By the time the vaccine is available (January and February) there might not be any season for us fans BUT here is hoping the tickets are the least of our problems
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08-03-2020, 11:49 AM #11
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08-03-2020, 12:41 PM #12
I went to a Cavaliers game a few years ago, and it was the same thing. I had the impression this was the norm for their tickets, and paper tickets weren't available. It sounds like a "green" thing to do, and I think this will become more common for all events.
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08-03-2020, 01:19 PM #13
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Not sure how they will do it with people who don't have smartphones. I am sure they will figure it out. Safety is an odd one- because whenever I had a paper copy I'd hold the paper one out just like I do with my phone.
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08-03-2020, 01:51 PM #14
I thought it was all electronic until last year when I bought Bills tickets from a buddy and he had paper tickets. I was skeptical but had met him at games before so he wasn’t intentionally ripping me off....and the tickets worked! I asked how he got paper tickets and he had no answer. Apparently they DO still exist in some cases.
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08-03-2020, 01:56 PM #15
I think the reason they cite is electronic provides more security against fraud. Buying fake tickets is a real risk and supposedly this lessens that risk to some extent......or that’s what they claim. I think it’s mostly easier and cheaper for the teams.
We bought tickets online for a Braves game once at the old stadium. The tickets worked at the gate, but we couldn’t find our seats. We had two ushers trying to figure it out, and it turns out those seats did NOT EXIST. Huh? They gave us some primo seats to sit in for that game, much better than we would have paid for ourselves.
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08-03-2020, 02:06 PM #16
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I agree that it has nothing to do with except beyond the fact that they need to cut costs along with the rest of the University because of covid. As their e-mail states, one reason for the change ( the fourth and last reason on the list, which means that in fact it's the primary reason for the change) is to be "fiscally responsible" and save the $40K in printing and mailing costs. I have no problem with that, but they need to allow people to print off their tickets (and absorb the printing costs themselves) if they choose. I wrote them and suggested making that an option because they surely don't want to make owning a smartphone a precondition for buying men's basketball tickets. I suggest that others write them as well. Let's make sure that "this aggression will not stand", to quote the immortal Dude who himself was quoting President George Herbert Walker Bush.
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08-03-2020, 02:14 PM #17
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It’s 2020. Buy a damn smartphone. They’re are plenty of non expensive ones.
Or maybe you all would prefer they up the premium and ticket prices to cover the printing and shipping?
Mobile tickets are the future. Get with the program.Last edited by TUclutch; 08-03-2020 at 02:28 PM.
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08-03-2020, 02:26 PM #18
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08-03-2020, 03:32 PM #20
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Xavier always goes to the NCAA tournament...Projecting anything less than that this season feels like folly--Eamonn Brennan, ESPN (Summer Shootaround, 2012)
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