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Membership Tally 2022

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16 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

That is great value as 3-game memberships had similar member rights for finals tickets, except the GF, in 2018.  If our finals are at the G they are almost guaranteed to get a ticket to those games.

I'm almost tempted to sign up a few friends just in case I need extra finals tickets.

Is the code simply 'Gus and Gawny'?

Just check the podcast.

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    interesting that nearly all reserved seats are sold out

    only ones left are coterie membership at $3740!

    surely that will make new memberships harder

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    40 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    interesting that nearly all reserved seats are sold out

    only ones left are coterie membership at $3740!

    surely that will make new memberships harder

    Probably why they are flogging the 3 gamers

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    31 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    Probably why they are flogging the 3 gamers

    why not just allocate more reserved seat areas?

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    15 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    why not just allocate more reserved seat areas?

    It looks like the 'reserved seat' and 'reserved bay' options include the GFG and they have a limited number of GFG's they can issue.. 

    So they need a category with a reserved seat but not a GFG.  It may be too late to create this for 2022 but a good option for 2023.

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    1 minute ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    It looks like the 'reserved seat' and 'reserved bay' options include the GFG. 

    So they need a category with a reserved seat but not a GFG.

    yes, they made some change this year that all reserved seats came with a gfg with no exception

    the previous 2 years you could get a reserved seat without gfg but it wasn't an option onlne. you had to ring up to get it or rollover from previous year if applicable. 

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    so if you want a reserved seat can you just buy a ga membership then each week get onto ticketek to upgrade to reserved seat?

    that wouldn't make a lot of people very happy

     

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    1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

    yes, they made some change this year that all reserved seats came with a gfg with no exception

    the previous 2 years you could get a reserved seat without gfg but it wasn't an option onlne. you had to ring up to get it or rollover from previous year if applicable. 

    The limited GFG's is the reason they can't allocate more reserved seat areas as you suggested a few posts back.

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    1 minute ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    The limited GFG's is the reason they can't allocate more reserved seat areas as you suggested a few posts back.

    yeah, i can see that, but surely the solution is easy

    probably some stupid afl directive

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    3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    yeah, i can see that, but surely the solution is easy

    probably some stupid afl directive

    Yes, to have reserved seat memberships not linked to GFG.  I'm pretty sure Richmond has them.

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    24 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    so if you want a reserved seat can you just buy a ga membership then each week get onto ticketek to upgrade to reserved seat?

    that wouldn't make a lot of people very happy

     

    The club told me we get a different barcode for each game.  This makes it tricky for GA members to upgrade to a reserved seat each game as we don't get the barcode number until 72 hours before the game whereas ticket sales open about 3 weeks before the game and as I understand it Ticketek require a barcode number to upgrade to reserve seats.  🤔  So the 'best' seats may be gone by the time barcode numbers arrive.

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    42 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    The club told me we get a different barcode for each game.  This makes it tricky for GA members to upgrade to a reserved seat each game as we don't get the barcode number until 72 hours before the game whereas ticket sales open about 3 weeks before the game and as I understand it Ticketek require a barcode number to upgrade to reserve seats.  🤔  So the 'best' seats may be gone by the time barcode numbers arrive.

    They hold back some of the better bays until closer to the game. M54 only went on sale two days before the game which is the best bay in the olympic stand for non reserved members and not alcohol free bays. Similar things happen with level 2 corporate allocations that go unused.

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    4 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

    They hold back some of the better bays until closer to the game. M54 only went on sale two days before the game which is the best bay in the olympic stand for non reserved members and not alcohol free bays. Similar things happen with level 2 corporate allocations that go unused.

    Thanks.  That is reassuring to know.

    Do you have any idea the likelihood of dee fans getting a 'good' seat ie not level Q for the ANZAC Eve game.  I believe we can only buy them when Public sales open up.

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    6 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    The club told me we get a different barcode for each game.  This makes it tricky for GA members to upgrade to a reserved seat each game as we don't get the barcode number until 72 hours before the game whereas ticket sales open about 3 weeks before the game and as I understand it Ticketek require a barcode number to upgrade to reserve seats.  🤔  So the 'best' seats may be gone by the time barcode numbers arrive.

