One plus for our team being horrible. We save $.

I've seen other tickets (sports, concerts, etc.) advertised on Stubhub, Craigslist, etc. for $1 only to find out that it is just to catch your attention and take a look at their ad. The actual ticket prices are always much more than $1. Of course I could be wrong about Saturday's probable yawner.

no $1 plus a small printing fee. Saved a bunch over the last few years by going to stubhub the day before a game

bigcocoon007;842200213 said:

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One plus for our team being horrible. We save $.

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No I dont. While non-season ticket holders get $1 tickets I still pay $85 a game for the privilege of the AD screwing me when Cal gets good again.

Phantomfan;842200224 said:

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I still pay $85 a game

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Yeesh....

For your sake, I hope for good weather and an upset.

The signs of rock bottom are ever present. Is it even possible to sell tickets on stubhub for less than $1? That's what may be preventing people from giving them away.

Not only that, but there are some very good seats (e.g. benchback seats in EE, F, FF, H and HH) going for low prices. Saw some for $25 or $30 each.

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Not only that, but there are some very good seats (e.g. benchback seats in EE, F, FF, H and HH) going for low prices. Saw some for $25 or $30 each.

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every seat is well under $25 if you check now!

I'm springing for the $1.49 ones. What the hell... you only live once! Don't tell my wife.

My friend bought $1 txs on stub hub for $1 to WSU game and after service charges it totaled $6

With the SF Giants "what u see is what u pay"- the fees built in on Stub Hub as I bought about 12 txs this past season

But not so w/ Cal txs, but still a great bargain, usually end zone seats, but u can move around once u get in, and find loads of empty seats in CMS

gobears74;842200274 said:

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and find loads of empty seats in CMS

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:cry:

It wasn't supposed to be like this, you know?

Does this include a free BART ticket?

510Bear;842200228 said:

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Yeesh....

For your sake, I hope for good weather and an upset.

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That is the cost of season tickets

Ridiculous.

bigcocoon007;842200255 said:

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every seat is well under $25 if you check now!

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2 University Club seats were available at $200 each
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2 Stadium Club Seats were available for $85 each.

The SC tix were the price performer as it has an open bar and open buffet.... which equates to pre game cocktails and appetizers, dinner with wine, desert with cocktail.....and lots and lots of just plain alcoholic beverages.

And....the possibility of seeing a sporting event.

Phantomfan;842200224 said:

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No I dont. While non-season ticket holders get $1 tickets I still pay $85 a game for the privilege of the AD screwing me when Cal gets good again.

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That would be dynamic pricing

I usually get the cheapest possible Tix and sneak into the student section (Please don't try if over 30).

It's not as bad as it seems actually (financially). Oregon State was bundled with the Ohio State gme in the package deals, so it's likely a ton of the tickets are tOSU (see how helpful that t is in this case?) fans dropping them for whatever they can. So Cal fans should go out, buy up all the $1 seats and have a good time courtesy of the traveling buckeyes.

And it looks like stubhub's minimum fees are $10 per order, but of you go in and buy more than 2 tickets, those don't scale up for a while. Sad, for that $1 ticket, the seller gets 85 cents, stubhub gets $10. Kind of in the 'why bother' range?

Could be pretty bad for AZ however.

That bagging for tea thing is really catching on.

:tedford

bigcocoon007;842200221 said:

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no $1 plus a small printing fee. Saved a bunch over the last few years by going to stubhub the day before a game

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Way to support the school!

Phantomfan;842200224 said:

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...non-season ticket holders get $1 tickets. I still pay $85 a game...

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The purchase of season tickets is a substantial donation to the program. It simply is.

Yeah, you get tickets - but (sadly) 8 years out of 10 you could get the same tickets for much less money on the secondary market. And you can pass on the games that aren't worth the effort for whatever reason (8 pm start, pouring rain, crappy opponent, or sometimes all three!). You don't have to pay for the games you have to miss (wedding or kids' soccer match). This is even more true with Basketball. Do they really think I want to go out on a December Tuesday to see us play SE North Dakota St.?

But I buy season tickets anyway. Because I want to support the program. I consider it a donation - but it often does not feel like they look at it the same way.

In Haas, my seats are right behind the 'extra payment seats'. Not surprisingly, those seats are not always sold as season tickets. They are the worst of the expensive seats after all. So the AD sells them game by game. For the opponents whose fans travel well (UofA, UCLA) we often show up to find them sitting in a block, right in front of us. Nothing like suddenly finding yourself in the opponents rooting section and they have better seats than you do. Thanks Cal!

There has to be something they could do to reward the Season Ticket holders loyalty. Getting first crack at buying extra tickets just doesn't do it for me - although the bobble heads are nice.:sarc:

Phantomfan;842200285 said:

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That is the cost of season tickets

Ridiculous.

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but ... hell, you get all the free canned music and get to watch and listen to the ads.
If you watched the game on TV, you'd miss all that.
Hell, us TV viewers have to visit a nice, clean, nearby bathroom or rummage in a full refrigerator during timeouts.
Sometimes I pet the pooches (or a willing female, abandoning the 2nd half to do other things).

Cal Athletics should hand out some tickets at People's Park. The stadium would be less empty. I'm I right? :newnana:

bigcocoon007;842200213 said:

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One plus for our team being horrible. We save $.

