I got my pack in WA on Monday. Pleased that it was free of useless junk. As for the scarf I have concerns that if we bomb out of the finals race by round 6 it might be a danger in the hands of depressed supporters. A baseball cap or beanie  would have been a wiser gift.

Edited December 26, 20195 yr by america de cali

On 12/19/2019 at 6:58 PM, Moonshadow said:

Got my ankle biter's today. Full of plastic crap that will go unused. Another rubbish backpack and toy footy. Reminds me of the primary school 30cm ruler collection at home.

My only gripe is how small the backpack is, I’ve had to cut the legs and arms of his favourite Dees teddy just so I can fit it in the backpack. Not sure if he had tears of joy or not streaming down his face as I put the scissors away.

2 hours ago, deebug said:

Do we still get our car sticker, with our memberships?

I didn’t get any stickers this year. Can’t understand why as these are advertising for the club and I have a new sticker less car as well.

On 12/25/2019 at 12:15 PM, McQueen said:

As per normal, my membership pack on my dedicated Demon payment plan failed to reach WA prior to Christmas. 
Every [censored] year. 

I work for a rather large online distribution centre and we had to stop sending with Aus Post. They were so far behind, some items we sent out on the 2nd of December still hadn't made it to their destination in QLD and WA by the 23rd.

8 hours ago, Hell Bent said:

I'm surprised how few on here seem to have opted for digital! Surely this would save the club a fair bit of coin. 

In saying that my digital membership hasn't arrived and I've been on direct debit for about 10 plus years.

Any other digital opters received theirs? 

Because the chances of it working smoothly for every game are almost nil.
Especially if you're trying to get young kids through the gates at the same time

Edited December 26, 20195 yr by Dr. Gonzo

8 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

I didn’t get any stickers this year. Can’t understand why as these are advertising for the club and I have a new sticker less car as well.

The Jag will just have to go without then! 

25 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

The Jag will just have to go without then! 

JAG!!! No way I am driving a jag, apologies to Youngwilliam but I am talking about a real car that needs an MFC sticker. 

That car is too nice for a MFC sticker Earl.

You need a rust bucket like Biffen's for stickers. His is literally held together by them!

On 12/17/2019 at 4:10 PM, demonstone said:

Had your prostate checked recently?

I check mine at least twice a day, can't be too safe!

Great bumper sticker this year!

Edited December 27, 20195 yr by Moonshadow

On 12/26/2019 at 1:59 PM, Earl Hood said:

I didn’t get any stickers this year. Can’t understand why as these are advertising for the club and I have a new sticker less car as well.

We both got stickers in our packs.

 

Edited December 27, 20195 yr by Males

On 12/26/2019 at 9:11 AM, Hell Bent said:

I'm surprised how few on here seem to have opted for digital! Surely this would save the club a fair bit of coin. 

In saying that my digital membership hasn't arrived and I've been on direct debit for about 10 plus years.

Any other digital opters received theirs? 

Hi there HB. After reading this thread I've just this minute gone onto the club app on my phone and activated my tridents membership ticket. When tapping on each home game it says "ticket will be ready in xx days" and has a countdown to the day of that match so I'm assuming that the "ticket" will only appear on the day of that game. Curiously however the compensation game against Hawthorn in round 11 (for playing in Alice Springs) says there is no ticket available. Likewise there is no mention of any away games in Melbourne which my ticket should include. 

Hopefully the club or ticketmaster haven't ballsed this up but I'll have to wait until after the new year before I can contact the club about it. 

On 12/18/2019 at 12:06 PM, Ethan Tremblay said:

My scarf always ends up in the bin. It survived until round three last season.

I thought you would have a ritualistic burning eaxh year,  a Melbourne scaef suttee, after all it has been hanging around your neck long enough with little effect.

Renewed on 10th December, still nothing in the mail. I’m in no mad rush but that seems lengthy for a Melbourne metro mailout..

58 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Renewed on 10th December, still nothing in the mail. I’m in no mad rush but that seems lengthy for a Melbourne metro mailout..

I renewed on the 8th December and was told at the time that they had finished their pre-Christmas mail-outs so I don't think there's cause for concern.

