If you can't find Backspacer at your local Target...

chromiam

^^^^

this is ridiculous...

docwoo812

Rubysdad wrote:

...you can ask an employee to look up these #s if you can't find product:Target DPCI #s012020096 CD 012020102 rockband game 012020101 7-inch vinyl 012020103 Full Length LP

Thanx for the item #'s Bro. I located the UPC for the XL size Limited Edition Backspacer t-shirt (thanks to a photo on eBay) and used it to locate one near my house. The Target employees were of no help other than to give me the stock counts for each local store. The store even said they had 6 on hand but none in the store. WTF!? I gave up and drove to a Target by my house only to find a box of them by the Photo Dept. counter.

XL size Limited Edition Backspacer t-shirt UPC 847068202256 item# 012020100

jburneyko

friend of mine in hawaii just called the Honolulu Target and they arent even aware of a pearl jam cd release. He was told they dont have it in stock and they have no idea about any shipments.. unbelievable.

Yield4Nothingman

The local Target in Victor, NY had no copies of Backspacer in the music section. Nor did they have anything promoting the album there aside from The Fixer video playing on a small monitor. I did however find a bunch of copies up by the cash registers. You'd think with a huge release like this the store would want to have the album in several spots.

PJ_ROCKS

The store i went to, all they had were the CD's and shirts.

No vinyl

No rockband game

The one cashier i spoke to said " they had not come in yet"

As a side note, i was their when they opened up and stood by the end cap at the register, where the display was. The manager gathered everyone and i could over hear her saying that the PJ CD's and shirts are all up front on an end cap incase people ask.

dimitrispearljam

chromiam wrote:

^^^^

this is ridiculous...

+1

Geoff

i have an extra XL size Backspacer shirt for anyone who wants to buy it...
im not looking to make money; that is what e-bay is for. you will pay what i paid ($21.29 after tax) plus a few dollars for shipping and all that.
im just doing this for those who are either not in the USA or who can't get a shirt otherwise.

pm me and let me know if you are interested or if you want more details.

::EDIT::

the shirt is now gone.

Diggy381

You know. . . for Target being the "exclusive" retailer of this album, they are certainly not doing a very good job of making it available to customers. I have never heard more stories from people that are unable to find a record on the day of it's release not because it's selling out, but because the retail chain itself is failing to stock the product in a timely manner.

The one I went to In Harrisburg, PA had them but where the display was located did not have very good visibilty. It took me a few minutes to find it. I almost thought it was another store that didn't stock the album. . . and they did not have the 12" vinyl. Weird.

krymsin

This is so weird ...

Someone earlier mentioned the Guns N' Roses "Chinese Democracy" exclusively at Best Buy sale ...

I was at a Best Buy in Birmingham, Ala., on the Sunday it was released about an hour after the doors opened. Inside was a HUGE GnR display with both the CD and vinyl on it ...

You couldn't MISS the display if you were looking for the album. Hell, you couldn't miss the display if you weren't -- i overheard several people say "Oh, a new Guns N' Roses album? Didn't they break up?"

I don't see how Target couldn't accomplish the same thing.

EP1973

The closest Target to me that is getting the vinyl or shirt is in Knoxville...and that's about a 2 hour drive. So, I ordered the vinyl from 10C...and after seeing the shirt design, I don't want it anyways. The funny thing I noticed while in the store though (and it's been mentioned here already) is they only had a lil sign in the electronics dept. showing the CD cover and the release date...but there wasn't a single copy back there...they were all at the register up front. But, as a matter of fact, there wasn't a single PJ CD at all in their electronics Department...which I though was kinda odd considering they are the exclusive retailer of Backspacer.

rhpot1991

mh184572 wrote:

You know. . . for Target being the "exclusive" retailer of this album, they are certainly not doing a very good job of making it available to customers. I have never heard more stories from people that are unable to find a record on the day of it's release not because it's selling out, but because the retail chain itself is failing to stock the product in a timely manner.

