Student Tickets go on sale 4-9-07

[rkwilkerson]

First of all, the university finally learned its lesson in the problems with first come first serve after some debacles around bowl and SECCG tickets in the 90s.

So you would suggest that tickets for everyone should be handled the same way? Whoever shows up first gets the tickets, and everybody else is left out, no matter how much money they have given or what their service is to the university. There are too many problems with that for me to even begin to list.

I don't have a problem with the Tide Pride system...



Concerning Students:

What if registering for classes worked that way? :conf3: (fair/not fair)

I'd be pretty ....ed if I registered for my classes early and the University came along and knocked me out of a course in order to find a seat for a Graduate student or a PhD candidate that procrastinated and registered late...

 

[Stephen323]

I don't have a problem with the Tide Pride system...

Then why doesn't "the early bird gets the worm" apply?

 

[Stephen323]

Concerning Students:

What if registering for classes worked that way? :conf3: (fair/not fair)

I have no idea what you are asking. Students register on a priority basis.

 

[RIVATIDE86]

Yeah, athletes register first no matter what their class standing happens to be. It isn't fair...but hey, nobody is complaining.

 

[rkwilkerson]

I have no idea what you are asking. Students register on a priority basis.

True,

They are allowed to register based on hours, but when they register their classes...they register their classes.


Once they have their schedule, they don't need to worry about there being a seat for them in that class

If they would run the football away game ticket system the same way they operate class selection I would have no problem.

What I have a problem with is letting everyone purchase tickets and then selecting who's transactions they honor. That would be like registering for classes and praying to God that an upper-classman didn't select the same class you did (because there was only one seat left)

If they want to allow students to order tickets by grade level, then fine, but don't let someone purchase tickets and then not give them what they bought!

It - Is - Common - Sense


Don't let someone buy tickets and wonder if they will get what they paid for...

If the University wants to let students order away game tickets and not charge their credit/debit card until said student receives what they bought, then that would work...

If you make a transaction and you physically take money from someone's checking or savings account, you need to honor the agreement, but I would have no problem operating the football away game ticket program in the same way that they operate class selection.

Procrastinators will Procrastinate regardless of a deadline or safety net


Procrastinators should not be rewarded though...


If the University is going to let everyone order at the same time, they should let everyone order at the same time because we all pay the labeled tuition!

 

[Stephen323]

What I have a problem with is letting everyone purchase tickets and then selecting who's transactions they honor. That would be like registering for classes and praying to God that an upper-classman didn't select the same class you did (because there was only one seat left)

If they want to allow students to order tickets by grade level, then fine, but don't let someone purchase tickets and then not give them what they bought!

I will say this one more time and then I am done. You did not purchase a ticket! You placed an order for a ticket, and that order will be filled based on availability. They do not "select" whose orders will be honored. They apply a system that they laid out in advance, and that is that the orders with the most hours get the tickets.

It is exactly the same way Tide Pride works, and you said you are fine with the Tide Pride system. Good luck with getting your tickets, and enjoy the road games.

 

[rkwilkerson]

Good luck with getting your tickets, and enjoy the road games.

Thanks!




ROLL TIDE ROLL

 

[AeroEngUA07]

The way it's done is the best way to do it. First off, if it were first come first serve, having it at 9 AM on a Monday morning doesnt allow people with class at that time to do it. Secondly, theres no way the server for Rolltide.com would be able to handle everybody logging in the minute they went on sale, anybody remember the first mybama server crashing?. So you could go to an outside source ticket provider, and sit through a virtual waiting room, but that doesnt reward the first people there, but the lucky ones who actually get through, so unless you want to go to having students camping out to get their tickets first come first serve, this is the best option there is.

 

[MOBILE-BAMA]

Wilkerson, you keep contradicting yourself. You argue that

"life isn't fair"

then you complain and say

I am simply concerned about what is fair for ALL students, not just upper-classmen.

If you're a senior, grad student or law student, you've paid your dues so to speak. If your a freshman or sophomore, you're just that. You're the new kid, young and you don't deserve big time away tickets. Your time will come if you make it that far. Bottom line, if you have more hours, you deserve better ticket opportunities. If you give more money to the school, you deserve better/more seats in Tide Pride.

