Memberships

[Generator]

Thought I’d get in early... Has anyone heard anything, informal or otherwise, from the club about memberships for the coming season? I don’t expect anything will be settled any time soon but even advice to that effect would be useful, if just so people are aware of when the club might launch its annual strike on our credit cards.

[alexd]

Only if you haven't adjusted the details to get f$#&% mode....

[Generator]

Email arrived tonight. Membership renewals to open on 1 October. 10% discount off last season’s price, so $300 for my black category seat.

TLDR? It’s time to decide - renew or not to renew.

[alexd]

See previous post for the correct mode. Don't be fooled into thinking that the club will pay the players if we renew (as least in full)

Does anybody know if one keeps their foundation status if they downgrade to a non-ticketed or part-season membership and show up on the day to the games one can?

Edited September 16, 2020 by alexd

[Prydzopolis]

1 hour ago, alexd said:

Does anybody know if one keeps their foundation status if they downgrade to a non-ticketed or part-season membership and show up on the day to the games one can?

I would contact the club, between members pissed off at the clubs incompetence & those who would have lost jobs and struggling through the rona recession, there might be a few wondering the same.

[Erebus]

2 weeks notice for renewal seems a bit short, considering no one even knows what the makeup of the league will be next season, nor when it starts. They obviously want to get their financials in order for this FY (or even the 2021 calendar year), but something just feels off about all this.

Our memberships don't pay the wages of the players. Usually the broadcast deal covered that and now with that reduced, there are issues there. Also the whole PFA/CBA negotiations happening.

I didn't expect a price rise, and the discount is welcomed, but when the players aren't getting paid and there is so much in the air atm surrounding the league, it just seems mistimed.

[StringerBellend]

2 hours ago, Erebus said:

2 weeks notice for renewal seems a bit short, considering no one even knows what the makeup of the league will be next season, nor when it starts. They obviously want to get their financials in order for this FY (or even the 2021 calendar year), but something just feels off about all this.

Our memberships don't pay the wages of the players. Usually the broadcast deal covered that and now with that reduced, there are issues there. Also the whole PFA/CBA negotiations happening.

I didn't expect a price rise, and the discount is welcomed, but when the players aren't getting paid and there is so much in the air atm surrounding the league, it just seems mistimed.

Yep we don’t know even know if the season will start this year or next, seems a bit early to start collecting rego 

[Hughesy]

I let my auto renewal do it’s thing. My membership costs bugger all so no real fuss to me. If I was in a higher seating category it would be a different story...

I still think we should’ve gone with the Victory system a one-off base rate then purchasing a ticket for each game (at a significant reduction to general public prices). Given the uncertainty around season kick off and potentially ongoing crowd number limitations it makes particular sense.

I too feel that the whole process happened way too prematurely.

[Unlimited]

1 hour ago, hughsey said:

My membership costs bugger all so no real fuss to me. If I was in a higher seating category it would be a different story...

Supporter membership?

[mack]

2 hours ago, Unlimited said:

Supporter membership?

he's a talking cat. pet membership.

[Hughesy]

I’m the Labrador up the back of the RBB

[Prydzopolis]

On 04/10/2020 at 8:41 PM, hughsey said:

I still think we should’ve gone with the Victory system a one-off base rate then purchasing a ticket for each game (at a significant reduction to general public prices). Given the uncertainty around season kick off and potentially ongoing crowd number limitations it makes particular sense.

I think the reason they’ve done this is because we have a different situation to Victoria. Under current regulations, WSW would be able to fit all of its members in to games but there is a different question altogether whether all those members feel confident about attending games.

I look forward to seeing what they come out with in a couple of weeks time.

[Neverbloom]

they have added some new good things about the membership mostly because they want people to keep going to matches but shows more effort than i expected from them

[Prydzopolis]

4 hours ago, Neverbloom said:

they have added some new good things about the membership

Decided to check because I usually can’t be bothered

All our members receive a number of exclusive items and benefits as part their membership package.

 

NEW IN 2020/21 100% ATTENDANCE REWARDS on match days with special giveaways including

Attend all our 2020/21 home matches to be in the draw to win one of sixteen match worn player jerseys from a select match day

Form a guard of honour and participate in a WanderLap during our final home match of the season

Recognition on the big screen during our final home match of the season

NEW IN 2020/21 FORTNIGHTLY WANDERPAY now full season members can now chose to pay for their membership upfront, monthly or fortnightly

NEW IN 2020/21 TEEN PRICES with exclusive membership kit items

NEW IN 2020/21 ADD-ONS items including a cooler bag and personalised water bottle

INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT for all home matches

FREE ENTRY to all standalone Westfield W-League, Foxtel Y-League and PS4 NPL NSW home matches

10% DISCOUNT ON MERCHANDISE purchased via the Wanderers Shop online or on match day

EXCLUSIVE OFFERS from our partners

10% DISCOUNT on pre-purchased tickets

PRIORITY TICKET PURCHASEfor Wanderers A-League fixtures, Finals Series, FFA Cup, Caltex Socceroos and Westfield Matildas tickets

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE EVENTSthroughout the season

[Hughesy]

9 hours ago, Prydzopolis said:

I think the reason they’ve done this is because we have a different situation to Victoria. Under current regulations, WSW would be able to fit all of its members in to games but there is a different question altogether whether all those members feel confident about attending games.

