What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Terence posted this on Facebook and I asked him to send it over to me. This is from his $2.50 fee print at home tickets.
Kind of lame in my opinion if either one is in an consideration to be the new slogan.
I prefer Man Up And Play Better
Hey guys. You know that benefit of the fees being waived for single game ticket purchases if you have at least a 15 game plan? Well that only applies if you call the ticket office or go to the box office in person.
I ordered my Opening Day tix today and I noticed they added fees to it. On twitter I posed a question about this to 15 game plan holders. They got back to me and told me that it only works on the phone. Now, when I talked to my ticket rep a few weeks ago about why the flex plans had gotten fees waived when I have had my plan for three years now,he said,” One of your benefits is that you don’t have to pay any fees when you buy single game tickets.” He never mentioned it was only by phone though.
I emailed the Mets today and to their credit they got back to me within thirty minutes. The person who called me back told me that MLB controls the ticketing website and there is no way to waive the fees on there. If I call into the the box office in the future they will waive the fees. Now that would have been nice to know to begin with.
I want to pass this on to you guys so you all know to call the Mets box office so you do not have to pay these unnecessary fees.
I didn’t break down the other plans. I just did this one for now since Shannon asked me to. I do have to say it would have been nice to get at least one real give away in this plan.
From:@TheRealSoxy
Wow, all of the Sunday giveaways for the #Mets this year fall on games that are not part of the Sunday Plus ticket pack. cc: @metspolice
Okay. time to break it down.
April- No Give Aways
Sunday 4/10, Tuesday 4/19,Sunday 4/24
May- No Give Aways
Wed. 5/4, Mon. 5/16, Sun. 5/29
June (1 Mr Met Dash)
Wed. 6/1, Sun.6/19 Mr. Met Dash
July- (2 Give Aways)
Sun. 7/ 3 Cap Trade (first 5000 fans), Sun.7/17 Mr. Met Dash
August -(No Give Aways)
Tue 8/7, Sun 8/7, Sun 8/28
September (1 Mr Met Dash)
Sun 9/11, Sun 9/25 Mr. Met Dash
Now time for the Sundays not in the Plan.
Sunday 5/8 Mr Met Dash
Sunday 8/21 Draw string bag and Mr Met Dash
Okay so out of the plan there are four give away days. They are 3 Mr Met dash days and one trade in your cap day versus the Yankees.
There are 2 non-plan give aways which are the draw string bag and a Mr Met Dash.
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The baseball gods must know Shannon was traveling this weekend. Look what I found on my twitter timeline from Adam Rubin at 3:30 am this morning. The tweet said “Source: Bobby Valentine looks into buying part of New York Mets”. That woke me up quicker then any cup of coffee would.
Here’s an excerpt:
I’’ve talked to a number of people interested in purchasing part of the New York Mets, but I’’m not formally with any group that is actively pursuing this venture,” Valentine said Sunday night.
The speculation of who is going to buy into the Mets keeps running rampant. This is going to be one of those “seasons” for the Mets again. Hopefully good play on the field will make the financial stuff not sting as much for us fans.
To read more about this click on here.
Shannon I hand back the conn back to you today since you have returned from Spring Training.
This was on the NYTIMES.COM website today.
I am sure Shannon will comment on this stuff but I just want to get it out there for now.
Maybe the best suggestion for keeping the Mets solvent and relevant came from my friend and colleague Stan Isaacs, the longtime Newsday columnist, still thinking impishly in retirement. Isaacs has suggested the Mets open stock to the public, creating an I.P.O. of the heart.
Are there enough Mets fans who would want to lay out more money so they could own a small percentage of the team?
Now this one falls in line with a question posed on Twitter the other day. He wanted to know when the hatred for the Wilpons started. I said that I thought it was when Citi Field opened and there was more Dodgers memorabilia then Mets stuff in the stadium.
Isaacs also suggests that the Mets have leaned too far to honor the Brooklyn Dodgers, the team of Wilpon’s childhood, and that one way to remove a cloud of gloom over Queens is to honor the old New York Giants, the team of Isaacs’s childhood.
Definitely an interesting read. You can read the whole post here.
