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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I believe I've chimed in on this topic before but the whole STH system is set up to screw people like you. Maybe not set up intentionally to screw you but it does.
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That's why I make a point of never buying seats above STH price in Buy/Sell and I have a Flames game-pack from the team itself. I don't want to subsidize anyone who's a STH and potentially might give up their seats.
What screwed me in the past is that demand was so high for tickets that the 30-40% mark up in door price vs. STH cost ensured that STH could sell 2/3rds of their season tickets for face value and go to the premium games for free or even a small profit. No one gave up their seats in that environment.
The past 2-3 years have been different in that there are more tickets than buyers on the secondary market for non-premium games (Which is like 30 or so games). Check Buy/Sell in advance of most week night games and chances are you can buy at the STH price or even less.
It's fun to laugh when I see people trying to sell their 'While you Wait' Press Level seating for Face Value or even for cost for weekday games. Last year those seats were often empty during games.
I think that now that STH actually have to eat tickets or the cost of tickets for games they don't go to will push a lot of marginal STH out and free up seats for me in the next year or two. I'm willing to buy white seats, so I figure I will get tickets sooner than even people ahead of me in line since so many are turning down whites for greens or oranges.