Sell the generic tour stuff outside, sure. But the city specific stuff needs to go to ticket holders and should only be sold inside. For posters, didn't they do something a few years ago you where purchased it at the booth, got a wristband or voucher or something so you didn't have to carry the poster around, then went back to the booth at the end of the show to claim it? Or am I thinking of another band that did that a few years back?
Yeah...PJ did this in 2006...at least they did at the Virginia Beach show. It was kind of a solution...excepting the fact that you had to wait in line twice...one to buy the wristband for the poster and another time to get the poster.
I think another idea is to sell the merchandise outside before the show but only to people who have tickets for the show. 1 poster and 2 or 3 pins per ticket. Buy what you want, get your ticket stamped or otherwise marked and you're done. I am personally a BIG fan of being able to get what I want before the show, taking it back to the hotel or car and then fully enjoying the show without worrying about my poster getting thrashed by fellow concert goers. My .02 cents....
Sell the generic tour stuff outside, sure. But the city specific stuff needs to go to ticket holders and should only be sold inside. For posters, didn't they do something a few years ago you where purchased it at the booth, got a wristband or voucher or something so you didn't have to carry the poster around, then went back to the booth at the end of the show to claim it? Or am I thinking of another band that did that a few years back?
Yeah...PJ did this in 2006...at least they did at the Virginia Beach show. It was kind of a solution...excepting the fact that you had to wait in line twice...one to buy the wristband for the poster and another time to get the poster.
I think another idea is to sell the merchandise outside before the show but only to people who have tickets for the show. 1 poster and 2 or 3 pins per ticket. Buy what you want, get your ticket stamped or otherwise marked and you're done. I am personally a BIG fan of being able to get what I want before the show, taking it back to the hotel or car and then fully enjoying the show without worrying about my poster getting thrashed by fellow concert goers. My .02 cents....
just sell the shit here on the site after the fact only to people who were there, one of each item per ticket holder (put a code on the ticket or something redeemable for said merch). if there's anything left after a few weeks, put it up for sale to the public. but still one per person.
Absolutely right OP, folk paying $175 for a Gydnia or Santiago sticker is crazy. Of course they are free to do as they like, but its ridiculous to me too. I collect PJ passionately but refuse to pay these prices.....I only 'need' Santiago and in what is a weird shift in mentality for me, I will happily live without it at those prices.
As hescalleddyer said Sell the generic tour stuff outside, sure. But the city specific stuff needs to go to ticket holders and should only be sold inside.
As nice as not having to carry the poster around is, this is the best way. Lines sucked at Wrigley, St. Louis was a joke didn't even bother, Moline started to get hostile when there were no more posters and line cutters. Milwaukee was at least organized and seemed to move well. But all of these have a couple things in common long wasted day in slow moving line and upset people. Adding in checking tickets would make a slow line move even slower and don't forget the people in the merch truck don't care.
I'd much prefer to collect stickers because there is no way that I want to store all the posters or possible frame them. It just isn't possible. Storing the stickers are much easier and they are cool, too. But, you can hardly get the stickers. At least with the posters you seem to have a chance at AP or from 10C afterwards. I wish they were easier to get because it seems like a good memento.
I wonder if the warehouse has leftover stickers...they could do a 'mystery sticker pack' for let's say $25-members only, limit 3 packs. Then we could trade for stuff we wanted. I remember when they did the grab bags and I got some stickers, traded them with other people for CD singles and other stickers.
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I wonder if the warehouse has leftover stickers...they could do a 'mystery sticker pack' for let's say $25-members only, limit 3 packs. Then we could trade for stuff we wanted. I remember when they did the grab bags and I got some stickers, traded them with other people for CD singles and other stickers.
I know they sold leftover tour stickers, as well as the city specific T-shirts, at the Pop Up Shop at The Showbox in Seattle!! I wanted to buy an extra Pittsburgh T-shirt, but they only had medium & small sizes left. I did pick up a bunch of Pittsburgh, OKC & Phoenix stickers there to trade for others I wanted!
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I wonder if the warehouse has leftover stickers...they could do a 'mystery sticker pack' for let's say $25-members only, limit 3 packs. Then we could trade for stuff we wanted. I remember when they did the grab bags and I got some stickers, traded them with other people for CD singles and other stickers.
