gmac17 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 The Buffalo Bills front office puts group tickets on sale before they go out to individual public. Large groups of Steelers fans buy up these tickets and by the time they go on sale to real Bills fans they are sold out because of it. This is how the Steelers fans take advantage of us. no they take advantage of people like you who don't understand that you too can buy group tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Regardless of how they buy or when they buy, it was pretty sickening to to hear the Duece calls every time he ran the ball. I expected to see a rabid Bills team fueled by an insane home crowd with pandemonium running rampant as we stampeeded into the playoffs. Instead, the team looked flat, and the Steeler crowd seemed to cheer louder from the get go. If I didn't know better I would have thought the Steelers were the team trying to make the playoffs and the Bills were just there going through the motions because they had it locked up. I guess that's what troubles me the most about this loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered a Lot Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 The tickets to the Steelers game never even make it to individual game sales. They are bought up durring group sales. What's your source???? Now for the truth. The Bills sold a ton of tickets the Friday before the Browns game. You could have BOUGHT tickets the week after the Browns game. My Source, I'm the Hammer, I get around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Alright people it's like this. The Buffalo Bills front office puts group tickets on sale before they go out to individual public. Large groups of Steelers fans buy up these tickets and by the time they go on sale to real Bills fans they are sold out because of it. This is how the Steelers fans take advantage of us. 190745[/snapback] Sort of. The bottom line is if Bills fans don't buy more season tickets, this is what we get. An embarrasment. Also, I know SOME season ticket holders buy the full allotment of extra seats before they go on sale as individual game tix for SCALPING purposes. The majority of these wind up on ticket websites like stubhub and are purchased by fans of the visiting team because they cannot GET a ticket to see their home team in person. This is a classic "cheap" fastbuck Buffalo move and is a disgrace to every Bills fan. But what more do you expect from a city such as ours which is one of the only in the country with a high redemption rate of cents off coupons? It makes me sick to be honest with you. Can't get a ticket to your favorite NFL team? Try a rodtrip to Buffalo. There's always room for the enemy at the Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Regardless of how they buy or when they buy, it was pretty sickening to to hear the Duece calls every time he ran the ball. I expected to see a rabid Bills team fueled by an insane home crowd with pandemonium running rampant as we stampeeded into the playoffs. Instead, the team looked flat, and the Steeler crowd seemed to cheer louder from the get go. If I didn't know better I would have thought the Steelers were the team trying to make the playoffs and the Bills were just there going through the motions because they had it locked up. I guess that's what troubles me the most about this loss. 191015[/snapback] Ladies and gents we have a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Sort of. The bottom line is if Bills fans don't buy more season tickets, this is what we get. An embarrasment. Also, I know SOME season ticket holders buy the full allotment of extra seats before they go on sale as individual game tix for SCALPING purposes. The majority of these wind up on ticket websites like stubhub and are purchased by fans of the visiting team because they cannot GET a ticket to see their home team in person. This is a classic "cheap" fastbuck Buffalo move and is a disgrace to every Bills fan. But what more do you expect from a city such as ours which is one of the only in the country with a high redemption rate of cents off coupons? It makes me sick to be honest with you. Can't get a ticket to your favorite NFL team? Try a rodtrip to Buffalo. There's always room for the enemy at the Ralph. 191027[/snapback] Then stop rooting for them. What's is the point in this? Seriously, if you think the franchise sucks then go out and stand by the road with a sign attempting to get people to sign up for season tickets. Don't come on to a message board where everyone supports the team and B word about team support. You are preaching to the choir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Then stop rooting for them. What's is the point in this? Seriously, if you think the franchise sucks then go out and stand by the road with a sign attempting to get people to sign up for season tickets. Don't come on to a message board where everyone supports the team and B word about team support. You are preaching to the choir. 191039[/snapback] Yeah sure. NOBODY on this board ever buys extra tix and sells them for profit right? Get yer head out of your arse. And I've been posting on this board since '99 but someone stole my original "handle" when the board switched over awhile back. I'm not a newcomer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Yeah sure. NOBODY on this board ever buys extra tix and sells them for profit right? Get yer head out of your arse. And I've been posting on this board since '99 but someone stole my original "handle" when the board switched over awhile back. I'm not a newcomer. 