mondo_notion Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 I'm fully aware I'm getting more cranky with each birthday that passes by but surely my latest peave is justified. Went to get a ticket for the Livingston Friday night game. £3.50 to have it posted or £2.50 to collect it from Pittodrie. No thanks. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/
Panda Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 54 minutes ago, mondo_notion said: £2.50 to collect it from Pittodrie. I think you're fully justified. The club talk about "loyal fans" a lot, but they have been at it for years in trying to skim as much cream off the top as they can. Not looked at Hearts' season ticket prices for next season yet, but they were on average £150 cheaper than us this season. In addition, previously when we've had European qualifiers, we've often been more expensive than other clubs. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282733
TheDonbytheDee Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 3 hours ago, mondo_notion said: I'm fully aware I'm getting more cranky with each birthday that passes by but surely my latest peave is justified. Went to get a ticket for the Livingston Friday night game. £3.50 to have it posted or £2.50 to collect it from Pittodrie. No thanks. 100% on the money. They wanted £10 for a physical season ticket. Told them I wasn't renewing, so they waived the charge. The club take the piss nowadays. All take and no give. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282735
swaddon Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 I can understand them charging for postage, but not for collecting it from the same place (I assume) that it's posted from. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282736
Ajja Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 On the flip side, £1 for postage sounds a decent deal Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282739
BigAl Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Ajja said: On the flip side, £1 for postage sounds a decent deal It would be if it guarantees delivery. Our post down here is absolute shit. No delivery for days on end, sometimes up to a fortnight and then have an Amazonian Rain Forest in a oner. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282741
Slim Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 Last time I collected a ticket before the game, I had to collect it from a kiosk beside South Stand Section Y entrance which was annoying as I was sitting in RDS and parked on the Beach Esplanade. To top it off, they hadn’t actually even printed it off and I ended up missing the first 10 minutes of the match as there was about 20-odd people with the same problem. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282742
TheDonbytheDee Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 10 hours ago, Slim said: Last time I collected a ticket before the game, I had to collect it from a kiosk beside South Stand Section Y entrance which was annoying as I was sitting in RDS and parked on the Beach Esplanade. To top it off, they hadn’t actually even printed it off and I ended up missing the first 10 minutes of the match as there was about 20-odd people with the same problem. I'm rarely down at the RDS part of the ground, but assuming the old place where you used to get tickets is no more? Did you get offered a drink voucher or anything for the delay? Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282751
TheDonbytheDee Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 10 hours ago, BigAl said: Our post down here is absolute shit. No delivery for days on end, sometimes up to a fortnight and then have an Amazonian Rain Forest in a oner. Pretty standard throughout the UK now. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282752
Ajja Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 (edited) Assume this is the club ‘penalising’ (and grifting at the same time) anyone who doesn’t go fully digital? I still get my paper ticket posted, do they offer a digital match ticket? Edited April 23 by Ajja Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282756
mondo_notion Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, Ajja said: Assume this is the club ‘penalising’ (and grifting at the same time) anyone who doesn’t go fully digital? I still get my paper ticket posted, do they offer a digital match ticket? Digital options for home games, although I think even that is a quid. This away game only had post or collection options available. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282759
Mason89 Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 Can you not still pick them up from the team bus? Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282760
Ajja Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 I get my away tickets from Jute in the pub. FOC. Although there is often a human cost to us collectively moaning for 3 hours while drinking lager. 2 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282761
GASC1980 Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 I think it's scandalous that you have to pay for the privilege of physically going to collect it. Where do all these £2.50's go to? Office staff Christmas night out. Farcical. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282806
Slim Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 Well they do have to hire at least one person to work at the collection point for a couple of hours each game. It's maybe not £2.50 per ticket but it's not free either. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282820
Panda Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 On 24/04/2026 at 13:24, Slim said: Well they do have to hire at least one person to work at the collection point for a couple of hours each game. It's maybe not £2.50 per ticket but it's not free either. Should these things not already he absorbed into the ticket price? Like I say, Aberdeen banked a few million from guaranteed group stage football yet we still tend to charge more than other clubs for play-offs/qualifiers. Let's not also forget Cormack's madcap idea to build a 16,000 capacity stadium to "drive up the demand", which sounds chillingly to me like a US-World Cup style dynamic pricing model. 3 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-282844
dons8321 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 (edited) On 22/04/2026 at 13:52, mondo_notion said: I'm fully aware I'm getting more cranky with each birthday that passes by but surely my latest peave is justified. Went to get a ticket for the Livingston Friday night game. £3.50 to have it posted or £2.50 to collect it from Pittodrie. No thanks. Just booked my ticket for the Dundee game on 17th and there was no charge to collect from Pittordrie. Been to a good few away games this season and never bee charged for collecting them. Wonder what they've got against you. Edited May 5 by dons8321 Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-283341
mondo_notion Posted May 16 Author Report Share Posted May 16 On 05/05/2026 at 17:37, dons8321 said: Just booked my ticket for the Dundee game on 17th and there was no charge to collect from Pittordrie. Been to a good few away games this season and never bee charged for collecting them. Wonder what they've got against you. Well I emailed them to find out but no reply. I did get called back a week later but it was just someone punting AberDNA. Quote Link to comment https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10838-ticket-postage-costs/#findComment-284022
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