Currently 7688.

Let's try again...

Disappointed with the sales over the last couple of weeks, I expected a bit of a boost from the November paydays and on the Junior passes in the run up to Xmas. Can understand that the economy means we won't hit 10k, but to not hit 9k would be very disappointing.

Take a look at the prices. I can't imagine what match day prices will be.

Got to agree, I thought with the Christmas box idea for the kids we'd easily see 1,000 - 1,500 added. I'm not even sure we've reached 500 since that deal was announced.
To have, potentially, over 1,000 less passes sold than this season after the progress made on and off the field is just bizarre.

Any news when we can pick the passes up yet? I was amongst the first cut off date when I purchased mine.

All passes bought before November 5th???? (Not sure of exact date) have been available to pick up since this Monday (10th).

My grandad picked ours up on monday.. Can't believe we haven't managed 8k yet tbh

I can understand the need to get cash in quickly but not extending the discount period until after christmas was a mistake IMO

Ahh right I came back from New York on Monday, so hadn't heard anything. I'll go collect mine asap, cheers.

Got to agree with you there Jake, even a extension on the direct debit scheme with lower monthly payments might of made a difference, which i believe the club are starting next season.

Totally agree with this, hopefully the club will reconsider this decision next season.

Its usually extended to around the 4/5th Jan to allow people who are paid at the end of December time to get theirs. I will put it on the Voices agenda.

I know that the club have done an email survey but if anyone has any concerns or comments then let Voices know and we can address the club with them.

roll on 2014 eh?

Think AP will be starting to regret his investment tbh.

IMO a lot of people i speak to have become disilusioned with RL in general, just dont think the interest is there anymore.
We have had the recent farce with Bradford, Salford look as though there heading the same way, the disaster of the Crusaders. Promotion and relegation needs to come back to get the sport some credibility back for a start.
I work at a company of around 50 people who have 2 free tickets in the premier club which any of us can use. no body uses them for the rugby, know one is that interested any more, sad but true.

I said this at the time, big mistake. Should have been until end of the year.

Times are hard and people are struggling, a RL pass is not a must.

Quite agree. Times are hard in general nationally but tending to bite harder locally. Many people now no longer have the extra cash for secondary spending that they had a few years ago.

The cut off date for the discount period was just far too early even if the length of time available was the same as previous years, should have ended on January the 1st.

How long can you keep a discount period going?

Plenty of notice, direct debit monthly payments, great extra prizes. I don't think the club have done alot wrong here.

Agree totally that the early discount period was a big mistake.

We were hoping people would buy a pass before the previous season had barely finished and months in advance of when they can start to use it.

It's also fair to say that we don't know what saving we're making when buying a pass at the moment. The value for me was to get my reserved seat and the convenience that goes with it but anyone who goes "unreserved" with perhaps the possibility of missing a couple of games during the year because of holidays etc isn't going to save that much. It could be that one or two are also thinking that missing ,say, Salford , London and maybe Widnes is no great loss so then paying for the rest on the day would probably make the annual cost around the same as buying a pass without paying it out up front. If we go well on the field we'll get some decent walk ups especially for the non televised "top" club fixtures but will suffer on the rest. Maybe a case for having A and B grade prices though that will no doubt upset some passholders? Difficult.

I don't think yours is the only company either. Sad times.

You make some very good points for me as an outsider. Do any clubs do the grading structure in SL? I know pretty much every football team does it and it does seem a good way to get people in and a fair way. Maybe SL clubs should look at doing it.

It is a long way from Illinois to Hull though

Crept up to 7717 now, surely we can get to 8K before Xmas?

the 8K prize is a good one: VIP tickets to the Magic Weekend, Challenge Cup Final and Grand Final

Totals crept up at a snails pace to 7776, so only 59 sold in the biggest Xmas shopping week.

Really disappointed with the recent pass sales, and I think we are going to be down on our average attendance next year now. There isn't really much else the club can do, I just hope they have got a few clever marketing tricks up their sleeves to get the pay on the day fans in, or we are going to have a lot of empty seats to spread out in next season

On the plus side, I got my confirmation email for my iFan pass today. I was beginning to wonder if I'd dreamt paying for it.