M. offered her FC Groningen tickets for sale and was threatened and verbally abused: ‘Your head must be cut off’

Hello, M., we will not mention your name for a moment, it will become clear why. But tell me. You offered ‘four season tickets in name’ on Marktplaats for good spots on the Koeman stand, in section SS.

“I’m on holiday and I thought: oh, what a shame. Soon you will have four empty seats in the stadium at the match. Let me offer them for sale on Marktplaats to fans who would like to go there. And I did, my ad was up on Saturday morning. I never imagined what happened next. It kept getting crazier. Yes, a million was even offered once. But of course that was also a nonsense offer.”

Also?

“Yes, because the bids went from 300 to 400, to 1000, 1450 and I believe even 1700. I thought what the fuck? , how is this possible. Those people really want our cards. Then I approached someone who had responded with an offer. I asked him or her if he or she had already been provided. No not yet.”

And then?

“Well, then it turns out that these are not serious offers at all. I was immediately intimidated and threatened by the bidders I approached. ‘What do you think? That you can charge so much money for such a ticket’. ‘Your head has to come off’. “I hope you choke on your money.” I didn’t know what happened. I was even called a ‘big fat Nazi’ by one of those bidders. Another said ‘fucking idiot, do you know that the triangle – police, Public Miniseries and mayor – has already been activated and you will be arrested and your cards will be blocked’. Especially after Sikkom reported that I was charging extortionate prices, it became increasingly threatening. And I didn’t ask for anything, I just offered them for sale.”

Did you get scared?

“Yes, because you are shocked by what is said to and about you. And I thought maybe there are Z-siders behind these digital vandals. Because I was also told that I don’t have any diehard was a fan because I was not at the match, etc. Then I took my advertisement off Marktplaats on Saturday evening.”

And now?

,,Good question. I do not know anymore. The trust is gone in the people who approach me for those tickets. I don’t dare give them my details. I don’t need to be threatened like that again. There is one bidder left who pretends to be serious. The tickets are with my friend. Look, I didn’t need such a high amount at all. The ordinary man who wants to go cannot afford it and does not offer it either. On Marktplaats you will see normal bids of 60 to 100 euros per ticket in other advertisements. That seems reasonable to me.”

Wouldn’t you have liked to go to the competition of the year?

“No, I’m on holiday right now. I mainly bought those annual tickets for my two children, who could occasionally go to the FC with friends if we weren’t going.”