Digital ticket Barnsley

[Allez Allez Allez]

Re: Digital ticket Barnsley

As I said above, unless counting for human error I can't see how there would be any issues when ALL you have to do is scan a barcode (same as paper ticket or card people will be familiar with it) or tap the NFC like using contactless payment (people will be familiar with)

I can imagine BlueTit in London or Singapore, looking everywhere for the conductor as another train pulls off.

[splott parker]

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They are open. As can be seen by the fact tickets are being sold and bought. They have also been hit hard by covid. Why employ a team in a ticket office that could, at any moment, become inactive because the pandemic has taken a turn for the worse?

The majority of people have been buying tickets online/remotely for years anyway. It's only Mr and Mrs Triceratops of 4 Bedrock Avenue who need to do this physically and in person.

It's the way things are heading. It's a cheaper and more effective way to handle things. It is completely crazy to employ people who are sat doing very little for all bar the odd big game.

‘Crazy to employ people’. What a shocking statement!!

[Michael Morris]

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Excellent.

So taking away human error, the system shouldn't really have any hold ups and won't see a backlog of queues like its been suggested by some technophobes.

Human error will be the problem. People not getting their phones ready and thereby getting to the turnstile and then trying to log in to their CCFC account to get the barcode/digital pass.

Once you get used to it it's great. I have my Barnsley and Sutton tickets downloaded ready for the games. I've had to speak to the ticket office for paper tickets to be sent out to family members who don't have the tech to do it via mobile, but (after waiting for an hour for them to answer) they were very helpful and said the tickets would be posted today.

[IanD]

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I can see mayhem on Saturday, at the turnstiles :facepalm:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mv0onXhyLlE

[BLUETIT]

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I can imagine BlueTit in London or Singapore, looking everywhere for the conductor as another train pulls off.

Little story

About 4 years ago, we were playing Fulham away, on a Saturday. Our coaches stopped at out usual haunt, just outside London

Now a husband & wife, wanted to meet friends in London, so they decided to catch the bus in, as it was only a short journey.
I might add that the husband works in IT and the wife is a tax inspector.

Now they waited about 20 minutes, bus turns up, they get on.

It's "cashless", not a problem for these young forward going people, she takes her card out, "two to Fulham" she says confidently.

"Sorry love", says the driver, "I can take for you, but hubby will have to use his own card"

"What's the solution" they say, the driver says "go over that shop and buy two PAPER TICKETS"

You couldn't make it up, straight out of a Peter Kay comedy !!!!!!

If that's the future, you're welcome to it

[BLUETIT]

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‘Crazy to employ people’. What a shocking statement!!

That's these "forward looking people" for you Steve

[BLUETIT]

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Human error will be the problem. People not getting their phones ready and thereby getting to the turnstile and then trying to log in to their CCFC account to get the barcode/digital pass.

Once you get used to it it's great. I have my Barnsley and Sutton tickets downloaded ready for the games. I've had to speak to the ticket office for paper tickets to be sent out to family members who don't have the tech to do it via mobile, but (after waiting for an hour for them to answer) they were very helpful and said the tickets would be posted today.

Same here "BOSS"

[Allez Allez Allez]

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‘Crazy to employ people’. What a shocking statement!!

In all honesty, how employed are people in the ticket office? I used to go in occasionally and they'd be sat around looking bored. The club is skint, it has to look at cost effective ways of doing things surely?

[Allez Allez Allez]

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Little story

About 4 years ago, we were playing Fulham away, on a Saturday. Our coaches stopped at out usual haunt, just outside London

Now a husband & wife, wanted to meet friends in London, so they decided to catch the bus in, as it was only a short journey.
I might add that the husband works in IT and the wife is a tax inspector.

Now they waited about 20 minutes, bus turns up, they get on.

It's "cashless", not a problem for these young forward going people, she takes her card out, "two to Fulham" she says confidently.

"Sorry love", says the driver, "I can take for you, but hubby will have to use his own card"

"What's the solution" they say, the driver says "go over that shop and buy two PAPER TICKETS"

You couldn't make it up, straight out of a Peter Kay comedy !!!!!!

If that's the future, you're welcome to it

Assuming that is true, and it isn't, why didn't these "forward thinking" people just use the same card twice. It isn't true because I paid for 6 of us a few times on buses in London. I'm afraid these people were either stringing you along or were just too dull.

[delmbox]

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Little story

About 4 years ago, we were playing Fulham away, on a Saturday. Our coaches stopped at out usual haunt, just outside London

Now a husband & wife, wanted to meet friends in London, so they decided to catch the bus in, as it was only a short journey.
I might add that the husband works in IT and the wife is a tax inspector.

Now they waited about 20 minutes, bus turns up, they get on.

It's "cashless", not a problem for these young forward going people, she takes her card out, "two to Fulham" she says confidently.

"Sorry love", says the driver, "I can take for you, but hubby will have to use his own card"

"What's the solution" they say, the driver says "go over that shop and buy two PAPER TICKETS"

You couldn't make it up, straight out of a Peter Kay comedy !!!!!!

If that's the future, you're welcome to it

he didn't have his own bank card?

[Allez Allez Allez]

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he didn't have his own bank card?

He didn't need to. Also, getting on a London bus and asking for "2 to Fulham". Brilliant story, but utter nonsense.

[Don Corleone]

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Any season ticket holders received their text / email link for their Barnsley ticket yet?

[19bluebirds27]

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Nothing yet.
Not sure why they choose to leave it so late?

[BLUETIT]

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He didn't need to. Also, getting on a London bus and asking for "2 to Fulham". Brilliant story, but utter nonsense.

What would they say then "two to Brighton"

I am a lot of things, but one thing I am not is a liar

[Citizen's Nephew]

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In all honesty, how employed are people in the ticket office? I used to go in occasionally and they'd be sat around looking bored. The club is skint, it has to look at cost effective ways of doing things surely?

The club is most definitely not skint. They're just not doing the right thing - which is to have opened the ticket office. fully staffed, as soon as they knew they could fill the stadium on Saturday. A supporter should be able able to go and buy a ticket, with cash, if they want, and the club, being a business, should welcome that.

It's immoral that after the catastrophic economic downturn the country has seen, that they're not laying out the red carpet to fans as well as being responsible and compassionate to the grassroots staff of their football club.

As Blue_Tit has correctly pointed out on a number of occasions, other businesses are open.

You can go into Argos and buy a sofa with cash. But you can't go down to CCS and buy a bloody ticket.

There's absolutely no defence or excuse for that - only feeble ones.