£50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

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£50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by alancal1973 » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:00 pm

Its my birthday later this week & Mrs Cal was planning on putting a message/pic on the screen, from her & my boys, but then told me the club charge £50 to put a message on! Anyone know if thats true?

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Claretforever » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:03 pm

It’s probably more now they’ve put a new larger screen up that no one can see.

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by wilks_bfc » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:04 pm

It’s true. We looked into it a few years ago for dads birthday

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Stalbansclaret » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:11 pm

In fairness if there are 17,000 Clarets in attendance at any given match then it will likely be 47 of them's birthday and if it were free we'd probably be looking at screen-message overload. Particularly as people whose birthday was coming up in the following week would probably want in also. Maybe it's a deterrent ?
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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Bosscat » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:14 pm

Cheaper than a twix
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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by ŽižkovClaret » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:15 pm

i don't object to a charge, maybe it could be 50% off for ST holders? I think people would also be shocked when they realise how much it is to put any announcement in the Burnley Express. You would think they would be glad of the content at this point ;)

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Billy Balfour » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:17 pm

£50? Save your money and buy a decent bottle of Alta Gran Reserva.

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Burnley1989 » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:19 pm

Get a Banner hung on Gannow Roundabout
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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Sheedyclaret » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:41 pm

50 notes ridiculous amount if true.

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:46 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:i don't object to a charge, maybe it could be 50% off for ST holders? I think people would also be shocked when they realise how much it is to put any announcement in the Burnley Express. You would think they would be glad of the content at this point ;)
There used to be a discount for season ticket holders but it appears not now, it’s a straight £50.

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by South West Claret. » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:49 pm

Sheedyclaret wrote:50 notes ridiculous amount if true.
It certainly is.

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by bfcjg » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:46 pm

Pretend you're dead its free. The apology the following home game also free.
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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Pickles » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:49 pm

"Community club..."

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Devils_Advocate » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:52 pm

Somebody's gotta pay Jon Walters wages

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by tarkys_ears » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:57 pm

Get one of those totally awesome messages from a "celeb" on Cameo

I'd pick Chumlee from Pawn Stars personally!

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Foulthrow » Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:02 pm

If you’re stupid enough to pay for it then fair play to the club for mugging gullible people off. Might as well.

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Dark Cloud » Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:11 pm

Maybe pop down and see Ronald McDonald and have a few photos taken (or has he been "outed" :roll: and is now persona non grata?)

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by Bfc » Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:12 am

I've put messages on the screen twice, for Claret friends 50th and 65th birthdays, without them knowing about it. They were both pleased to have something different to remember as a special birthday memory. By the time you've bought a card and a (sometimes unwanted) present, there's not a lot of difference between that and a screen message.

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Re: £50 for a Birthday Greeting on the Screen!!

Post by NottsClaret » Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:40 am

It's £100 once the other screen goes up, I'd get in now.
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