Thursday, February 22, 2007
on a positive (sort of) note
I forgot to mention my letter from the Mets yesterday, inviting me (as an account holder, or rather, a “valued patron” *snort*) to purchase single game tickets (
excluding, of course, opening day and the Subway Series) before the rest of the world.
[The fact that the password is so freaking obvious as to be completely worthless, therefore ensuring that everyone’s going to get in on it somehow (no, REALLY. It might as well be ‘METS’) was a subject for additional derision. And no I’m not telling you. xoxo]
However, what I missed in my initial pissed-off, fling-of-worthless-letter-onto-MG-desk was THIS:
“Highlights on our home 2007 schedule include… (blah blah blah about the Cardinals that would be appropriate for any team except the Mets, because it feels like it was written by some intern who somehow FORGOT who BEAT us last year) and--”
--wait for it--
“Great giveaways, including Mr. Met T-Shirts, PAUL LO DUCA BOBBLEHEADS (emph. mine), David Wright Jersey Bags and Build-A-Bear Workshop Day...”
There is no way in heck that Lo Duca bobbleheads are For The Children.
Right?
Posted by MG at 07:42 PM
This is another great distinction between the Mets and the Yankees. A co-worker of mine has a Yankee Sunday Plan and as part of that deal he gets to use their pre-sale. Theirs is locked down. You need your account number and a personal password they sent that was insane and impossible to guess (complete with mixed case letters and numbers) AND you could buy tickets to any of the 81 games. OD, Mets, Red Sox, whatever you wanted. Where as the Mets intentionally exclude the best games because “there isn’t enough availability”.
I have a Mets Saturday plan and yes the pre-sale password is a joke. However, since I doubt there will be a big run on any of the other 77 games I intend to wait the extra week and call in where I can use one of the few real perks of my ticket plan, phone ordering without order/convenience fees.
UGH. From the schedule:
Paul Lo Duca Bobblehead
First 12,000 Kids
Sponsored by Gold’s Horseradish.
AND they’re having all these kid giveaway t-shirts, which is so sad, because that’s my size!
This is another great distinction between the Mets and the Yankees. A co-worker of mine has a Yankee Sunday Plan and as part of that deal he gets to use their pre-sale. Theirs is locked down. You need your account number and a personal password they sent that was insane and impossible to guess (complete with mixed case letters and numbers) AND you could buy tickets to any of the 81 games. OD, Mets, Red Sox, whatever you wanted. Where as the Mets intentionally exclude the best games because “there isn’t enough availability”.
I have a Mets Saturday plan and yes the pre-sale password is a joke. However, since I doubt there will be a big run on any of the other 77 games I intend to wait the extra week and call in where I can use one of the few real perks of my ticket plan, phone ordering without order/convenience fees.