Potential row over Wolves tickets is averted
Wolves today moved quickly to diffuse a potential row over a discount for fans renewing season tickets under the Early Bird scheme if the club suffers the drop.
Chief executive Jez Moxey told the recent Fans’ Parliament meeting that fans renewing under the Early Bird would receive a further discount if the club is relegated to League One this season, although he didn’t say how much.
But there is already a two-tier pricing system in place for corporate supporters renewing under the scheme, with rates confirmed.
The Express & Star has obtained a copy of an email to a company offering a 30 per cent drop in prices if Wolves go down.
The club however say the average difference in corporate areas is 10 per cent.
Wolves’ head of commercial affairs Paul Lakin said: “At the recent Fans’ Parliament meeting, the club announced that in the event of relegation there would be an appropriate rebate on all Early Bird season ticket renewals in addition to price reductions for fans renewing in the first window.
“For corporate customers we simply repeated last season’s renewal offer by publishing two sets of prices for two eventualities and no one questioned it at that time.
“In the event of relegation, the average rebate offered to corporate customers would be around 10 per cent, despite some reports to the contrary. Corporate customers represent a relatively small group.”
Comments for: "Potential row over Wolves tickets is averted"
SEASIDE WOLF
Given the current lamentable shambles, I'm amazed that they have the nerve to charge for matches. They ought to be giving the fans cash for turning up.
JDG
Either way, the fans are going to ripped-off again. Why? If the club is relegated, the discount will be nowhere big enough. If we survive, then the club's lack of ambition will see us struggling again next season.
Only way to justify any changes is by finding a new wealthy owner, a new CEO, a new Board of Directors (do the current lot actually do anything useful for the club?), and a new manager with insight, intelligence - and who knows how to keep his mouth shut and not say stupid things.
Not much to ask, eh?
Chase Terrace Wolf
More own goals than Walters at Stoke yet another embarassment please both of you leave our once great club now. At this rate you will alienate even more supporters and for so called businessmen you ain't very clever at all are you.
100%Wolf
So The Express and Star have hard proof that a 30% discount is being offered in some cases...yet the Molineux spin mongers immediately turn it into an 'average of 10%' accross the board.
Firstly, if 30% is being offered to some, there must be paltry discounts offered elsewhere to bring bring it down to a 10% average.
Secondly, if the past is anything to go by and true to form this is the subconscious seed planted by Moxey, early bird renewers should expect a 10% rebate if we go down. Pah!
Taxi for Red Face
Nice laptop Jez, hope you're reading these posts on it.
pip
Another fine mess you got us into Moxey , "rubs head".
Dave
Nice new picture for my dartboard!
Cheers E&S
Wolfhound
Mr Morgan still think Moxey is the best CEO in the championship answers on a postcard please.
Paulo
We know who the club will look after first don't we?
Mark B
Value for money is what we want, if you fail to develop we should not be asked for premium prices.
allpo
last one out of molineux please turn the lights off.
Poxey Moxey
You can tell the far controller is up to no good by his blank and uninterested facial expression . He is the root of many a problem here advising on football matters he knows nothing about and fiddling the books . You only have to look at how Stoke flourished when they booted his heavyweight pie scoffing rear out .
Wolferton
What a pair of bumbling buffoons this dangerous incompetent duo need to be dissolved immediately.
The picture itself of these two Idiots speaks volumes ---- we haven't got a clue what were doing-what is happening-what is going on.
Brightonwolf
A little lesson for you Mr Moxey.....A basic of good football business planning is...... SUCCESS on THE PITCH and for this you first need a decent Manager, something you and Steve have completely failed to get grips with. You have likewise failed in all the subsequent BIG decisons affecting this great Club.
By the way Jez, how is the Business Plan looking, after all you have prided yourself on being one of the best and shroudest CEO's in football and that's why WE pay such a handsome salary. Thanks to you and Steve we can look forward to LOTS of empty seats, hoofing football, real financial constraints and L1 mediocre. Where was that in your great plan?
I hope our days of enduring your dross, spin and ineptitude are nearly over. You have taken more than enough out of this Club and for very little return, the reality being that when you and Steve leave, we will be in a much poorer state than that illfated day when you arrived. Good riddance to both of you!
initowinit
the only tickets for sale down should be raffle tickets with poxey moxey the booby prize if he is worth 1.3 million quid a year then god help us
DancesWithWolves
Why not offer free or heavily reduced general admissions for all remaining home games? This might get the atmosphere rocking and if a bigger crowd gets behind the players who knows what will happen? OK, season ticket holders have already paid but they won't begrudge a bumper turnout will they? What do we have to lose, especially if it makes the difference in beating relegation.
Andy, Perton
Got to try and see through the smoke and mirrors with these ticket rebates. I suspect they won't be exactly what we're hoping for. No plans, no ambition, no rewards, no clue, no ideas. Christ, even the stretcher bearers can't tend to an injured player because the advertising boards are in the way and the soap dispensers in the bogs don't all work.
Roll up, roll up - only 8 more games to see the Molineux circus :)
Sir Billy Quiet
The easiest way to resolve this 'potential row' is to tell us what the rebate will be if we go down. that can't be hard can it?
At the moment they have all the early bird money earning interest in the Bank - do you think they will give it back? I fully expect to receive discount vouchers worth £50.00 for the club shop, most of us won't spend them and Moxey will keep our money.
I agree the club should be offering 1/2 price tickets for the remaining home games to try and fill the ground or kids for a quid - a small investment to make to help the team.
Dan Perton
Dont be surprised if any rebate we might get will be in the way of club shop vouchers. Now Moxey has got our money I can't see him giving any of it back in hard cash.
Rum Do
This is an unusual commercial practice i.e. to offer a product for sale without revealing the price to be paid. Surely, if the club is as well administered as is claimed, then prices to cover all eventualities will already have been determined. Why can't the customers be told what they are? I certainly won't be renewing my ST until I know exactly what the price is.
From a PR perspective the club continues to shoot itself in the foot. This is so unnecessary.
KARLWOLVES
IF THE.FAT CONTOLEER AND CAPTAIN MORGAN COULD WIN POINTS .FOR THEIR VERBAL DIHORERE,WE WOULD BE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
morg666
what ?
HARD UP HARRY
Moxey,Wolves have had thousands off me over forty-odd years.Until you go,they will get no more.
Enough is enough.
southbankdan
MOAN, MOAN, MOAN, MOAN, MOAN. If we put as put effort into supporting the club as we all do moaning about it we would be in the champions league final at wembley this year.
Dentones
If reductions are offered for relagation, there has to be a full refund for those that dont want to accept the offer!!!
Dentones
Did I hear SM say that if Wolves go down they would reduce price of season tickets to the cheapest in that league???