Whitey Grandad

Only if it's a sell-out. And what makes you think I'm the only one?

That's an interesting take on customer relations, perhaps I'll try it with my customers. (Or perhaps you work for a public service ). Of course I'm bleating. So is everybody else who is thus affected, and so would you if your seats went up by 72%. What is it with Britain these days? Some parts of it are run like a hotel in Torquay. Those of us over 60 have suffered what 'service' used to be like, 'take-it-or-leave-it', 'lump-it-or-like-it'.

They can charge what they like. We don't have to pay it.

Oh for God's sake. That's the point.

I sit on the halfway line, why would I want to move to the end of the ground? There is a large group of us who had seats together at the Dell and we all moved to similar seats at St. Marys. If it's move or nothing ,then it'll be nothing. The club has made a big mistake here, just like they did when they closed the corner blocks 1,2 & 3. The assumption is that these regulars will move elsewhere. They don't, they just give up their season tickets and once you've given it up you never buy another one.

That's nonsense. Why not make it £100 a game, then you could save over £70 by buying in advance. Or buy 10 tickets and save even more. The fact is that the same seats have fgone up in price from £300 to £515.

Let's get this straight. We were told that it was 'National Insurance' and that it would give us a pension. Governments for which I did not vote have already spent that money and Gordon Brown stole even more from the private pensions. They have not spent any of this money on me. You don't contribute to something by not taxing it. By that logic you would be subsidising the air that we breath by not taxing it at source. If you go without and save a bit more towards your pension then even that little extra gets taxed at a higher rate of up to 90% by removing the pension credit. There is some tax relief on contributions but tax is paid on the pension so the tax is merely deferred. There is no public subsidy of private pensions.

I think that £515 for a season ticket is steep. There is supposed to be a saving in buying in bulk, in advance.

They have only been 'losing' money if those customers would have been prepared to pay more.

Not freeloading. It's called sexual equality.

Not for women. Or don't they count as supporters?

Actually, it's an increase of less than 2.13%. I'd have been happy with that.

Not for women it isn't, and not yet.

But they have cumulatively paid more than you. They have paid their dues to society and this has to start to ease off sometime. These people are just getting a small rebate on their taxes.

Take it and reduce the cost of tickets for the over 60s!

The kids may have left home but in most cases they are still supported by their parents.

Because if you are working you are paying taxes and have been for all of your working life. Means testing is effectively an additional marginal tax. You'll be suggesting next that if you work you shouldn't get a pension. All this is beside the point. If you have been paying a particular price with this concession then to suddenly remove it is a big price hike. Presumably this will also apply to all extra games in the cups. The only people in a state pension aged 60-64 are women and to restrict the concession to them would be discriminatory.

Just wait until you get to 60 and then see what you feel like. It really is downhill from there.

You don't have to pay it. You could just find something else to do, and may will.

Not for those aged 61 to 64 they aren't. Bloody great price rises are what people are complaining about.

I'd rather have had a fortnight.

All my life I have seen every other class of society get a concession that was not available to me, even when I was a student. Now that I finally get some incentive it is ripped from my grasp. All I can say is that there are going to be a lot of empty seats next season.

We are still some way off their level.

Absolutely! Why should this age group subsidise the students? And only a two-week window for renewals. Somebody doesn't know how to run a football club.