Oxford v Swindon Select - Rescheduled April 19

[hyabb17 1,077]

6 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Is this meeting being streamed? Wouldn’t mind watching it.

I don't believe it is

[hyabb17 1,077]

Meeting is off

[lisa-colette 6,035]

2 minutes ago, hyabb17 said:

Meeting is off

Not surprising with rain forecast for 8pm. Similar to the forecast for Poole, so must be a band of rain coming rather than the odd shower.

[hyabb17 1,077]

BREAKING:

@SwindonSpeedway

Select challenge fixture away at Oxford Cheetahs - scheduled for tonight - has been postponed due to "a poor evening weather forecast." New date is Wednesday, April 19. Jason Doyle already confirmed.

 

Great work in getting a replacement date sorted already

Edited March 29, 2023 by hyabb17

[lisa-colette 6,035]

That rules out Rowe and Howarth. 

Oh and Sedgman.

Edited March 29, 2023 by lisa-colette

[Triple.H. 1,986]

43 minutes ago, Bojangles said:

A refund for which you had to go through a lengthy procedure to get. By default it just went to the next meeting, I believe.

Also don't think you got your booking fee back, which is one good thing about this year's pricing.

I had no hassle getting a refund. Happened automatically 

[Bojangles 594]

9 minutes ago, Triple.H. said:

I had no hassle getting a refund. Happened automatically 

Strange. Only happened to me once last season (Newcastle) and my ticket was transferred to the Glasgow meeting, which I couldn't attend. Had to email them with my details (twice) to ask for it and it took ages to be refunded.

I was told it was their policy to move the ticket to the next suitable meeting, as opposed to issuing an automatic refund. Not that I'm claiming it's a massive issue, but just pointing out that I can see why it would put people off buying a ticket in advance instead of on the day.

Edited March 29, 2023 by Bojangles

[hyabb17 1,077]

51 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

That rules out Rowe and Howarth. 

Oh and Sedgman.

Always going to be the way.  Bellego, Musielak  etc could be available now. 

[Toady 231]

2 hours ago, Bojangles said:

But I'm sure there are quite a few people who bought tickets on the day last season....so it's a £3 increase. I'm certainly one of those people who always paid on the day due to the weather risks. I live over 50 miles away now, so I'm not just going to buy a ticket in advance and hope for the best.

People are debating it because a £3 increase is quite hefty. You must have plenty of disposable income if it doesn't matter to you, but I'm sure there are also plenty of people who haven't and it's a lot of money across a whole season.

I live 48 miles away from Oxford similar to you but last year always bought in advance to save the hassle.

As I pointed out before the people that are debating this on here have no intention of attending for a variety of reasons.

By the way my disposable income is none of your business and I will save some of it buying tickets in advance for £1.00 extra

 

[steve roberts 9,246]

28 minutes ago, Toady said:

I live 48 miles away from Oxford similar to you but last year always bought in advance to save the hassle.

As I pointed out before the people that are debating this on here have no intention of attending for a variety of reasons.

By the way my disposable income is none of your business and I will save some of it buying tickets in advance for £1.00 extra

 

I think that it's fair to say that the debate has shifted slightly as regards the "right" or "wrongs" as regards booking in advance and all that involves?

[Bojangles 594]

1 hour ago, Toady said:

I live 48 miles away from Oxford similar to you but last year always bought in advance to save the hassle.

As I pointed out before the people that are debating this on here have no intention of attending for a variety of reasons.

By the way my disposable income is none of your business and I will save some of it buying tickets in advance for £1.00 extra

 

I attended every meeting bar two last season, and I'm debating it. If you can't see why people are disgruntled at a potential £3 increase in ticket prices, you must be slightly out of touch.

[Chris Brown 542]

On 3/28/2023 at 9:30 AM, Matt Davis said:

Have you emailed the club or the stadium?

To pick up on a couple of points

I emailed club@oxfordspeedway.club which is the email address for General Enquiries. I mailed on 3 January and 25 January and never heard anything. The club were happy to contact me and ask for contacts for potential sponsorship though !

I support not taking cash on the day and why would any club want to ?  What I do not understand is why a debit card cannot be used for admission, not everyone has a smart phone but pretty much everyone has a debit card. Once you enter the stadium you can only pay cash for your programme and at the bars you can only use a debit card. You do not have to pre-book your drinks the day before on an app and have to pay more for a pint if you have not pre-booked it. Debit cards are a universally convenient way of paying. I understand that paying with a debit card means some sort of readmission ticket needs to be given but that could be a receipt from the debit card. You could of course incentivise people to pay in advance through the app and reduce the charge and make it more expensive on the day to use a debit card, that would possibly encourage the use of the app. Increasing the price £2 on the day is nonsense and the reluctance of the club to offer an explanation is disappointing

I accept that some football clubs are more expensive on the day but I do hope that speedway is not comparing itsself with football. Speedway has to work harder for its spectators than football and should not be complacement

I am delighted to see Oxford back and there are so many things about the way the club is run that are just brilliant, the track is a transformation from the last incarnation, the stadium itself has had a real spruce up, the track equipment is at another level, the renewing of the pits on the back straight is really good but that does not mean that there are things that could be better and I guess the disappointing thing is that not responding to an email is a conscious choice, somebody should have read that and twice made the decision to ignore it and not respond. For me that is not something any body who is trying to attract people to come through the door should do whether they like the question ot not

There are a fair few Oxford fans who knock anyone who is not constantly blowing smoke up the rear ends of the club but to grow you have to listen to your customers

Just my view

 

  

[Chris Brown 542]

On 3/28/2023 at 7:52 AM, steve roberts said:

Good to see that you are still around Chris and I agree with your thoughts 100%.

Steve, likewise to see you are about. Even notice Steve Shovlar is still about. Like going back 20 years mate 

Hope you are keeping well

[Toady 231]

4 minutes ago, Bojangles said:

I attended every meeting bar two last season, and I'm debating it. If you can't see why people are disgruntled at a potential £3 increase in ticket prices, you must be slightly out of touch.

You are debating it with people who have no intention of going whether they accept cash,card,advance or even bitcoin.

[steve roberts 9,246]

3 minutes ago, Chris Brown said:

Steve, likewise to see you are about. Even notice Steve Shovlar is still about. Like going back 20 years mate 

Hope you are keeping well

Yep...those were the days. I do wonder what happened to "Webbo?"

Take care mate!