I know they sold leftover tour stickers, as well as the city specific T-shirts, at the Pop Up Shop at The Showbox in Seattle!! I wanted to buy an extra Pittsburgh T-shirt, but they only had medium & small sizes left. I did pick up a bunch of Pittsburgh, OKC & Phoenix stickers there to trade for others I wanted!
I missed the pop-up, had severe bronchitis...that was my souvenir from PDX.
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I wonder if the warehouse has leftover stickers...they could do a 'mystery sticker pack' for let's say $25-members only, limit 3 packs. Then we could trade for stuff we wanted. I remember when they did the grab bags and I got some stickers, traded them with other people for CD singles and other stickers.
I know they sold leftover tour stickers, as well as the city specific T-shirts, at the Pop Up Shop at The Showbox in Seattle!! I wanted to buy an extra Pittsburgh T-shirt, but they only had medium & small sizes left. I did pick up a bunch of Pittsburgh, OKC & Phoenix stickers there to trade for others I wanted!
I missed the pop-up, had severe bronchitis...that was my souvenir from PDX.
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The angel sticker sold for $204. That's more than some 1998 posters and much of their vinyl. That is just stupid.
That's sad. Just imagine if Pearl Jam started selling more stickers on the website? And this was one of them for only 2 bucks?
The funny thing is stickers are not signed / numbered & can be easily be counterfeited. To blow that much dough for a sticker is fucked up. I mean seriously fucked up.
There is another Awesome person selling the Angel sticker for, wait for it, wait for it…
BIN $225. That's right $225… GFY...
Ok, i get. That is out of this universe crazy price for a sticker. If someone buys that, then that is their issue. But what about all the people on lost dogs repeatedly defending people like this as merely selling something for what the market states is its worth?
There is another Awesome person selling the Angel sticker for, wait for it, wait for it…
BIN $225. That's right $225… GFY...
Ok, i get. That is out of this universe crazy price for a sticker. If someone buys that, then that is their issue. But what about all the people on lost dogs repeatedly defending people like this as merely selling something for what the market states is its worth?
Can you fault people though for selling a sticker for $204? That's awesome if you are willing to give it to a friend for free or a couple bucks, but if someone is crazy enough to pay $204 for a sticker of mine I'm selling it and will sleep fine at night.
There is another Awesome person selling the Angel sticker for, wait for it, wait for it…
BIN $225. That's right $225… GFY...
Ok, i get. That is out of this universe crazy price for a sticker. If someone buys that, then that is their issue. But what about all the people on lost dogs repeatedly defending people like this as merely selling something for what the market states is its worth?
Can you fault people though for selling a sticker for $204? That's awesome if you are willing to give it to a friend for free or a couple bucks, but if someone is crazy enough to pay $204 for a sticker of mine I'm selling it and will sleep fine at night.
There is another Awesome person selling the Angel sticker for, wait for it, wait for it…
BIN $225. That's right $225… GFY...
Ok, i get. That is out of this universe crazy price for a sticker. If someone buys that, then that is their issue. But what about all the people on lost dogs repeatedly defending people like this as merely selling something for what the market states is its worth?
Can you fault people though for selling a sticker for $204? That's awesome if you are willing to give it to a friend for free or a couple bucks, but if someone is crazy enough to pay $204 for a sticker of mine I'm selling it and will sleep fine at night.
Totally agree. No sticker (or even poster) on earth is worth $200 to me, if someone else wanted to pay $200 for a $1 sticker I had, I'd be all over that. It shot up, doubled in price, in the final few minutes. It was $66 this morning. That's just people with too much money losing their shit (and I imagine they're single, cause I can't picture anyone telling their wife, "honey, I won that angel sticker for $204!!!").
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There is another Awesome person selling the Angel sticker for, wait for it, wait for it…
BIN $225. That's right $225… GFY...
Ok, i get. That is out of this universe crazy price for a sticker. If someone buys that, then that is their issue. But what about all the people on lost dogs repeatedly defending people like this as merely selling something for what the market states is its worth?
Can you fault people though for selling a sticker for $204? That's awesome if you are willing to give it to a friend for free or a couple bucks, but if someone is crazy enough to pay $204 for a sticker of mine I'm selling it and will sleep fine at night.
