Padres Season Ticket Holder Letter is misleading
by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 9:55 AM PDT
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Padres Season Ticket Holder Letter (PDF)
What the letter should say is that this only pertains to FULL-SEASON tickets. However, this letter was sent to all season ticket holders, even those with 20 and 40 game plans! Ah HA! Though to be honest, if you're on a half-season ticket package or the 20 game package which is like a quarter of a season, then you're not really a season ticket holder, are you? So it could be considered true... from a certain point of view. Still, why tease those people who can only afford half or a quarter of the fun of delightful seasons with discounts when there are none to be had?
The San Diego Padres announced today that the pricing for the majority of 2010 tickets -- including 100% of the full-season ticket packages -- will either be reduced or remain at the '09 level, with 86% of full-plan pricing at more affordable levels than in 2009.
So beware if you are a Padres Season Ticket Holder with a limited 20 or 40 game plan, your ticket prices may increase.
Yes, some limited 20 and 40 game areas had increases over 2009, but 40 and 20 game plan holders are very important to us – which is why they still get substantial discounts over the individual game buyer.
Thanks to BethGinSD for scanning the letter.
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THIS is how you repay TOM?
You best be watchin’ your back fool
A kid who has a unicorn ranch in his room cannot call other people weird. Yes, we know about "Rancho Unicorno."
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 8, 2009 10:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also stop complaining people.
20 game packages AREN’T season tickets. Duh.
A kid who has a unicorn ranch in his room cannot call other people weird. Yes, we know about "Rancho Unicorno."
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 8, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Supply and demand, people
They want to sell more full season ticket packages and they aren’t having any trouble selling 20 and 40 game packages.
It’s also a business, folks, not a charity.
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wait this isn't charity,
I thought we housed old players past their prime?
by Dude52089 on Oct 8, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe that's why everyone's confused now
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are season Tickets Went up
They said they stayed flat with 2009 prices, but we got 2009 at 2008 prices. so they are not lying…We have a FULL season ticket package (9 fulle seats total).
While you can argue the technicality of if they went up in what years. or what not, The reality is for 7 straight years our check to the Padres organization has gotten bigger.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
by Ron Mexico on Oct 8, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Was that a special deal?
Getting 2009 tickets for 2008 prices or was that for everybody? How’d the price go up if you got the tickets for the same price as 2008?
by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It has to do with discounts and when you renew them, etc. So in 2007 they had a price freeze on the tickets, but in 2006 if you renewed early you got them at 2005 prices, but in 2007 we got the 2006. Then they raised prices in 2008 and they didn’t have the 2007 price option, so they went up. Actually 2009 prices to us were the same as 2008 (but I think there was a discount change) looking at the check ledger we paid a little more but that may have been due to some fees, as it was not substantial. 2010 check is going to be noticible bigger check than 2009…
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
by Ron Mexico on Oct 8, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
looks like its going to be about 32K veruses 29K
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
by Ron Mexico on Oct 8, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a 40 Game Package. . .
Toyota Terrace Level. With the Founder’s Club pro-rata refund (the seat license has been abolished) my season ticket costs DROPPED over $600 per seat from last season. Now paying approx. $22 per seat, per game.
So, some of us have received a huge discount.
by TheGhostofRickMonday on Oct 8, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Garfinkel said something about that
Talking about how it was ridiculous that the Toyota Terrace is all the same price considering that some seats are obviously closer to home plate than others.
by Dex on Oct 8, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's also a business . . .
a busniess that flat out lied about season ticket prices. They either are staying flat or going down. That is what the letter said.
There was no qualifier in the letter to season ticket holders allowing for only certain season ticket plans to enjoy said savings. And – just so you know, if you call the ticket office a 20-game plan is still a “Season Ticket” plan.
I’m all for making a buck. When you have a quality product you can demand a higher price. We’ve endured 2008 and now 2009 – both seasons without a quality product – and they are still raising prices.
I got my 2009 season tickets at 2008 prices. So I expected my tickets for the 2010 season to not increase beyond what they stated in their letter – which – let’s say it all together kids – " . . . reduced 86% of season ticket prices and kept the remainder flat (with 2009 prices)."
A business should be in the business of making money. AGREED. However a business that practices giving misleading information to its customers – would the BBB (Better Business Bureau) endorse it?
by BethGinSD on Oct 8, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Laughable
I’m all for making a buck. When you have a quality product you can demand a higher price. We’ve endured 2008 and now 2009 – both seasons without a quality product – and they are still raising prices.
The quality product is the ticket package, it’s in high demand, so the prices go up. Do not confuse the team on the field with the ticket package.
Plus, even the team on the field argument is invalidated by the fact that you bought a ticket package for what was a last place, 99-loss team. Now you’re mad that you’re paying more to watch what everyone knows is a better team? I bet you want them to increase payroll, too.
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by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand
Nobody wants to pay more for tickets, but the message in the letter is totally misleading.
by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it seems like
if they’re sending this letter in conjunction with trying to raise prices, its not really much of a trick.
by pjbno4 on Oct 8, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you misunderstand the definition of the word "lie".
A kid who has a unicorn ranch in his room cannot call other people weird. Yes, we know about "Rancho Unicorno."
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 8, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you'll make a good lawyer
"Get on board early," Black said, alluding to, what he feels, is a crop of up-and-coming players.
"I would tell those fans that we're going to play good baseball. We're going to play hard. We're going to have exciting young players..." -Bud Black
by The Kipper on Oct 8, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amazing!
• Our team is faster, more energetic and more athletic on the field than any Padres team in years.
• We have drafted and signed the best young and emerging talent, including top pick
Donavan Tate and Everett Williams. For the first time since 2005 the Padres signed ALL
of our draft picks in the top ten rounds. To build a consistent winner, we need to invest
in the future, so we drafted the best players available and we signed them.
• We have traded for seven young power arms including Clayton Richard, Aaron Poreda,
Adam Russell, Sean Gallagher and Ryan Webb to address our pitching weaknesses.
• We have constructed a team that has the 5th best winning percentage in all of MLB and
the 3rd best record in the National League since July 28. This accomplishment is
particularly notable because the team’s success has been fueled by first and second year players like Kyle Blanks, Mat Latos, Everth Cabrera, Will Venable, and Chase Headley, giving the team the best young core the Padres have had in recent memory.
When you say “we” do you mean KT or was KT just lounging around doing nothing this season?
by SDPads_1 on Oct 8, 2009 2:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think they're talking about Adam We.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Oct 8, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah Moorad
sounds so convincing in that letter. It sounds like that team has one of the greatest GM’s ever…..wait what was that? Oh he was? When? Really…..hmmmm…..well in that case I guess you can forget about all that because a new sheriff is coming to town.
by SDPads_1 on Oct 8, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Suck it
My 20 game ticket package went down by $2 a ticket. And, I upgraded them from section 302 to section 300. Outfield seats are for losers.
Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.
by Wonko on Oct 9, 2009 7:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No, they are not.
Nosebleed seats are.
by eastbaysd on Oct 10, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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