Rescheduled Football Matches
Posted: December 7th, 2016, 4:21 pm
I'm getting right royally fed-up of Sky.
As a long-term season ticket holder at Forest we have now seen 14 of our matches rescheduled (so far) this season for the benefit of the TV cameras. Our fixture list now resembles something totally different to what it did when it was released back in the summer.
A good few of these have obviously been 'home' fixtures and as such have had to alter existing plans to attend.
However, twice now (Newcastle last Friday and Villa to come in Feb) I have specifically planned one-off, expensive and now unavoidable social events with the view that I would still be attending these games only to find the games then moved to days/times that clash anyway and I was/am unable to make them.
There is no mechanism in place to refund non-attendance when the games are moved by the club further than letting someone you know have access to your ST - this in my experience has not been the case in the event of gigs, theatre, or other 'organised' events.
Nobody can be expected to have 9 months of their life put on hold just to pander to the whims of Sky and with the number of altered fixtures I would say it is unreasonable/excessive and 'not the product I purchased' when I bought this season's ticket, especially when forking out £££'s in 'support' of the club.
Is there anything in consumer law with regards to the not offering a monetary refund that I can include in my letter to the club expressing my exasperation in the situation?
Weath
As a long-term season ticket holder at Forest we have now seen 14 of our matches rescheduled (so far) this season for the benefit of the TV cameras. Our fixture list now resembles something totally different to what it did when it was released back in the summer.
A good few of these have obviously been 'home' fixtures and as such have had to alter existing plans to attend.
However, twice now (Newcastle last Friday and Villa to come in Feb) I have specifically planned one-off, expensive and now unavoidable social events with the view that I would still be attending these games only to find the games then moved to days/times that clash anyway and I was/am unable to make them.
There is no mechanism in place to refund non-attendance when the games are moved by the club further than letting someone you know have access to your ST - this in my experience has not been the case in the event of gigs, theatre, or other 'organised' events.
Nobody can be expected to have 9 months of their life put on hold just to pander to the whims of Sky and with the number of altered fixtures I would say it is unreasonable/excessive and 'not the product I purchased' when I bought this season's ticket, especially when forking out £££'s in 'support' of the club.
Is there anything in consumer law with regards to the not offering a monetary refund that I can include in my letter to the club expressing my exasperation in the situation?
Weath