Agree 100%. I'm amazed at what people will pay for stuff. Hell, in the last month I've sold an old Smashing Pumpkins concert t-shirt and an empty beer bottle and made enough to cover the cost of twelve new vinyl albums plus have a little extra left.
"Totally agree. No sticker (or even poster) on earth is worth $200 to me, if someone else wanted to pay $200 for a $1 sticker I had, I'd be all over that. It shot up, doubled in price, in the final few minutes. It was $66 this morning. That's just people with too much money losing their shit (and I imagine they're single, cause I can't picture anyone telling their wife, "honey, I won that angel sticker for $204!!!")."
.... no sticker, poster, record, or any piece of merchandise is worth $200 to me ...... a front row ticket = that's a maybe
A poster is at least artwork and is limited. I can understand some posters being valuable.
At the end of the day though everyone is wired differently and some like to collect and some don't. It isn't so much that it is a sticker but that it is an item that might be rare. I would be shocked if people are paying more than $10 for a sticker to actual stick on the wall or guitar case.
Ebay is gambling from the convenience of your chair at home. (Or wherever it is that you are at.) People get in the mindset of, "I have to have it!" or even "They can't have it and I have to do what I can to win it!" If you consider yourself a winner for paying over $200 for a $2 sticker, God bless.
Do you know the things that I can do with that $200? (We're talking legal here.)
Again, each one of us make different decisions. Whatever works for them.
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I think another idea is to sell the merchandise outside before the show but only to people who have tickets for the show. 1 poster and 2 or 3 pins per ticket. Buy what you want, get your ticket stamped or otherwise marked and you're done. I am personally a BIG fan of being able to get what I want before the show, taking it back to the hotel or car and then fully enjoying the show without worrying about my poster getting thrashed by fellow concert goers. My .02 cents....
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As nice as not having to carry the poster around is, this is the best way. Lines sucked at Wrigley, St. Louis was a joke didn't even bother, Moline started to get hostile when there were no more posters and line cutters. Milwaukee was at least organized and seemed to move well. But all of these have a couple things in common long wasted day in slow moving line and upset people. Adding in checking tickets would make a slow line move even slower and don't forget the people in the merch truck don't care.
Then we could trade for stuff we wanted. I remember when they did the grab bags and I got some stickers, traded them with other people for CD singles and other stickers.
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as well as the city specific T-shirts,
at the Pop Up Shop at The Showbox in Seattle!!
I wanted to buy an extra Pittsburgh T-shirt, but they only had medium & small sizes left.
I did pick up a bunch of Pittsburgh, OKC & Phoenix stickers there to trade for others I wanted!
'98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
'00: Columbus: Polaris
'03: Columbus: Germain
'10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
'11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
'12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
'13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
'14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
'15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
'16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
'17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
'18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
'22: Nashville / St. Louis
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What a GREAT time we had in Seattle
'98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
'00: Columbus: Polaris
'03: Columbus: Germain
'10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
'11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
'12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
'13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
'14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
'15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
'16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
'17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
'18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
'22: Nashville / St. Louis
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The funny thing is stickers are not signed / numbered & can be easily be counterfeited. To blow that much dough for a sticker is fucked up. I mean seriously fucked up.
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BIN $225. That's right $225… GFY...
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The buyer? My god.
Maybe some billionaire hedge-fund was really into "Evenflow" in '92 and now has a new hobby.
Or maybe Stone is just buying back all of the band's rare stickers.
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"Totally agree. No sticker (or even poster) on earth is worth $200 to me, if someone else wanted to pay $200 for a $1 sticker I had, I'd be all over that. It shot up, doubled in price, in the final few minutes. It was $66 this morning. That's just people with too much money losing their shit (and I imagine they're single, cause I can't picture anyone telling their wife, "honey, I won that angel sticker for $204!!!")."
.... no sticker, poster, record, or any piece of merchandise is worth $200 to me ...... a front row ticket = that's a maybe
At the end of the day though everyone is wired differently and some like to collect and some don't. It isn't so much that it is a sticker but that it is an item that might be rare. I would be shocked if people are paying more than $10 for a sticker to actual stick on the wall or guitar case.
Do you know the things that I can do with that $200? (We're talking legal here.)
Again, each one of us make different decisions. Whatever works for them.
Wow.
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