| West Ham tickets 17:15 - Dec 18 with 15734 views | HammersmithR |
Must be a cock up, but it’s on the official site now. Has the details for Boro away!
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| West Ham tickets on 00:36 - Dec 19 with 1359 views | E17hoop |
| West Ham tickets on 21:10 - Dec 18 by TwoHalves |
Should be a legal requirement to provide normal tickets for those who neither own nor want them. |
I had this conversation with someone recently. A generation ago, people banked over the counter. Then they used the ATMs, then telephone banking, and now it's contactless. The reason is the cost savings – a bank transaction over the counter costs c.£25 for the bank to process, an ATM transaction is about 10p, a phone transaction a few pennies and an online transaction a fraction of a penny.
I used to be the assistant manager of a bank branch with 7 tills. It was reduced to 3 over time when I left The branch is now a fruit and veg shop - the customers who wanted over thjje counter service simply died off, and the demand wasn't there to justify it.
If you want the personal, face-to-face, analogue service, you have to pay for it. |  |
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| West Ham tickets on 07:46 - Dec 19 with 1231 views | TwoHalves |
| West Ham tickets on 00:36 - Dec 19 by E17hoop |
I had this conversation with someone recently. A generation ago, people banked over the counter. Then they used the ATMs, then telephone banking, and now it's contactless. The reason is the cost savings – a bank transaction over the counter costs c.£25 for the bank to process, an ATM transaction is about 10p, a phone transaction a few pennies and an online transaction a fraction of a penny.
I used to be the assistant manager of a bank branch with 7 tills. It was reduced to 3 over time when I left The branch is now a fruit and veg shop - the customers who wanted over thjje counter service simply died off, and the demand wasn't there to justify it.
If you want the personal, face-to-face, analogue service, you have to pay for it. |
I understand that it’s all about cost-savings for business but it’s being achieved by outsourcing those costs to the individual consumer who has to bear the expense of smartphones, contracts etc and the general aggravation that goes with it. My point was more about choice. How difficult or costly would it be for West Ham to knock out a few normal tickets for non-conformists like me (let alone these multi-billion pound sportswashed ‘football’ clubs owned by smiling, bonesaw-wielding dictators?) At least our lot still provide Season Ticket cards for smartphone refuseniks like me.
Another point about choice: in my previous incarnation as a taxi driver it became mandatory to accept credit card payments a few years ago. Fine, all well and good etc, but who has to fund this? Why, the good old cabbie himself via equipment rental contracts, transaction fees, lost fares when payments fail and the passenger ‘doesn’t carry cash’. All I’m saying, really, is just give us the choice. | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 08:52 - Dec 19 with 1151 views | E17hoop |
| West Ham tickets on 07:46 - Dec 19 by TwoHalves |
I understand that it’s all about cost-savings for business but it’s being achieved by outsourcing those costs to the individual consumer who has to bear the expense of smartphones, contracts etc and the general aggravation that goes with it. My point was more about choice. How difficult or costly would it be for West Ham to knock out a few normal tickets for non-conformists like me (let alone these multi-billion pound sportswashed ‘football’ clubs owned by smiling, bonesaw-wielding dictators?) At least our lot still provide Season Ticket cards for smartphone refuseniks like me.
Another point about choice: in my previous incarnation as a taxi driver it became mandatory to accept credit card payments a few years ago. Fine, all well and good etc, but who has to fund this? Why, the good old cabbie himself via equipment rental contracts, transaction fees, lost fares when payments fail and the passenger ‘doesn’t carry cash’. All I’m saying, really, is just give us the choice. |
I get the frustration. It shows up in loads of places: supermarkets, banking, travel, even healthcare. Most people are fine with self-serve and digital because it’s faster, familiar and cheaper to run.
The pandemic accelerated it. People who never touched digital before suddenly had to. Mobile ownership went through the roof and the cost barrier dropped. For most organisations, the numbers now make the decision for them – the demand for physical processes just isn’t there at scale.
Choice matters, and I agree you should still be able to buy a paper ticket or pay cash if that’s what you want. But if the wider system - and society - has shifted, that choice comes at a real cost. Someone has to run a slower, more expensive infrastructure for a shrinking group of users.