191078[/snapback] I could give two craps how long you've been here. And as far as people buying and selling for extra profit? Seriously, if it's that big of a deal I'm sure someone in upper management would have done something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I could give two craps how long you've been here. And as far as people buying and selling for extra profit? Seriously, if it's that big of a deal I'm sure someone in upper management would have done something about it. 191088[/snapback] Listen jerkoff, i'm not saying the "franchise sucks" or that this is a "problem" to Bills management. The only "problem" to them is an unsold ticket. This is a problem to Bills fans who are more intersted in having a sold out Ralph with 99% Bills fans in attendance. Not with finding an "easy" way to make some money and see the Bills for "free" because some scalped seats will pay for their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Yeah sure. NOBODY on this board ever buys extra tix and sells them for profit right? Oh my lord, someone tried to make some money by buying tickets at the beginning of the season and selling them later in the season? the horror. seriously, I have never seen a bigger bunch of whiners in my life than the people on TSW today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 And yes, I know how to spell. I just am not a great typist. Especially when I'm trying to post a message quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 This is a problem to Bills fans who are more intersted in having a sold out Ralph with 99% Bills fans in attendance. Not with finding an "easy" way to make some money and see the Bills for "free" because some scalped seats will pay for their own. 191100[/snapback] You are telling me that 25K tickets were aftermarket sales??? To Steelers fans??? Get a grip, jerkoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 You are telling me that 25K tickets were aftermarket sales??? To Steelers fans??? Get a grip, jerkoff. 191116[/snapback] Look, it would not surprise me in the least Gant (sorry for the namecalling OK, I'm just in a sour mood and shouldn't take it out on fellow posters) if say 1,500 ST holders bought their linit of extra tix to attractive home games and dumped them on stubhub or similar sites. So maybe not All 25,000 but prabably about half that. And that is WAY too many for a home game. There have always been enemy fans at our games, but not in the droves that show up now. The tix were always available from the team office. Even before the internet. But Bills fans are resposible for a large percentage of these enemy intruders I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 The world is a lot closer than it has ever been before. Think about it. 5 years ago it was difficult to pick up aftermarket seats unless you "knew" somebody. If a concert was sold out you were going to have to wait outside for someone to scalp them. And if you live a long ways away there was no way you were going to take the chance. Now, you can go on one of 5000 websites and find tickets to a Bills game even when it's sold out. The world is at our fingertips. As far as the stadium being filled by opposing team fans? This is the first time I've ever witnessed another team even making a peep at the Ralph. But the Steelers have a large backing and they aren't that far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 With the size of the stadium, the small market and Bills fans being somewhat fickle, this is a problem this franchise is going to have to struggle with for the foreseeable future. Nothing that cant be overcome, however. Its just the buggabo this organization has to deal with. It could be worse. We could be the Jets and have to play in someone else's stadium. In another state! It WAS annoying to see all those towels on the tele. But on the flipside, it WAS fans of a close-by team thats tops in the NFL and with a fanbase that is unrivaled in terms of passion and loyalty. Now...if we start seeing 25,000 Cardinals or Rams fans, then the Bills REALLY have a problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 The world is a lot closer than it has ever been before. Think about it. 5 years ago it was difficult to pick up aftermarket seats unless you "knew" somebody. If a concert was sold out you were going to have to wait outside for someone to scalp them. And if you live a long ways away there was no way you were going to take the chance. Now, you can go on one of 5000 websites and find tickets to a Bills game even when it's sold out. The world is at our fingertips. As far as the stadium being filled by opposing team fans? This is the first time I've ever witnessed another team even making a peep at the Ralph. But the Steelers have a large backing and they aren't that far away. 191155[/snapback] True. it is possible also that there are those who are not even Bills fans that maintain some season tix for the sole purpose of selling them on these sites. Again it comes back to Bills fans not buying up most of the season tickets. But it is also an unfortunate byproduct of this wonderful thing we call the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted January 3, 2005 Author Share Posted January 3, 2005 True. it is possible also that there are those who are not even Bills fans that maintain some season tix for the sole purpose of selling them on these sites. Again it comes back to Bills fans not buying up most of the season tickets. But it is also an unfortunate byproduct of this wonderful thing we call the internet. 191168[/snapback] for $330 you can get a season ticket...buy 100 tickets for the hot games and make a ton....just frustrates me that Green Bay and Pittsburgh can have waiting lists for season tix, but Buffalo has only 40K season ticket holders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 for $330 you can get a season ticket...buy 100 tickets for the hot games and make a ton....just frustrates me that Green Bay and Pittsburgh can have waiting lists for season tix, but Buffalo has only 40K season ticket holders 191174[/snapback] Some would say that's the price of never winning the big one. Look at Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 for $330 you can get a season ticket...buy 100 tickets for the hot games and make a ton....just frustrates me that Green Bay and Pittsburgh can have waiting lists for season tix, but Buffalo has only 40K season ticket holders 191174[/snapback] We have 45K season ticket holders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I have been to games at Richie Rich Stadium when the Squeelers have shown up. There were never that many out of town fans, and they sure as hell didn't wave around that little pee-stained rag of theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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