Free membership?????

[Bluehoop]

Clearly a genuine mistake was made and quickly rectified. Fully protected by the sale of goods act.
What I am happiest about is the fact that it was clearly a genuine mistake whereas if it had happened under the previous regime I would have supported any attempts by anyone to profit from the incompetence of others

If you go into a shop, and pick up a shirt labelled £10, go to the checkout and they say ''sorry sir, this has been priced wrong it should be £20'' they are obliged to sell it to you at the £10 as marked. Similarly, if you see a 'complimentry promotion' offering free membership and get a confirmation email and the booking fee is deducted, that is a contract. and very difficult to legally reverse I would have thought.

Am I stirring, or is there some truth in this?

No they're not.

It's called an "invitation to treat" in 'legal-ese' and does not confer any legal guarantee on a fixed price.

[QPRDave]

If you go into a shop, and pick up a shirt labelled £10, go to the checkout and they say ''sorry sir, this has been priced wrong it should be £20'' they are obliged to sell it to you at the £10 as marked.

Similarly, if you see a 'complimentry promotion' offering free membership and get a confirmation email and the booking fee is deducted, that is a contract. and very difficult to legally reverse I would have thought.

Am I stirring, or is there some truth in this?

Actually I don't think they are.

http://www.calderdale-online.org/economy/shopping.html

Found this on ask jeeves website

Under sale of goods act 1979

[WeAreQPR12]

If you go into a shop, and pick up a shirt labelled £10, go to the checkout and they say ''sorry sir, this has been priced wrong it should be £20'' they are obliged to sell it to you at the £10 as marked.

Similarly, if you see a 'complimentry promotion' offering free membership and get a confirmation email and the booking fee is deducted, that is a contract. and very difficult to legally reverse I would have thought.

Am I stirring, or is there some truth in this?

Actually a very valid point that no one has picked up on. Well said and not stirring just stating some facts.

I'd imagine they will charge everyone the 3.5 and in some cases 10.5 for outside the uk. Seems like a nice little earner

[Kirill]

At the end of the day, it was their choice once the mistake was discovered and the free option removed.
They decided to charge for the transaction (booking and postage), so now they had better come up with the goods.

[Gerryhatrick]

If you go into a shop, and pick up a shirt labelled £10, go to the checkout and they say ''sorry sir, this has been priced wrong it should be £20'' they are obliged to sell it to you at the £10 as marked.

Similarly, if you see a 'complimentry promotion' offering free membership and get a confirmation email and the booking fee is deducted, that is a contract. and very difficult to legally reverse I would have thought.

Am I stirring, or is there some truth in this?

[Kirill]

Just checked in my online bank and my credit card has now been CHARGED (was only reserved on Sunday), the sum being GBP 10.50, comprising the infamous booking fee + European Postage. So they had better send me the pack now or I will throw a major hissy fit.

[davieqpr]

Bought one for myself and two for my boys.We only get to see about 12 home games and a few away games(oh Scunthorpe) a season due to work commitments.To be honest
would not normally have joined.But if TF says a mistake has been made then I owe him more than the two £3.50 charges for what he has done for us .

It was there on screen the option of a 'complimentary membership' nothing underhand was done to swindle the club. If it was an error and i get my £3.50 back then fine.

I think what got peoples back up is the fact you thought we was going to get something for free for which you paid £40 for,all this how could you do it to QPR bowlocks hahaha. The club throws money away hand over fist and suddenly we are the villans for taking up an option that was there for all to see.

Rang the box office no probs with the £78.50 worth of tickets i bought through the members presale yesterday.

Nail on head.

Quaz please don't tease him or he will stop posting here and we need all the maturity we can get.

ok, i forgot he has a medical condition as well...........

[Kirill]

oh dear, greg thinks he is all grown up now he has found friends, get over yourself.........

Quaz please don't tease him or he will stop posting here and we need all the maturity we can get.

Also there was no reaction to this at all on reports site, I think it just shows the level of maturity on this site, as we are used to ripping shreds out of each other and we need to change that attitude. I think being on report is recommended to anyone on this site as there is respect for fellow fans on it.

oh dear, greg thinks he is all grown up now he has found friends, get over yourself.........

[Sotonsuperhoop]

Loads of clubs offer free memberships. Could well have been genuine and Ticketmaster jumped the gun on releasing it to the eTickets site by 24 hours before statement released. Perfectly feasible and not by any means unthinkable.

Can't believe people are jumping all over this.

People are jumping all over this cos they like to have a go! Its what makes this site so funny, reading everyone having a dig at each other, and their petty feuds!!

I don't see how anyone could think it was a genuine offer, because if it was, it would be offy headlines, not an undiscovered find.

Loads of clubs offer free memberships. Could well have been genuine and Ticketmaster jumped the gun on releasing it to the eTickets site by 24 hours before statement released. Perfectly feasible and not by any means unthinkable.

Can't believe people are jumping all over this.

[MattyRangers]

So go there, add some maturity

His rod is out there, baited and ready....