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  • medicinemanM medicineman

    No way in hell would I drive hours away to see a preseason game. Shit some guy stopped by my work with a pocket full of preseason Pisspuke tickets and couldn't give a single pair away, (I live closer to Pisspuke than to the Land) But I believe preseason sucks everywhere, Maybe if I lived 10 min from the stadium and could park right next to a entrance where my tickets were and not have to worry about any traffic and would pay me  by the hour I mite go to a preseason game but I doubt it. 

    @medicineman said:

    No way in hell would I drive hours away to see a preseason game. Shit some guy stopped by my work with a pocket full of preseason Pisspuke tickets and couldn't give a single pair away, (I live closer to Pisspuke than to the Land) But I believe preseason sucks everywhere, Maybe if I lived 10 min from the stadium and could park right next to a entrance where my tickets were and not have to worry about any traffic and would pay me  by the hour I mite go to a preseason game but I doubt it. 

    Sure, you can watch 'em for free (assuming you have satellite or cable) on NFLN, the Browns Colts will even be in real time a week from Saturday. 

  • So Pisspuke still uses tickets?

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  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    Such a pain in the ass, been dealing with this nonsense for Indians games this season. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Such a pain in the ass, been dealing with this nonsense for Indians games this season. 

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  • If you go to the game, give Colt McCoy a warm welcome back. The kid has stuck in the league for quite a few years now and he's the starter for this game. Proud of you Young Gun.

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  • PoeticGP PoeticG

    If you go to the game, give Colt McCoy a warm welcome back. The kid has stuck in the league for quite a few years now and he's the starter for this game. Proud of you Young Gun.

    @poeticg said:

    If you go to the game, give Colt McCoy a warm welcome back. The kid has stuck in the league for quite a few years now and he's the starter for this game. Proud of you Young Gun.

    Colt McCoy is what Kevin Hogan aspires to be. 

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  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

    So Pisspuke still uses tickets?

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    So Pisspuke still uses tickets?

    No, but just watch the fun in steel town. Golly  gee, how  the hail does you  use this smartphone  contraption?  😁

    Here's the  deal. Electronic ticketing was mandated league wide this year by the NFL because of  rampant counterfeiting.  If you're a  crook, easy peasy  to buy a print  a ticket at home, and make  10 copies of it, right? First person  at the  gate  gets in, and everyone else who got scammed  is screwed. As I said  earlier, for all practical purposes the new interactive electronic tickets can't be  duplicated. Screen shots won't  work because the barcode formats change frequently. I was pretty  amazed looking at one of the tickets and seeing  the pattern actually change.

    FWIW, talking  with the Browns ticket rep, they held out  as long as they could, until the  league  forced their hand.  Many of the other teams had already  gone electronic  last season, and the league  made it universal this year.

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @poeticg said:

    If you go to the game, give Colt McCoy a warm welcome back. The kid has stuck in the league for quite a few years now and he's the starter for this game. Proud of you Young Gun.

    Colt McCoy is what Kevin Hogan aspires to be. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Colt McCoy is what Kevin Hogan aspires to be. 

    Career  backup, spot starter.  A nice path to financial security if you  hang  around  long enough. 

  • Colt is out for season if I read that right or at least a while, broken leg maybe?

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  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @poeticg said:

    If you go to the game, give Colt McCoy a warm welcome back. The kid has stuck in the league for quite a few years now and he's the starter for this game. Proud of you Young Gun.

    Colt McCoy is what Kevin Hogan aspires to be. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Colt McCoy is what Kevin Hogan aspires to be. 

    One of the chosen few to be backup QBs... All hail our heroes.

  • medicinemanM medicineman

    Colt is out for season if I read that right or at least a while, broken leg maybe?

    @medicineman said:

    Colt is out for season if I read that right or at least a while, broken leg maybe?

    That was last year....  Ditto that for Alex Smith.... Smith's leg was shattered so badly, he's not even going to play this year. 

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    Such a pain in the ass, been dealing with this nonsense for Indians games this season. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Such a pain in the ass, been dealing with this nonsense for Indians games this season. 

    It's BS. F the league for pushing this. 

  • I assume that one of the purposes of this is in order to eliminate scalpers....at least those who do not give the team or NFL a part of the "cut".

    Can I assume that part of the "over the face value" price of tickets sold on some of these "official"  secondary sales sites has to be paid over to the team/league?

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    I assume that one of the purposes of this is in order to eliminate scalpers....at least those who do not give the team or NFL a part of the "cut".