The one I went to In Harrisburg, PA had them but where the display was located did not have very good visibilty. It took me a few minutes to find it. I almost thought it was another store that didn't stock the album. . . and they did not have the 12" vinyl. Weird.

I managed to get a t-shirt from the same Target, I wondered over to the Electronics department to ask where they were at, only to find them hiding there behind the register. Along with the t-shirts they had the CD on an endcap, and a few copies of the fixer single. I didn't see the 12" vinyl or any rockband.

sillymike

I am heading back to target. I have to pick up some toilet paper and deoderant. Why the Fuck would I want to buy music there. In my opinion (and by the way I am a huge PJ fan) my fav band ever! I have been to over 25 shows. Why the Fuck do I want to deal with Target? This was a mistake. They will learn from this and hopefully more bands will decide this new way of doing this is wrong. ie Bruce even said he Fucked up dealing with Wal-Mart! Yes Axl burned Best Buy. But Best Buy should have known better in that case.
How to you not have your shit together Target? Sunday Morning 9am I was in Target trying to buy Backspacer (successfully) but I looked like a total freak! asking 3 people including the store manager all of which had no idea what I was talking about. Again. Target should stick to Enemas and underwear. Not major record releases. It's not over yet. I forsee the numbers will be low on sales because of this.

bigbiggzy

I actually dig the idea of ppl going around and garnering "proof" for lack of better words that Target did not hold their end of the bargain. Call it ridiculous and roll your eyes if you need to.. :roll: ..., but put yourself in the band's shows...(and don't bring money into this)...think of it as you having a deal w/someone who said they'd represent you and your product......

Target (at least the 3 I've been to) really screwed the pooch on this....

...Even if you don't view Target as a place to buy music...they still could've had bigger displays (in some cases A display)....making a bit of a production about it. IMHO...they did not hold true to their deal. I went to 3 diff. Targets in NOVA (northern VA) and only one had BS'er (Just the CD--NOT The Vinyl, shirt, or RB edition)....and the display was embarrasing to say the least....

Why wouldn't TARGET, a major Corporation, who had a contractual agreement to represent "x" on "y" date, be able to meet this agreement? I'm willing to bet that many other companies out there who trust TARGET to carry their product would hold them to this....Why shouldn't PJ?

Just my two cents....

IamMine

sillymike wrote:

I am heading back to target. I have to pick up some toilet paper and deoderant. Why the Fuck would I want to buy music there. In my opinion (and by the way I am a huge PJ fan) my fav band ever! I have been to over 25 shows. Why the Fuck do I want to deal with Target? This was a mistake. They will learn from this and hopefully more bands will decide this new way of doing this is wrong. ie Bruce even said he Fucked up dealing with Wal-Mart! Yes Axl burned Best Buy. But Best Buy should have known better in that case.
How to you not have your shit together Target? Sunday Morning 9am I was in Target trying to buy Backspacer (successfully) but I looked like a total freak! asking 3 people including the store manager all of which had no idea what I was talking about. Again. Target should stick to Enemas and underwear. Not major record releases. It's not over yet. I forsee the numbers will be low on sales because of this.

Your vent is understandable... however, they thought long and hard about this deal with Target, one of the largest corporations. Target made an agreement with the band about how to promote their new record and of course, as many have witnessed, they didn't do a good job.

I may be thinking way too much into this (sorry, that's me...would love to get paid thinking all day, really do enjoy that shit.... think think think....uh, get back to point please...stop thinking about what these green/yellow leaves hanging on to its dear life right in front me really means... )....

...but think about this: It's a corporation. Wouldn't want we want to empower people on how to recognize errors and bringing this to their attention as people - their consumers? Not to be intimidated by the concept of "corporation"...that it's okay to question and ask why things aren't done the way they are... and document them.

