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3 minutes ago, kregan92 said:

cant argue that point with you mate and i can only imagine how hard it would be after so many years to make the gf and not be able to attend.

with the current situation its possible to be the same next year.

i was fortunate enough to attend one gf as a child and this year i am trying to take my kids as my parents did.

I was unable to attend in '64 and had to settle for listening to the GF on the radio, so I'm yet to actually 'see' us win one (unfortunately, I did watch us lose one on TV in 2000).

8 minutes ago, kregan92 said:

you can look at it 2 ways:

1. you try and sell the codes to get back some money you have paid for it. 

2. you donate them to sell out the stadium and cheer on the blue and red and look at the $230 as a donation to the club.

also, any members allocation will go through to general public and get picked up there anyway.

Re point 2, I've been donating that $229 to the club for a number of years, so I think getting funds back either through a sale or through a refund from the club this time (given our inability to use it the one time we make the final), is not unreasonable.

I love that they were all mentioning the fact that he had kicked two of the best goals of his career, and there was still the kick out of the ruck contest to come, which was probably the best of the lot (imo).

27 minutes ago, danielE288 said:

Well t hats what I mean, they aren't allowing you to carry over to nextyear which was the poster question.. Don't see why you would bother requesting a refund when there are numerous people who would kill to go to the GF on here who would happily cover the cost of it.

You actually said "either sell it on here or forfeit it"... that was the statement that I was correcting. 

Call me paranoid if you like, but the problem with offering it to some total stranger who has just suddenly joined this group with the sole intention of obtaining a ticket, is that there is no way of knowing whether they are genuine or whether they are obtaining numerous codes from the numerous offers here, with the intention of cashing in on them.  It would be nice if there was a topic here that people could post in, to state who they had passed codes on to, to discourage any nefarious activity.

1 minute ago, danielE288 said:

Doesnt look like it, either sell it on here or forfeit it.

Wrong… if you are unable to attend due to lockdowns prohibiting you from attending, then you’re entitled to a refund. Also, I’m pretty certain they will not be carrying the GFG over to next year; they did carry mine and my son’s over from last year to this year, but I get the feeling that was a one off.

4 hours ago, DemonJohn16 said:

Hey ppl could anyone help me out with one priority 1 code so as a true long time Dees supporter/ member I’m guaranteed not to miss out on a seat for the GF

You joined this site in 2018 looking at the possibility of getting tickets in the event that we made it to the GF and now you post here, once again after tickets to this year’s GF… not one single post in the intervening period. If you were a regular, or even intermittent contributor, you might have support, but please don’t use this site, and this goes for all of those coming here solely to get ticket links, as a convenience.

4 minutes ago, Min Xie said:

Ken Hinkley is a good Home and Away season coach, that's just about it.

They never had a disaster of these proportions in Summer Bay!!

11 hours ago, TRIGON said:

Thanks @Sir Why You Little, that one was doing the rounds last night and before I read this thread I'd posted it in another thread; wasn't trying to steal your thunder.

I notice that now the edit function on that Wikipedia page has been locked 🤣

4 hours ago, Longgawnicedtea said:

I purchased a grand final guarantee at the start of the season - however haven’t received an email yet. My sister who also purchased at the same time got an email almost an hour ago. Has anyone else not yet received their ticketing email?

I mentioned earlier today in this thread that I spoke to the club yesterday and was told an email with all details re ticketing and refunds for GFG etc  is being sent out on Sunday.

If we do happen to win the GF. I’d love to see the club beam a live feed of Chunk to the big screen during the presentation, so he can at least be involved in some way.

1 hour ago, Winter Dan said:

Watching the replay and seeing Toby Green jumping up pumping the fists shouting ' Maxy' was just awesome!  Just love all the support getting behind the dees ! 2018 was a wave but 2021 is swelling a tsunami! The atmosphere at the ground must have been amazing - it was in my living room! 

At first I thought the same, but on viewing the replay, unless Toby has had a few tatts added to his right arm, I think you’ll find that’s not him.

