Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:25 pm  

Mable_Syrup wrote:

It can't be that expensive. Take a digital photo when you buy the season ticket and put if in a card straight away. It's a five minute job that gets done every day by health clubs including TF. I'm sure as a sponsor we could look at using their contacts for the technology?

Wakefield College do it for student cards. Might be worth contacting them

Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:28 pm  

But does the college card get scanned each time on entry??

Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:29 pm  

Mable_Syrup wrote:

It can't be that expensive. Take a digital photo when you buy the season ticket and put if in a card straight away. It's a five minute job that gets done every day by health clubs including TF. I'm sure as a sponsor we could look at using their contacts for the technology?

I agree. Just a little worried at this moment with how easy it is for someone with know how to make fraudulent copies. That's when it gets a little more expensive. It's something I am looking at though

Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:40 pm  

When you apply for bus pass' etc you need a little passport photo maybe when you buy a season ticket you bring one in and they put it on the page with all the details and put the see through sticky stuff over it so they cant swap etc

Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:05 pm  

Local schools/Colleges use fingerprint recognition which is used on a daily basis for use of the library facilities and school dinners.

Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:31 pm  

PHe wrote:

Local schools/Colleges use fingerprint recognition which is used on a daily basis for use of the library facilities and school dinners.

Really? Wow. My parents were teachers and I was shocked when they told me they had got rid of black boards and now use interactive white boards. I'd be lost if I went back I reckon!

Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:48 pm  

Building sites use the same technology, great system although I seem to remember a colleague saying the hand scanners where about 5k each though im sure they could be leased.

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Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:14 pm  

The question is, do we have more fraud than the cost of the system?

Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:14 pm  

Again, I personally don't see this as a problem. If a season ticket holder can't attend one of their games and lends their season ticket to a mate, there's a fair chance that friend could be someone who hasn't attended many games and wouldn't attend at full price. But there's a chance that if the game is good it could pull in new fans.

I guess in a way it is part of the speculate to accumulate argument. This wouldn't be the case if the season ticket was borrowed by someone who was a walk-up. That would mean a loss of money. But it could work in the clubs favour, it just depends on who receives the ticket.

Re: tickets : Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:08 pm  

I think ST's should be like the Lawgiver gun in Judge Dredd; if anyone else tries to use it other than the legal owner, it explodes and blows the fraudulent user to bits.

Failing that, there are multiple ways to prevent fraud - some of which are relatively cheap i.e photo cards that are checked by staff on entry; relatively cheap and easy and probably enough to counter the level of fraud we encounter, without costing more than the cost of the actual fraud.

Biometrics are relatively low cost these days (but they are prone to going skewiff) and despite their relative cheapness, would probably cost more to implement, install and maintain than any benefit they would bring in terms of fraud prevention.