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xerxes wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 12:12 pm

Jonty wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 7:11 pm

Discrimination- I can’t do that on my Nokia 3310.

And some may not have a printer, or even a computer. So they have to queue once for a ticket, and then again at the turnstile. This is wrong regardless of whether you pay by cash or card.

Methuselah wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:54 pm I think it is about time this was put to bed.If you want your kids to go to the match and you want to pay by cash,you go to the ground during the week and buy them a ticket.You will be able to buy soft drinks,hot drinks and a snack at the kiosks using cash.It,s just the fanzone and the shop on maychdayswhere you will have to use a card.
Having been a shop steward,some times you have to compromise when you find an agreement which though does not give you everything you want comes close to it even if you are not totally sàtisfied.
I think the club has met the supporters demands by agreeing for the kiosks to still accept cash because most people in the stands want a hot drink at half time especially in winter.
It,s not perfect but it shows the directors have listened bý reversing their original decision,so let,s put all this behind us and turn our attention to supporting Barrow AFC in the season to come.

Moribund wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 12:20 pm It's discrimination against people who only want to pay by cheque.

Back of the net wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:48 pm We're Barrow not some PL club with a 1,000s day trippers. The negative publicity around this will have an impact on those living on a tight financial budget wanting to attend.

MisterPleasant wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:53 pm

Back of the net wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:48 pm We're Barrow not some PL club with a 1,000s day trippers. The negative publicity around this will have an impact on those living on a tight financial budget wanting to attend.

When we're top of the league and sweeping all before us, it'll be forgotten.

Cromwell58 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:04 am

Bombadel wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:04 am

Owners lost 800k last season, call yourself a fan?

So should I hand them my wages is that what you do, I can promise you I have put more money in the club over the years than you unless you are the owner.

Steeley wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 12:04 pm We all know for 95% of folk buying a ticket before match day or with a card on match day is not an issue.

However it will be for the small amount of people who don't have a card or don't use one (kids and some elderly).

When I started going to the soccer at 14ish I'd decide on the days if I had some cash off parents and mates were going to head down, there may have been times I'd planned to go so could have got a pre paid I guess.
It's probably not a financial hit the 50 or so kids we'd alienate with this setup but we'll never know the long impact, those kids could turn into trust members, ST holders, volunteers, staff or even board members.
Yes other teams do it already in the FL but this is Barrow, we should be welcoming all with open arms not saying "this is how it is if you can't get a card with £50 on it you can't come".

Bombadel wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:14 pm

Cromwell58 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:04 am

So should I hand them my wages is that what you do, I can promise you I have put more money in the club over the years than you unless you are the owner.

I’m not here to boast about how much I’ve put into the club, and I don’t go around a public forum telling people to just buy a ticket and boycott everything else to hit the owners in the pocket when they’ve lost a huge amount of money. Very poor behaviour, makes you sound like a juvenile.

BoltonBlue wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:33 pm

Steeley wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 12:04 pm We all know for 95% of folk buying a ticket before match day or with a card on match day is not an issue.

However it will be for the small amount of people who don't have a card or don't use one (kids and some elderly).

When I started going to the soccer at 14ish I'd decide on the days if I had some cash off parents and mates were going to head down, there may have been times I'd planned to go so could have got a pre paid I guess.
It's probably not a financial hit the 50 or so kids we'd alienate with this setup but we'll never know the long impact, those kids could turn into trust members, ST holders, volunteers, staff or even board members.
Yes other teams do it already in the FL but this is Barrow, we should be welcoming all with open arms not saying "this is how it is if you can't get a card with £50 on it you can't come".

100% nailed it. Kids coming from financially struggling families probably wouldn’t know if they could attend until the day of the game, I know that was the case for myself.

EABluebird wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:42 pm

Moribund wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 12:20 pm It's discrimination against people who only want to pay by cheque.

I myself tend not to bother at all if I have to wait 10/15 minutes in a line. Club has probably missed out on quite a few of my Pounds Sterling as a result.