Grand Final Ticket Registration

[The Coon Dog]

Grand Final Ticket Registration


The 2009 Toyota AFL Grand Final is fast approaching and the Western Bulldogs are ready and waiting for the action, are you?

Members must register their intention to purchase a Grand Final ticket during an exclusive registration period. If members do not register, they will not be able to purchase a Grand Final ticket as there will be no over the counter sales.

Click to read the article off the club's website...

[Cyberdoggie]

Ok so i'm a little confused.


They want us to register our interest before we know if we are even in the GF?

i'm assuming this will also cost us $ ?

[LostDoggy]

Bottom of the page:

All members must register via Ticketmaster’s automated phone service on 1300 799 753 or via the internet www.ticketmaster.com.au. There will be a registration charge of $5.00 per barcode registered.

Does that mean we pay $5.00 up front at time of registration, even if you don't end up buying a GF ticket? Can't remember registering last year...

Edit: Thanks for the link to last year's thread TCD, got my answers

[Cyberdoggie]

They should give us a refund if we don't make it.

[aker39]

i'm assuming this will also cost us $ ?

Yes, $5 per person.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Yes, $5 per person.

Admin fee apparently. From memory you register when your club hits the prelim.

Some quick maths says:

4 Clubs x 10,000 category 1 members(?) x $5 per head = $200k

Do all members register their interest or just the category 1? If it is all, then we are looking at a figure closer to $800k. Scandalous.

[G-Mo77]

Yeah they rip you off but it's a small fee for something I would give the Earth to see.

[Topdog]

Yeah they rip you off but it's a small fee for something I would give the Earth to see.

Small fee for each user means massive gain for them. It should be illegal to do what they do.

But yes I will gladly pay a $50 booking fee let alone a $5 one if we make it.

[Cyberdoggie]

$5 admin fee is a joke,

* computers do all the work
* they make us print out our own tickets

so what expense do they have?

We are already spending a fortune on the dodgy seating arrangements at "the peoples ground!"

They structure it so that there is barely no "standard" priced seating and the seats are awful. So they force you to upgrade to premium because prime aren't much better.

I bet there is more Premium seats than Standard in the ground. That's like filling an aircraft full of 1st class with 4 seats up the back for economy!

[Sockeye Salmon]

I bet there is more Premium seats than Standard in the ground. That's like filling an aircraft full of 1st class with 4 seats up the back for economy!

Mostly it's moving the "Economy Seats After This Row" sign 30 rows further down the plane and charging 1st class prices.

It's not as if the plane is full of 1st class seats.

[Topdog]

$5 admin fee is a joke,

* computers do all the work
* they make us print out our own tickets

No to print out your own ticket you will have to pay a further $4.95

[LostDoggy]

Admin fee apparently. From memory you register when your club hits the prelim.

Some quick maths says:

4 Clubs x 10,000 category 1 members(?) x $5 per head = $200k

Do all members register their interest or just the category 1? If it is all, then we are looking at a figure closer to $800k. Scandalous.

All members. I'm not in the social club so I'll be registering and probably wont get a ticket if we make the GF. So a figure closer to $800k is the correct one

[craigsahibee]

It's been the same system since at least 2006. It's been well publicized since that time. If you're not a social club member (at the least) good luck. A $5 registration fee even if we don't make it is a worthwhile investment.

And yes, if 4 clubs register at an average of 10k per club and $5 per registration, thats $200k into the pockets of the ticketing agency. Welcome to capitalism.

[bornadog]

We are now under Scenario 2 ie:

Priority one

If the Western Bulldogs LOSE their Qualifying Final in week 1 of the 2009 AFL Finals Series against Geelong, registrations will take place on Thursday 17th September between 8.00am and 2.00pm.

Priority Two


If the Western Bulldogs LOSE their Qualifying Final in week 1 of the 2009 AFL Finals Series against Geelong, registrations will take place on Thursday 17th September between 3.00pm and 11.00pm.

[AndrewP6]

Anyone know what I can do if I can't find that letter they sent? Can I get a replacement sent from the club, so I can register for the big IF...