What we’re debating isn’t whether choice is good. It’s who pays for it when society has largely moved on. | |
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| West Ham tickets on 09:16 - Dec 19 with 1107 views | Andybrat |
Back to the tickets, Clive how are you getting 15 odd? Looks like we can only buy one on our account number so the crew all around us cant guarantee we all sit together. Wondering will it be like a normal away game and you just sit or stand where u want? | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 09:33 - Dec 19 with 1067 views | TwoHalves |
| West Ham tickets on 08:52 - Dec 19 by E17hoop |
I get the frustration. It shows up in loads of places: supermarkets, banking, travel, even healthcare. Most people are fine with self-serve and digital because it’s faster, familiar and cheaper to run.
The pandemic accelerated it. People who never touched digital before suddenly had to. Mobile ownership went through the roof and the cost barrier dropped. For most organisations, the numbers now make the decision for them – the demand for physical processes just isn’t there at scale.
Choice matters, and I agree you should still be able to buy a paper ticket or pay cash if that’s what you want. But if the wider system - and society - has shifted, that choice comes at a real cost. Someone has to run a slower, more expensive infrastructure for a shrinking group of users.
What we’re debating isn’t whether choice is good. It’s who pays for it when society has largely moved on. |
Good points well made and well argued. The genie is clearly out of the bottle but it does make me chuckle when I stroll past the expensive new ‘artisan’ baker at the end of my road when the ‘sorry, cash only’ sign is displayed when their payment systems have crashed again. The confusion and panic among the yummy mummys and their beanie-hatted, goatee-bearded partners is palpable. I’ll save my story about attempting to use a fiver to buy a Cornish pasty in Bude for another occasion (suffice to say that I think of it every time I see that ‘crypto only’ ad on TV). | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 09:56 - Dec 19 with 1006 views | Northernr |
| West Ham tickets on 09:16 - Dec 19 by Andybrat |
Back to the tickets, Clive how are you getting 15 odd? Looks like we can only buy one on our account number so the crew all around us cant guarantee we all sit together. Wondering will it be like a normal away game and you just sit or stand where u want? |
It's one per reference number. |  | | |
| West Ham tickets on 10:12 - Dec 19 with 979 views | Watford_Ranger |
| West Ham tickets on 09:16 - Dec 19 by Andybrat |
Back to the tickets, Clive how are you getting 15 odd? Looks like we can only buy one on our account number so the crew all around us cant guarantee we all sit together. Wondering will it be like a normal away game and you just sit or stand where u want? |
I expect with any big away turnout there’ll be far more ‘you’re in my seat’ than normal and also more heavy-handed stewarding in terms of letting people into the right block. Also given we’ve got so many blocks and two tiers it wouldn’t surprise me if there are multiple entrances we have to use based on the ticket.
I’m in the 1pm group. Would be good to know if we can select a tier/block/seat. Could do without being at the back and needing binoculars. I’ve been in their away end about 15 rows up and it’s ok but you’re something 1/4 of a mile away from the far goal in the back row of the upper tier. | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 10:55 - Dec 19 with 915 views | Juzzie |
| West Ham tickets on 10:12 - Dec 19 by Watford_Ranger |
I expect with any big away turnout there’ll be far more ‘you’re in my seat’ than normal and also more heavy-handed stewarding in terms of letting people into the right block. Also given we’ve got so many blocks and two tiers it wouldn’t surprise me if there are multiple entrances we have to use based on the ticket.
I’m in the 1pm group. Would be good to know if we can select a tier/block/seat. Could do without being at the back and needing binoculars. I’ve been in their away end about 15 rows up and it’s ok but you’re something 1/4 of a mile away from the far goal in the back row of the upper tier. |
I remember a cup game at Old Trafford and the club fuked up the seating ticket allocation.
They allocated from the back of the upper tier first then worked forwards meaning all the first priority applications got the schit seats right at the back and the general sale got all the good seats right at the front. I wasn't a happy bunny being stuck right at the back.
And we lost 1-0 to a late-ish penalty and we had a late equaliser ruled out (because of course, to both).
