You don't collect any cards mate unless they take it from you at a spot check. I meant IF a steward takes your card to check if it's your seat they are requesting that you collect YOUR card at the ticket office after the game. This is fine IF it is your card and the ticket office is open.
Your membership card is activated for every game you purchase a ticket for. You don't get a card for each game to clear up the second question you asked..
Can we move away from the scare mongering that cards are being seized by stewards because as I've said, I've never seen it myself but know people it has happened too. I share cards and borrow cards the whole time. I was just trying to make people aware that they should be vigilant and cautious when entering the stadium and finding your seat.
Took the following from another site which had a thread about stewards being told to clamp down on cards.
- 2 of my cards were taken by stewards Saturday, drunken ****ing gimps.... Been given to people I don't even know and never had issues, give them to mates from by me and this shit happens, gonna cause me unreal grief.
- Had same problem with 2 cards taken by stewards at the Cardiff game before Christmas and ended up having to go to Liverpool to get them back as ticket office said will only be given back with photo id , cost me nearly €400 as had to replace hull n Oldham tickets that were on the cards n then travel to Liverpool to get them back . Still not got a cent of the lads who used the cards n looks unlikely that I will either
- Mine have all games till the end of the season and have 19 aways and have been de activated from anymore purchases until they investigate why the card holders weren't the ones using them
- That happened to me some time back I rang the t.o. And told them that I had lent them to a friend, they were ok but said that in future give them written note and signed to say you allowed this. But you will have to collect yourself with photo I.d.
- Clamping down big time. Know a lad who gave his card to a lad earlier in the season. Was taken off him and his card has been deactivated even though he had paid for matches later in the season.
The club want everyone to buy memberships and don't like the card sharing. I am very careful about who I give me cards to as one is on Issue 3 At this stage from people messing with them.
Best thing is to write an email explaining you had planned on going however something came up last week and it was too late to get a refund so you loaned them to someone you trusted.
- I had two of mine taken the day of Fulham. The steward showed my buddy to the seat but said he would have to take the cards and they would be posted back to the original owner. Waited a week and no sign of the cards so just rang the TO and told them i lost the cards and the sent out two new cards.
The same two cards wouldn't work for Villa and the steward started saying the tickets were not paid for and go to the TO and hope they weren't sold.They issued papers without any questions so i got a little lucky.
There is definitely something going on and i'm just going to brief anyone using them from now on-bootcamp for Anfield virgins.
- Somebody else mentioned this earlier in the thread, but if the card is in anyones possession, make sure to tell them not to hand it over to a steward to "look at". A steward can't physically remove a card from someone. If they have the seat details and don't look like they're completely lost the chances are nobody will bother them...
