Not Renewing My Season Tic's

firstdown · 03-25-2008, 10:35 AM

Well I only got my season tickets last year and I have decided not renew them unless someone can talk me into keeping them. My thinking is that I only go to a few games each year and it would be cheaper and much easier than haviing to sell my other tickets to just buy ones for a few games. I have four and have to buy 8 preseason tickets at $65.00 which is $520 which is a wasted because I don't go to those and could not sell them. If I add that to the games I attend at a cost of about the same $520 that gives me around a thousand dollars to spend for tickets without any hassel of selling tickets. You also have other cost and taxes which would bring that figure to around $1,200. So if I wanted to go to two games a year and its just me an the wife I would have $300 per ticket to spend and could get much better seating than section 428. So what do youu guys think?

FRPLG · 03-25-2008, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by firstdown

Well I only got my season tickets last year and I have decided not renew them unless someone can talk me into keeping them. My thinking is that I only go to a few games each year and it would be cheaper and much easier than haviing to sell my other tickets to just buy ones for a few games. I have four and have to buy 8 preseason tickets at $65.00 which is $520 which is a wasted because I don't go to those and could not sell them. If I add that to the games I attend at a cost of about the same $520 that gives me around a thousand dollars to spend for tickets without any hassel of selling tickets. You also have other cost and taxes which would bring that figure to around $1,200. So if I wanted to go to two games a year and its just me an the wife I would have $300 per ticket to spend and could get much better seating than section 428. So what do youu guys think?

Keep them and sell them off. You can get face value for the set most likey and then you get to have a chance at them every year. If you give them up now how long will it take to get them back if you ever want them again?

firstdown · 03-25-2008, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Keep them and sell them off. You can get face value for the set most likey and then you get to have a chance at them every year. If you give them up now how long will it take to get them back if you ever want them again?

Thats the problem is selling them at face value is a loss to me. Last year I figured if I added in my cost for taxes and preaseason games (which no one wanted or not willing to pay for) my cost was about $100 per ticket. I sold a few at $100 but I also sold a few for less than face value. I figured that the games I went to cost me around $280 per ticket figuring what I paid for them and what I was able to sell for the season. That allot for upper deck just to say I have season tickets.

FRPLG · 03-25-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by firstdown

Thats the problem is selling them at face value is a loss to me. Last year I figured if I added in my cost for taxes and preaseason games (which no one wanted or not willing to pay for) my cost was about $100 per ticket. I sold a few at $100 but I also sold a few for less than face value. I figured that the games I went to cost me around $280 per ticket figuring what I paid for them and what I was able to sell for the season. That allot for upper deck just to say I have season tickets.

I sell the entire package at face value and have never had any trouble finding someone to buy them.

ArtMonkDrillz · 03-25-2008, 11:12 AM

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I sell the entire package at face value and have never had any trouble finding someone to buy them.

If you try that on a site like StubHub and the team somehow finds out they'll revoke them from you anyway.

FRPLG · 03-25-2008, 11:25 AM

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If you try that on a site like StubHub and the team somehow finds out they'll revoke them from you anyway.

Thats why I don't.

jsarno · 03-25-2008, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

If you try that on a site like StubHub and the team somehow finds out they'll revoke them from you anyway.

Is that really true? I have never heard of this before. My uncle handed down Red Sox season tickets to me, and when I left Boston, I handed them down to my brother. He goes to about 15-20 games a year and sells the rest on stub hub...been doing it for years. No one has ever said that he couldn't or they would be revoked. They are his to do with as he pleases.

I'd go through stub hub...if it is true that they could be revoked, so what...you were already thinking of cancelling them anyway.

squrrelco3 · 03-25-2008, 12:13 PM

I signed up in 2004 just after Joe Gibbs came back for the season ticket waiting list, I got my letter last fall. I knew I was going to get upper level so I went to a game just to see what my seats would be like...decided not to take the offer...seats are just too damn high and I hate heights...would rather pay $200 for a lower level seat to one game (which would probably be about all I would be able to make it to anyway) on Stub Hub than $1000 for two seats I would probably never use and would then have to deal with the hassle of trying to sell each game.

mredskins · 03-25-2008, 10:39 AM

no brainer! Don't buy them. I go to one game a year that is all I need.

HD= No reason to go to the game!

FRPLG · 03-25-2008, 10:43 AM

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no brainer! Don't buy them. I go to one game a year that is all I need.

HD= No reason to go to the game!

With all due respect I think that a lot of people go to the game for the experience and HD doesn't offer that in any way.

Mc2guy · 03-25-2008, 10:57 AM

I wouldn't renew, but that is just me. I was in the same situation where I would go to a couple games a year, but couldn't justify the season tix due to the hassle of selling and the greater overall cost of paying for fees/parking/preseason. I have found that the rowdier (i.e., drunker and more profane) the fans have gotten over the years, and the more expensive tickets/parking/food get, the less I actually enjoy the game.

