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Writing a letter to the ticket office to improve system
Oct 11, 2013, 1:43 PM
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If you are a Clemson student and have a suggestion on how to improve the student ticket distribution system, or have a complaint about the way it is currently run, please let me know. I am writing a letter to give to the ticket office in hopes that we can improve the terrible system that we have. I camped out (in a tent of 15 people, not 40) for 11 days and got tickets worse than many people who didn't camp out at all and hopped in line today. Many things need improvement including tent capacity limit and a way to monitor the lines, please provide thoughts, suggestions, complaints. Thanks.
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All-In [30593]
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I've said for years the best way to do this is to
Oct 11, 2013, 1:45 PM
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do a "ticket drop" just like Les's "turkey drop" on WKRP
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110%er [8681]
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Re: Writing a letter to the ticket office to improve system
Oct 11, 2013, 1:49 PM
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In my three years of being iptay cc member I never had a problem getting hill or lower deck tickets
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Asst Coach [717]
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I am iptay as well, still many problems with the system***
Oct 11, 2013, 1:51 PM
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Athletic Dir [875]
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Alumni now, but I feel like they should sell student season
Oct 11, 2013, 2:01 PM
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Tickets. A few schools do this. You can get your tickets like you do now. Or during the summer you can buy season tickets in the student section for less than $100. Same seat every week. You can arrange to sit with your friends. You have your ticket on a plastic card or even you CUID. Give priority based on class.
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Orange Blooded [2519]
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Good idea, ppl with no class shouldn't get priority.***
Oct 11, 2013, 2:08 PM
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Oculus Spirit [81890]
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"hopped in line"...that's the problem...***
Oct 11, 2013, 2:14 PM
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Hall of Famer [21846]
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yep, dont think i would've taken very kindly to people
Oct 11, 2013, 2:19 PM
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hopping in line. Heck last week I called a guy out for jumping in front me waiting on an elevator at the usuc game.
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Orange Blooded [4787]
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question here that begs to be asked- why were you at the
Oct 11, 2013, 2:52 PM
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usuc game ? that someone was not honest, gentlemanly, good sport, etc. at that venue was not surprising, at least to EVERYONE besides usuc fans.
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Hall of Famer [21846]
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two words - my wife***
Oct 11, 2013, 2:53 PM
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Oculus Spirit [81890]
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Sounds like he's whining his group of people was too late
Oct 11, 2013, 4:29 PM
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to start camping then...
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Orange Blooded [2217]
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Team Captain [495]
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TOO MUCH BLOCK SEATING!!!***
Oct 11, 2013, 2:21 PM
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Addict [418]
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When I was there
Oct 11, 2013, 2:22 PM
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Never had a single issue getting tickets to any games and wasn't always in IPTAY cc sorry to say. Student base has increased much.
They used to ask if we wanted hill or Upper deck.
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Addict [418]
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Also.
Oct 11, 2013, 2:24 PM
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Bigger problem is the Greek seats. Many show up at halftime and leave before 4th quarter. If they are sober enough to even make the game. Waste of good seats in my opinion.
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Orange Blooded [2574]
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And they rarely wear orange anyway, you can spot
Oct 11, 2013, 2:56 PM
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the greek blocks from anywhere in the stadium
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Re: Also.
Oct 11, 2013, 3:15 PM
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Greek blocks are such a waste. Most of them end up staggering over to the hill to socialize for a while, and then they leave. That is, if they even make it into the game in the first place.
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CU Guru [1497]
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They should do it online.
Oct 11, 2013, 2:32 PM
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Easy solution. There is no excuse for students not to be able to go online select/purchase their tickets like everyone else can.
Set priority by class, and by points for attending (and staying) at all athletic events. It could easily be done by the barcode on the student IDs and you would have a way to track the students who don't go to every game or who leave early, say 2 points for coming to the event and 2 for scanning when it's over if they choose to.
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CU Medallion [51531]
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How exactly do you document and enforce people to stay?***
Oct 11, 2013, 2:44 PM
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Re: How exactly do you document and enforce people to stay?***
Oct 11, 2013, 2:51 PM
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You don't force anyone to do anything. Where did you get that idea? You simply set up a card reader or scanner near the end of the game and any student who stayed and would like their additional points can go by and swipe on the way out.
