2023/24 Memberships

[Corsair]

The best seats to watch a load of non football shite you couldn't give a f**k about

 

[Corsair]

I'm confused... what's the $3 a month membership email I got today? So we have to do that even if we're getting a membership or to get a membership or?

 

[Tevor]

I'm confused... what's the $3 a month membership email I got today? So we have to do that even if we're getting a membership or to get a membership or?

It’s a new thing and if you purchase a season ticket it’s included. It’s trying to attract people to be a member but not necessarily a season ticket holder for example interstate fans.

 

[FFC Mariner]

So as a member I cant renew yet? Messaging is somewhat confused

 

[Ancient Mariner]

I suspect that there is still a lot of negotiations with stadium management over seats. I have a lot of sympathy for the Club and those trying to deal with it.
At the same time I am totally pissed off with loosing my long held block of prawn sandwich, best seats in the house, and am liable to lash out mindlessly no matter whose fault it is.
Keep your heads down and watch out for ricochets.

 

[turbo]

So as a member I cant renew yet? Messaging is somewhat confused

Yeah it’s not making much sense atm and could do more harm than good. I’m only a GA member so no rush here but I really want them to get it right off a successful season.

 

[Coastalraider]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this fairly commonplace in Europe? You can be a club member, and/or a season ticket holder?

 

[FFC Mariner]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this fairly commonplace in Europe? You can be a club member, and/or a season ticket holder?

Very common - no objections to it.
Weird that the members portal hasn't been loaded with my records.

 

[Coastalraider]

Probably the comms that are lacking.

 

[MrCelery]

Very common - no objections to it.
Weird that the members portal hasn't been loaded with my records.

Same here. I logged in a few weeks ago to update my password - no problem. Now not recognising my number.

 

[dlanod]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this fairly commonplace in Europe? You can be a club member, and/or a season ticket holder?

Very common in the AFL too (been it for the Brisbane Lions for years), but the way it's been communicated here leaves a lot to be desired because even I've been confused and I should be used to it. It's a lot simpler to just list a "supporters membership" or whatever you want to call it as a separate option, rather than trying to package it as two separate concepts, e.g. membership + seating, that you do or don't join together.

 

[Kilsin]

So as a member I cant renew yet? Messaging is somewhat confused

You can. I was confused too but after signing in and going to my account, I was able to click "Renew" and get an early bird discount for my usual seat in Bay 7. It was $359 for Gold which is pretty good compared to last year.

 

[gemkayem]

Very common in the AFL too (been it for the Brisbane Lions for years), but the way it's been communicated here leaves a lot to be desired because even I've been confused and I should be used to it. It's a lot simpler to just list a "supporters membership" or whatever you want to call it as a separate option, rather than trying to package it as two separate concepts, e.g. membership + seating, that you do or don't join together.

Yeah not really sure why it was changed from last season - I bought a 'supporter membership' aka non ticketed last year, only $30. I see why they are pushing that again but it was a bit confusing the way it was communicated.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

 

[FFC Mariner]

OK - this is simply for the membership component - the comms on this have been "poor" shall we say?

I rang and the ever helpful Charlies was all over it - renewed season ticket and added the AFC cup package on top.

Easy

 

[Corsair]

OK - this is simply for the membership component - the comms on this have been "poor" shall we say?

I rang and the ever helpful Charlies was all over it - renewed season ticket and added the AFC cup package on top.

Easy

How much was the cup part?

 

[FFC Mariner]

How much was the cup part?

$70 in blue GA.

 

[MrCelery]

Membership for next year sorted. Thanks to Charlie in the office, who very professionally fixed my online access issue.

 

[Omni]

With the Membership option I might seriously do one this year

 

[adz]

I moved a few posts from last season membership thread into here FYI anyone looking for their posts.

The wording on the memberships and season tickets is a bit muddled this year IMO and a bit confusing but I can understand why they did it. From day one there has been a bit of a fuss made about the word membership and it being "just a season ticket" or whatever. I really think all that noise should have been ignored as the whole idea of being a member for $36 and then buying a season ticket seems silly to me.

I think (and someone yell at me if I'm wrong) it's pretty common (across different clubs, sports) to have different levels of membership, some have tickets for the whole season or part of the season, some don't have any tickets, but it's all about memberships. Just pick the option that suits your needs.

Yeah not really sure why it was changed from last season - I bought a 'supporter membership' aka non ticketed last year, only $30. I see why they are pushing that again but it was a bit confusing the way it was communicated.

I'm glad you said this because I thought I was going a bit nuts as I was sure we had a non-ticketed membership option last year, but we seem to be pushing the idea of 2 products now "membership" and "season ticket".

IMO it would have been easier to have a couple more membership options or just make a clear option to be a member without having tickets. Although again I thought that was already pretty clear. My AFL team (cough, sorry) has a heap of different membership options that covers all sorts of situations. Too many actually so I wouldn't go too nuts on it, but something like "country/interstate member" or "international member" or "distance member" could have been options?

I guess this way I can get a couple extra "OUR MATE Club Membership" for the dogs in place of the pet memberships?

Edit - the last point I wanted to chuck in there is it now seems very under-valued to what you would normally think of as a membership, being only $36. Even though I know that it's $36 + $350whatever (havent looked) but it made me sad. Can imagine being someone new to the Mariners coming along going hmmm memberships are only $36. Dodgy. Pass.

Either way we will renew as we have every other year, but I wouldn't be straying too far from what is common practice with this stuff and confusing people over a bit of a noisy minority having a whinge. And yeah I realise I might be the noisy minority having a whinge now so all good