    That's incorrect. There's two barcodes one for your membership and a ticket barcode that is the qr code to scan in. You can upgrade to a reserve seat with your membership barcode but it's not easy to find what that is without your physical membership. It was emailed with the ticketing info for round 1. Bit of a [censored] show really. 

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    11 minutes ago, Deefiant said:

    That's incorrect. There's two barcodes one for your membership and a ticket barcode that is the qr code to scan in. You can upgrade to a reserve seat with your membership barcode but it's not easy to find what that is without your physical membership. It was emailed with the ticketing info for round 1. Bit of a [censored] show really. 

    i got a card (decoration only) but it has your membership number on it. don't need a barcode for ticketek, just your membership number.

    i think you meant you meant to say membership number when you said membership barcode

    at least i think this how ticketek works with a ga member seat booking/upgrade

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    8 hours ago, Deefiant said:

    That's incorrect. There's two barcodes one for your membership and a ticket barcode that is the qr code to scan in. You can upgrade to a reserve seat with your membership barcode but it's not easy to find what that is without your physical membership. It was emailed with the ticketing info for round 1. Bit of a [censored] show really. 

     

    8 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    i got a card (decoration only) but it has your membership number on it. don't need a barcode for ticketek, just your membership number.

    i think you meant you meant to say membership number when you said membership barcode

    at least i think this how ticketek works with a ga member seat booking/upgrade

    Have continued this conversation in the 'Tickets' thread as more relevant there.

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    18 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    Yes, to have reserved seat memberships not linked to GFG.  I'm pretty sure Richmond has them.

    A lot of club's do

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    12 hours ago, Deefiant said:

    That's incorrect. There's two barcodes one for your membership and a ticket barcode that is the qr code to scan in. You can upgrade to a reserve seat with your membership barcode but it's not easy to find what that is without your physical membership. It was emailed with the ticketing info for round 1. Bit of a [censored] show really. 

    I can't even find the barcode logging in to the online account (not the app)

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    I hope 65-70k is the target for this year.

    If we can snag another flag in the next 2-3 years we should be able to solidfy a good portion of those and start getting some younger admirers that are converts from other clubs.

    If we can go anywhere near replicating Richmond's recent success, I think 80k is not out of the question in the relatively near future.

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    18 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    Thanks.  That is reassuring to know.

    Do you have any idea the likelihood of dee fans getting a 'good' seat ie not level Q for the ANZAC Eve game.  I believe we can only buy them when Public sales open up.

    I'm an afl member with club support so I have my level 2A seat every game basically hehe.

    But for Anzac Eve I suspect you will find that level 1 in the Ponsford will either all be GA or plenty of available reserved seating.

    There will be plenty of red and blue there for an away game.

    Also, bays M5-M8ish aren't in Richmond's reserved seat areas so you will also be able to reserve seats there.

    Crowds are still well down this year so wouldn't be surprised if Anzac Eve doesn't crack 70K, especially if Richmond aren't good.

    QB will be a similar story I suspect

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    Is there any point updating our membership tally going forward when they're all going to be of the Mickey Mouse 3 game buy one get one free variety? Surely the only metric that matters is how much actual $$$ we rake in at seasons end. 

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    2 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Is there any point updating our membership tally going forward when they're all going to be of the Mickey Mouse 3 game buy one get one free variety? Surely the only metric that matters is how much actual $$$ we rake in at seasons end. 

    Yes, because everyone else does it. 

    Also, best way to start getting more people on full memberships is to start them on 3 games

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    Just now, Action Jackson said:

    Yes, because everyone else does it. 

    Also, best way to start getting more people on full memberships is to start them on 3 games

    Hi AJ. I'm not sure that every other club doing it is a valid reason. I don't see much point in announcing we have 60,000 members for example if 10,000 of them were given away free although it probably explains why GWS are supposed to have 30,000 members when their ground is always empty on tv. 

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    Im pretty sure this bit is true: A few years ago only memberships that were worth $50+ counted. 
     

    This bit may not be: During that season St Kilda’s progressive membership count actually went down at one stage as they had to discard their freebies from their tally. 

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