Oxford and Northwich Away

[Hirsty]

Get them to pay when they book their seat......no pay = no seat !

 

Cheers,

[Fleet_4_ever]

I was one of those that didn't turn up. I left an email with Jessica on Friday morning saying that I have a game myself, as did 3 others who were meant to be travelling with me. No harm down though, I will still pay the money if she wants it.

[kmj]

I think you can take it that she most definitely will want 4x £12 from your group.

 

Judging by the number, you must have been with the group coming from Maidstone, which after a 'phone call was made revealed that you had left and were on your way to catch the coach? That is what the caller on the coach was told. So we waited as long as we could before leaving. Nothing about playing football elsewhere!

[Fleet_4_ever]

Look mate, this is beginning to piss me off. A geezer rang my house and spoke to my sister. My sister said he's gone to football. Obviously the caller thought I was on my way, when I was at my own football. Easy mistake. No I won't be paying anything. I let Jess know Friday morning. End of.

[Stu M]

Originally Posted By: Fleet_4_ever

I will still pay the money if she wants it.

No I won't be paying anything.

That was a quick change of heart...

[Harry J Allstars]

Originally Posted By: Fleet_4_ever

Look mate, this is beginning to piss me off. A geezer rang my house and spoke to my sister. My sister said he's gone to football. Obviously the caller thought I was on my way, when I was at my own football. Easy mistake. No I won't be paying anything. I let Jess know Friday morning. End of.

So then you book up to go on the coach, which due to the numbers of people interested the Trust books up, then the day before the event you decide not to go leaving the Trust out of pocket? Very bad practice in my oppinion, what if everybody did that leaving the Trust with a £400 coach to pay for? As far as I'm concerned as soon as you add your name to the list it's a contract and if you can't keep your side of the bargin thats your problem. There are obviously things that get you out of this, breaking you leg for example, not playing football.

[Hirsty]

Send him to the Tower....off with his head !

[1 TOOTH]

dont blame fleet 4 ever,if anyone is to blame its the trust,they should either take a deposit or the full amount.

[chilled out entertainer]

that is true. the trust should in future ask for full payment up front or , say a 40% deposit. but still 30ish hours is not much help to anyone in terms of notice

[Stu M]

Originally Posted By: 1 TOOTH

dont blame fleet 4 ever,if anyone is to blame its the trust,they should either take a deposit or the full amount.

No-one's necessarily blaming him, but as COE said, 24-30 hours notice for a sizeable number of people to pull out when the price of the coach is likely dependent on them should probably be met with a gesture other than " No I won't be paying anything.".

[Jimmy]

Some interesting viewpoints - some valid and some which are a little unfortunate.

 

It was thought that in order to make it more accessible then people wouldn't be asked to pay on booking - to save people having to find £30 to pay to get in to the home game and stump up for the coach.

 

It always used to be pay before travel but people moaned but then they were moaners who turned up.

 

Phonecalls are so much better than emails when you are cancelling.

 

No profit is made from away travel but no losses can be made either. As someone (I think Dave) mentioned earlier why should non away travel using trust members subsidise others?

 

It's disappointing that people think it's acceptable to sign up for something and then not turn up and then have a "don't care" attitude.

 

 

[chilled out entertainer]

Originally Posted By: Jimmy

It was thought that in order to make it more accessible then people wouldn't be asked to pay on booking - to save people having to find £30 to pay to get in to the home game and stump up for the coach.

surely having to pay for entry at the away ground aswell as for the coach on the day of travel creates the same money problem as paying to get into the home game and paying for the coach when booking your place. at least if you pay when booking you wont lose out

[chilled out entertainer]

just thought............im sure people would moan if they had paid up and got an email 32 hours before leaving saying that their seat had been resold and that they would not be reimbursed!

[Fleet_4_ever]

There are obviously things that get you out of this, breaking you leg for example, not playing football.

 

And getting picked to represent your county doesn't?

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: Stu M

Originally Posted By: 1 TOOTH

dont blame fleet 4 ever,if anyone is to blame its the trust,they should either take a deposit or the full amount.

No-one's necessarily blaming him, but as COE said, 24-30 hours notice for a sizeable number of people to pull out when the price of the coach is likely dependent on them should probably be met with a gesture other than " No I won't be paying anything.".

I guess it all boils down to your own morality.

[chilled out entertainer]

Originally Posted By: Fleet_4_ever

And getting picked to represent your county doesn't?

you didnt get much notice of this did you?

that is of course, if you notified the coach organisers as soon as you found out

[Fleet_4_ever]

Which is what I done via email.

[Gordon T]

Tough one, but you got to make a choice.

In my opinion If you commit to one thing it doesn't matter what else comes up, you have to turn it down, in favour of what you are/have already comitted to, or face paying to cancel...

[Alan W (GNFC)]

Fleet 4 Ever - you indicated you would travel & then cancelled just about 24 hours before the event.

 

Perhaps you should compare this to a holiday - if you book a holiday, and then cancel it, you will lose anything from your deposit (usually c 10% of cost) to the full price of the holiday (if cancelling at short notice).Indeed, the other comparison (& maybe the better one) would be with theatre tickets - were you to cancel those 24 hours beforehand you would forfeit the full cost, unless the tickets were resold before the show.

 

Whilst I appreciate that its an honour being picked for your County, and it would have been impossible to reject this, I really think you should "take it on the chin" and honour your coach fare with Jess - lets face it, if you had travelled, it would have cost you your entry money, plus programme if you get one) plus burger (or other food unless you were taing sandwiches), so whilst you may feel its "money for nothing" if you pay, you will still have paid out only a small potion of your costs were you to have travelled.

 

I think your mates should be prepared to meet their commitments as well.

 

I have to say I'm surprised a County team would only phone 4 players the day before a game - it certainly leaves them open to players not being available & presumably leaving them with a much weakened team.

 

Perhaps if the Trust dont want to be paid in full at time ofbooking, and simply applies a deposit on booking system and people dont then turn up, they should ban individuals from further travel until they pay the balance of their booking.

[chilled out entertainer]

Originally Posted By: Alan W (GNFC)

I have to say I'm surprised a County team would only phone 4 players the day before a game

this was my point. maybe they had people cancel on them, so had to phone the waterboy and ask him to bring his boots