Second City Red Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 We have tickets for Nottingham Forest on Saturday. I live in Birmingham (the username rather gives that away, doesn't it?). My sons live in London. I usually only now visit my home town for the Orchard Inn and a City match. I go to all of the Midlands matches, and previously, tickets to these games have been bought and posted. It seems that now this option is no longer available. So, unless I want to spend a long while in a queue at the City ground on Saturday, my only option is to drive the two hundred odd miles to Bristol to collect. Why can't the club post out tickets any more? We surely can't be that short of cash? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red94 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 31 minutes ago, Second City Red said: We have tickets for Nottingham Forest on Saturday. I live in Birmingham (the username rather gives that away, doesn't it?). My sons live in London. I usually only now visit my home town for the Orchard Inn and a City match. I go to all of the Midlands matches, and previously, tickets to these games have been bought and posted. It seems that now this option is no longer available. So, unless I want to spend a long while in a queue at the City ground on Saturday, my only option is to drive the two hundred odd miles to Bristol to collect. Why can't the club post out tickets any more? We surely can't be that short of cash? I always get my away tickets delivered costs about £1 to get them sent out, maybe you are missing the option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 They are posted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 51 minutes ago, Second City Red said: We have tickets for Nottingham Forest on Saturday. I live in Birmingham (the username rather gives that away, doesn't it?). My sons live in London. I usually only now visit my home town for the Orchard Inn and a City match. I go to all of the Midlands matches, and previously, tickets to these games have been bought and posted. It seems that now this option is no longer available. So, unless I want to spend a long while in a queue at the City ground on Saturday, my only option is to drive the two hundred odd miles to Bristol to collect. Why can't the club post out tickets any more? We surely can't be that short of cash? I ready on Twitter Jerry the SLO saying there is still issues with Royal Mail. I've got the same issue not living in Bristol and going Saturday but he has said we can collect them at the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneTeamInBristol Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 If the option wasn't there when you bought them they have either removed the option as others have said or it was too close to the game to be posted out. I've had all my away tickets this season posted out to me no problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 21, 2022 Admin Share Posted February 21, 2022 The club said on the last update that due to postal problems they would not be posted out and needed to be collected in person from the ground Like all other away games they will be made available to collect at the away ground so nothing new in this really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Problems with Royal Mail? They might elaborate such we might also complain on their behalf. As is my Swansea ticket has yet to arrive..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wild Bunch Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Still waiting for my FGR tickets! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second City Red Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Thanks for your responses. I've previously had tickets posted, Birmingham, Coventry (wish in hindsight those had been "lost in the post!) etc but Supporter Services today (and last week) said "no posting". I've seen the queues for tickets at away games so don't fancy that- I'd rather be in the pub! Happy to pay any postage costs- cheaper than petrol to Bristol and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 hours ago, The Wild Bunch said: Still waiting for my FGR tickets! Odd, as we only sold 10000 of our 500 allocation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Second City Red said: We have tickets for Nottingham Forest on Saturday. I live in Birmingham (the username rather gives that away, doesn't it?). My sons live in London. I usually only now visit my home town for the Orchard Inn and a City match. I go to all of the Midlands matches, and previously, tickets to these games have been bought and posted. It seems that now this option is no longer available. So, unless I want to spend a long while in a queue at the City ground on Saturday, my only option is to drive the two hundred odd miles to Bristol to collect. Why can't the club post out tickets any more? We surely can't be that short of cash? I'm with you on this. When City came to P'boro' they sent me an email to take to the Posh ticket office on the day and there was my ticket. I'd happily pay £1 extra for postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarwray Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Strange that the Q and A on the e mail confirmation for the Forest tickets includes directions to help you find Ashton Gate but no mention of exactly where to collect and when. At MK Dons away the collect tickets were delivered on one of the buses which arrived only 20 mins before kick off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarwray Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 7 hours ago, Sir Geoff said: They are posted out. For the Members Sale period all tix for Forest were collection only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Does anyone's payment keep getting declined?! I'm with Barclays and never had any issues before when trying to book tickets online Got a match-pass for tonight's game which went through straight away which is strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.G.Red Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 12 hours ago, 22A said: I'm with you on this. When City came to P'boro' they sent me an email to take to the Posh ticket office on the day and there was my ticket. I'd happily pay £1 extra for postage. Posh was the first time I gad to collect a ticket at the ground, but I have to say it wasn't an issue, no massive queue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boadle Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Can we POTD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gifford2 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Why do home clubs leave it so late to send to away clubs for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 28 minutes ago, Gifford2 said: Why do home clubs leave it so late to send to away clubs for sale? Maybe they don't and there are Royal Mail issues.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 22, 2022 Admin Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 hours ago, boadle said: Can we POTD? Nothing announced yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boadle Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, phantom said: Nothing announced yet Ok, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy27 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 23 hours ago, Second City Red said: So, unless I want to spend a long while in a queue at the City ground on Saturday. I have collected away match tickets at games for as long as I can remember and not had a problem once. There's never much of a queue. Worst I can remember was Man City away in the League Cup, and even then we were all still inside before kick off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 My son's QPR ticket turned up 10 days after the game and a full month after he ordered it. There wasn't a collection option and we live about 100 yards from the ground... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevedon Red Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 23 hours ago, BTRFTG said: Problems with Royal Mail? They might elaborate such we might also complain on their behalf. As is my Swansea ticket has yet to arrive..... Wouldn’t bother going if I was you, don’t reckon we’ll get a result there somehow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I believe you can collect from the ticket office near the Atyeo statue on match days. Otherwise it's from the club shop on non match days. When you purchase a ticket it should indicate a period when you can collect, after that the tickets get taken on the official coaches and given to the away ground's ticket office. Occasionally they are given out on the coach. There has been a problem with some bank cards for a few weeks now, certainly Lloyds. This is a Bristol Sport problem I believe, so try a different bank card if you have one. There has been huge problems with Royal Mail (?) losing batches of tickets, causing a lot of extra work for both us and the away club (Swansea) having to cancel and reissue tickets, that's why for the moment they aren't posting them out right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boadle Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) Was anything announced? I live in Nottingham, and would like to know if I can POTD. Can't find anything either way on our site or theirs. Edited February 24, 2022 by boadle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 On 21/02/2022 at 19:33, 22A said: I'm with you on this. When City came to P'boro' they sent me an email to take to the Posh ticket office on the day and there was my ticket. I'd happily pay £1 extra for postage. They sent me my Posh ticket by post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 On 22/02/2022 at 19:33, RedM said: I believe you can collect from the ticket office near the Atyeo statue on match days. Otherwise it's from the club shop on non match days. When you purchase a ticket it should indicate a period when you can collect, after that the tickets get taken on the official coaches and given to the away ground's ticket office. Occasionally they are given out on the coach. There has been a problem with some bank cards for a few weeks now, certainly Lloyds. This is a Bristol Sport problem I believe, so try a different bank card if you have one. There has been huge problems with Royal Mail (?) losing batches of tickets, causing a lot of extra work for both us and the away club (Swansea) having to cancel and reissue tickets, that's why for the moment they aren't posting them out right now Regarding Royal Mail losing batches of tickets this is completely false. The only issues for RM in the BS postcodes during peak( December) were delays on delivery in Bs3/13 Bs4/14. These were 3/4 day delays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Just now, Spoons said: Regarding Royal Mail losing batches of tickets this is completely false. The only issues for RM in the BS postcodes during peak( December) were delays on delivery in Bs3/13 Bs4/14. These were 3/4 day delays. It’s not actually. The tickets were collected by a mail company from AG. They were unaccounted for since entering the Royal Mail system. It was all the Swansea tickets in this one batch. I am not referring to general delays in December that you are quoting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 hour ago, boadle said: Was anything announced? I live in Nottingham, and would like to know if I can POTD. Can't find anything either way on our site or theirs. Nothing has been announced yet. There is no news from Forest, nobody knows. I know this isn’t helpful to you, just wanted to reassure you that you have not missed any news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, RedM said: It’s not actually. The tickets were collected by a mail company from AG. They were unaccounted for since entering the Royal Mail system. It was all the Swansea tickets in this one batch. I am not referring to general delays in December that you are quoting. Completely incorrect, that fault lies with the third party not Royal Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lerring Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 hour ago, boadle said: Was anything announced? I live in Nottingham, and would like to know if I can POTD. Can't find anything either way on our site or theirs. I might be selling a ticket. A mate is ill so his ticket would be available if he bails, will find out tomorrow I'll be drinking near the ground from 1ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Red Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I also live more than 100 miles from Ashton Gate so I ordered my Forest tickets online but there was no option for them to be posted out. I telephoned the ticket office at Ashton Gate and asked if there was an option for tickets to be posted but was told that because Royal Mail had mislaid a whole day's post the club felt it could not rely on their service. I was told to collect my ticket from the ticket office at the City Ground on Saturday. On previous occasions when I've had to collect tickets there hasn't been a problem. Forest ticket office is usually pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boadle Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, RedM said: Nothing has been announced yet. There is no news from Forest, nobody knows. I know this isn’t helpful to you, just wanted to reassure you that you have not missed any news. It is helpful Much appreciated! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 21 minutes ago, Spoons said: Completely incorrect, that fault lies with the third party not Royal Mail. I stating what I know. I’m not going to go into the hows’s and why’s but I am just letting you know that I DO know. I am not incorrect in saying what happened. I am saying is that it’s not some kind of conspiracy by the club. They, along with Swansea, moved heaven and earth to get tickets reprocessed so fans could get into the match. The mail was collected and vanished, seemingly. As I said nothing to do with the December delays you brought up. I just needed to correct you on that as it’s not actually false. This is my last word on this. It’s up to people who they want to listen to. I just wanted to address any false information being put out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinéadB Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 19 hours ago, boadle said: Was anything announced? I live in Nottingham, and would like to know if I can POTD. Can't find anything either way on our site or theirs. Tickets go off sale at 2pm, no POTD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinéadB Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I have a ticket in block W and I just got a ticket for a mate in block X. Any chance anyone wants to swap one of the tickets so we can go in the same block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boadle Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 54 minutes ago, SinéadB said: Tickets go off sale at 2pm, no POTD Fair enough. Thankyou! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 25, 2022 Admin Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 21/02/2022 at 14:00, Second City Red said: So, unless I want to spend a long while in a queue at the City ground on Saturday, my only option is to drive the two hundred odd miles to Bristol to collect. Why can't the club post out tickets any more? We surely can't be that short of cash? You surely were joking that you would have driven 200 hundred miles rather than spend a few minutes in a queue? 58 minutes ago, boadle said: Fair enough. Thankyou! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I got my PNE and Blackpool tickets through the post. Not a member or anything, just a regular punter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 18 minutes ago, Southport Red said: I got my PNE and Blackpool tickets through the post. Not a member or anything, just a regular punter. The decision was made after Swansea away which was after these games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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