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Hi All,
The following thread is purely my reasons and mine only to cancel my membership effective immediately. I speak for myself and not to influence anyone who chooses any differently. I respect every ones decision on how they will go about their choices in the future regarding their Bulldogs club membership. We are all entitled to express our opinions.
The following was sent to the Bulldogs Membership department......
Hi,
Could you please advise if my membership is on auto renew for the above membership #'s? (removed from thread)
If so, please remove this as I would like to confirm that I will not be renewing both
of these memberships.
Please confirm by reply your acceptance. Thank you.
...............................................
Reply....
Hi (name removed from thread),
Thanks for your email.
That is very unfortunate. Is there any particular reason for this?
You are on the automatic rollover but we will take you off.
Please note that if you do not renew by the deadline, your seats will be allocated to
someone else.
Please let us know if you do change your mind and we will be happy to help you.
Kind Regards,
Bulldogs Membership
................................
My response......
Hi,
Thanks for your confirmation in cancelling our memberships.
Sure i am happy to explain my reasons for cancelling them.
As far as entertainment on the playing field goes we never got our value for money. For
what the season tickets cost us, the quality, the style and the lack of understanding
for change when required during the season provided a very, very boring product. It
felt like we were watching the same thing week in week out.
I will also share my frustrations when deals are done with a player saying when they
will and when they won't play, so how do you expect members to support the club and
team throughout the year when a player is not prepared to do so? This club use to stand
for Club first, team second and player third. Us members have been taken for a ride
where you took our money but did not provide the full product when injuries took no
part. Simply a player did not want to play for personal reasons and good luck to him.
That's not what i paid for as i thought prior to renewing our memberships in late 2015
that all contracted players will play if 100% fit (excluding suspensions) in 2016.
That's a slap in the face to us as a consumer.
In future, your CEO, Board Members and Coach should not disrespect their members and
fans by expecting us to turn up in the cold, the rain and at times very tight schedules
and in particular when most people are struggling to save a dollar but put it towards
supporting the club and team when a contracted player is not prepared to do so and when
a coach was not prepared to change the product he was providing when it clearly was not
working. We'd had enough!
Also, there were 22,000 people at last weekends finals game against Penrith. That's
less than 10,000 Bulldogs members (as not all would have been members). Where were your
other 10,000+ members? Now lets not use the venue Allianz Stadium as an excuse. The
sooner your CEO, Directors and Coach realise that members and fans are turning away due
to the above reasons the quicker we will start seeing the entertainment we pay for on
the field that we have been known for and want to watch win, lose or draw. Then and
only then you may see members and fans returning. But unfortunately we will not be in
2017.
I appreciate for your time in hearing my reasons.
The following thread is purely my reasons and mine only to cancel my membership effective immediately. I speak for myself and not to influence anyone who chooses any differently. I respect every ones decision on how they will go about their choices in the future regarding their Bulldogs club membership. We are all entitled to express our opinions.
The following was sent to the Bulldogs Membership department......
Hi,
Could you please advise if my membership is on auto renew for the above membership #'s? (removed from thread)
If so, please remove this as I would like to confirm that I will not be renewing both
of these memberships.
Please confirm by reply your acceptance. Thank you.
...............................................
Reply....
Hi (name removed from thread),
Thanks for your email.
That is very unfortunate. Is there any particular reason for this?
You are on the automatic rollover but we will take you off.
Please note that if you do not renew by the deadline, your seats will be allocated to
someone else.
Please let us know if you do change your mind and we will be happy to help you.
Kind Regards,
Bulldogs Membership
................................
My response......
Hi,
Thanks for your confirmation in cancelling our memberships.
Sure i am happy to explain my reasons for cancelling them.
As far as entertainment on the playing field goes we never got our value for money. For
what the season tickets cost us, the quality, the style and the lack of understanding
for change when required during the season provided a very, very boring product. It
felt like we were watching the same thing week in week out.
I will also share my frustrations when deals are done with a player saying when they
will and when they won't play, so how do you expect members to support the club and
team throughout the year when a player is not prepared to do so? This club use to stand
for Club first, team second and player third. Us members have been taken for a ride
where you took our money but did not provide the full product when injuries took no
part. Simply a player did not want to play for personal reasons and good luck to him.
That's not what i paid for as i thought prior to renewing our memberships in late 2015
that all contracted players will play if 100% fit (excluding suspensions) in 2016.
That's a slap in the face to us as a consumer.
In future, your CEO, Board Members and Coach should not disrespect their members and
fans by expecting us to turn up in the cold, the rain and at times very tight schedules
and in particular when most people are struggling to save a dollar but put it towards
supporting the club and team when a contracted player is not prepared to do so and when
a coach was not prepared to change the product he was providing when it clearly was not
working. We'd had enough!
Also, there were 22,000 people at last weekends finals game against Penrith. That's
less than 10,000 Bulldogs members (as not all would have been members). Where were your
other 10,000+ members? Now lets not use the venue Allianz Stadium as an excuse. The
sooner your CEO, Directors and Coach realise that members and fans are turning away due
to the above reasons the quicker we will start seeing the entertainment we pay for on
the field that we have been known for and want to watch win, lose or draw. Then and
only then you may see members and fans returning. But unfortunately we will not be in
2017.
I appreciate for your time in hearing my reasons.