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June 19th, 2012 at 6:36 AM
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strick23
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Football Season Ticket Request-

 I've just felt the wrath of the Pimp Hand!

For anyone that had requested additional seats for this upcoming season, I received the following email: 

"Interest in additional season tickets among current Season Ticket Holders were very high and therefore, we were only able to accomodate requests from those with 100 or more priority points.  We regret that we were unable to accommodate your request for additional  Season tickets this year."  Then goes on to say:  "Ticket packs will be available....."  HA!

I was hoping to be able to take Dad and the Kids this year, but ah-well!  Maybe next year.

 

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June 19th, 2012 at 7:00 AM | 100 points (Score:1)
HELLE
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That's insane! DB just play pick a number and F'ed everyone else.

Go Blue!

June 19th, 2012 at 9:10 AM | Hmm (Score:1)
radfan5
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So much for our 4 consecutive seat theory, huh?

June 19th, 2012 at 3:51 PM | Skeptical.... (Score:2 Normal)
HELLE
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So it cost me $1200 to get two season tickets this year as a new season ticket holder, but they want $8800 more for two additional? I think the OPs real name is Dave Brandon, lol. This is his new fundraising scheme.

Go Blue!

June 19th, 2012 at 7:06 AM | Darn, I requested 2 more (Score:2)
hail2thevict0r
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Darn, I requested 2 more seats. I didn't get that e-mail....yet. But I'd assume it's coming once they get to my request and I only have like 20 priority points.

I guess it's good though that tickets are back to "in demand" more than they were the last couple of years.

OH-HOW-I-HATE OHIO STATE

June 19th, 2012 at 7:20 AM | In other words (Score:2)
Bosch
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DB's hoping that you want those extra tickets so much that you are willing to buy UMass and Eastern with them when the packages go on sale.

All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.

June 19th, 2012 at 7:41 AM | I don't know that this is (Score:4 Normal)
dothepose
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I don't know that this is quite the wrath of the pimp hand or that Brady Hoke and an 11-2 season and on the verge on the No. 1 recruiting class is just drawing in more people. However, I did put in a request to move my seats higher up because I'm too close to the field. This probably will not go through is my guess.

You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.

June 19th, 2012 at 12:15 PM | Seat relocation (Score:1)
BlueFish
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From the AD website:

Requesting New Seat Locations
Season ticket adjustments are based on a number of variables including available season ticket inventory, stadium modifications and overall demand. Until all stadium seats have been widened, flexibility will be very limited. Season ticket relocation requests are ranked first by annual giving category and then by priority point total within that category. Season ticket upgrades and requests can be made on season ticket renewal form sent out in spring 2012.

Therefore, if you think you'll want to relocate your seats for the upcoming season, give as much as you can on your PSD form at the beginning of the year, with an eye on the AD's giving categories ($100-499, $500-999, etc.).  I gave a total of $500 last year (for a big move), and it worked.  I'm trying again this year (for a much smaller move) without any extra donation; we'll see what happens.

If only Coach Mo hadn't gotten so drunk.

June 19th, 2012 at 7:55 AM | Modeled after the MGoPoints system (Score:1)
Miami Blue
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Seniority counts.

June 19th, 2012 at 8:19 AM | More like... 'money (Score:3 Normal)
NeilGoBlue
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More like... 'money counts'...

Team 106

June 19th, 2012 at 9:02 AM | Basically money but there are (Score:2)
hail2thevict0r
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Basically money but there are some other things: here is how the points break down:

1 Point Current Athletic Donations (per $100)

1 Point Historical Athletic Donations (per $100)

1 Point Historical University Donations (per $1000)

1 Point Ticket Loyalty (consecutive years as a season ticket holder)

5 Points U-M Degree

10 Points U-M Letterwinner

1 Point Marching Band Donation (per $100)

 

So basically, if you do the minimum donation of $100 every year and you weren't a UM grad, letterwinner or donated any money outside of that - it would take you essentially 50 years to get to 100 points. 

I got 5 points for graduating - which is what i think gave me the bump to get offered tickets because that's the same year I got offered...after I had the 5 points added. But the majority of your priority point will come down to donations.

I'm at 20.5 priority points right now and it breaks down like this:

Alumni + consecutive season ticket holder points - 8
Donation points - 12.5

OH-HOW-I-HATE OHIO STATE

June 19th, 2012 at 10:44 AM | So 100 pts will cost you (Score:2)
rbgoblue
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So 100 pts will cost you $10,000. I you are an alumnus, you can get 100 pts for the GREAT LOW PRICE of $9,500.



Good news is its tax deductible.

June 19th, 2012 at 8:09 AM | Good News! (Score:1)
wolves5umd
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Like someone else posted, it is good news that tickets are back in high demand.  100 points is high, but not stupid high.  Like for ND road tickets you had to have 300 points.

June 19th, 2012 at 8:27 AM | Yeah,... (Score:1)
strick23
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I'm glad I was able to squeak in when I did!  Last year was my first season with tix.  I wasn't on the waitlist too long!

June 19th, 2012 at 9:04 AM | Being on the waiting list is (Score:2)
hail2thevict0r
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Being on the waiting list is different than being a season ticket holder and asking for more seats.....meaning you have 2 season tickets and you want 4. That's what the OP was talking about. 