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Crap... paid all this money for the tickets and I can't even sell them for a BUCK??

I could actually go to the game... but there's that BART strike... and I'd have to listen to lousy piped in music... and the nachos suck... and they probably won't put in Kline and then I'll be REALLY upset...

Cumon, someone buy, papa needs laundry money!!

ykes ykes ykes ykes ykes ykes

:headbang :headbang :headbang :headbang :headbang

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

$1.00 tickets? The product is not worth the price! Pretty soon the Cal football tickets will be sold for wampum...
:acclaim: :axe

BeachyBear;842200348 said:

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Crap... paid all this money for the tickets and I can't even sell them for a BUCK??

I could actually go to the game... but there's that BART strike... and I'd have to listen to lousy piped in music... and the nachos suck... and they probably won't put in Kline and then I'll be REALLY upset...

Cumon, someone buy, papa needs laundry money!!

ykes ykes ykes ykes ykes ykes

:headbang :headbang :headbang :headbang :headbang

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

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What is funny about th Nachos is that I was going to start a thread about that after the Ohio State Game. I had to walk from concession stand to concession stand until I finally found one that had nachos. Finally, got the nachos and when I walk over to get the jalapenos they are out. Then I go from concession to concession lookin for jalapenos. FInally find them, get back to my seat and guess what? The cheese is completely cold (There wasn't much cheese anyways!) Also, I missed most of the 3rd quarter.

golden sloth;842200320 said:

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Way to support the school!

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I have to support myself first

I don't see myself living in the BA much longer, so I splurged.

If I'm still here next year there is no way I'm buying season tix again. Not on a postdoc salary, at least.

bigcocoon007;842200385 said:

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What is funny about th Nachos is that I was going to start a thread about that after the Ohio State Game. I had to walk from concession stand to concession stand until I finally found one that had nachos. Finally, got the nachos and when I walk over to get the jalapenos they are out. Then I go from concession to concession lookin for jalapenos. FInally find them, get back to my seat and guess what? The cheese is completely cold (There wasn't much cheese anyways!) Also, I missed most of the 3rd quarter.

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I'm telling you, nothing ruins a football game experience more than poor nacho execution. You'd think the simplified three-ingredient system would be easy to get right. Yet here we are seven games in still struggling with soggy nachos, cold cheese and missed jalepenos. There's really no excuse for this lack of improvement in a system so simple. Even if the people operating the concessions are new, how difficult can it be? I wish we hadn't signed a long-term contract with these concession people. It's going to cost is a fortune to fix this, to say nothing of the wasted nacho season.

BeachyBear;842200391 said:

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I'm telling you, nothing ruins a football game experience more than poor nacho execution. You'd think the simplified three-ingredient system would be easy to get right. Yet here we are seven games in still struggling with soggy nachos, cold cheese and missed jalepenos. There's really no excuse for this lack of improvement in a system so simple. Even if the people operating the concessions are new, how difficult can it be? I wish we hadn't signed a long-term contract with these concession people. It's going to cost is a fortune to fix this, to say nothing of the wasted nacho season.

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+1

BeachyBear;842200391 said:

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I'm telling you, nothing ruins a football game experience more than poor nacho execution. You'd think the simplified three-ingredient system would be easy to get right. Yet here we are seven games in still struggling with soggy nachos, cold cheese and missed jalepenos. There's really no excuse for this lack of improvement in a system so simple. Even if the people operating the concessions are new, how difficult can it be? I wish we hadn't signed a long-term contract with these concession people. It's going to cost is a fortune to fix this, to say nothing of the wasted nacho season.

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Sandy has ruined the nacho experience

BeachyBear;842200391 said:

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I'm telling you, nothing ruins a football game experience more than poor nacho execution. You'd think the simplified three-ingredient system would be easy to get right. Yet here we are seven games in still struggling with soggy nachos, cold cheese and missed jalepenos. There's really no excuse for this lack of improvement in a system so simple. Even if the people operating the concessions are new, how difficult can it be? I wish we hadn't signed a long-term contract with these concession people. It's going to cost is a fortune to fix this, to say nothing of the wasted nacho season.

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That's completely ridiculous. The nacho situation, that is. Excluding the jalapeos should be a federal crime. That's the essential ingredient that makes this delightful offering really shine. This is bull crap.

Cho's before ho's.

Phantomfan;842200224 said:

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No I dont. While non-season ticket holders get $1 tickets I still pay $85 a game for the privilege of the AD screwing me when Cal gets good again.

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So you'll have 85x as much fun.

BeachyBear;842200391 said:

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I'm telling you, nothing ruins a football game experience more than poor nacho execution. You'd think the simplified three-ingredient system would be easy to get right. Yet here we are seven games in still struggling with soggy nachos, cold cheese and missed jalepenos. There's really no excuse for this lack of improvement in a system so simple. Even if the people operating the concessions are new, how difficult can it be? I wish we hadn't signed a long-term contract with these concession people. It's going to cost is a fortune to fix this, to say nothing of the wasted nacho season.

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You should come to the westside, between the 30s (not ESP, either). They have these supreme nachos that are prettay, prettay...prettay good.