I popped over to Mets.com and I see I can make a non-refundable $100 deposit on a 40 game or a 15 game plan….
Maybe I stink at the internet but to my eye no specific dates are mentioned.
I selected 2 tickets. The only price tier offered is “best available.”
This seems bizarre to me. In theory I could be donating $100 to get Super Deluxe Premium $5000 Seats for the Tuesday Nights Against The Pirates plan. Why would anyone do this?
Also, please note that there are only 13 Saturday home games on the 2011 schedule….more on that tomorrow.
I’m not very willing to plunk down my money without knowing what exactly I’m buying… but then again, I wasn’t really thinking about buying a ticket plan anyway. Does anyone really think it will be a challenge to buy single game tickets for the ones that you want to see?
The biggest problem with the ticket plans has always been that. No discount, no real perks to not buying the tickets individually. Sure, there are some. no ticket fees, etc. But It’s not much, and that’s what they need to fix if they intend to sell these packages, because apparently people do like to sit in the same seats. Socialize, I suppose.
As for the listing, it’s not surprising really. They cleaned out (or time cleaned out) the available dates and games available, but no one turned off the ticket system (and why would they really?) I’m pretty sure its’ like that every year to some extent. I imagine giving them the $100 is just a place holder and gets you on a list and gets you contacted by an agent, etc.
I’ve been thinking next year might be a good year to get good seats to hold for runs in 2012 and beyond 🙂 so I’ve had my eye on the tickets page. They’ve had the 15 game and 40 game deposits like that for awhile. Maybe they’ll switch to 13 + 2??? #inourdreams
I was a longtime Sat subscriber at Shea but ultimately opted not to buy at Citi because there was no guarantee of playoff tickets and the only reasonably priced seats in 2009 were top rows of the stadium. While it was nice at Shea to have my guaranteed good Mez seats for all Sat games and events, I’m now better off just buying single game seats for the exact games I want to see, or on Stubhub when the bottom falls out again.
Check this out. Went to “ONE” Yankee game last year, it’s a mixed marriage, wife’s a Yankee Fan, and already got a call from their sales department inviting us to the stadium to look at seat locations for 2011.
They said, “Sure Sir, We have just Saturday or Sunday Plans and No, You DON’T have to leave a non-refundable deposit. Just let us know what days are good for you to come. I’ll show you what sections we have and we can go from there.
Say what you what about the Yankees, but THAT’S the way to do business.
It’s a money grab. Still the same ol Mets. Why in your right mind request $100 from anyone at this point? What is the benefit to my giving $100? There are thousands upon thousands of seats available. If I want to talk to an agent all I have to do is pick up the phone. I bet in their desperation I’d likely have the opportunity to get better seats by calling than by waiting for someone to call me.
As for the Yankees, that’s a change for them. They’ve always required a refundable deposit in the past. But then again with the Yankees, you knew you had to be on the list because of demand. Though when they had nothing reasonable left and I requested my money back, there was no hassle at all.