OH-HOW-I-HATE OHIO STATE

June 19th, 2012 at 9:26 AM | 10-4 (Score:1)
strick23
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10-4!!

June 19th, 2012 at 9:42 AM | 300 points! (Score:2)
Mr. Robot
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Yikes. Guess hitting up my friends still in school for road game tickets was a good idea after all, because I won't be qualifying for them outside of that for a long time.

"Good evening, and welcome to Michigan Stadium for this the one-hundred thirty-second season of Michigan football, and the thirty-ninth meeting between Michigan and Notre Dame." -Carl Grapentine, September 10, 2011

June 19th, 2012 at 9:10 AM | There is hope (Score:1)
notYOURmom
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I got that same email on Friday almost simultaneously with a phone call saying my upgrade had been approved.  So perhaps they are calling the last few "thumbs up" folks one at  a time.

June 19th, 2012 at 9:25 AM | How many (Score:1)
strick23
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priority points do you have??

June 19th, 2012 at 11:17 AM | Not sure (Score:1)
notYOURmom
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But I seem to remember that my basketball allocation reported 76 and change, which is pretty far below 100.



I asked for four as close as possible toy existing seats (Sec 18 row 94) but acknowledged I would accept any four together. In fact thy got me very close indeed (Sec 19 Row 93).



So I am a happy camper!

June 19th, 2012 at 12:13 PM | Wow! (Score:1)
strick23
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That's cool!  Congrats!...  Yeah, you have a few more points than me!  After my donation this past winter, I got bumped to 8 points!  HA!

June 19th, 2012 at 9:20 AM | Do people sell their season tickets? (Score:1)
wolverine1987
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Meaning the whole season's worth? I'm interested in someone that either is giving them up completely or can't use them. Where would I go? Craiglist? Stubhub is just for single game tickets I think.

"Everyone gets dumped Gabe. Let me give you some advice: a little coverup on your Adams Apple will make it appear smaller. Which will make you appear less like a transvestite." 

June 19th, 2012 at 9:45 AM | I think most everything goes (Score:2)
hail2thevict0r
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I think most everything goes through stubhub now. I'm not sure if you can sell and entire season as a package that way - or if you'd have to look at each individual game. I know there used to be some on Ebay but I know the athletic department has been cracking down on those people to some extent. 

OH-HOW-I-HATE OHIO STATE

June 19th, 2012 at 9:55 AM | where else (Score:3 Normal)
jaggs
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do you get everything you need for your Michigan fix?

MGoBlog of course http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/buying-selling-um-tickets-thread-spreadsheet It's under the MGoBoard tab and there are a couple people selling season's tickets at cost. Good luck, I've used the spreadsheet many times in the past to great success.

I haven't been offered yet (though I did the $500 donation to be 'elegible') but mine would be for sale. Reason being, I'm coming from about 5 hours away and usually do it with at least 3 other friends. Until I can get 4 tickets together, I'll be selling the season tickets and buying assorted ticket packages to make up the games we are going to.

June 19th, 2012 at 10:49 AM | I wonder why you didn't get (Score:1)
Professor X
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I wonder why you didn't get offered. Are you alumni? I did the same thing as you and I got offered about a month ago. 

June 19th, 2012 at 12:20 PM | not alumni (Score:2)
jaggs
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just a regular guy with 5 priority points.

June 19th, 2012 at 11:19 AM | What section? (Score:1)
wolverine1987
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Are they?

"Everyone gets dumped Gabe. Let me give you some advice: a little coverup on your Adams Apple will make it appear smaller. Which will make you appear less like a transvestite." 

June 19th, 2012 at 12:06 PM | As an FYI (Score:2 Normal)
WindyCityBlue
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...new season ticket offers (which sounds like you are in this category), were notified last month and the deadline to accept (and buy tickets) was a few weeks ago.  Unless some of these people don't buy tickets (or forget), then you might be out of luck this year.  I think points needed for new people was around 8 points this year.  It will likely go up for next year.

A word of advice to all, if the AD is offering you to be eligible for tickets by paying $500, then pay $600.  Most people probably paid just the $500 at which point you would likely be indistinguishable.      

June 19th, 2012 at 10:59 PM | StubHub (Score:1)
HELLE
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You can sell single game or the whole season on StubHub. You can get a lot more by selling single games.

Go Blue!

June 19th, 2012 at 11:22 AM | 100 pts I believe it not (Score:2 Normal)
notYOURmom
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It would make sense (psychologically speaking) to fib on the high side about the required number of points for an upgrade, so that people under the break point imagine they are FAR away and don't complain about how close they got.



I think the real number must be closed to where I am (76) or else I wouldn't have been called.

June 19th, 2012 at 11:55 AM | FYI - I had tow blocks of (Score:2)
mGrowOld
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FYI - I had two blocks of tickets in Section 5 (2 and 4 together respectually-1/3 and 2/3 up stadium) and had about 65 points total going into last year.  I wrote a check for 5K to basically buy points and asked for the upgrade and got the 4 seats moved to Section 3 (about the 18 yard line - 1/3 up) and two seats got moved to Section 2 (30 yard line 1/3 up).  I did not get asked again this year if I wanted to move up again.

 

 

June 19th, 2012 at 1:50 PM | Student Tickets for Non-students (Score:0)
June 19th, 2012 at 2:21 PM | dishonesty (Score:2 Normal)
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Dishonesty lessens the experience.

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