yet but maybe it will be on it's way for them as well.Thanks for the explaination I'm all new to this but am learning very quickly.

Theyve had it like that for about 5-6 years now.

Maybe longer.

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