2 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Love that film!! Isle of Dogs.

5 minutes ago, HarpenDee said:

Should we have received our barcodes if we had a GFG by now? I have nothing.

I live in London so am happy to hand my 2 tickets over to longstanding demonlanders that can make it.

I phoned the club today… emails with all details of purchasing, passing on barcodes and refunds for those not allowed to attend because of lockdowns, will be sent on Sunday.

I don’t usually feel nervous before a game, but right now I’m feeling it big time!

I think the first game I attended as a kid with my mother, was against St Kilda at Waverley… it was freezing cold, wet and we lost badly. The thing I remember the most was some [censored] behind us threatening to beat some guy senseless in the car park after the game.

Best game I attended was much more recent. It was the QB game against the Pies, when Watts goaled from the pocket after running from the flank and sealed what was a close game.

Worst game was probably the first game I ever took my son to, which we were expected to win easily. It was the round 1 game in 2013 against Port and was Viney’s debut. We got destroyed by 79 points, and to add insult to injury, Mitch Clark, returning from injury that had kept him out for most of 2012, did his ankle. The only saving grace was seeing Viney score his first goal in Dees colours.

2 hours ago, Bushe said:

Fair call but gotta try anything for a once in a lifetime event. It will never be in Perth again. I'm footy mad and backing the Dees big time. Like I said I'm happy to send a box of beers to anyone who willing to give up barcodes. Im only chasing two tickets (not sure how many you can access per barcode)

A box of beers for a code that I believe is likely to only be available to someone who has paid the $229 for a Grand Final Guarantee (correct me if I’m wrong)? In the words of Sylvester the Cat, “It is to laff!!”. 

25 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Pretty simple to see who has been around for a while and who hasn’t. Just check their profile. It has the joined date. 

Yes, I’m doing that already, but I can only see it getting worse and I really don’t want to have to check every single poster I’m not familiar with.

I’d like to suggest a moratorium on new members joining this site until after the grand final is done and dusted. It’s getting too hard to sort the wheat from the chaff! 

37 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Probably not the right time to point out that A TORN HAMSTRING! is an anagram of SMITH...GROAN...RANT!

If this was Letters & Numbers on SBS, I’d be sadly informing you that you’ve used the letter “A” twice when there’s only one available.

EDIT: just noticed the second A… carry on, nothing to see here!

31 minutes ago, It's Time said:

As I have previously posted I spoke to the club last week and was told the following :-

1. The club will be offering the option to get a refund for the GFG.

2. They will not be offering to roll them over to next year.

3. We will be able to give others our GFG barcodes for them to purchase tickets. Multiple tickets can be purchased on the one transaction with barcodes for each ticket.

I think it's great if people pass on their GFG's to others. I will be passing mine on to family members. I also think it would be very fair for those wanting them to pay the holder the $150 they paid for them as otherwise they could get a refund.  

I posted the response I got from the club re what will qualify for a refund of the GFG.  Mine and my son's GFGs were rolled over from last year to this year, but on checking the membership page on the club's website, I can only find reference to my GFG (which was $229 by the way), but no reference to that of my son; I'm waiting for a call back in order to sort that out.

I seem to recall that in 2018, we got the emails to register for tickets for the GF in the week preceding the Prelim (I guess that was to speed the process up), but as yet I've had no email with regards to that, this year.  Have things changed in the way they do this now?

9 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Is that young Jake Bowey on your arm? Must have been playing on Hawkins.

 

(Please tell it's it's on your arm.)

Whoever it is, that lad’s insane!

Edit: curses… too late.

I watch these over and over, knowing that no matter how badly the Dees perform, they’ll never reach these depths…

7 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

Just in case anyone sees this post and takes it as gospel - A few mates have passed on you CAN call up and buy a membership with a GFG until 5pm today. Must have been revised given COVID and the chance to make up a little money lost during the year.

Maybe they’ve calculated roughly how many may need to be refunded to members who are are not allowed to enter WA, and are now selling a few in an effort to recoup their anticipated losses.

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