Frankly, I find I can follow the technical nuances of the actual game much much better on TV, particularly on a big screen HD. If you are studious about each play and what is actually happening on the field, then TV is much better. If you are just about the "emotion" of the stadium atmosphere, then obviously the live experience trumps.

mredskins · 03-25-2008, 11:11 AM

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With all due respect I think that a lot of people go to the game for the experience and HD doesn't offer that in any way.

Yeah you are right. After I watch it on HD I go and sit in my car for three hours afterwards, that way I get the full experience.

FRPLG · 03-25-2008, 11:25 AM

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Yeah you are right. After I watch it on HD I go and sit in my car for three hours afterwards, that way I get the full experience.

Hahaha. Very true.

ArtMonkDrillz · 03-25-2008, 10:57 AM

My buddy who has season tickets (aka the reason I can go to about 7 games a year) doesn't think he's going to renew his tickets for many of the same reasons.
His thought is that it will end up being cheaper for him to buy tickets for every regular season game on the internet because he won't have to pay full price for meaningless preseason games or the taxes and fee associated with the seats.
He's also mad that he's been told that the only way he can get upgraded parking (he's been in the blue lot for about 6 years now) is if he joins the tailgate club, which he is totally against.
I'm mad because this could mean that I won't have the chance to go to nearly as many games as I'd like to but I understand where my friend is coming from.

MTK · 03-25-2008, 11:02 AM

If you're not using them and you're losing $$ sounds like it's not worth the trouble.

03-25-2008, 10:35 AM	#1
firstdown Living Legend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: chesapeake, va Age: 61 Posts: 15,817	Not Renewing My Season Tic's Well I only got my season tickets last year and I have decided not renew them unless someone can talk me into keeping them. My thinking is that I only go to a few games each year and it would be cheaper and much easier than haviing to sell my other tickets to just buy ones for a few games. I have four and have to buy 8 preseason tickets at $65.00 which is $520 which is a wasted because I don't go to those and could not sell them. If I add that to the games I attend at a cost of about the same $520 that gives me around a thousand dollars to spend for tickets without any hassel of selling tickets. You also have other cost and taxes which would bring that figure to around $1,200. So if I wanted to go to two games a year and its just me an the wife I would have $300 per ticket to spend and could get much better seating than section 428. So what do youu guys think?

03-25-2008, 12:13 PM	#8
squrrelco3 Special Teams Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Norfolk Age: 50 Posts: 429	Re: Not Renewing My Season Tic's I signed up in 2004 just after Joe Gibbs came back for the season ticket waiting list, I got my letter last fall. I knew I was going to get upper level so I went to a game just to see what my seats would be like...decided not to take the offer...seats are just too damn high and I hate heights...would rather pay $200 for a lower level seat to one game (which would probably be about all I would be able to make it to anyway) on Stub Hub than $1000 for two seats I would probably never use and would then have to deal with the hassle of trying to sell each game. __________________ I got nothin'

03-25-2008, 10:39 AM	#9
mredskins Gamebreaker Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 13,007	Re: Not Renewing My Season Tic's no brainer! Don't buy them. I go to one game a year that is all I need. HD= No reason to go to the game!

03-25-2008, 10:57 AM	#11
Mc2guy Special Teams Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Burke, VA Age: 48 Posts: 287	Re: Not Renewing My Season Tic's I wouldn't renew, but that is just me. I was in the same situation where I would go to a couple games a year, but couldn't justify the season tix due to the hassle of selling and the greater overall cost of paying for fees/parking/preseason. I have found that the rowdier (i.e., drunker and more profane) the fans have gotten over the years, and the more expensive tickets/parking/food get, the less I actually enjoy the game. Frankly, I find I can follow the technical nuances of the actual game much much better on TV, particularly on a big screen HD. If you are studious about each play and what is actually happening on the field, then TV is much better. If you are just about the "emotion" of the stadium atmosphere, then obviously the live experience trumps.

03-25-2008, 10:57 AM	#14
ArtMonkDrillz Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ellicott City, MD Age: 42 Posts: 8,029	Re: Not Renewing My Season Tic's My buddy who has season tickets (aka the reason I can go to about 7 games a year) doesn't think he's going to renew his tickets for many of the same reasons. His thought is that it will end up being cheaper for him to buy tickets for every regular season game on the internet because he won't have to pay full price for meaningless preseason games or the taxes and fee associated with the seats. He's also mad that he's been told that the only way he can get upgraded parking (he's been in the blue lot for about 6 years now) is if he joins the tailgate club, which he is totally against. I'm mad because this could mean that I won't have the chance to go to nearly as many games as I'd like to but I understand where my friend is coming from. __________________ "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." The Dude

03-25-2008, 11:02 AM	#15
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 52 Posts: 99,831	Re: Not Renewing My Season Tic's If you're not using them and you're losing $$ sounds like it's not worth the trouble. __________________ Support The Warpath! \| Warpath Shop

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