Author: Media Goon @mediagoon

Keith "Media Goon" Blacknick is the Mayor of Mets Police(aka the Face of Metspolice) and will come to your event and shake hands and make fun of Mets Police founder Shannon Shark(the voice of Mets Police).
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A call to a Mets ticket rep about the new ticket plans

I called up my ticket rep yesterday and just inquired why the plans got the fees waived and the bonus game. I made it clear though that I wasn’t upset about the tickets but more about the waiving of the fees.

The explanation was that the 15 game plans have more perks then the flex plans. Such as the 10% discount we received on the plans, no transfer fees during the season, the same seats for all games, pre sales for tickets, no fees for any single game tickets we buy during the season and better options for seats for the play offs. I told him I wasn’t mad about the bonus game it was just that for years I have been trying to figure out why there are certain fees and now if they are so necessary why can they just waived now. He said he will look into it.

I also made sure that I told my ticket rep I was glad the Mets have these new plans for the fans. He said the Mets pay attention to what their fans want and try to accommodate as much as they possibly can.

I have nothing but nice things to say about the Mets customer service. They are always helpful and really try to answer any questions you have.

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My Take on the New Flex Ticket Plans

Shannon posted the news earlier that the Mets are offering some new ticket flex plans. The plan choices are for 5,11,and 17 games. These plans also get a bonus game. So the plan is really for 6,12, and 18 games. The Mets are also waiving the fees for ordering the tickets. Now this is good for Mets fans on a whole. I am trying to wrap my mind around it and I am not happy from what I am taking from this.

I have had my 15 game plan since Citi Field opened.I have the Sunday plus plan, where I have 10 Sunday games and 5 weekday games. I wanted Sunday games because I work crazy hours and I know Sundays I will more then likely be off. Do I get a bonus game for being a loyal fan dropping over 2600 bucks on tickets in last 3 years? Do I get a credit for all the fees I paid for this upcoming season. I don’t even get to have 15 Sunday games.

Maybe I am jumping the gun. Maybe the Mets will do something for us 15 game plan holders that have already paid and have paid these fees. Nonetheless I am irked right now.

I am sure you guys have comments on this.

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Lawsuit Points Spotlight on Saul Katz

More stuff keeps coming out about the Mets owners. This time the spotlight is on Saul Katz.

Fred Wilpon, Katz’s brother-in-law and the principal owner of the team, was its public face. Katz was supposed to be the brains behind the real estate and investment businesses that had first made ownership of the Mets possible. One former executive with the Mets nicknamed him Rain Man for his business brilliance.

Interesting that they called hime Rain Man. When I think of that movie, I think of Dustin Hoffman saying he’s a great driver and recalling phone numbers out of a phone book from memory.

As chief strategist at Sterling, Katz was also primarily responsible for Sterling’s investments, including those in real estate, in private equity and, until Dec. 11, 2008, in Madoff’s firm, the trustee says. Katz, it appears from the lawsuit, was also Sterling’s point of contact with Madoff. The men talked regularly, the suit says, and during certain periods they did so on a daily basis. Madoff’s former secretary said Katz was a much more frequent visitor to Madoff’s offices than Wilpon. With few exceptions, the suit asserts, when Katz called Madoff’s firm, “he did not speak to anyone other than Madoff.”

To me that sounds like Katz had a lot more of the dealings with Madoff then the Wilpons.

But the lawsuit says Katz never performed any kind of meaningful due diligence on Madoff’s firm. “Although Saul Katz was well aware of the risks associated with” Madoff’s operation, the suit says, “he never once attempted to confirm through any third party that Madoff actually traded the securities identified on his or other Sterling-related monthly account statements.”

Katz failed to do that, the suit says, even though he “confessed to his friends that he could not figure out how Madoff generated such smooth positive returns.”

Personally if it was my investments I would be trying to see how I was making the money. If Katz was a financial whiz why didn’t he check this out more?

Read the whole story from the NY TIMES HERE.