Author: Media Goon @mediagoon

I woke up early today to grab the 35% off savings at Citi Field’s Mets Team Store. I got there about 7:45 am, pulled into the parking lot and realized that I left my wallet back at home. Man, I guess the food coma was still affecting me from yesterday. I leave the parking lot run back home and return to Citi Field at 8:10. The parking lot had a about 10 cars in it at that time.

Walking into the store the 50th anniversary display was set up as soon as you walked in. t-shirts, windbreakers, and the hats were there. Behind it was that was the NEW Authentic Jerseys. Through out the store were 50th anniversary patches, shot glasses, pillows ,throw blankets, and I also found a blue Batting Practice style jersey. I have no idea if it is or isn’t the “ONE” that the Mets were talking about adding to the jersey rotation next season. SEE ABOVE STICKY POST FOR MORE ON THIS JERSEY.

I grabbed one for me and one for Shannon.

Original price: 99.99

-35% off= 64.99

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Here is the rundown:

50th patch there was no discount- $18.99

After 35% discount:

Gold mini bat – $5.97

50th Tee- $18.20

New BP CAP- $23.39

Pro Pinstripe Jersey- $148.85

Replica Pinless-$74.74

Green BP Jersey- $38.99

Not a bad haul. I didn’t expect to spend so much but oh well. Two of the jerseys aren’t for me, so at least I know I am getting back some money.

Here is the rest of the blue friday sale schedule:

• 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.:  30% off

• 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.:  25% off

• 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.:  20% off

The sale continues Saturday, November 26 and Sunday, November 27 with Season Ticket Holders receiving 20% off regularly priced merchandise and all fans receiving a 15% discount.

I know a lot of you that read our site are very anti ticket plan nowadays. Given the economy and the way certain things on and off the field are happening for the Mets, I can understand your feelings. I personally like having my set seats and knowing I have a game this week to go to. If I didn’t have tickets already, I know I can become lazy and go eh, I’ll go next time. So when my former “NEW” ticket rep called me to introduce himself and to let me know he was no handling my account and to say tell me that the Mets were looking into new plan options, and if I put my deposit down at that time, I was guaranteed my seats that I have had for the last two seasons. I, of course said,”Sure. Here is my deposit.”

Fast Forward a few weeks after that, I receive a phone call from my NEW,”NEW” ticket rep. He was calling me to let me know that my Old “New” ticket rep didn’t survive the culling of the 10% in the Mets Offices.  So when the Mets unveiled their new ticket plans, I called up my “NEW” New rep to find out if that affects the seats. He told me not to worry, that I would be one of the first people he called Tuesday morning of the pre sale. Cool I thought.

Now here is the TALE of the TICKET PLAN ODYSSEY of MEDIA GOONICUS

I waited to 10:30 today to see if my “New” New rep would call me. But alas,he didn’t. So as I am at work I dial the Mets ticket office number. I was parked on hold. I got to hear David Wright, RA Dickey, and Ike Davis tell me something repeatedly about being on the METS in 2012 while sandwiched in between “the METS are swamped with calls” messages. I, GOONICUS, was able to pass the first test of being on hold for almost an hour till I got to the second test. The gatekeeper to my “NEW” New rep told me he was on another call and that she would help me. She asked my info and what ticket plan I wanted. She said my seats were unavailable. I told her thats not right. I put my deposit down to hold them for me. She informed me she would have to email the Operations Manager to see if they can get them for me and that either she or my “NEW” New rep would get back to me, anywhere from 20 mins to an hour. I am weary of this ploy but I let it play out.

An hour and a half later goes by. Nothing, nada, zip, zilch. I call back. This time I got a person right away. He transferred me to my “NEW” new rep. Progress? Phone rings and rings. The second gatekeeper voicemail blocks my progress.I leave a message. I call back again 30 mins later. Get a different rep and try again. Same scenario MY SEATS are unavailable. I am getting angry. Goonicus doesn’t like these trials he is being put through.

I call again at 3pm. My anger has grown. I get a person again when I call. I ask for my “NEW”New rep. They say he is on the other line. I respond that I was on hold earlier today for an hour. I can hold for a few more minutes. I hear a voice crackle on the other end. I tell him of my tales of the day. Being on hold, being told that I will receive a call in a certain amount of time, the voicemails and being told I couldn’t have my tickets that I paid my deposit for. He said thats not right. And he apologized profusely. “NEW” New rep put me on hold and talked to his manager. They said they would get back to me by 6pm. I gave in. I said okay. Call me back. I was beaten down and tired from my quest(and from work).Sleep was overtaking me.  I was mentally beaten in battle. I passed out with my phone next to me.

When I woke up at 5:45pm I looked at my trusty weapon(my iPhone), I missed a call! DAMN. I scrambled to call. I got through. “NEW” New rep told me they were able to get me my seats. I was happy about that. He was very apologetic because the first person I spoke to today was supposed to take care of it and she dropped the ball. So after 8 hours, my ticket odyssey was over.

Overall I think the Reps were swamped today. The reduced staff seemed to affect them and I don’t know if the phones being busy was a cause of that or people re upping their plans or both.Maybe people were having the same issues as me with wanting the tickets for the seats they had.  Hopefully it was people re upping. Usually my experiences with the Mets ticket office goes a lot smoother then this. Yes today was frustrating and yes there was a few times I was getting to my boiling point but I didn’t give up. I hope the METS pitching is as tough this year as getting my tickets were today.

I have no idea where Shannon is, I tried calling him so he could post this. I guess I got this one.

MetsBlog just posted the 2012 Mets Jerseys. No images of the blue Mets Jersey that is supposed to pop up this year.

Quick Update: Jerseys are on sale with a 25% discount for one item on MLB.Com…I just bought myself a road jersey. Came to $132 and change after discount with tax and shipping.  (Another update via Shannon: that link is presently down, see below.)

Goon: The pinstripes are looking very nice. (via @AdamRubinespn)

Goon: The black jersey. I think I see a black dropshadow. Is that 50th patch photoshopped in? Its the only jersey to have two patches on it, plus the skyline seems blue.

I am liking the way the jerseys are looking. The patch looks nice too. When are these for sale?

Michael Baron: (posted Nov. 14, 2011) I love them, although I think the black is a little played out at this point. As Matt has said, the black was a symbol of the late 90′s Mets, and I think the new uniforms (with the exception of the black jersey) not just speaks to their history, but their original branding of orange and blue as well.

Read the rest over at Metsblog

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UPDATE 6:37am

Shannon: Well this is an exciting surprise. I grabbed my phone and was wondering why Goon would call me at 9:30 at night.

They of course look fantastic. The skyline patch with gold looks cool (was trying to drop you guys hints).

The link to mlb.com is down – I’ve heard in the past that things leak because MLBAM controls the websites and they test the pages live…there was some leak during the season that I can’t remember but it was the same thing.

I have to get up and out the door but I’m sure we’ll talk about this all day.

It appears as if the Treaty of Flushing has been signed. Let us rejoice.