    Can I assume that part of the "over the face value" price of tickets sold on some of these "official"  secondary sales sites has to be paid over to the team/league?

    @the-gipper said:

    1) I assume that one of the purposes of this is in order to eliminate scalpers....at least those who do not give the team or NFL a part of the "cut".

    2) Can I assume that part of the "over the face value" price of tickets sold on some of these "official"  secondary sales sites has to be paid over to the team/league?

    1) Yes Gip, scalpers are essentially out of business. Would you trust a guy out on the street to email you a ticket after you forked over some money? Or- when I see the ticket on my phone I'll pay you? I pointed out- the reason for going electronic was to stop unauthorized ticket duplication. 

    2) Nope. It's your ticket, to do with as you please. StubHub et al take a percentage cut  of the selling price, but the rest of the profit- or loss is yours. Seats in my section have increased 1,000% this year since 0-16 happened on the secondary market. Classic supply and demand. The supply is fixed, the demand is WAY up.  🙂   I might be sorely tempted- but I won't do it. Should the Browns make the playoffs, I'm predicting I could sell off one playoff game- and that would pay for my 2020 season tickets. 

    PS damn fewer Redskins fans hanging out in my section, now that they had to pay through the nose to sit there.  

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  • hoortaH hoorta

    This is un American- forcing someone to buy a smartphone just to go to a NFL game.... 

    YOUR PHONE IS YOUR TICKET

    Actually, there is a way around this if you're the account holder of record and go to the stadium ticket office.  And don't let the battery die on your phone either before you get to the Gate. You listening Zombo?  🙂 They had damn well better put multiple charging stations outside the stadium as good customer service if they want to have fans put up with this crap. 

    Yeah I understand- they just made counterfeiting tickets a lot harder. May have just about put street scalpers out of business too. I for one wouldn't trust 'em as far as I could throw 'em anymore. But I'm going to bet some tech smarty will soon be able to figure out a way to create a ticket that will fool the folks at the gate. Just like that kid Warriors fan who bought a rafters ticket to get into Oracle, and then turned it into a court side seat. 

    @hoorta said:

    This is un American- forcing someone to buy a smartphone just to go to a NFL game.... 

    YOUR PHONE IS YOUR TICKET

    Actually, there is a way around this if you're the account holder of record and go to the stadium ticket office.  And don't let the battery die on your phone either before you get to the Gate. You listening Zombo?  🙂 They had damn well better put multiple charging stations outside the stadium as good customer service if they want to have fans put up with this crap. 

    Yeah I understand- they just made counterfeiting tickets a lot harder. May have just about put street scalpers out of business too. I for one wouldn't trust 'em as far as I could throw 'em anymore. But I'm going to bet some tech smarty will soon be able to figure out a way to create a ticket that will fool the folks at the gate. Just like that kid Warriors fan who bought a rafters ticket to get into Oracle, and then turned it into a court side seat. 

    And some type of cover over where they scan.  I can see a problem if it is pouring rain.

    If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
  • ballpeenB ballpeen

    @hoorta said:

    This is un American- forcing someone to buy a smartphone just to go to a NFL game.... 

    YOUR PHONE IS YOUR TICKET

    Actually, there is a way around this if you're the account holder of record and go to the stadium ticket office.  And don't let the battery die on your phone either before you get to the Gate. You listening Zombo?  🙂 They had damn well better put multiple charging stations outside the stadium as good customer service if they want to have fans put up with this crap. 

    Yeah I understand- they just made counterfeiting tickets a lot harder. May have just about put street scalpers out of business too. I for one wouldn't trust 'em as far as I could throw 'em anymore. But I'm going to bet some tech smarty will soon be able to figure out a way to create a ticket that will fool the folks at the gate. Just like that kid Warriors fan who bought a rafters ticket to get into Oracle, and then turned it into a court side seat. 

    And some type of cover over where they scan.  I can see a problem if it is pouring rain.

    @ballpeen said:

    And some type of cover over where they scan.  I can see a problem if it is pouring rain.

    Thanks for pointing that out 'Peen. Hadn't thought  about that. Had an issue with the  bike in a rain storm a month ago, and couldn't  even "swipe  up" to turn the phone on.  

  • Should  point  out, not only  did ticket prices go up, city of Cleveland is doing  some serious  profiteering  too. They're charging $40 bucks for the  Burke  lot this year- ouch. If I  hadn't  previously  committed to Steve and the Gnats  Tailgaters, I would have looked  elsewhere  to  park. Splitting  that  with the nephew, it was still  $20 bucks. No  wonder folks are staying  home to watch the  game on  TV. 

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