Trouble getting in tonight?

[Mr Magic]

I arrived at the ground at 6:30 tonight and went to the membership tents to collect our hats and scarves. Took one look at the queue and decided to give it a miss. The queue for collecting memberships was even longer so it would appear that the 'ticket delivery problem' is quite large.

I got into the queue at Gate 5 to get into the ground and I assume that all the gates had long queues?

It wasn't until I actually got to teh turnstile that I found out why there were such long queues -

ONLY HALF THE TURNSTILES WERE OPEN.

Once again Ian Collins has treated us fans with contempt.

I realize that we are only the tennant but the Club should inform Telstra Dome that it is just not good enough.

[matrix]

thats not really good enough is it.

[Eastern]

Those in the queues for caps & scarves were treated badly by Telstra Dome staff.

Very poor form by Collo's goons !!

[Mr Magic]

thats not really good enough is it.

No, but typical of Ian Collins management style.

When he was CEO of Carlton in the 80'/90's he used to regularly do it at Princes Park. He figured he could save a few hundred dollars per game on wages for turnstile attendants - he didn't care if fans waited a long time to get in.

[ThomasR]

Gate 3, bzzt, Gate 5, even longer bzzt, Gate 7, bingo, less than a minute and inside the ground.

[Darren]

There was a long queue underground Car Park 3. Mini walked past us.

[iceman]

I was behind a family going into I think gate 5, and there were massive issued with their actual membership tickets (cards), A family of about 5, the Father was denied access and sent to the Membership tent to get something else (maybe a ticket or something) before they were aloud in, yet some of the family members' Cards scanned and were allowed in.

So if your understanding what i'm saying, I think there was 1 kid and the wife, whos cards had gained them ebtry on the inside, and then the father and 2 other kids being told to go to the membership tent to saught it out.

It held up the que for a little while, and of course there were some rude bastards swearing at the Dome Staff and other supporters, which it is not their fault.

[Mr Magic]

I was behind a family going into I think gate 5, and there were massive issued with their actual membership tickets (cards), A family of about 5, the Father was denied access and sent to the Membership tent to get something else (maybe a ticket or something) before they were aloud in, yet some of the family members' Cards scanned and were allowed in.

So if your understanding what i'm saying, I think there was 1 kid and the wife, whos cards had gained them ebtry on the inside, and then the father and 2 other kids being told to go to the membership tent to saught it out.

It held up the que for a little while, and of course there were some rude bastards swearing at the Dome Staff and other supporters, which it is not their fault.

But think how much quicker it would have been if 6 turnstiles were operating instead of 3 at Gate 5!

[Iceman234]

While we're canning Collo, is the announcement of "Commercially packaged foods not allowed to be brought in" a new one?

Technically I can't take a Subway Sub in - unless I re-package it in my own glad wrap?

What about a Mars Bar and a packet of Samboy chips? A bag of snakes?

FFS spare me.

[saintdooley]

i got to the gate5 membership tent to collect my membership at 5pm, and the line was a good 8m long!

[saint66au]

Got to the cap/scarf queue at about 5.40...only waited a minute or two in line. The queue at the membership collection tent however was almost the width of the concourse

Well done to the Club though for having the common sense to place what were always gonna be the 2 busiest areas out of a main traffic area....and equi-distant to those arriving at both ends of the ground

Didnt actually notice the lack of turnstiles..walked straight in at Gate 5..no queue at all. Cant see the logic in closing 1/2 the turnstiles...they are automated and dont require anyone actually manning them!!

[my les foote]

Well done to the Club though for having the common sense to place what were always gonna be the 2 busiest areas out of a main traffic area....and equi-distant to those arriving at both ends of the ground

Well done to the club?

Buying a membership should be a simple transaction. Not one that takes over three months to deliver and still forces some to stand in a queue to collect before the first game.

[iwantmeseats]

I got my card in the mail weeks ago, paid in November. Would NOT scan in. Was told to go back to mambership tent at top of bridge.

They were most helpful and told me to go to gate 5, where the line was a mile long. So had to buy a ticket to get in to see the start. I would have been in that que at 1.4 time!

Not impreseed, not f****** good enough. Amateur hour!

The club needs to hire some damn professionals to get this s*** organised properly well before round 1!

Its past using volunteers etc.

And yes, I have paid! Already debited $80!

[matrix]

"Commercially packaged foods not allowed to be brought in"

what an absolute joke......
so u can make sandwiches somewhere else and take them but u cant buy sandwiches somewhere else and take them in...
pity if u are disabled and dont have the ability to make sandwiches.

if the food was decent prices at the footy there wouldnt be a problem.

id be quite pissed off at this membership thing if i was a paying melbourne member, thats just crap really.

[saint66au]

Its been in the terms and conditions in fine print next to the entrances since last year...I take it they were actually announcing it over the PA??

Commercially packaged? ...so they are worried about the branding on the bags not the fact that you bought it elsewhere???

