The sale of a season pass is made via the SMC, not directly with the club!!



I don't mind the charge, there's no such thing as interest free anymore. it normally carries a charge!!

£10 per transaction, fine, £10 per pass is garbage.



And they are selling you something you wont use for another 5 months.

I'm not sure if it works the same way but this season at Goodison for season tickets bought via direct debit there was an additional £20 charge but it wasn't something the club just decided to do the direct debit company applied these charges to process, admin fees as they always call it so maybe it's not the club before you go up in arms.

I am not "up in arms", I know what it costs to set up a DD, it's 47p, even with the most expensive high street bank, there is no excuse for £10 per DD.



And for 3 payments, it's almost 7% of each payment, even the Dick Turpin Waulddy's charged a little less than that!

Its exploitive to the extreme. And in today's financial climate, they should be looking to find a better way around.



How about freezing pass prices for people that pay in full, and charging the extra for DD payments. As you said as well, not like we have anything for our cash until feb.

It is excessive I agree, I did for the football too but luckily I didn't have to pay DD for mine but as I said it's probably not the clubs fault the company putting the capital forward to secure the passes are, more than likely, adding this on as admin fees. I think it's them you should be aiming your posts at.

Well if it's finance and underwritten by a bank then its a damn site more than 47p. It's a finance charge simple as that!! If you don't want to pay an extra £10 then pay the £230 in full... Simples

Although i agree ten quid is excessive, its not an additional ten pound per payment is it? So more like 3.33 per payment if you want to split it down that way.;

You are missing the point entirely.



The £10 charge is per pass, not per DD. For a family of four that is £40 yet only one DD is set up, how is that fair??



I think you could also be a little more sympathetic for those people who HAVE to use the DD system as otherwise they can't afford their passes. If the club are trying their best to alienate prospective pass holders then they are going the right way about it.

It's not £10 per DD, it's £10 per pass so for families it's a complete mickey take...and yes, I wrote mickey lol

I'm not missing the point Karen, i just don't actually think it's the problem that everyone is making it out to be.. they could quite easily charge you interest on the passes for spreading the cost...



How about 5% or 10% per transaction??



It's a fact of life, you pay for the priviledge of credit.. giving away free money is the reason this country is finacially on it's ar5e..



And for the record, i've paid for my pass monthly aswell as i don't have the funds for £230 in one go!!

It manifestly isn't fair and I'm struggling to see how it can be justified. Something for FC Voices to challenge?