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So £1.50 added onto the cost per ticket for away games or is it per transaction?
It's not very mobile responsive, I can't see the costs unless I switch to desktop mode.
So a family of four going to Tynecastle would have another £6 added on top of the already over the top priced tickets.
If it was per transaction I could accept/understand but per ticket is taking the michael.
Take for example going to Perth where you get two free kids tickets the price shoots up from £17 for me and two kids to £21.50.
It's frustrating but Hibs make a loss on selling you or I a ticket for an away game currently. Ticketmaster and admin costs are currently absorbed by Hibs. Hopefully this can be balanced with away teams offering a print at home or mobile ticketing system moving forward.
It's less of an issue for home matches because there is a profit made on the sale of a home ticket..
I can't see it happening with many clubs having a different system and it would be abused by fans of certain teams (Can you imagine the carnage with Rangers fans having print at home tickets for Easter Road & Tynecastle?)
Also I can see this leading to people trying to pick up away tickets on matchdays to avoid the £1.50 fee per ticket which could lead to massive queues.
Also I wonder if this affects away season ticket holders till the end of the season?
I stopped going to as many gigs back in the day when these charges started appearing - granted they were significant more but you could argue a similar percentage of the overall ticket price.
It might just be me but for some reason I shy away from paying them.
I asked this question on the previous thread about this and nobody replied - either nobody knew or didn’t think it important. So, here we go again.......
If you buy a ticket online for a home friendly, European or League/Scottish Cup game, will we still be charged £1-50 if the ‘add access to season ticket card’ option is chosen?
I appreciate it doesn’t happen that many times in a season but it’s not 100% clear in the list of charges. Genuinely, if nobody on the forum knows, then please say. I guess a phone call to the ticket office will confirm one way or the other.
Does anybody else in the league charge an admin fee for purchasing an away ticket?
Is the £1.50 charge not just for home tickets eg for the Dundee Utd game the only additional charge is if you use the phone to order. There is no reference to an additional charge (other than postage) for tickets bought online.
They seem to be encouraging people to use print at home or mobile tickets for home games and they would not be able to do that for away games.
Is it possible to add your season ticket as an e-ticket on your phone. No 1 son manages to forget his card a couple of times a season but is never separated from his phone.
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But printing them at home or the office etc remains free. Almost everybody must either have, or have a family member/pal with access to, a printer no?
I seem to remember folk saying the online system we have with Ticketmaster for the last derby was much quicker/better than the previous big game. That improvement won't have come for free to Hibs.
I don’t think so. The charge is for getting a physical ticket via ticket master or the ticket office. Obviously all away tickets need to be physical. All home tickets can either be added to your card( mobile ticket ) or printed at home at no extra cost. That’s how I read it anyway.
Sadly just another poor change in the fan experience from Hibs recently. Dempster seriously undoing a lot of the good she changed at the start
Cheers all. Like yourselves I’m assuming adding a match to ST will remain free of charge.
Agreed PAH and Mobile tickets (for individual tickets) will be free but ‘add to ST card’ isn’t specifically mentioned in the list.
Has the ticket office stopped the 661 1875 direct phone number for questions?
You do realise this is a ticketmaster charge? That hibs, out of their own goodwill, have swallowed for years. I don’t agree with the charges but understand to use their service they are applicable. I’d rather pay that myself and maximise the clubs income (same goes for season ticket finance interest) than save £1.50.
Reading the article again, I get the impression it applies only to home games at ER
My email from Hibs re my away season ticket for the Dundee Utd game, doesn’t add anything on to the actual ticket price!
I’ll check tomorrow when the transaction goes through
Ripping Records charged booking fees of at least 10% on each and every ticket sale. You got pumped along with everyone else.
That's how they made their money otherwise they would have died a long time before they did as they sure as hell didn't sell many records this century.
“Please note that a booking fee of £1.50 per transaction will apply to online orders (excluding mobile or print at home).“
https://www.hibs.net/attachment.php?...5&d=1578254956
Online purchase of mobile ticketing, print at home or purchased at ticket office is free. That should cover majority of home games.
Hibs no longer absorbing the Ticketmaster costs will save the club a fortune - one I hope can be put to good use.
On the flip, ticket prices are forever increasing, without the addition of a booking fee - ultimately in the hands of away teams here - but hoping we can negotiate and influencing others on prices with this in mind.
Source - http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/10482
Nope, Unfortunately not. (Been trying to get per ticket/transaction information and glad to now have it).
Definitely a push towards online and maximising digital use for home games. Away game sales evidently difficult as it’s finding the balance between making loss on those genuine costs the club incurs as they mention and delivering the best service.
Kieran, just out of interest, do you know if other teams in the league charge the admin fee for the sale of away tickets?
Totally understand the drive to maximise digital for home games because the club have control over it. And whilst I suppose I understand an admin fee on away tickets, it’s just another cost to supporters.
No idea, I would need to check each team but a number use Ticketmaster so it depends on who is passing the cost on and who is incurring the charge.
No changes to tickets purchased over the phone, as before - £1.50 per ticket, excluding disabled line
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/10487
Just interested if it’s something other clubs pass on to supporters or if it’s just us. If it’s not, maybe it’s something that more will start to do because I do understand the reasons for it. I just think it’s dangerous for clubs to start adding additional cost to something that is already expensive.
Obviously not entirely sure how it all works, if the club pay a flat fee for the Ticketmaster platform, if there is a cost for every ticket sold on it etc.
‘A ridiculous £28’ - I’m not sure what’s massively ridiculous about that? It’s not quite a category A game but bigger than a category B game, so prices slap bang in the middle. Students were getting season tickets for about £135 before this year, that is £7 per game. If you don’t think students (many of whom are better off than most working families) then fair play but I don’t see how £195 (£10 per game) is too much and is still a cracking deal.