Quote You get no benefits from being a passholder? It begs the question why do you buy one?
It was easy to give priority benefits to passholders back in the day, as we had 1500 passholders and that was a low enough number to offer them a priority on ticket purchases etc. Now we have 6500 passholders you can't use it to differentiate.
Club Rovers has saved me money, as it has with many other members despite the attempts on here and the other forum to rubbish it. It may well have been born out of cash flow requirements ( I really have no idea), but given this 2nd year freeze in pass prices, I think its been proven to represent value for money in the long term.'"
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(1) My season pass guarantees my East Stand place until such a time that Club Rovers members fill the stand thus forcing me out as they will get priority purchase and renewals...I shall retract slighly my claim that I receive zero benefit as it is still cheaper to buy a pass than pay for individual match day prices for every game.
(2) Priority benefits. If Club Rovers reaches 6500 how will the club differentiate priority offers as according to your own statement such a number would be too large to do so.
(3) Club Rovers has saved you money. This really depends on which of 2 possible comparators you are using.
Comparator number 1 will measure the real difference between the current scheme with the previous system of season pass sales etc...thus showing that there is now no difference with what we had with what we've got other than the expectation to pay upfront and continue subscribing...ergo no real additional benefits but with increased costs.
Comparator number 2 will measure the current scheme with the hypothetical situation of there being NO discount scheme at all for early purchase etc. In this situation everyone's season pass will be full price - no exceptions - and no shop discounts or other benefits...it is therefore a benefit to become a Club Rovers member in this situation.
Each to their own etc etc...but I can only truly compare the Club Rovers scheme with the preceding situation as run without complication for many years. However, some seem to see merits of a scheme that only delivers any financial benefit when measured against a hypothetical situation which did not exist previously. You are only getting the discount on your pass that you always got, you are only receiving a shirt discount that you received in the past anyway etc etc.
It is false economics to measure the cost of a pass through Club Rovers membership against the full cost of a pass, as most passes were purchased at a discount price anyway under the "old" early purchase scheme.
Hull KR have gone backwards off the field, this scheme is a joke, the retail operation is an embarrasment, the whole marketing/merchandising arm of the club is amateurish at best.
Also really like Piper so might head there cos expect it's pretty good on a Tuesday (they do the post-Sesh night there now).