 

[CrimsonCT]

I got an upperclassman friend to buy me a pair of Auburn tickets! Woot!!

 

[rkwilkerson]

Life isn't fair, but I can still be concerned (that's not a contradiction)

If your a freshman or sophomore, you're just that. You're the new kid, young and you don't deserve big time away tickets.

Everyone has opinions, including me....

If you're lazy and don't order your tickets when you are supposed to -- you shouldn't get to trump someone who was more responsible, regardless of grade level.

You know what happens to the majority of those Auburn tickets purchased by upper-classmen?

I've got tons of friends (juniors and seniors and grad students) that purchase ONLY the Auburn tickets b/c they don't give a crap about going to the game. They end up scalping the ticket for $200 - $400 to some unsuspecting freshman or sophomore who is just excited to be on campus and only wants to go to the game.

We have entirely different views on what is fair! (and rational)

Freshmen and Sophomores pay tuition also....

(you believe in the trump privilege,)

I stand firmly behind my statements. (I don't waver one bit)

 

[bamanut_aj]

No, you did not buy them. You placed an order with terms that clearly said it is based on availability. There is a big difference.

I don't have a problem with the Tide Pride system...



Concerning Students:

What if registering for classes worked that way? :conf3: (fair/not fair)

I'd be pretty ....ed if I registered for my classes early and the University came along and knocked me out of a course in order to find a seat for a Graduate student or a PhD candidate that procrastinated and registered late...

Haven't you two lovebirds had this argument and other arguments before?

 

[rkwilkerson]

Haven't you two lovebirds had this argument and other arguments before?

Yep... :biggrin2:

 

[Stephen323]

Haven't you two lovebirds had this argument and other arguments before?

We both have strong opinions. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[MOBILE-BAMA]

The two of you should meet in front of Denny Chimes tonight and hug it out then head over to The Houndstooth for some pitchers.

 

[Stephen323]

The two of you should meet in front of Denny Chimes tonight and hug it out then head over to The Houndstooth for some pitchers.

There is no need for that. I don't take anything from rwil personally, and I don't think he takes anything from me personally. We just have differing views on some subjects. In fact, I really respect the fact that he never feels the need to get personal or take a haughty posture, which is a lot more than I can say about some other people that I have debated around here.

 

[cbastudent]

They don't sell out. This happens every year where we get students complaining that they ordered road tickets and then didn't get them. They allow you to order if you have 65 hours, but that does not mean that you will get them. They will take the orders with the most hours and go down the list until they run out. Rest assured that 65 hours will not get anyone Auburn tickets. The general rule of thumb has been somewhere around 100 hours are needed to get tickets to Auburn or Tennessee.

Since they sold out, I'm guessing they have changed the policy somewhat. This may lead some to question the fairness of the policy. :biggrin2:

 

[Stephen323]

Since they sold out, I'm guessing they have changed the policy somewhat. This may lead some to question the fairness of the policy. :biggrin2:

I doubt that "sold out" means the same thing in this scenario. It probably means that they have received the minimum number of orders to fill the allotment. But, I am only guessing. They sold the home packages, but they only took orders for the road games.

 

[BamaLaw]

I doubt that "sold out" means the same thing in this scenario. It probably means that they have received the minimum number of orders to fill the allotment. But, I am only guessing. They sold the home packages, but they only took orders for the road games.

Since tickets aren't even printed until sometime in the summer, I'd imagine that they actually were only taking orders for the home packages, as well. From the way the "sold out" statement sounds, I think they are saying that the number aallotted for freshmen and transfer students has already been sold out. Doesn't necessarily mean that all student tix are sold out. However, if it does mean that, then, I'm with AJ. It's great to see such excitement in the air surrounding Bama Football, again. While I certainly feel for anyone who will be left out of any game, It's an awesome problem to have.

 

[Stephen323]

On further thought, if memory serves, I believe you have to buy a home package in order to be eligible to place an order for road tickets. So it makes sense that they will no longer take road ticket orders once the home packages are sold out.