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I also recieved it as well- not impressed at all. When you click the unsubscribe link at the top of the email though, you get redirected through a ticketmaster website to the Team GWS page. My guess is Team GWS is using a mailing list of those that have bought tickets through ticketmaster to Swans games or other games in Canberra.... just a thought perhaps but I don't know how else I ended up on the list. I'm red and white tthrough and through, not a blue and black western suburbs bogan!
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that might be it - but I havent bought tickets with ticketmaster for a couple of years - anyway - there is always the delete button!I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure..................
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I got the email too, on my personal account!!
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This is the sort of thing I was referring to when it comes to how Team GWS will impact the Swans, especially in Sydney.
It's what the club is most afraid of - that rather than help grow the market in Sydney, Team GWS will target existing Swans supporters to see how many are "soft", and whom they might be able to eventually dislodge.
What concerns me is that Team GWS is going to be the AFL' s #1 pet project - way more important to them than Gold Coast, or wherever else they want to establish a team. Probably more important than some of the existing clubs, too. Remember, they're chasing a region with 2 million people.
I think the AFL will back Team GWS instead of us in the event of a conflict of interest. That's what worries me.Comment
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I got the email too. I don't think I have ever bought football tickets at Ticketmaster.
Maybe they joined RWO and got our email addresses .
Edit: When I try to unsubscribe, it takes me to Ticketmaster and I get a window "Log into My Team GWS Account Manager to Edit Your Profile" It gives an account ID and I have to put in my password.
If it is Ticketmaster that have breached the privacy act why would they send it to me when I live in Geelong??CHER - Who has two types of blood cells "RED ones and WHITE ones"Comment
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As odd as it is - at the end of the day it is only an email (and I didnt read it either - just deleted it) and I dont think it is really anything to worry about at the moment. But if, as you say, the club is most afraid of what the GWS franchise may do - then competition for our affection in this city may finally prompt the Swans to get off their arses and treat their members with a bit more respect.
They want our unconditional love & loyalty (and not to mention the membership spondoolies
) But like any relationship it has to go both ways. We want to feel the love back from the club too.
I'm still undecided on the idea of another team, however it seems, like it or not, the GWS is coming and there is naught we can do about it, so the Swans need to act fast.
The 2009 membership year, as we all know, was fraught with lousy service, late membership packs, for many a major price hike, and the list goes on. The backlash of lost members was telling and now with the imminent installation of another team the Swans have to get cracking and be one step ahead of the new kids in town.
Having said that - sure, in the interim, the AFL will throw a heap of cash at the GWS, they have to so it is established in the market place - but dont think for a second that they will take their eye off the Swans. They want two teams in Australia's largest city - they will do their utmost to make sure it stays that way,despite what we think at the moment. We just all have to try and look at the bigger picture and turn what we all think at the moment is a negative into a positive.
You will also get those footy followers who just love footy - and if there is a chance to go to a live senior AFL game in Sydney every weekend, then you will have some people with dual memberships - they may love the Swans, but they may just love to the get their footy fix each weekend and dont care who is playing.
Anyway - we wait and see I guess.Last edited by Wardy; 23 October 2009, 06:46 AM.I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure..................
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Not possible.
Anyway, my email on RWO is different to the one that they used.
If it is Ticketmaster, they should be BIG trouble!!
I sent teamgws an email telling them that I never requested there stuff.
I also noted on the ticketmaster unsubscribe link (which I've now opted out of)
embarrassing.Team GWS Ambassador: Would you be interested in finding out about how you can be an embassador and help grow the support for the new AFL team for Greater Western Sydney?Last edited by ScottH; 23 October 2009, 07:33 AM.Comment
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How many of you guys have an involvement at any level with the AFL - ie kids playing at a junior level, yourself still playing etc etc - Logic would tell you that is how they have your details.Comment
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I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure..................
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Id hazzard a guess that given the AFL own everything they have some sort of access to the Swans mailing/member lists and probably have some obscure claus that allows them to do what they like with it.
I know that the only reason I get the information is becuase of my involvement with footy here.Comment
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Hmmm get ticketmaster e-mails here, but nothing from GWS..obviously my server had the good sense to delete it before it hit my inbox.
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I just rang the phone number that shows up when you unsubscribe. They answered the phone something like NSW AFL. I asked was that Team GWS and the girl was a bit evasive, 'um no not really'. She put me through to someone else who said that she thought that the only people who were on their email list were people who had registered interest in GWS. She had no idea how I got on their list and promised to look into it and get back to me.
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