A comment about the "choose the $25 Demon shop option instead of the scarf", a friend of mine did that last year, then went to the shop choose some minor items, badge, stickers, cup etc and handed her $25 voucher and was told she couldn't use it because the $25 could only come off 1 item of $25 or more. 

She put all the little stuff  BACK and walked out. 

Edited January 4, 20205 yr by Demon_spurs

On 1/4/2020 at 4:29 PM, Demon_spurs said:

A comment about the "choose the $25 Demon shop option instead of the scarf", a friend of mine did that last year, then went to the shop choose some minor items, badge, stickers, cup etc and handed her $25 voucher and was told she couldn't use it because the $25 could only come off 1 item of $25 or more. 

She put all the little stuff  BACK and walked out. 

That's terrible to hear. 

Shocking if this is the case.

On 1/4/2020 at 4:59 PM, Demon_spurs said:

A comment about the "choose the $25 Demon shop option instead of the scarf", a friend of mine did that last year, then went to the shop choose some minor items, badge, stickers, cup etc and handed her $25 voucher and was told she couldn't use it because the $25 could only come off 1 item of $25 or more. 

She put all the little stuff  BACK and walked out. 

What a great way to run a Department 

We excel at pissing off our own supporters in so many ways..

still waiting for mine

11 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

still waiting for mine

It's ok DC there is two months to go.

For anyone with a home and away game digital membership that is interested, I spoke to the club this week and they have advised that all of the away matches we play in Melbourne will be uploaded to the app at a later date. Probably by the end of January. The compensation home game (for playing up in the Alice) has yet to be negotiated and there are three or four clubs we are currently still in discussions with about this. Once confirmed this will also be added to the digital membership along with those away games. Same goes for the pre season game at Casey Fields. 

1 hour ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

The compensation home game (for playing up in the Alice) has yet to be negotiated and there are three or four clubs we are currently still in discussions with about this.  

Does anyone here know what the club gives up, or provides to other clubs as compensation for playing in AS?

(Hopefully not a ritualistic spanking or similar.) Serious replies preferred.

6 hours ago, pitmaster said:

Does anyone here know what the club gives up, or provides to other clubs as compensation for playing in AS?

(Hopefully not a ritualistic spanking or similar.) Serious replies preferred.

Other than home ground advantage I don't think we'd be giving anything up nor the competing team gaining anything. To the best of my knowledge we've only ever played WA or SA sides there so they are travelling anyway and get to play on a dry ground in warm conditions instead of Melbourne in the middle of winter. They (and we) also get featured in a prime time free to air game. 

15 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Other than home ground advantage I don't think we'd be giving anything up nor the competing team gaining anything. To the best of my knowledge we've only ever played WA or SA sides there so they are travelling anyway and get to play on a dry ground in warm conditions instead of Melbourne in the middle of winter. They (and we) also get featured in a prime time free to air game. 

Sorry, RDN but you misunderstood my question. I am wondering what if anything we give to the home club in our Melbourne 'return game' in order for our members to have free entry because they can't get to the AS game?

After all whoever the 'return game' home team is, say this year it's Hawthorn, they are losing when our members are given free entry to their home game. What does Melbourne do to compensate the Hawks in that case?

1 hour ago, pitmaster said:

Sorry, RDN but you misunderstood my question. I am wondering what if anything we give to the home club in our Melbourne 'return game' in order for our members to have free entry because they can't get to the AS game?

After all whoever the 'return game' home team is, say this year it's Hawthorn, they are losing when our members are given free entry to their home game. What does Melbourne do to compensate the Hawks in that case?

Ah, I see what you mean now PM. Not sure. Perhaps it's an agreement to repay the favour at some point. As Hawthorn also play 'home' games in Launceston that would make sense. To counteract that theory however we've recently played Carlton at the G in this game who have no need to compensate their own fans so it's an interesting question. The Blues seem keen to move home games from Docklands to Jolimont where possible so perhaps the AFL got involved and said you can play Melbourne there as your home game as long as MFC fans gain free entry. Overall it might still be a better deal for them financially all things considered.