I look forward to seeing what they come out with in a couple of weeks time.

There’s also a long term approach to their strategy as a means of preventing false “sell outs” at aami park when only half the capacity is actually in attendance. Over the next 5-10 years depending on the success of the aleague/wsw it’s a valid strategy that we will need to potentially look at employing. 

[Carns]

Did anyone else receive an email from the club re: renewing memberships when they haven't renewed? Just received one thanking me for renewing (and that membership pack will be sent out) when I haven't! Checked my bank details and nothing has been debited. It's a generic email that was sent to all members so may just be an error on the mailing list, but still curious.

[MartinTyler]

2 minutes ago, Carns said:

Did anyone else receive an email from the club re: renewing memberships when they haven't renewed? Just received one thanking me for renewing (and that membership pack will be sent out) when I haven't! Checked my bank details and nothing has been debited. It's a generic email that was sent to all members so may just be an error on the mailing list, but still curious.

Yep we've got the same email.....I now eagerly await the membership pack free of charge !!

[WHACKO]

6 hours ago, Carns said:

Did anyone else receive an email from the club re: renewing memberships when they haven't renewed? Just received one thanking me for renewing (and that membership pack will be sent out) when I haven't! Checked my bank details and nothing has been debited. It's a generic email that was sent to all members so may just be an error on the mailing list, but still curious.

 

6 hours ago, MartinTyler said:

Yep we've got the same email.....I now eagerly await the membership pack free of charge !!

Same here.

[Neverbloom]

i signed up for one more year but honestly i dont know why i did

[sonar]

9 minutes ago, Neverbloom said:

i signed up for one more year but honestly i dont know why i did

Like most of us you're either an eternal optimist or brainless..........probably the former............

 

[Neverbloom]

1 minute ago, sonar said:

Like most of us you're either an eternal optimist or brainless..........probably the former............

 

maybe being in intense pain and having to pay for it is just my kink, cant get an sti from a wanderers membership, can get one for a woman named Tina with stilettos and a whip

[Smoggy]

13 minutes ago, Neverbloom said:

can get one for a woman named Tina with stilettos and a whip

You can.........details.....

Askin for a friend....

[Generator]

I feel a little ripped off in terms of venting some false outrage - I only received the correct email advising that membership sales would be open soon (one that acknowledged I’m based interstate in the ACT, too), not a mistaken email suggesting I had already renewed and a pack is on its way ☹️.

 

Anyway, I decided not to renew. Not worth it based on the team’s performances over most of the club’s life and the antics of the club over recent years. I may revisit my decision a few rounds into the season, but that’s unlikely. That all said (long sentence alert), the membership team seem to be doing the best they can in the current situation, so I really can’t fault the club staff on the frontline, no matter the decisions made by those higher up the chain to empty as many fans’ wallets as possible before coming out with alternative arrangements in light of the pandemic.

[mack]

Late last month I renewed the membership (god knows why after the last 4 years of trash and with a glorified NPL level side this season), got the confirmation email saying the card & kit were on it's way and should arrive in "5 weeks" (******* hell, get this sorted, a membership kit shouldn't take over a month to arrive), with an ETA of early January (great, no membership card for our first 2, possibly 3 home games).

Now I've just got a "we miss you" email saying I'm "welcome back" with the usual member spiel.

Is it too much to ask a professional football club to 1) take less than a month to get a membership kit sent out and 2) to understand when it's members have actually renewed & 3) not send them out emails making people think the club thinks they haven't renewed when they have?

[Cynth]

I received our membership packs and cards early last week. (Although I did also get the “we miss you” email as well, lol) 

[102megan]

(It's been 42 weeks since I last attended a WSW match...  I'm sad I didn't get a "we miss you" email!  )

[wendybr]

Hmmm...despite hesitations, we auto-renewed our memberships...so they were renewed on Day 1.

But no membership packs have arrived so far. 

[WHACKO]

6 hours ago, Cynth said:

(Although I did also get the “we miss you” email as well, lol) 

Got the same email, have already renewed. This club is a shambles and it starts from the top. Can't wait for the morning tea, it's probably BYO and starts at 5pm

[MadKaw]

Finally gave in and renewed... They got the name on my sons card wrong - only been members for 8 years..

[pseudonym]

15 hours ago, wendybr said:

Hmmm...despite hesitations, we auto-renewed our memberships...so they were renewed on Day 1.

But no membership packs have arrived so far. 

I'm in the same boat