Comments on: Derek In Lights http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/ Seattle Mariners and general baseball discussion with David Cameron and Derek Zumsteg Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:39:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wabbles http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133996 wabbles Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:51:49 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133996 What a great idea! In fact, I'm going to sell my USSMariner posts to dummy corporation, which will then resell them to USSMariner and give me the money! (And the bathroom idea won't work. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the early 70s that pay toilets deprived people of happiness, contrary to the Declaration of Independence's proclamation that all men were entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What a great idea! In fact, I’m going to sell my USSMariner posts to dummy corporation, which will then resell them to USSMariner and give me the money! (And the bathroom idea won’t work. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the early 70s that pay toilets deprived people of happiness, contrary to the Declaration of Independence’s proclamation that all men were entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

]]> By: Adam S http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133877 Adam S Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:30:48 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133877 A number of teams (well the Cubs, Phillies, and Giants at least) have gone to an open tiered pricing structure depending on the perceived demand for the game. There are "regular" prices as well as value dates and premium dates. Value dates are mid-week in April for example, and the Cubs actually offer a 50% discount on most seats. In theory, premium games (for the Mariners) would be Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, interleague play, and perhaps July and August weekends; for the Cubs it turns out that more than half of their games are "premium" games where they charge 20% more. I've always been surprised this hadn't happened long ago -- why charge the same for a Kansas City game on Tuesday in April as a Yankee game on Saturday in August? Yes there are some discounts and promos for the former, but it still doesn't balance the demand. I guess as Mariners fans, we should consider ourselves lucky that the good games are so "cheap". A number of teams (well the Cubs, Phillies, and Giants at least) have gone to an open tiered pricing structure depending on the perceived demand for the game. There are “regular” prices as well as value dates and premium dates. Value dates are mid-week in April for example, and the Cubs actually offer a 50% discount on most seats. In theory, premium games (for the Mariners) would be Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, interleague play, and perhaps July and August weekends; for the Cubs it turns out that more than half of their games are “premium” games where they charge 20% more.

I’ve always been surprised this hadn’t happened long ago — why charge the same for a Kansas City game on Tuesday in April as a Yankee game on Saturday in August? Yes there are some discounts and promos for the former, but it still doesn’t balance the demand. I guess as Mariners fans, we should consider ourselves lucky that the good games are so “cheap”.

]]> By: Jack Howland http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133871 Jack Howland Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:27:44 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133871 28 - I’m pretty sure these are just season tickets that some enterprising scalpers bought a year or more ago, not tickets held back by the Seahawks. The Seahawks do link to that site (probably for a fee) but that doesn’t mean they are selling the tickets themselves. Perhaps. I'm suspicious because I see no way for a scalper to get their tickets listed in the "HOT SEATS" section of Razorgator. As far as I can tell, people selling tickets are relegated to the white pages listed under "HOT SEATS". Some of these listings have up to 50 seats available in a single section. I 28 – I’m pretty sure these are just season tickets that some enterprising scalpers bought a year or more ago, not tickets held back by the Seahawks. The Seahawks do link to that site (probably for a fee) but that doesn’t mean they are selling the tickets themselves.

Perhaps. I’m suspicious because I see no way for a scalper to get their tickets listed in the “HOT SEATS” section of Razorgator. As far as I can tell, people selling tickets are relegated to the white pages listed under “HOT SEATS”. Some of these listings have up to 50 seats available in a single section. I

]]> By: mntr http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133765 mntr Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:36:46 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133765 And this is why people shouldn't whine about regular ticket scalpers, especially unorganized ones. Yeah, it's going to cost more than face value, but it's preferable to having the club scalp. And this is why people shouldn’t whine about regular ticket scalpers, especially unorganized ones. Yeah, it’s going to cost more than face value, but it’s preferable to having the club scalp.

]]> By: Mat http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133702 Mat Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:39:42 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133702 <i>What if we thought about dynamic pricing as lower prices when we play crappy teams?</i> They already sort of do that by not having as many discount tickets against Yanks/Red Sox and more discount tickets during weeknight games that people are less likely to attend. But there are definitely teams that are even more proactive than that. What if we thought about dynamic pricing as lower prices when we play crappy teams?

They already sort of do that by not having as many discount tickets against Yanks/Red Sox and more discount tickets during weeknight games that people are less likely to attend. But there are definitely teams that are even more proactive than that.

]]> By: DKCecil http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133691 DKCecil Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:36:34 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133691 I posted in the wrong thread! Haha I posted in the wrong thread! Haha

]]> By: DKCecil http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133688 DKCecil Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:35:36 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133688 ADAM JONES!! ADAM JONES!!

]]> By: Cynical Optimist http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133650 Cynical Optimist Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:10:41 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133650 36 - Was that word "crappy"? 36 – Was that word “crappy”?

]]> By: Goob http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133645 Goob Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:09:16 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133645 #34 - Congrats on being the first person today to force me to look up a word on Dictionary.com. #34 – Congrats on being the first person today to force me to look up a word on Dictionary.com.

]]> By: scraps http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-133640 scraps Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:34:49 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/10/derek-in-lights/#comment-133640 Good for Neyer. Good for Neyer.

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