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Angels A+ Season Ticket Service

They are going to be raising ticket prices, and the cover for this operation has landed. Oh man I am going through the mail and here is a letter from the Angels informing me that season seat holders will now have a highly-trained client service representative assigned to their section to "ensure that your Angel season seat experience is the best possible". The page-worth of bullshit goes on to say absolutely nothing - in highlighting all that they will be doing for the seatholder, there is not one solid thing noted that is of worth or interest.

Big whoop, we are getting:
Season seat renewal process (already had it)
Annual seat exchange/upgrade program (already had it)
Managing your Angels online account (already had it)
Online ticket sales and forwarding program (already had it)
Information game time changes, important mailings, etc. (already had it)
Account financials and billing questions (already had it)

They go on with more complete BS, showing a guy and girl in corporate attire on the pamphlet acting like they are there to help you like it is American Airlines and your flight has been delayed and they are going to get you a hotel, a gin-n-tonic and a massage for your troubles.

Oh here is a great service they offer: Survey and feedback requests. What the frack does that mean? Oh wow, you get to use my time to provide you information to tailor your corporate agenda to maximize revenue based on my responses? Wow, you really DO sound solely dedicated to servicing my Season Seat experience.

Hey, Corporate Shint-for-brains intern who came up with this idea of a fake concierge as an excuse to raise ticket prices, hey loser, here is what I want as a season seat holder:

1. No diaper bags blocking the aisle, mister and miss casual fan with whiny ADHD larvae.

2. No Bahsitn, Wankee or Dawdja fans in the park. Arrest them after their first sip of beer for public intoxication. Zero tolerance. That means you, Jack Nicholson and you Ben Affleck and you Vin Scully.

3. National Anthem Singers that can carry a tune.

4. Slow food service employees get fired.

5. Oh, by the way, good food would be nice.

6. Hey, keep up these teams that make the playoffs, a swell idea overall.

7. How about three seconds of peace and quiet from that stadium jukebox between innings.

8. When the Angels are getting their asses kicked, we are not in the mood for upbeat jumbotron footage of Robb Quinlan's three total hits with heavy metal music blaring in a ludicrous juxtaposition of power/no power.

9. If a kid is kicking my chair or a tall guy is sitting in front of me, make them move.

10. Don't fucking patronize me like I am one of Arte's billionaire buddies who expects the stadium to mimic the finer aspects of the Bellagio.

In lieu of bending over backwards on these items, please then just don't insult my intelligence with your corporate branding, nor jerk me off with your pretend-upscale-noveau-riche OC-concierge-bullshit.

Look kid, most season seat holders remember when the stadium was surrounded by Orange Groves, and with the mortgage crisis the way it is, we will likely be here when it is back to being surrounded by fruit trees and your concierge corporate mentality is running a brothel in Beijing's high-rent party-member-suck-off district.

Folks, the jerk-off has begun. Prepare to pay per stroke...

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Maybe it's all a front
for affording A-Rod's new contract, but they don't want to say so yet and get your hopes up.

Or maybe we sign Shea Hillenbrand and Jeff Weaver to multi-year deals worth about as much as A-Rod gets in a season, and then call it an offseason.

http://kotchatthebat.livejournal.com/

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Oct 29, 2007 1:35 AM PDT   0 recs

Sorry about...
our diaper bag.  We'll try to keep that under the seat from now on.  Just trying to raise him the right way.

It sucks that you guys are being taken to the cleaners for renewing your tickets...I could see the added charges for new season ticket holders, but not existing customers.

Hell, I would be stoked just to be able to afford season tickets.  But you guys have every reason to be pissed.  Hopefully they do use that money for something useful....namely rat traps or helmets for our base coaches.

by autrys cowboys on Oct 29, 2007 8:23 AM PDT   0 recs

Nothing quite like being there.....but
Watching at home has the best service I know of.  Large screen, good food, nobody blocking my view, no Yankee, Red Sox or Dodger fans, no rats, price is just right....oh! Crap! Hud and Physioc...

NEVERMIND!!!!

by Monkeyspanked on Oct 29, 2007 8:46 AM PDT   0 recs

Please add #11 and #12 and some general comments
#11) When three different food vendors are in the aisle, please kneel or duck down as your crap-ass yellow jerseys are blocking my view that has doubled in price over the past 5 years.

#12) Take a lesson from Staples Center.  No walking down the Aisles until there is a break in the action (after an out is made, or a guy reaches base).  I am sick and tired of having some jerk off who just paid 2x, 3x or 4x face value to tell me to move or is looking for his seat only to miss the next Juan Rivera GIDP, Garret Anderson rolling over to the second baseman, or Vlad crushing one to towards L.A. County.

In the past 5 years, yes we have had soem of teh best teams in teh history of the franchise, but when we're now shelling out over $10,000 per season for four seats on the field level, I expect a bit more other than slooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww food service, two Sherriff Explorers checking for water bottles in ladies purses, and getting gouged an extra $1 or $2 for a beer at playoff games.

Maybe a special entrance at each gate for someone holding a season ticket?  Maybe having a better train schedule to get people home after night games? Maybe having better food options (Wahoo's, In-N-Out, Sharky's, Rubio's)? Maybe having more interaction with the players/management and season ticket holders?

I too received that piece of crap brochure over the weekned and was hoping it was a letter of apology for the weak post-season performance, or at worst a "while we did not accomplish our goal in 2007, we're excited for next year, here's what we are planning" letter.  No, nothing like that, just the same old corporate b.s. of "you're just a number to us, we don't really care about you."

It is way overdue Arte. #5 needs to be retired by the Angels.

by BrianDowningFan on Oct 29, 2007 9:38 AM PDT   0 recs

#12
I always try to wait for a break in the action to go sit down.  But i can't tell you how many times i was told to go sit immediately and then have to step over 7 people to get to the seats.

by cupie on Oct 29, 2007 10:19 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Top five payroll
bottom half of the league in seating prices.  Not a bad combo.
Mike wants some slugging and so do I.

by hauldog on Oct 29, 2007 12:17 PM PDT   0 recs

a thoughtful rant the morning after
the worst post season in history.

it's inspiring me to get pissy all day.

by rbrianc on Oct 29, 2007 12:20 PM PDT   0 recs

Why do baseball fans need a "concierge"?
At a venue where the primary food staple is the mighty hot dog, wtf is a concierge supposed to 'upscale'?

My guess is that this is round 2 of "OPERATION: Watch the Ticket Resale Market Like a Hawk". Now there is going to be a named employee who will make it their job to know - by name - who the owner is of each seat in their territory. The occasional phone call home to inquire about your season ticket resale activity is not far behind.

Loss, Loss, Loss, Win, Win, Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss

by Stirrups on Oct 29, 2007 1:52 PM PDT   0 recs

one of the wealthiest
cities in the country.

if i owned the team id raise prices too. especially since half the fans expect to win the world series every year and to have a competitive payroll.

by ihearhowie2.0 on Oct 29, 2007 5:14 PM PDT   0 recs

yeppers
pay more 2 c a rod

by blaqhalo on Oct 29, 2007 5:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

may i add
no rally rackets, if anything thunder sticks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo

by ANewFoundThrice on Oct 29, 2007 9:30 PM PDT   0 recs

here's what happened...
arte told his people to fuck their people (us)

to complain about the concierge excuse is like complaining about the odor of the faux lube the marketing intern chose to apply

i suppose there would be better excuses (lubes) to give people ... like improving the roster... a much sweeter aroma but it burns even more after extended use

my signature sucks

by proletariat on Oct 30, 2007 2:56 PM PDT   0 recs

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