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Post by Mike Hogg on Dec 12, 2002 18:39:05 GMT
Read the following regarding Octagon's Season Ticket and explain to me why the Knockhill version isn't a rip-off again? :rolleyes:
I appreciate Knockhill can't afford to go to the extent of knocking loads off the price of the tickets but on a like for like basis that's just insane!!
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Post by Catriona on Dec 12, 2002 18:41:22 GMT
Although prices like that could well explain why Octagon are having financial trouble and are wanting to sell one or more of their tracks... still makes Knockhill's pricing look very bad, though :blackeye:
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Post by mcgarrett on Dec 12, 2002 20:57:40 GMT
Although prices like that could well explain why Octagon are having financial trouble and are wanting to sell one or more of their tracks... still makes Knockhill's pricing look very bad, though :blackeye: Out of interest how much is aKnockhill Season ticket these days. The Knockhill page doesn't want to display properly under Mozilla for some reason. I do have IE6 but it's the principle of the thing dammit. |
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Post by Catriona on Dec 12, 2002 22:53:29 GMT
For 2002, a single ticket was £80... several people have said it's going up by £16 for 2003, though, making it £96....
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Post by speedyV on Dec 12, 2002 23:06:24 GMT
£96 = far too much :blackeye:
particularly for the long haul enthusiast who spends a tank of petrol a go, it's not really worth the small saving
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Post by mcgarrett on Dec 13, 2002 7:05:29 GMT
For 2002, a single ticket was £80... several people have said it's going up by £16 for 2003, though, making it £96.... So it's a case of less (touring cars, superbikes) equals more (£16 more) then?  It would be nice to think that any extra cash generated from the hike would go towards improved facilities, but I guess that's not likely. |
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Post by Catriona on Dec 13, 2002 7:58:26 GMT
Speedy - my thoughts exactly. If I was still having to travel down from the Highlands, I wouldn't even consider the season ticket deal this time, and that's saying something. As it is, I might think about it if Knockhill find a few more meetings, but they'll still have to get the saving up to a good bit more than it's looking likely to be at the moment... if they're wanting more money out of this, I suspect they'll be disappointed :blackeye: I can see the point of raising it overall, cos for the people who like the bikes as well, it's ridiculously cheap, but for those of us who only like one or the other, it's time for a dedicated ticket for the cars or the bikes, at, say, £65 or something - nice big saving for the fans, but a good bit more than half the overall season ticket price, so everyone's a winner that way. :idea: Certainly hope any profits they make out of this go into the facilities or whatever, like mcgarrett says - tbh, I can't quite see what the fuss about "poor facilities" being the reason for the BTCC leaving is all about (this is motor racing - if you want good facilities, go to a shopping centre... I don't see rally fans complaining about the non-existant facilities they get! :rolleyes: ), but if it'll give us a better chance of getting more series to visit, then it'll be worth it  Plus I have to admit I'd appreciate not having to walk halfway round the track to find a toilet if I'm at Clark or somewhere..... :cheese: |
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Post by Charlie on Dec 13, 2002 17:22:40 GMT
Don't despair all is not lost. Rumour has it that the SMRC are to fill the missing events. (Possibly at other circuits to)
Hooray! More XR2's and Legends (possibly new Mini's too):cheese:
Stuart, double the price, you know they love us:evilgrin:
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Post by Charlie on Dec 13, 2002 17:29:53 GMT
Plus I have to admit I'd appreciate not having to walk halfway round the track to find a toilet if I'm at Clark or somewhere..... :cheese: :evilgrin: Knockhill, the last bastion of male chauvinism, no rights for squatters :laugh: |
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Post by Mike Hogg on Dec 15, 2002 17:26:31 GMT
Don't despair all is not lost. Rumour has it that the SMRC are to fill the missing events. (Possibly at other circuits to) Thing is, that's only a good thing if there are extra SMRC events at Knockhill... hold them at far off places like Oulton to which most fans can't afford to travel to and which your season ticket wouldn't get you into anyway and it just makes things worse! A few more SMRC events at Knockhill, ASCAR and anything else that can be brought up here in the meantime would make the season ticket worthwhile. I'm still to be convinced.  |
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Post by Charlie on Dec 15, 2002 17:57:01 GMT
I can see the point of raising it overall, cos for the people who like the bikes as well, it's ridiculously cheap, but for those of us who only like one or the other, it's time for a dedicated ticket for the cars or the bikes, at, say, £65 or something - nice big saving for the fans, but a good bit more than half the overall season ticket price, so everyone's a winner that way. :idea: :up: Seems like a good idea, why not email Stuart Grey with it. :trophy: (although one idea of the season ticket was to encourage people to turn up at events which they would not normally go to as they'd already parted with their cash) :s |
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Post by Catriona on Dec 16, 2002 0:59:36 GMT
Might just do that... it'd be way better for Knockhill than them losing a stack of season ticket holders altogether, anyway, which looks likely at the moment... :s
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