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CJr94 Flag Holmesdale Road 26 Mar 18 11.10am Send a Private Message to CJr94 Add CJr94 as a friend

Seriously all. If you sell your ticket for "face value" as a season ticket holder, what you pay for your own ticket is less than a member would pay "on the door" if you like.

Is it right to charge £45 for a ticket (because that's the going rate at the box office), when as a season ticket holder you pay £27 (theoretically!). Is that "touting" as you're actually turning a profit on your ticket?

Serious question.

 

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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 26 Mar 18 12.13pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Yes on twickets they put your ticket up for what you paid for it plus their charges so what would you do as buyer or seller?

 


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cantrbury eagle Flag Canterbury 26 Mar 18 12.19pm Send a Private Message to cantrbury eagle Add cantrbury eagle as a friend

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DutchEagleJohan Flag Vlissingen, Netherlands 26 Mar 18 3.14pm Send a Private Message to DutchEagleJohan Add DutchEagleJohan as a friend

I think think you would be hard pressed to find anyone thinking selling a season ticket for the "normal" box office price is touting. Why should you pass the loyalty bonus you get for buying a season ticket on to someone you HELP OUT with a ticket?

If it makes you uncomfortable you can always donate to a charity, or maybe keep it in a kitty to buy Palace gifts for babies born to Brighton or Millwal supporting friends or colleagues .

 

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CJr94 Flag Holmesdale Road 26 Mar 18 5.25pm Send a Private Message to CJr94 Add CJr94 as a friend

Originally posted by DutchEagleJohan

I think think you would be hard pressed to find anyone thinking selling a season ticket for the "normal" box office price is touting. Why should you pass the loyalty bonus you get for buying a season ticket on to someone you HELP OUT with a ticket?

If it makes you uncomfortable you can always donate to a charity, or maybe keep it in a kitty to buy Palace gifts for babies born to Brighton or Millwal supporting friends or colleagues .

I sort of get that, in effect then I could buy a season ticket for say £450 and sell all 19 games for £40 a game and make £300 profit on my season ticket.

Or sell 11 of the worst games I don't care to watch against your WBA's and Southamptons and go to 8 'big games' and they're all free

 

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kenners46 Flag sydenham village 26 Mar 18 5.36pm Send a Private Message to kenners46 Add kenners46 as a friend

Originally posted by CJr94

I sort of get that, in effect then I could buy a season ticket for say £450 and sell all 19 games for £40 a game and make £300 profit on my season ticket.

Or sell 11 of the worst games I don't care to watch against your WBA's and Southamptons and go to 8 'big games' and they're all free

Thats what happens with someone i know who supports Man United, he has 12 season tickets...i didnt like to ask how he ended up with 12 of them

 

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DutchEagleJohan Flag Vlissingen, Netherlands 26 Mar 18 6.10pm Send a Private Message to DutchEagleJohan Add DutchEagleJohan as a friend

Well yes, but in that case you'd be happily touting away and would not be asking the moral questions you are.

And I'd say we are nowwhere near popular enough to make sure you'd get that profit, as we don't sell out all games. Also the lesser games are not 40quid. Apart from the Watford one that is. Mind you, you may be able to see Manure and the bindipper games forfar more then 40.


Originally posted by CJr94

I sort of get that, in effect then I could buy a season ticket for say £450 and sell all 19 games for £40 a game and make £300 profit on my season ticket.

Or sell 11 of the worst games I don't care to watch against your WBA's and Southamptons and go to 8 'big games' and they're all free


 

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RH8Eagle Flag Oxted 27 Mar 18 11.52pm Send a Private Message to RH8Eagle Add RH8Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by CJr94

I sort of get that, in effect then I could buy a season ticket for say £450 and sell all 19 games for £40 a game and make £300 profit on my season ticket.

Or sell 11 of the worst games I don't care to watch against your WBA's and Southamptons and go to 8 'big games' and they're all free

I would ask the question are you 100 percent there for the Palace, most season ticket holders would say it doesn’t matter who we are playing I will be there watching unless something ( eg wedding, illness, giving birth ) is unavoidable. I have in the past attended games not even remembering who we are actually playing.

 

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jeeagles Flag 28 Mar 18 1.06am

I’ve only ever sold my season ticket to friends when I can’t make it for the pro-rated amount, which is about £25.

In the past when I’ve bought of season ticket holders on here, they have done the same to me.

The spirit of this forum is to help other fans out, it’s not a market place.

Last time I tried to buy a ticket on here someone tried to sell me a child’s ticket for £40. Which to me is deeply unethical. I’m not the type of person to complain about these matters, but if someone did the seller could find themselves losing their ticket, getting banned from Selhurst, and possibly a criminal record for the sake of a few quid.

The reselling of football tickets is illegal.
Touting is defined as selling tickets for over face value. It’s not illegal (except for football matches). If you sell a ticket in the street, you need a license. Therefore, if you hand over a ticket in the street, you could be breaking the law. If you are making regular profit on your ticket, then you could also be subject to tax.

If a profit isn’t going to be made, then it is likely that any authorities are likely not to have any interest, even though it is illegal. If people start trying to make profit then it will put them and HOL at risk.

 

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CJr94 Flag Holmesdale Road 28 Mar 18 10.37am Send a Private Message to CJr94 Add CJr94 as a friend

Originally posted by jeeagles

I’ve only ever sold my season ticket to friends when I can’t make it for the pro-rated amount, which is about £25.

In the past when I’ve bought of season ticket holders on here, they have done the same to me.

The spirit of this forum is to help other fans out, it’s not a market place.

Last time I tried to buy a ticket on here someone tried to sell me a child’s ticket for £40. Which to me is deeply unethical. I’m not the type of person to complain about these matters, but if someone did the seller could find themselves losing their ticket, getting banned from Selhurst, and possibly a criminal record for the sake of a few quid.

The reselling of football tickets is illegal.
Touting is defined as selling tickets for over face value. It’s not illegal (except for football matches). If you sell a ticket in the street, you need a license. Therefore, if you hand over a ticket in the street, you could be breaking the law. If you are making regular profit on your ticket, then you could also be subject to tax.

If a profit isn’t going to be made, then it is likely that any authorities are likely not to have any interest, even though it is illegal. If people start trying to make profit then it will put them and HOL at risk.

That's like me, if for whatever reason I can't make a game, sometimes I've let mine go for as cheap as £15 depending on who it's going to. I don't think I've ever charged more than £25 for a ticket. That's why I ask, when we as ST holders pay £25 for the ticket, is it right to sell @ the box office asking price of £45 or whatever, if CAT A.

 

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Ted the eagle Flag Waddon 28 Mar 18 10.45am Send a Private Message to Ted the eagle Add Ted the eagle as a friend

If we can't make it, we sell our Arthur ST seats to mates for £30 - works out about right, small profit/loss depending on whether you take the early bird offer... .

 

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topcat Flag Holmesdale / Surbiton 28 Mar 18 10.46am Send a Private Message to topcat Add topcat as a friend

I must be a sucker, if I can't make a match (thankfully not that often) I give mine to one of my mates.

 


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