View Full Version : Essendon Members Left Capless!
You get the letter in the mail saying to use your card to redeem your cap at any of the games from rounds 2-7.
We have 38,000 members and to be very generous we'll just say that 30,000 of them are matchday members.
Being our first home game for the year it would be safe to assume that in a crowd of 27,461 you'd expect a solid 15,000 Essendon members to be in attendance.
So when I get to the Membership Marquee at 12:30, some 40 minutes before the match you can imagine my disappointment that all the caps they had were gone.
The lady said that there were only 5000 caps taken to the game, a game where the percentage of members who were actually going to end up with a cap was less than 50%
Thumbs down to the Essendon Football Club and it's membership department that can't even get organised enough so members can actually collect what they have already paid for.
I'll be their next week and I'll be one unhappy customer if they run out again and tell me I can get it next week against the Kangaroos!
Ben the Gooner
5 Apr 2009, 17:35
Harden the **** up, and get it next week.
Colin D'Cops
5 Apr 2009, 17:38
Harden the **** up, and get it next week.
I agree with you partly. But, chillax Ben.
If he wants to work himself up over it, then so be it.
Gus2Gumby
5 Apr 2009, 17:38
Yea pretty average.
Don't care if i dont get it 1st game, but at least let me know so i dont waste 15mins waiting in line and doing a lap of the dome.
Surely they could have split it into 3-4 weeks where you were told when to pick it up based on your surname or member no.?
They were never realistically transport and hand out 30,000 caps in one day.
Wahooti Fandango
5 Apr 2009, 17:38
It's only a cap, although they should deliver on their promises.
dabomber
5 Apr 2009, 17:40
Having seen them today at the game... I wouldnt get to wound up about it!!
It has to be the worse quality cap I have seen!
retroparty
5 Apr 2009, 17:40
If you were smart you would've picked it up at one of the NAB cup games.
If you were smart you would've picked it up at one of the NAB cup games.
If you were smart, you wouldn't have wasted your time at a NAB cup match :thumbsu:
Look, I don't really care about the cap as it really does look shit, but don't say we can get it when we can't.
Admiral Afterworld
5 Apr 2009, 17:43
If you were smart you would've picked it up at one of the NAB cup games.
He's probably smart and didn't bother going to any of the pre-season games :)
Ben the Gooner
5 Apr 2009, 17:46
The suspect is capless, I repeat capless.
Gus2Gumby
5 Apr 2009, 17:47
If you were smart you would've picked it up at one of the NAB cup games.
Yea except you couldn't...
Membership department hadn't ordered them yet. :rolleyes:
The suspect is capless, I repeat capless.
I lol'd :thumbsu:
retroparty
5 Apr 2009, 17:56
Yea except you couldn't...
Membership department hadn't ordered them yet. :rolleyes:
They had ordered them...
I picked mine up at the bushfire relief game.
nickcat0
5 Apr 2009, 18:17
I feel so at home here .
My local soccer team , Southport FC , is in the 6th tier of English football , and currently involved in a battle for promotion ( only 5 promotions to the Premiership :D ) , yet all the message board seem to complain about is the poor catering facilities and the quality of beer served in the Grandstand Bar .
And now fellow fans of my Aussie Rules team , aren't worried about an injury crisis , or getting thumped by Carlscum next week ; no it's all about caps :p .
Ben the Gooner
5 Apr 2009, 18:33
I feel so at home here .
My local soccer team , Southport FC , is in the 6th tier of English football , and currently involved in a battle for promotion ( only 5 promotions to the Premiership :D ) , yet all the message board seem to complain about is the poor catering facilities and the quality of beer served in the Grandstand Bar .
And now fellow fans of my Aussie Rules team , aren't worried about an injury crisis , or thumping Carlscum next week ; no it's all about caps :p .
Fixed.
Yeah, it still says we're getting thumped by Carlton....
Indeed, haha.
Having seen them today at the game... I wouldnt get to wound up about it!!
It has to be the worse quality cap I have seen!
I haven't seen yours, but I don't rate ours (Geelong) much the last couple of years. Compared to our members scarf, it's pretty crap... The scarf however is pretty sweet... About time we get something good for being a member at least.
bombers_4_ever
6 Apr 2009, 00:01
If you were smart you would've picked it up at one of the NAB cup games.
If your were smart enough you would have picked it up at the family day like i did.
nickcat0
6 Apr 2009, 00:14
Yeah, it still says we're getting thumped by Carlton....
I said worried about being thumped , not that we would be thumped :p .
Hope springs eternal :D .
The suspect is capless, I repeat capless.
Free Hat?
http://i40.tinypic.com/11vmbn9.jpg
If you were smart, you wouldn't have wasted your time at a NAB cup match :thumbsu:
Look, I don't really care about the cap as it really does look shit, but don't say we can get it when we can't.
It does actually say between round 1 and round 7 on the card ;):D
Free Hat?
http://i40.tinypic.com/11vmbn9.jpg
lol
I was actually thinking about that when i picked mine up.
Better not tell warney it was at 12.20 :D
Yea except you couldn't...
Membership department hadn't ordered them yet. :rolleyes:
I got mine at the Collingwood game.
Strike Swiftly
6 Apr 2009, 10:15
I picked mine up at the club last week. Had heaps there :D
Ben the Gooner
6 Apr 2009, 11:06
How did you fix it?
Yeah, it still says we're getting thumped by Carlton....
:o:o
Much better. :thumbsu: Haha, I hope you do... I hate Carlton so much at the moment... I'm sure we all do.
Ben the Gooner
6 Apr 2009, 11:31
Much better. :thumbsu: Haha, I hope you do... I hate Carlton so much at the moment... I'm sure we all do.
I've been telling my Carlton supporting mates all summer that they'll miss the finals. Hopefully we start a nice losing streak for them.