Just read the BBC report and it, clearly biased, said "an equaliser would have been unjust given the visitors' reticence to attack." - WTF does that have to do with it???? Goals are only allowed if the team has attacked well but not given if they haven't???
I think a certain Mr Zamora would not agree with that.
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| West Ham tickets on 10:58 - Dec 19 with 900 views | Watford_Ranger |
| West Ham tickets on 10:55 - Dec 19 by Juzzie |
I remember a cup game at Old Trafford and the club fuked up the seating ticket allocation.
They allocated from the back of the upper tier first then worked forwards meaning all the first priority applications got the schit seats right at the back and the general sale got all the good seats right at the front. I wasn't a happy bunny being stuck right at the back.
And we lost 1-0 to a late-ish penalty and we had a late equaliser ruled out (because of course, to both).
Just read the BBC report and it, clearly biased, said "an equaliser would have been unjust given the visitors' reticence to attack." - WTF does that have to do with it???? Goals are only allowed if the team has attacked well but not given if they haven't???
I think a certain Mr Zamora would not agree with that.
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I was there if it was the League Cup defeat. Tevez scored the penalty I think but whoever our goalkeeper was that day kept it far more respectable than it should have been. | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:02 - Dec 19 with 888 views | Northernr |
| West Ham tickets on 10:58 - Dec 19 by Watford_Ranger |
I was there if it was the League Cup defeat. Tevez scored the penalty I think but whoever our goalkeeper was that day kept it far more respectable than it should have been. |
Cerny. Had an absolute worldie. | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:13 - Dec 19 with 856 views | Watford_Ranger |
| West Ham tickets on 11:02 - Dec 19 by Northernr |
Cerny. Had an absolute worldie. |
Ah yes of course. Similar vibe at Anfield. | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:15 - Dec 19 with 848 views | DannyPaddox |
| West Ham tickets on 10:58 - Dec 19 by Watford_Ranger |
I was there if it was the League Cup defeat. Tevez scored the penalty I think but whoever our goalkeeper was that day kept it far more respectable than it should have been. |
Radek Cerny was in goal that night. Always thought he was decent. And yes I thought we were worth a raw that night.
Off to the Box office today and taking a packed-lunch in case I happen to get stuck behind Clive while he’s buying his 117 tickets. I’m only getting a modest 10. |  | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:16 - Dec 19 with 847 views | Lanhoop |
| West Ham tickets on 10:12 - Dec 19 by Watford_Ranger |
I expect with any big away turnout there’ll be far more ‘you’re in my seat’ than normal and also more heavy-handed stewarding in terms of letting people into the right block. Also given we’ve got so many blocks and two tiers it wouldn’t surprise me if there are multiple entrances we have to use based on the ticket.
I’m in the 1pm group. Would be good to know if we can select a tier/block/seat. Could do without being at the back and needing binoculars. I’ve been in their away end about 15 rows up and it’s ok but you’re something 1/4 of a mile away from the far goal in the back row of the upper tier. |
You can select your seat. | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:19 - Dec 19 with 836 views | DieByYourSide |
Bit weird there's nothing in between 1000 loyalty pts and 100? | |
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| West Ham tickets on 11:22 - Dec 19 with 827 views | GaryBannister86 |
| West Ham tickets on 11:19 - Dec 19 by DieByYourSide |
Bit weird there's nothing in between 1000 loyalty pts and 100? |
There's 9,000 tickets available - I really don't think it is going to matter. Quite a few people won't even have realised they are on sale yet. |  | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:27 - Dec 19 with 803 views | Juzzie |
| West Ham tickets on 11:19 - Dec 19 by DieByYourSide |
Bit weird there's nothing in between 1000 loyalty pts and 100? |
I have 825 points so will wait until 3pm. It'll be fine (unless Clive has bought them all by then). | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:39 - Dec 19 with 768 views | Bedford_R |
Just bought mine for £15. Have 2420 loyalty points somehow. Thought it was £10 for season ticket holders but £15 is still cheap. |  |
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| West Ham tickets on 11:46 - Dec 19 with 749 views | Juzzie |
| West Ham tickets on 11:39 - Dec 19 by Bedford_R |
Just bought mine for £15. Have 2420 loyalty points somehow. Thought it was £10 for season ticket holders but £15 is still cheap. |
Did you get options where to sit? | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:48 - Dec 19 with 738 views | WokingR |
| West Ham tickets on 11:39 - Dec 19 by Bedford_R |
Just bought mine for £15. Have 2420 loyalty points somehow. Thought it was £10 for season ticket holders but £15 is still cheap. |
I thought that at first but it is £10 for season ticket holders.