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CU Medallion [51531]
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The only realy problem with student tickets is the block
Oct 11, 2013, 2:43 PM
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seating.
Clubs and Greeks get the best seats in the house, just because, and many don't even show up. If they want to have block seating, fine. Give it to them in the upper deck.
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All-TigerNet [11963]
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out of curiousity
Oct 11, 2013, 2:50 PM
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where are you seats versus the seats of the people that hopped in line?
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Asst Coach [717]
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Hill vs. Lower Deck first 20 rows***
Oct 11, 2013, 2:56 PM
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All-TigerNet [11963]
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just wondering
Oct 11, 2013, 3:01 PM
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I used to camp/wait in line a lot and I'd get frustrated with large crowds grabbing up seats. Another thing I noticed is that different windows had different groups of tickets and you just got what you got.
Enjoy the game. Seriously. It won't matter where you are sitting as long as you are with your friends, in Death Valley, making noise!
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Legend [18663]
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Students should be moved to the corners of Top Deck North.
Oct 11, 2013, 3:16 PM
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Those areas are always empty. Let us donors have your seats you don't appreciate !
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Re: Writing a letter to the ticket office to improve system
Oct 11, 2013, 3:19 PM
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I've already sent them an email today. They really need to do something about limiting the size of tent groups. Also, I wish they would make it a rule that if you aren't with your tent group promptly at 7:30 when distribution starts, you can't hop in line in front of hundreds of others who have been patiently waiting since 5:00am.
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Recruit [99]
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Student seating
Oct 11, 2013, 3:29 PM
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Why do Greek get priority
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110%er [8008]
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Remove seat numbers from Student tickets.
Oct 11, 2013, 3:34 PM
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First in the gate gets the best seat.
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Re: Writing a letter to the ticket office to improve system
Oct 11, 2013, 4:16 PM
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Student fan base has increased obviously.
But I was in school from 2005-2008 seasons. From what I saw, camping started for football tickets hardcore for the Alabama game in 2008.
We camped out for tickets for one game previously, Scar in 2006. It wasn't necessary, we mainly did it for the fun.
I was a freshman in 2005. For the FSU game, we were able to round up a lot of CUID numbers of people not going, got around 12 extra hill tickets (as a freshman) and sold them. Back then, you asked for hill and they would give it to you. That changed before I left school, but it prevented all this need for camping out, monitoring lines, handing out numbers etc.
I agree that camping out just introduces a way for late-comers to wiggle in ahead of you, whereas for us, hardly anyone camped out early on and you just walked up and got a ticket.
Are you talking about IPTAY or normal student distribution? I never had an issue with normal student distro, especially as an upperclassman. Although the hill was my preference, and actual seating in the student section normally went to mostly IPTAY distro.
I'm genuinely curious about how it's done now, as it changed drastically just in the years I was there. But by the time I was a junior/senior, we got priority anyways and it was no problem (no camping except for Bama game).
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Re: Writing a letter to the ticket office to improve system
Oct 11, 2013, 4:21 PM
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To expand on my previous post:
I really don't have much experience with IPTAY distribution. I was always a member, but as I said, it was much easier to get tickets from normal student distro, week of the game.
Also, for the Bama camp-out: at some point in the morning or late night before (not sure when), they walked through the line and handed out wristbands, or numbers or something. It's a little fuzzy: Esso Club was still having their summer drink specials. But essentially, this helped prevent line jumping. Although if they aren't numbered, you can move from the back towards the front and get better seats maybe.
My advice if it's still available: get a season date ticket for the hill at the start of the year. It will get you a full season's worth of tickets for you and an extra set (for a friend or you can sell). You will make your money back easy peezy.
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Re: Writing a letter to the ticket office to improve system
Oct 11, 2013, 4:43 PM
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The wristbands would really help if they still did that. This year the season date tickets sold out within 24 hours, and my understanding was you would get a card or something saying that you had paid for it, but you still had to wait in line on distribution days to get the actual ticket.
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Member [23]
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Greeks don't get priority.
Oct 11, 2013, 4:26 PM
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Block seating is open to student organizations, and it isn't hard to set one up. Don't moan and complain about block seating being unfair when it's easy to get for any student involved in clubs on campus. I had block seating all three years at Clemson that way. Also each block group gets rotated into the top deck a few times per season.
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