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'Pies' imo

Thats all very well but if we were going to do it we should have nuked them 30 years ago. Instead we decided to buy their £20 dvd players with money they lent us. Too late now.

1. Because it clashes with PL rules about sharing revenue and equal charging as they stand. 2. Sky move matches around at short notice. Im surprised you didnt know this....

Fair enough, dont think I've ever seen a Peregrine up close. Its perfectly possible about the nesting in the cranes though. A pair have nested at the top of a block of flats in Brighton for years. http://www.youtube.com/user/brightonperegrines

Not converts though, we're talking about reaching the annual new crop of c1,500 7 or 8 years olds from the Fareham / Warsash area who dont yet have an allegiance. Same with places like Ringwood for B'mouth and Basingstoke for Reading. Could add up to to c3,000 new kids each year in our area getting in to football with Saints rather than any other club.

My cheap chinese keyboard with half the letters missing after two months! Good stuff re manufacturing the timers. My first ever job interview was with Vero Electronics, lucky escape for both us, dont think I was cut out to be a traineee accountant there.

I hope you are getting a big grant for it / guaranteed tariff , it wont be economic otherwise! Not a big fan of solar pv for the UK, solar works okay for hot water though

Aah. Manufacturing or importing?

Wind generation of electricity is still a relatively new industry. Im certain the efficiency, reliability and weather resistance will all improve immensely as they scale up over the next 20 years. As a matter of interest what to you make / sell WG? As it happens I was in this 1821 windmill at the weekend. Its surprisngly sophisticated with its adjustable pitch sweeps (blades) and automatic mechanical turning into the wind. Nice flour too. http://www.jillwindmill.org.uk/

http://www.forewind.co.uk/about-forewind/background.html

Got a TomTom start 2. Cheap, works perfectly.

Yep. Unlikely to be a Peregrine falcon imo.

Sparrowhawk? http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/index.aspx

Happens a lot in the marginal areas like Fareham and Locks Heath.

Interesting articles about San Francisco Giants baseball team using dynamic demand pricing for seats. As things stand currently I doubt it could be made to work in the UK because Sky move the schedule around too much and PL rules on pricing. Interesting idea though. In theory it would allow everyone the chance to see Saints during the season - both those who cant afford high prices and those that can. Forbes report fans have not expressed the resistance expected. http://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2012/01/06/dynamic-pricing-the-future-of-ticket-pricing-in-sports/ “the Giants organization was initially concerned that fans might not understand the concept. They are familiar with this type of pricing in the airline and hotel industry, but this was a big leap for a sports team to implement the idea into the box office. As it turned out, our concerns were unfounded. Sports ticketing has such a vibrant secondary market that I think fans had a better understanding of market value pricing then we realized.” These sentiments were echoed by Mr. Strohm from the Cardinals. “The biggest challenge was communicating the new pricing structure to our fans and overcoming the concern of season ticket holders that we would be undercutting their price. We have guaranteed season holders that we will never sell individual tickets below the game value of their ticket.” http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/family-lifestyle/ticket-prices-sports-concerts-vary-based-variety-c/nGGR3/ One of my TV producers Jason wanted to go to NBA game featuring the Miami Heat -- one of the hottest tickets in the NBA -- and the team's website was offering $600 seats for nowhere near close to courtside. This is the new reality. You'll see more and more of this kind of thing with baseball and basketball teams, both sports that play very long schedules. On the flipside, if a bum team comes to town that means dirt cheap tickets. Pricing will be impacted by the day of the week, the opponent, what time in the season it is and other factors. The price is no longer the price. If you're seeing tickets that are too much, try waiting it out. If the event doesn't sell well, prices will go down, not up. Under this new model, baseball games can end up being as cheap as $3 a seat or as much as a couple hundred depending on the opponent and where you're sitting.

Fiat Multipla bigger than Zafira and quite cheap to buy. Like this http://www.guestfiat.co.uk/content.php?contentid=31663

Depends how keen the boy is and how the parents handle it I guess. I know one lad who sought after by Arsenal and Spurs as a 12 year old but he gave up the game completely because his dad put so much pressure on at home (contradicting the coaches) and was a nightmare on the touchline

That remark was about one or two posters on the thread who are able to sneer but lack imagination. It wasnt aimed at you and I certainly wouldn't describe you as 'less acute'.

Then say you dont agree rather than repeating the exisitence of the category system, I know that. This thread was about whether or not you can generate additional demand and fill a larger stadium if the club want to. Its self evident they can, companies use all kinds of strategies to grow their business. I have highlighted one business model that works. We know it works because very large, very successful companies use it. People didnt know they wanted to go to Perpignan until Ryanair sold them £20 tickets. Whether it is desirable for Saints is a moot point. But to keep simply banging the drum that some of the less acute on here do, that you cant fill a larger stadium under any cicumstances is patently untrue.

I really dont think you are going to grasp it. Last chance. Not all matches are 'worth' the same and the club cannot accurately predict exactly how much demand each price /match combination will generate - thats why many companies have dynamic demand for perishable products - airline tickets, yogurts, holidays or tickets. Every single match this season coming will generate different levels of interest due to unquantifiable factors. Having three categories doesnt cut the mustard in maximising revenue and ticket sales as empty seats both last season and the last time in the prem demonstrated. It doesnt matter how much you repeat it.

You seem very fixed on the idea of 'full price tickets' being good and 'discounting' being bad. The point is that there doesnt need to be a 'normal' price. Every game will be different. You charge according to demand.

Im not doing anything apart from responding to your posts. Do we need a larger stadium based on current demand and conventional pricing? - no. Are there ways the club could build a larger stadium and increase attendances over time, ie grow the business? Yes clearly.

Thats not how dynamic demand works. You set the base price in advance with the aim of selling all tickets for the maximum revenue. Man U might be £50 and Norwich £20. The price then varies depending on high or low demand. The Norwich ticket price might rise as it gets closer to the game whilst poor demand might cause the Man u ones to fall.

Not necessarily true. Its the overall cost of an energy plan which is important, not whether indivdual elements of a package need to be cross subsidised by other elements. Add in the reduction in imports and increases in local employment and you can have a compelling case. Also most wind farms will be offshore and you wont see them, generally thats where most of the wind is.

I agree you are right in that the club will look carefully at those factors before committing. I do think however that you can "arbitrarily significantly discount match tickets for less popular games just to put bums on seats". Airlines do it all the time using dynamic demand - the base price of a ticket is determined by some factors known in advance ( eg summer / school holidays ) and that base price is then gradually modified by actual sales - lots of tickets left = lower price, few tickets left = higher price. Im not necessarily advocating it, but it is possible.