[matrix]

u should s*** in a subway bag and when they say sorry u cant take that in ,u should hand it to em and say ok u can eat it

[crowjelly]

I went before 5 to collect 3 of our 4 family tickets which had not arrived in the mail. Waited 20 mins while Kylie and the crew tried to find them - all to no avail, even though we've had the same for the last 6 years. Was issued with comparable seats which were fine.
Could not understand why the envelopes were not in alphabetical order.
Not sure what would've been worse - standing in the Q at the start of the game or being a vol in that tent!
Have been promised a phone call and tickets express posted on Tuesday. Hate to have to go through that again next Saturday.

[saintbrat]

IIts past using volunteers etc.


!

maybe if enough of us Volunteer and Have the time to be trained we could replace the 'Fulfillment House' that the actually processing is outsourced to

may be more a case of - go back to the volunteer- BUT who has the time to set aside several week/ months at the start of the year to do this ?

[saint66au]

IIts past using volunteers etc.


!

maybe if enough of us Volunteer and Have the time to be trained we could replace the 'Fulfillment House' that the actually processing is outsourced to

may be more a case of - go back to the volunteer- BUT who has the time to set aside several week/ months at the start of the year to do this ?

I reckon using that "fulfillment house" might be an AFL directive, as a number of the Clubs use it.

35,000 members all wanting trinkets and pens and lanyards and DVDs as well as the piece of plastic that gets them in...its beyond the scope of volunteers now

[Pwoit]

Cheesebuger level 3 - $7.40 !!!
but wait you can have a
Cheeseburger, Cup of Chips and a drink
for the bargain basement special of - $14.00
laughed my ass off at this highway robbery

Today between 2 of us I bought 10 Bread rolls some sliced meat [lots of it] 2 x 2L softdrinks, pack of busciuts
Total price $14.00
take in and eat to hearts content
Will never EVER buy form a sporting ground
have not bought anything since we were at Moorabbin.

[luke.l_26]

I got into the queue at Gate 5 to get into the ground and I assume that all the gates had long queues?

I took a look at the Hat and Scarf collection line and also decided to give it a miss.
But Instead of Gate 5, I went back around to Gate 1. (My seats were in the social club so it would have been quicker anyway) There wasn't the faintest description of a line and that was at about 6:00 to 6:20...

[Iceman234]

Its been in the terms and conditions in fine print next to the entrances since last year...I take it they were actually announcing it over the PA??

Commercially packaged? ...so they are worried about the branding on the bags not the fact that you bought it elsewhere???

Yep actual announcements over the PA. So my young bloke who didn't want a pie in the Victory Room got Chinese take-away at Southern Cross and took it in - but technically he shouldn't have.

May have had something to do with Dad's glare at the poor TD staff when his printed off approved and paid for Ticketmaster ticket came up unauthorised, who then let him through and didn't check our bags.

I feel for the staff as it is not their fault.

OK while we're on a roll, how flowering pathetic are the staff and organisational skills of the peanuts that manage the Victory Room?

Got there looking for a pie after 6 pm - no pies - they're 20 minutes off - twenty minutes later they weren't there so we went the parma and pot deal.

Half time the can bar bloke couldn't get the flowering register open to serve us beers even though the first 27,000 blokes in line had the correct change and didn't give a toss if the register was open or not.

Anyway a manager came along, hit one button and voila....

Like last year when the tossers had about three cans of beer in the fridge at the start of half time and then decided to stack it after the half time break started.

Absolutely no fault of the club, purely TD's fault.

And today I had a cheeseburger purchased inside the ground at the WB/Crows game - I could have made tastier if I'd put a roll of slightly damp toilet paper inside a manila folder and added 5ml of sauce.

Okay, enough.

Phew.

[Eastern]

While we're canning Collo, is the announcement of "Commercially packaged foods not allowed to be brought in" a new one?

Technically I can't take a Subway Sub in - unless I re-package it in my own glad wrap?

What about a Mars Bar and a packet of Samboy chips? A bag of snakes?

FFS spare me.

Do you own a backpack? I haven't had my backpack checked for more than 2 years !!

[Iceman234]

While we're canning Collo, is the announcement of "Commercially packaged foods not allowed to be brought in" a new one?

Technically I can't take a Subway Sub in - unless I re-package it in my own glad wrap?

What about a Mars Bar and a packet of Samboy chips? A bag of snakes?

FFS spare me.

Do you own a backpack? I haven't had my backpack checked for more than 2 years !!

Yes and I always make it available to be searched voluntarily.

But last night after hearing that announcement, putting the boy's wickedly evil fried rice and chicken at the bottom of the back pack, then getting jacked up (very briefly) cos his ticket wouldnt scan properly, I wasn't offering it up and I wasn't asked.

And we walked straight through unchecked.

I just can't believe that they would try to enforce that though.

[snoopygirl]

Last couple of times I've been at the Dome they've asked to search my handbag. Thought these were off limits?