I called the Purdue ticket office Friday and asked if I could purchase lower bowl tickets for the BIG tournament.
1. The person who answered the phone asked if I was a John Purdue Club Member. I said I was not. She said they only sell the lower bowl tickets to JPC members.
2. I said, okay, can I purchase general tickets? She said no, I would need to call one of the ticket agencies.
3. I asked if there was a minimum JPC level to be able to order the lower bowl tickets? She said, not really.
4. I asked if there was a cut-off date for JPC members to order tickets? She said there is not a cut-off date set, but if I want to have a JPC member order them for me, I should do it soon, because "he" is going to review the applications soon (I have no idea who "he" is).
5. I asked how many tickets does Purdue receive? She said, we don't receive an allotment, we just order what is needed.
I found the process and communication that Purdue sells tickets for the BIG tourney to be very odd.
-- Wouldn't the office want to secure/request as many tickets as we can and then try to "market" them to Purdue fans?
-- Why wouldn't they establish a cut-off date, promote it and create a sense of urgency?
I imagine if Purdue was a contender which I would think would result in more demand, then they would allocate by JPC level, but I just thought the whole process was odd.
Sounds like any JPC member that requests will receive, which is good I guess, but I think Purdue is missing out by not creating a marketing plan to encourage ticket sales.
I am a customer and ready to buy and I couldn't.
This post was edited on 1/31 9:20 PM by pu92boiler
1. The person who answered the phone asked if I was a John Purdue Club Member. I said I was not. She said they only sell the lower bowl tickets to JPC members.
2. I said, okay, can I purchase general tickets? She said no, I would need to call one of the ticket agencies.
3. I asked if there was a minimum JPC level to be able to order the lower bowl tickets? She said, not really.
4. I asked if there was a cut-off date for JPC members to order tickets? She said there is not a cut-off date set, but if I want to have a JPC member order them for me, I should do it soon, because "he" is going to review the applications soon (I have no idea who "he" is).
5. I asked how many tickets does Purdue receive? She said, we don't receive an allotment, we just order what is needed.
I found the process and communication that Purdue sells tickets for the BIG tourney to be very odd.
-- Wouldn't the office want to secure/request as many tickets as we can and then try to "market" them to Purdue fans?
-- Why wouldn't they establish a cut-off date, promote it and create a sense of urgency?
I imagine if Purdue was a contender which I would think would result in more demand, then they would allocate by JPC level, but I just thought the whole process was odd.
Sounds like any JPC member that requests will receive, which is good I guess, but I think Purdue is missing out by not creating a marketing plan to encourage ticket sales.
I am a customer and ready to buy and I couldn't.
This post was edited on 1/31 9:20 PM by pu92boiler
