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Hi all. This is me and my son. We filmed his reaction as we thought he'd be pretty happy with the tickets and we'd share it with my Dad and sisters who are also keen Dees fans. We did not expect the l

Ethan Tremblay
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I think it’s great Demonlanders are assisting other Demonlanders with gaining tickets to the final. 

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There is a decent amount of human error stupidity in this. 3 of Week 1 finals tickets are sold thru Ticketek: Rich/Haw have over 180,000 paid up members.  Demons/Cats have total of

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1 hour ago, Demon17 said:

9000 mcc reserved seats sold out yesterday in 10 minutes . Last week was much longer. Mcc will be packed again with red and blue

err could be Hawthorn supporters..... Hope I am wrong..

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12 hours ago, A F said:

They're expecting 90,000 again.

We got reserved seats in the MCC on Level 4. But I reckon I'll go early to get a Level 1 seat.

I still think regular H&A attendees should get preference to finals seating, instead of all the bandwagoners...

Don't really disagree but would like to give an alternative view:

Re MFC members:  There are many reasons why people can't get to games regularly.  Some stories that touched me in the last week are:   @Deebymistake who is a member and her story is in the 'First Finals' thread.  She can now go to the Semi ?. Then @Neitz the Greatwho lives in Brisbane and buys an Armchair membership just to support the club.  Brought his Dad down for the Elim.  Finally, the delightful story and video of young Sam (son of @Demon Spofforth) who lives in Queensland.  I'm sure there are many, many others who can't get to games but still support the club as best they can. 

Are you referring more to MCC members who have suddenly come out of the woodwork in droves?  A friend expressed sympathy for them as they 'pay all that money for membership' then have to queue up or can't get a seat.  I couldn't share the sympathy as they are go to MCG Away games for free, are able to get finals tickets for free or a nominal fee.  Whereas paid up MFC members have to buy them at AFL prices.  Even paying the $200+ per MFC membership for the Grand Final Guarentee only gives the right to buy a ticket; they still have to pay $xxx to buy the ticket.  So after spending something like $400-$500 for a membership with GFG they still have to pay around $300-500 to go to all finals.  No Guest passes for them either.  Last week in the local Ticketek queue I met a 70+ year old lady whose family had been MFC Trident members for 38 years.  That is some coin!  But she was there in the queue just like everyone else. 

The real bandwagoners for me are those that don't buy an MCC or MFC membership of any sort, don't volunteer, don't donate, don't go to games but come out at finals time.  Have little time for them.

This is a long winded way of saying there are varying degrees of merit for priority purchase of finals tickets.  Not sure game attendance is the best one.  But I don't know what the answer is, either.  Finals ticket purchases will only get worse as our membership increase (Great for the Club Revenue). 

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45 minutes ago, praha said:

I got level 4 right at the back.... Had to get tickets for 8 people.

That sucks mate - I was on my phone from 850 and PC from 855. Got through on PC quicker this time about 910/915. Managed to get 9 tickets M21 row B.

Did you get guest passes or all with AFL memberships? If you got guest passes I think they were only available on level 4 so may be why you were allocated those seats?

 

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1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

That sucks mate - I was on my phone from 850 and PC from 855. Got through on PC quicker this time about 910/915. Managed to get 9 tickets M21 row B.

Did you get guest passes or all with AFL memberships? If you got guest passes I think they were only available on level 4 so may be why you were allocated those seats?

 

I had one Silver membership along 7 Full Gold. I was trying other areas even in batches of 2-3 but kept saying not enough tickets. This was at about 9:10.

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12 hours ago, A F said:

Understand that mate and I'm sorry if you're in that category (this is directed at bandwagoners of which there are clearly plenty), but as someone who gives up 4 hours of his weekend every weekend and have done through some very dark times, it pisses me off to think I could miss out on a grand final ticket one day, because some muppet bandwagoner comes along for his or her first footy match for the year.

Totally agree with this. Throwing the club 70 bucks or whatever it costs to become a 3 game member these days is not supporting the club. It's on par with having a magazine subscription. Supporting the club is going to games and cheering on the team. Clearly there are people overseas and interstate who follow the club, but I don't see why the regular attendees should miss out when it matters most.

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59 minutes ago, praha said:

I had one Silver membership along 7 Full Gold. I was trying other areas even in batches of 2-3 but kept saying not enough tickets. This was at about 9:10.

That's crap no way there weren't at least 2 or 3 seats available in better positions. I must've just lucked out was getting pretty nervous there for a while.

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3 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Don't really disagree but would like to give an alternative view:

Re MFC members:  There are many reasons why people can't get to games regularly.  Some stories that touched me in the last week are:   @Deebymistake who is a member and her story is in the 'First Finals' thread.  She can now go to the Semi ?. Then @Neitz the Greatwho lives in Brisbane and buys an Armchair membership just to support the club.  Brought his Dad down for the Elim.  Finally, the delightful story and video of young Sam (son of @Demon Spofforth) who lives in Queensland.  I'm sure there are many, many others who can't get to games but still support the club as best they can. 

Are you referring more to MCC members who have suddenly come out of the woodwork in droves?  A friend expressed sympathy for them as they 'pay all that money for membership' then have to queue up or can't get a seat.  I couldn't share the sympathy as they are go to MCG Away games for free, are able to get finals tickets for free or a nominal fee.  Whereas paid up MFC members have to buy them at AFL prices.  Even paying the $200+ per MFC membership for the Grand Final Guarentee only gives the right to buy a ticket; they still have to pay $xxx to buy the ticket.  So after spending something like $400-$500 for a membership with GFG they still have to pay around $300-500 to go to all finals.  No Guest passes for them either.  Last week in the local Ticketek queue I met a 70+ year old lady whose family had been MFC Trident members for 38 years.  That is some coin!  But she was there in the queue just like everyone else. 

The real bandwagoners for me are those that don't buy an MCC or MFC membership of any sort, don't volunteer, don't donate, don't go to games but come out at finals time.  Have little time for them.

This is a long winded way of saying there are varying degrees of merit for priority purchase of finals tickets.  Not sure game attendance is the best one.  But I don't know what the answer is, either.  Finals ticket purchases will only get worse as our membership increase (Great for the Club Revenue). 

Yep, I'd go a step further mate and adjust the definition of bandwagoner to those without an MFC membership. If you can afford MCC, you afford an extra $80 for MFC, like I do.

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1 hour ago, SPC said:

I grabbed a ticket earlier today in the Olympic stand. Anyone know of a good standing room area?. I am recovering from a broken shoulder, so will likely stand somewhere quiet. 

Join our throng in M9. Rare for there to be any opposition supporters, partic if the bulk of Hawks people are at he other end of the ground.

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25 minutes ago, M_9 said:

Join our throng in M9. Rare for there to be any opposition supporters, partic if the bulk of Hawks people are at he other end of the ground.

Thanks M_9. That is standing room in M9? Would be good to avoid body contact, particularly on the shoulder... and no I’m not Cale Morton. 

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35 minutes ago, Demon Rising said:

Hi Old Dee

Very interested 

Sat there on Friday Row J with my sons

They can't make it this week so I'm alone again but never alone with Melbourne supporters 

Please contact 

Can I leave mobile or email here?

I'm new here

I will and you a personal note.

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