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01-22-2013, 10:48 AM #25
Re: Ravens Money Grab - Shafts PSL Holders
Yes I did win the tickets and they were $ 850 Face Value. I have two PSL's in Section 142 and one in 140. My wife has three in 140 and two in 142, but she was notified that she was not selected. With the number of PSL owners, I did not expect to get picked.
In getting our PSL's we have run into a lot of people who buy/sell on a regular basis. Since somebody mentioned elsewhere that there are Ravens' fans who are hustling their tickets for a profit, how many are simply marketeers? They are putting out the product for the best price. I would prefer that true fans get the options, but there is no way to make that call. I am glad for the opportunity, but would not feel slighted if I had not won. The hotels, the airlines, the businesses - they will all look to get the money.
I did notice last night when I picked up my tickets that the woman asked if I was a PSl owner or from a suite. I was directed to the second window to pick up the tickets I have no idea what was different about the pick-up process.
Look, the Super Bowl is a mega-event that is for the Bigger Pockets. Those of us who are involved during the season and year to year can still be in the game (at a market price), but it is not a reward process. I pay the season tickets for my pleasure, not to get any special rights to the Super Bowl. As far as I recall, I was made no promises about the likelihood of getting tickets. I would love to have a lot of other things too, but what happens, happens. I do not control it, so I try to live with it (except for last year's AFCCG, the 2006 Playoff Game, ...).Captain Offense
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01-22-2013, 10:51 AM #26
Re: Ravens Money Grab - Shafts PSL Holders
Simple numbers, 150,000 people can't fit into a single stadium so people get left out. The fact that 65% of tickets do not go to the teams is lamentable but it's the sport we follow and it's their rules. We just need a bigger stadium for the superbowl with 250,000 seats. Wonder that would look like?
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01-22-2013, 10:56 AM #27
Re: Ravens Money Grab - Shafts PSL Holders
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01-22-2013, 11:20 AM #28Veteran Poster
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Re: Ravens Money Grab - Shafts PSL Holders
The issue is really all about whether the Ravens hold any of their allocated tickets back for sale in the secondary market. Either they do or they don't. If they don't, the OP has nothing to complain about. If they do, I think his complaint is somewhat valid, even if the situation would be unsurprising in the grand scheme of things. I also suspect that they do not simply 'keep' some of the allocation just to sell at secondary prices (I could be wrong, and have yet to hear a definitive answer).
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01-22-2013, 11:36 AM #29Legendary RSR Poster
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01-22-2013, 11:37 AM #30Veteran Poster
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Re: Ravens Money Grab - Shafts PSL Holders
I would be shocked if the Ravens directly sold on the secondary market given the stink that came up when one assistant coach got caught selling 2 of his tickets a few years back.
Now...are some of their corporate sponsors, advertisers, etc. turning around and selling their tickets? Probably...but that is a different story.
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01-22-2013, 01:25 PM #31Regular 1st Stringer
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01-22-2013, 01:38 PM #32
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01-22-2013, 01:48 PM #33Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Ravens Money Grab - Shafts PSL Holders
Complaining about it on the internet, while not canceling your season tickets or impacting their bottom line in any way will show 'em!
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01-22-2013, 01:58 PM #34Veteran Poster
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Re: Ravens Money Grab - Shafts PSL Holders
Yeah, but there is a difference between face value the league accepts and the value in the secondary market. This is where someone with access to tickets at the former prices can make money by selling the tickets at the latter prices. So the issue is who gets access to tickets at the former prices, i.e. who is in charge of determining that (I assumed the Ravens, when it comes to Ravens fans PSL lotteries, etc, but I may be wrong).
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01-22-2013, 02:06 PM #35On The Practice Squad
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01-22-2013, 02:10 PM #36
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Re: Ravens Money Grab - Shafts PSL Holders
I also know a PSL holder (not suite) who got tickets...
You can be pissed about it, but I don't think the Ravens are doing anything underhanded. PSL owners are getting the seats, just that there's many many MANY more PSL holders than there are tickets available to them..
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