Hampshire Hammer wrote:Given that, as I understand it, there will probably be more seats available in each band than there are at the Boleyn I can understand the logic - provided you can only locate in the same band. Then in each band you are dealt with in the order of your length of time holding a ST. In that way it doesn't matter if a Band 1 STH who has held it 1 year is processed before a Band 2 STH who has held it 20 years as the two STHs will not be able to select the same seat. It would only matter if the Band 1 STH could select a Band 2 seat or the Band 2 STH wanted to move to Band 1.
To me the bigger issue is having to travel to Stratford to select your seat, plenty of people might be able to travel at the scheduled time and why should we have to spend extra money? The technology is available now to do this online, if they can show a virtual view in the shop they can do it online.
band 1 can only buy band 1, but band 2 can buy band 1 if they want as well as band 2, then so and son, until all bands have been seen, then those wishing to move down a band will be served.
why go to Stratford?
if your at home doing it on line, you may decide to wait or not buy just then,
but in person with a trained salesmen give it the hard sell, bull**** etc etc, then they will get a better strike rate.
we are just pawns in their game to have the money rinsed from us as quick as possible.
bearing in mind that corporate are having to pay deposits, i would imagine it being the same for ST holders
so we could have to pay a deposit for a season before we actually renewed our STs for the preceding season.