This merch situation is really frustrating.

Eroom21

I did the right thing and sold my extra GA tickets at face value.  I have always sold extra tickets at face value.  I won’t get into Chicago until tomorrow afternoon it have zero chance at these posters. People in town since Friday don’t have a chance with these posters. I wish someone would do something. 

bootlegger10

I would just let the posters go.  Frustrating but they didn’t exist three days ago and life was fine.  Merch isn’t worth extra energy. 

tylermoore

If you’re going the second night, they’ll have posters. Got 2 the first night, and they had them all the second night still so I ended up getting the other 2. 

Eroom21

bootlegger10 said:

I would just let the posters go.  Frustrating but they didn’t exist three days ago and life was fine.  Merch isn’t worth extra energy. 

You are absolutely correct. Of course I would rather have a ticket than posters. Unfortunately, human nature. 

bootlegger10

Eroom21 said:

bootlegger10 said:

I would just let the posters go.  Frustrating but they didn’t exist three days ago and life was fine.  Merch isn’t worth extra energy. 

You are absolutely correct. Of course I would rather have a ticket than posters. Unfortunately, human nature. 

I've stood in my share of 3 hour merch lines.  It has been more fun post merch.

YourDirtisMyfood

Maybe in the future you can go to a kiosk, place an order for merchandise that you want and those Amazon Drones can drop the boxes off to you in your seats.    Just don't get plunked in the head.  

myoung321

It's time 10C did a package for ticket winners...   no reason to make your dedicated fans stand in lines for hours when it can be easily streamlined - This will stop flippers from buying out merch before "normal" people can get anything.. gotten out of hand.

1upstate

myoung321 said:

It's time 10C did a package for ticket winners...   no reason to make your dedicated fans stand in lines for hours when it can be easily streamlined - This will stop flippers from buying out merch before "normal" people can get anything.. gotten out of hand.

Other bands do this with success.  

HesCalledDyer

1upstate said:

myoung321 said:

It's time 10C did a package for ticket winners...   no reason to make your dedicated fans stand in lines for hours when it can be easily streamlined - This will stop flippers from buying out merch before "normal" people can get anything.. gotten out of hand.

Other bands do this with success.  

Other bands have huge corporations that can handle that type of volume do this for them. 

gotthebottle

I waited Sat am... got up early,  got to line 715... supply gone,  but people got them at 230pm and at the show... early bird doesn't always get the worm. 

willbarclay

myoung321 said:

It's time 10C did a package for ticket winners...   no reason to make your dedicated fans stand in lines for hours when it can be easily streamlined - This will stop flippers from buying out merch before "normal" people can get anything.. gotten out of hand.

I think we have already beaten this horse to death. 
I do agree with you but almost every thread turns into a merch discussion and how we can all make it better. 

tubes10s

The folks who plan and control selling the merch have it all set up exactly like they want to create the short supply and frenzied demand.  If they wanted to improve the situation, they would.  

OceansJenny

tubes10s said:

The folks who plan and control selling the merch have it all set up exactly like they want to create the short supply and frenzied demand.  If they wanted to improve the situation, they would.  

Bingo

on2legs

There is a seller on eBay with around 30 of the Wrigley posters for sale right now and most of them are the Thomas.  If you check his completed sales you’ll see that he’s also sold around 20+ posters already.  Ridiculous. 

mattcoz

I luckily got all the posters I wanted inside the show yesterday, got one of the last Thomas but there was still a big line of people behind me. There was one kid that kept buying them and cutting back in line to buy more. We called him out on it and his dad(or at least I think it was his dad) was just standing there not saying anything. Ridiculous, I feel so bad for everyone that didn't get one because of people like him.

buck502000

Wouldn’t know - I was too busy making new friends and having a good time.

JojoRice

Been in town since Friday morning and I’ve pretty much given up on getting the Thomas poster. I spent 2 hours in line on Friday and got everything I wanted except the Thomas. The Ames looks better in person by the way. Love the colors on it.

Redrumh2o

Good chance most of them will be flooded on the 10 Club store for $35 and in future mystery boxes. Wait for all the Thomas' to flood eBay and just pay up for one. If you consider 4 hours of your time to be worth the extra $100 then you'll be good!

PSUS2H

Eroom21 said:

I did the right thing and sold my extra GA tickets at face value.  I have always sold extra tickets at face value.  I won’t get into Chicago until tomorrow afternoon it have zero chance at these posters. People in town since Friday don’t have a chance with these posters. I wish someone would do something. 

OP, I felt similar when in Seattle, but I was able to secure a Klausen through the artist sale.  I looked at the extra cost as a convenience for not having to miss the show.  What I'm getting at is that the AP's should be rather stress free to secure, just make sure you pay attention to when they drop, and dont schedule a business meeting at that time.  good luck.  

SKID243

Check the stands in the stadium, I waited an hour last night right when gates opened and they still had everything.

