A low point reached

schnakenpopanz · Post #1 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 1:28 am

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/86936 ... -guarantee
this is embarrassing.... only teams who have no future do things like this

SNash13 · Post #2 » by **SNash13** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 1:34 am

losing is fun...

thamadkant · Post #3 » by **thamadkant** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 1:35 am

1. The current team is not good enough to win lots of games, to me seein your team win a good game is "fun".
How will they classify fun?? It's so subjective, surely they ran this pass their corporate lawyers and the GM and got approval?

2. Maybe they will make the refund process really really tedious, like need to pass a lie detector test, must fill in 10 pages of documentation, must sign a waiver that the people who claim refunds will not be entitled to any team merchandise discounts, any group ticket discounts in the future, and any other Suns related items.

Basically this guarantee of fun has potential to be one messy process.

schnakenpopanz · Post #4 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 1:41 am

this is like waving a white flag

EB2 · Post #5 » by **EB2** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 3:04 am

I can't wait until December 6th.

Post #6 » by **rsavaj** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 4:21 am

At least ticket prices will start to decrease.

I hope.

Post #7 » by **Miklo** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 4:29 am

Does it specify which zones? If not book me a ticket, I'm sitting courtside for free!

Post #8 » by **rsavaj** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 4:32 am

Miklo wrote:Does it specify which zones? If not book me a ticket, I'm sitting courtside for free!

YOU ARE A GENIUS

Post #9 » by **Miklo** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 4:42 am

You're welcome.

(if someone tries this it would be EPIC)

Post #10 » by **rsavaj** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 4:44 am

Miklo wrote:You're welcome.

(if someone tries this it would be EPIC)

I just tried looking at what tickets are available under that offer, and sadly, the courtsides are grayed out.

But they do have some lower level seats retailing at like $170 available...

If I was in Phoenix, I would go for sure and then get the rebate no matter what. That may make me a bad person, but the Suns are a bad team, and I deserve to watch bad basketball up-close for free after all the money I've poured into this franchise.

Post #11 » by **Miklo** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 5:01 am

rsavaj wrote:
Miklo wrote:You're welcome.

(if someone tries this it would be EPIC)

I just tried looking at what tickets are available under that offer, and sadly, the courtsides are grayed out.

But they do have some lower level seats retailing at like $170 available...

If I was in Phoenix, I would go for sure and then get the rebate no matter what. That may make me a bad person, but the Suns are a bad team, and I deserve to watch bad basketball up-close for free after all the money I've poured into this franchise.

Dammit! Yeah, I kind of feel like it would be terrible but I'm on the fence about whether I might actually consider it. But the whole plane ticket expense would only be worth it if I could stick my foot out and trip Dirk from my seat.

SNash13 · Post #12 » by **SNash13** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 8:12 am

Let's go Phoenix Funs!

grumpysaddle · Post #13 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Dec 1, 2012 7:36 pm

Lol... Pretty sure everyone that goes to that game is going for free. At least there should be a better crowd attendance.

My thinking on this is that they aren't selling many tickets in the first place, so this will allow them to fill up the arena, and they're hoping to make a decent profit through concession sales.

Frank Lee · Post #14 » by **Frank Lee** » Sun Dec 2, 2012 4:01 am

I detest 'kid zones' and 95% of the bs shenanigans that have infected practically all arenas, all sports. The audio assault that fans are subjected to are obnoxious as well. The overall entertainment effort goes far beyond what is necessary. We are an ADD society.

Give me back the desert city 6

7Insomniac · Post #15 » by **7Insomniac** » Sun Dec 2, 2012 4:18 am

rsavaj wrote:
Miklo wrote:You're welcome.

(if someone tries this it would be EPIC)

I just tried looking at what tickets are available under that offer, and sadly, the courtsides are grayed out.

But they do have some lower level seats retailing at like $170 available...

If I was in Phoenix, I would go for sure and then get the rebate no matter what. That may make me a bad person, but the Suns are a bad team, and I deserve to watch bad basketball up-close for free after all the money I've poured into this franchise.

It's a nationally televised game. They already know that nobody was going to the game, so they're basically giving out free tickets so that they look good on tv. They don't give a **** whether you have fun or not. All they care about is their image. Pathetic.

grumpysaddle · Post #16 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sun Dec 2, 2012 8:36 am

7Insomniac wrote:
rsavaj wrote:
Miklo wrote:You're welcome.

(if someone tries this it would be EPIC)

I just tried looking at what tickets are available under that offer, and sadly, the courtsides are grayed out.

But they do have some lower level seats retailing at like $170 available...

If I was in Phoenix, I would go for sure and then get the rebate no matter what. That may make me a bad person, but the Suns are a bad team, and I deserve to watch bad basketball up-close for free after all the money I've poured into this franchise.

It's a nationally televised game. They already know that nobody was going to the game, so they're basically giving out free tickets so that they look good on tv. They don't give a **** whether you have fun or not. All they care about is their image. Pathetic.

And concession sales...

I mean, the seats are there, paid for, or not... why not give them away and have people buy **** hot dogs?

Frank Lee · Post #17 » by **Frank Lee** » Sun Dec 2, 2012 1:39 pm

This is obviously the 'Brainchild' of the marketing staff.... a small group of talking heads who are paid for 'ideas' to motivate and stimulate the general fan population.

Their arena is a GD morgue full of posers and sedate season ticket holders. They have had this problem for a while. Long gone is the MadHouse on McDowell.... and to be honest, it was never all that mad.

Essentially, they have priced out the rabid fan, especially from the lower levels. Compound that with a transitional sub .500 team and you get what we have..... poor attendance #s and a desperate marketing staff who is likely getting the screws turned on them by Sarver.

bigfoot · Post #18 » by **bigfoot** » Sun Dec 2, 2012 9:59 pm

Problem is there are all these corporate (season) ticket holders in the lower bowl. They compensate tickets to their clients which often means empty seats or worse yet, the clients go as fans for the opposing teams.

If the Suns marketing guys want to come up with a nifty idea to get fans excited try this. After the first quarter, empty seats in the lower bowl and courtside sections are given to people (rabid Suns fans) in the nose bleed section!!! Basically if you don't show by the first quarter you lose your seat for the rest of the game.

grumpysaddle · Post #19 » by **grumpysaddle** » Thu Dec 6, 2012 10:37 pm

I didn't even realize this game was on TNT. $arver is just trying to save face on national tv. His product isn't very good, but it gets worse if there's embarrassment on national TV. You take the loss of ticket sales for this game, since people weren't going to buy the tickets anyway.

thamadkant · Post #20 » by **thamadkant** » Fri Dec 7, 2012 1:18 am

grumpysaddle wrote:I didn't even realize this game was on TNT. $arver is just trying to save face on national tv. His product isn't very good, but it gets worse if there's embarrassment on national TV. You take the loss of ticket sales for this game, since people weren't going to buy the tickets anyway.

yup its to appear "all things are swell" at Phoenix Suns games... a full crowd (fuller anyways)