Paper tickets?

[mrags]

1 hour ago, Limeaid said:

 

 

It also increases number of electronic devices being pick pocketed.

Oh it does not cut down scalpers just those not giving a cut to NFL.

Cell phones being pick pocketed is not the nfls problem

 

when was the last time you were at a Bills game? Because last year I saw significantly less scalpers roaming the lots trying to buy and sell tickets. Usually they are falling over one another. This year I can’t remember many at all. 

[Saxum]

56 minutes ago, mrags said:

Cell phones being pick pocketed is not the nfls problem

 

when was the last time you were at a Bills game? Because last year I saw significantly less scalpers roaming the lots trying to buy and sell tickets. Usually they are falling over one another. This year I can’t remember many at all. 

 

Cell phones being pick pocketed should be NFL's problem since they are making it easier to pick pocket them with crowds.

 

The scalpers I am talking about are those paying a fee to team to be licensed ticket seller who sell the tickets along with tailgate or other amenities which raise price of tickets significantly.  They are very popular with away (opposing) visitors.  Several have tried to sell them to our Bills Backers group.

[BobbyC81]

6 hours ago, Long Suffering Fan said:

When I was a kid, saving my ticket stubs was a big deal.  It was a good memory for me.

 

Yeah, I still have a bunch.  My brother-in-law got a Super Bowl ticket brass plated so it’ll last forever.

[mikemac2001]

The mobile ticket is great if you know what your doing - I’ve purchased tickets walking up to stadiums before it’s so easy to use

[HamSandwhich]

13 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

Do that with a screenshot, bam!

Was going to say the same but you got it covered. Much easier and fool proof.

[Mr. WEO]

OP posted this 4 years ago but he's using dial up AOL

[Greg S]

7 hours ago, mikemac2001 said:

The mobile ticket is great if you know what your doing - I’ve purchased tickets walking up to stadiums before it’s so easy to use

 

Yup. I have Jets tickets and they stopped the paper tickets years ago. For a while they were using the card. For the last 3 years its been mobile. I get my seasons and parking passes on my phone.

[Mr. WEO]

12 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

Cell phones being pick pocketed should be NFL's problem since they are making it easier to pick pocket them with crowds.

 

The scalpers I am talking about are those paying a fee to team to be licensed ticket seller who sell the tickets along with tailgate or other amenities which raise price of tickets significantly.  They are very popular with away (opposing) visitors.  Several have tried to sell them to our Bills Backers group.

 

The Bills give handfulls of tickets to "Licensed ticket sellers" to sell in the parking lot?

 

Also, I didn't get the part about the cellphone pickpockets.  E-tickets are causing more phone theft because.....?  Everyone has a cellphone on them anyway.

[eball]

17 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

I can't recall seeing anyone with the old card-stock ticket-shaped tickets in recent years.

 

Paper printouts......like boarding passes printed off your home printer........I have seen.

 

Otherwise it's cards and E.

 

The cards are great and a good enough collectible, IMO.

 

Electronic only I wouldn't recommend..........seen people have issues with phones going into games.

 

Card is the way to go and you can use your card for playoff games as well.

 

Just an FYI, you can put the mobile ticket into your Wallet app (if you have an iPhone) and then mobile service is not required to open and use it at the gate.

[Mr. WEO]

1 minute ago, BUFFALOBART said:

..Seems quite unlikely, to me. A pickpocket, would have to crack the password on the phone, to access the tickets.

 

Plus, the idea of a roving gang of ticket paying pickpockets in the stadium....like Oliver Twist out there!!

[BADOLBILZ]

2 hours ago, eball said:

 

Just an FYI, you can put the mobile ticket into your Wallet app (if you have an iPhone) and then mobile service is not required to open and use it at the gate.

 

 

Yes this is true........we actually HAD to do that for the playoff games in 2020 as I recall......there was no other choice.

 

Wallet app works fine I just used it for a last minute decision to attend an MLB game as they didn't even have a physical ticket office at that stadium........this is the way it's going.

 

But I much prefer the card.

 

Let's say you accidentally had your flashlight on all day or super cold weather drained your battery and you walked up to the gate with a dead phone?   

 

I put my card in my wallet and it never leaves all season.   

[Matt_In_NH]

I use a rock and chissel...its more permanent.  Paper can burn up.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

13 minutes ago, 13 Second Prevent Defense said:

I use a rock and chissel...its more permanent.  Paper can burn up.

 
but paper defeats rock!

just beware scissors

[JESSEFEFFER]

I prefer the cards.  I do not trust the performance of my phone in all weather conditions and life events.  Drop them on the asphalt and they do not bounce.  Apparently, the cards can not be used for entry to any potential home playoff games, which is both weird and disappointing.

[BillsPride12]

5 minutes ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

I prefer the cards.  I do not trust the performance of my phone in all weather conditions and life events.  Drop them on the asphalt and they do not bounce.  Apparently, the cards can not be used for entry to any potential home playoff games, which is both weird and disappointing.

This has to be a new rule just put in place then because I used my card to enter into the playoff game last season.

[JESSEFEFFER]

21 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

This has to be a new rule just put in place then because I used my card to enter into the playoff game last season.

 

[muppy]

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[eball]

32 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

This has to be a new rule just put in place then because I used my card to enter into the playoff game last season.

 

11 minutes ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

 

 

I am guessing -- but do not know for certain -- that this is probably just CYA language to make sure people don't think they automatically get playoff tickets when they buy season tickets.  I bet if you purchase playoff tickets through your ST account they are added to the card.

 

[diversification]

Thanks to those who actually responded to the question (I was like 10 comments in before I got to an actual answer lol.)  It's a shame that they have done away with the decorative paper tickets... the collections some folks have is really neat. 

 

The card will be fine for now, but if they eliminate that, I'm going to be annoyed.  I'm plenty tech savvy, but all the tech savvy in the world can't change the physics of how phones react to heat, cold, impact, or even water.  That plus you all know how the network reacts near the stadium when people begin arriving.  If they ditch the cards, hopefully they'll be smart enough to replace them with something else that isn't battery dependent.  If not, the lines are probably going to slow way down as technology struggles occur at the point of scanning. 

 

Anyway, thanks for the info. Go Bills. 

[BillsPride12]

1 hour ago, diversification said:

Thanks to those who actually responded to the question (I was like 10 comments in before I got to an actual answer lol.)  It's a shame that they have done away with the decorative paper tickets... the collections some folks have is really neat. 

 

The card will be fine for now, but if they eliminate that, I'm going to be annoyed.  I'm plenty tech savvy, but all the tech savvy in the world can't change the physics of how phones react to heat, cold, impact, or even water.  That plus you all know how the network reacts near the stadium when people begin arriving.  If they ditch the cards, hopefully they'll be smart enough to replace them with something else that isn't battery dependent.  If not, the lines are probably going to slow way down as technology struggles occur at the point of scanning. 

 

Anyway, thanks for the info. Go Bills. 

It seems like each passing year the NFL...and life in general...gets a little less fun 

 

I love the team the Bills finally have but I wish the presentation of Sports was still how it was 20-25 years ago