Redrumh2o

Yes, they have been releasing a put 300 APs each so you'll at least have a few min window.....but APs can still cost double w/ shipping

Vedd Hedd

There were plenty of each poster at each merch station after the shows.

BSully

I got in line at 10:30 today, as soon as the doors opened at noon, the line moved very quickly and I got a setlist shirt and the train poster.

2 hours well spent in my opinion, got to meet some new people while in line and got what I wanted...

Besides, I get to see Pearl Jam again tomorrow as well.

RC242143

Arrived at 4:50 pm yesterday at Wrigley, via Red Line Addison Station, walked pass the massive line for merch on the Right Field side of stadium, and went to the Left Field side where they were showing Let’s Play Two.  Got in line at the 10 club entrance, there were 7 or 8 people in front of us. Gates opened at 5:30 pm, there is a merch stand right to your right when you get in the gates. There were only 15-20 people in front of me and I had all the Merch I wanted in less than 20 minutes.  Everything will be there with the exception of setlist shirts. 

tempo_n_groove

myoung321 said:

It's time 10C did a package for ticket winners...   no reason to make your dedicated fans stand in lines for hours when it can be easily streamlined - This will stop flippers from buying out merch before "normal" people can get anything.. gotten out of hand.

I was thinking about this.

Let's say 10C gets 5000 tickets for a particular show.  They have been producing, up until now, about 2000 posters per show.

So if all the 10C members got posters and such there wouldn't be anything left for anyone else.

UmphreysJam34

Doesn’t Foo Fighters have a pre-order system? Or was that only for a few shows?

PB11041

I just can't get worked up on merch anymore.  It is weird to me that people have unopened Benaroya Hall box sets, that my poster from Randall's Island 1996 sells for like $800, that people are sitting on Lost Dogs vinyl or whatever.  I get that it sucks that people scam the system, but what is nearly worse are people that willing pay them on ebay.  

ForceofNature101

HesCalledDyer said:

1upstate said:

myoung321 said:

It's time 10C did a package for ticket winners...   no reason to make your dedicated fans stand in lines for hours when it can be easily streamlined - This will stop flippers from buying out merch before "normal" people can get anything.. gotten out of hand.

Other bands do this with success.  

Other bands have huge corporations that can handle that type of volume do this for them. 

Honestly I think this situation could be handled if they employed a 1 poster per physical person in line rule.  You wouldn't have people able to buy 50 and resell 49 of them for triple the price.

Sure there might still be scalpers who might sell a couple, but all in all it would make the supply way more plentiful for the real fans who want to get them.

RP112579

ForceofNature101 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

1upstate said:

myoung321 said:

It's time 10C did a package for ticket winners...   no reason to make your dedicated fans stand in lines for hours when it can be easily streamlined - This will stop flippers from buying out merch before "normal" people can get anything.. gotten out of hand.

Other bands do this with success.  

Other bands have huge corporations that can handle that type of volume do this for them. 

Honestly I think this situation could be handled if they employed a 1 poster per physical person in line rule.  You wouldn't have people able to buy 50 and resell 49 of them for triple the price.

Sure there might still be scalpers who might sell a couple, but all in all it would make the supply way more plentiful for the real fans who want to get them.

The "real" fans are the flippers. Go into the raffle group on Facebook. There are multiple raffles for full sets of Wrigley posters, and a few for the Thomas poster. Hell, one guy got one at the stand on the field and posted it for raffle at the show, and was updating the spots left in the raffle during the show.

BF89905

PB11041 said:

I just can't get worked up on merch anymore.  It is weird to me that people have unopened Benaroya Hall box sets, that my poster from Randall's Island 1996 sells for like $800, that people are sitting on Lost Dogs vinyl or whatever.  I get that it sucks that people scam the system, but what is nearly worse are people that willing pay them on ebay.  

I am as stunned as you... it's sad and laughable at the same time.

ForceofNature101

RP112579 said:

ForceofNature101 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

1upstate said:

myoung321 said:

It's time 10C did a package for ticket winners...   no reason to make your dedicated fans stand in lines for hours when it can be easily streamlined - This will stop flippers from buying out merch before "normal" people can get anything.. gotten out of hand.

Other bands do this with success.  

Other bands have huge corporations that can handle that type of volume do this for them. 

Honestly I think this situation could be handled if they employed a 1 poster per physical person in line rule.  You wouldn't have people able to buy 50 and resell 49 of them for triple the price.

Sure there might still be scalpers who might sell a couple, but all in all it would make the supply way more plentiful for the real fans who want to get them.

The "real" fans are the flippers. Go into the raffle group on Facebook. There are multiple raffles for full sets of Wrigley posters, and a few for the Thomas poster. Hell, one guy got one at the stand on the field and posted it for raffle at the show, and was updating the spots left in the raffle during the show.

Oh wow, I didn't even know that.  Why do the actual PJ hardcore fans have such an obsession with them?  I never really got into that whole merch world besides just getting the posters at the shows I was at just by seeing if they still had any by chance while I was getting T-shirts.