You just have to scroll down through the ticket options as it offers the £15 tickets first and then the OAP and ST options |  | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:48 - Dec 19 with 738 views | Northernr |
| West Ham tickets on 11:46 - Dec 19 by Juzzie |
Did you get options where to sit? |
Yeh you can pick seats. Just had a go on the ticket website and it was very easy - albeit only six at a time obvs.
Scroll down if you're a season ticket holder, the full price £15 shows first with the £10 season ticket holder discount lower down. | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 11:55 - Dec 19 with 721 views | joe90 |
| West Ham tickets on 11:39 - Dec 19 by Bedford_R |
Just bought mine for £15. Have 2420 loyalty points somehow. Thought it was £10 for season ticket holders but £15 is still cheap. |
Mate, it is £10 for season ticket holders! For everyone else, when you select your ticket there will be options for ticket/price ie: Adult/junior etc. There are two adult options one full price, £15, and if you scroll down you’ll find the season ticket price, £10. Obviously there’s a booking fee.
From 7pm they go on general sale and you book a max of 6. |  | | |
| West Ham tickets on 12:01 - Dec 19 with 702 views | daveB |
| West Ham tickets on 10:12 - Dec 19 by Watford_Ranger |
I expect with any big away turnout there’ll be far more ‘you’re in my seat’ than normal and also more heavy-handed stewarding in terms of letting people into the right block. Also given we’ve got so many blocks and two tiers it wouldn’t surprise me if there are multiple entrances we have to use based on the ticket.
I’m in the 1pm group. Would be good to know if we can select a tier/block/seat. Could do without being at the back and needing binoculars. I’ve been in their away end about 15 rows up and it’s ok but you’re something 1/4 of a mile away from the far goal in the back row of the upper tier. |
If people just sat in the seat on their ticket the in my seat thing wouldn't be an issue
4 times in the last year our group have had to split up at an away game as people were in our seats and we should just get on with it so had to stand on the stairs.
At Derby and Portsmouth we even got tickets near the front and it was no different. |  | | |
| West Ham tickets on 12:15 - Dec 19 with 651 views | slmrstid |
Picked up 2 for me and my Dad. Unusual to have choice for an away game, but maybe that will help in the situation where other people try to take over your seat as they've already selected it.
I have zero idea what the sightlines are like at the Olympic Stadium so I went lower tier but to the right of the goal, row 19, so hopefully we're not a crap view stuck right on the bottom, but also not miles away behind that big platform thing.
Also being right of the goal will hopefully help as I imagine the rowdiest will want to be front and centre behind the goal...
Either way I'll probably suggest to my Dad we get there early! |  | | |
| West Ham tickets on 12:56 - Dec 19 with 566 views | NorrisGreen |
| West Ham tickets on 22:34 - Dec 18 by wombat |
Expect the usual chaos whe everyone turns u; at 2pm and try to get in on masse , think Man U have had various incidents with the readers not working before the game and loads not getting in u til half way through the first half . |
This is usually a deliberate tactic adopted by adult meffs who buy a cheap kid's ticket and then "flash mob" turnstiles en masse just before KO cos overwhelmed stewards can't be assed to intervene or challenge anyone at this juncture.
I suspect 50% of crowd at West Ham game will be on a kid or old duffer ticket. I'm deffo gonna be 66yrs old for this one.... | | | |
| West Ham tickets on 12:59 - Dec 19 with 553 views | dannyblue |
Trying to get a ticket but keep getting "We are sorry, your access has been restricted" on eTicketing. Anyone else had this? Or know a workaround? I've tried on two browsers. |  | | |
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