If you are not holding up to your agreement, okay... I'll just write this down, no biggie deal. And let 10c know.... as least this would give them more information to gather on...if they need this for later.... whatever they decide to do with the information (proof of pixs & document)...then they have plenty to build a case.

I will go there tonight, when hubby gets home... he doesn't feel comfortable doing this, so I will do this myself.

Really, if you don't want to do this... no big deal, don't do it.

gfraser

IamMine wrote:

Calling all Street Teamers! There have been some issues with the Target Backspacer release yesterday and the band is asking for your help.

Click here to accept this order!
http://www.fancorps.com/orderstats/fb03 ... e776dafa4b

TASK:

1. Accept this Order.
2. Print out this Order.
3. Go to the Intel section of this site and write down several Target Street team locations in your area.
4. With this printed Order, go to your local Target store.
5. Ask the music department to make sure all the Backspacer CDs are out on display on the new music endcaps.
6. A select amount of stores should also have the T-shirt, Vinyl, Rockband
version, another endcap at the registers, and a big PJ display with custom signs (store list at the bottom)
7. For these select stores, please ask to get those items looked up and
displayed properly. (See DCPI numbers below)
8. If they are already displayed, take photos of the displays. If they aren’t check back until they are displayed correctly.
9. Log back in to this order and write a summary of what Target location you visited and what you accomplished there. Send this in as proof.



Item look up numbers ¬ DCPI #s
Backspacer configurations
012020096 CD
012020102 rockband game
012020101 7-inch vinyl
012020103 Full Length LP
012020100 T-shirt

Display materials
004273650 custom bin for shirt/vinyl
004273649 endcap top signage
004273651 double sided overhead signage

chromiam wrote:

^^^^

this is ridiculous...

did i read this all right? could you imagine?

hilarious

elevation622

bigbiggzy wrote:

..., but put yourself in the band's shows...

Dude, I've been trying to put myself into the band's shows for 20 years!!!!!!!!!!!









(crickets)

pearljam_addiction

Rubysdad wrote:

...you can ask an employee to look up these #s if you can't find product:Target DPCI #s012020096 CD 012020102 rockband game 012020101 7-inch vinyl 012020103 Full Length LP

tshirts are 012020097.... 012020098...012020099..012020100...

Gary Carter

bigbiggzy wrote:

I actually dig the idea of ppl going around and garnering "proof" for lack of better words that Target did not hold their end of the bargain. Call it ridiculous and roll your eyes if you need to.. :roll: ..., but put yourself in the band's shows...(and don't bring money into this)...think of it as you having a deal w/someone who said they'd represent you and your product......

Target (at least the 3 I've been to) really screwed the pooch on this....

...Even if you don't view Target as a place to buy music...they still could've had bigger displays (in some cases A display)....making a bit of a production about it. IMHO...they did not hold true to their deal. I went to 3 diff. Targets in NOVA (northern VA) and only one had BS'er (Just the CD--NOT The Vinyl, shirt, or RB edition)....and the display was embarrasing to say the least....

Why wouldn't TARGET, a major Corporation, who had a contractual agreement to represent "x" on "y" date, be able to meet this agreement? I'm willing to bet that many other companies out there who trust TARGET to carry their product would hold them to this....Why shouldn't PJ?

Just my two cents....

+1

i don't understand why the band even deals with a big corp at this point in game. they should do what fat mike of nofx did. he created a label and signed a few bands and made shitload of money. you can go into any big corp store and see a nofx cd. pj could easily do this and show new bands on how to do things the right way.

vant0037

After reading all the posts in this thread, I'm left wondering whether we are actually mad about the Target/PJ promo deal for ourselves, or for PJ. It doesn't sound like any of us missed out on actually getting the CD (the important thing). As for the shirt, it was advertised as "limited edition," meaning...well I'm not going to explain what that means.

As for the vinyl pre-order, I'm still waiting on mine, so maybe our issue is with the Ten Club, which I'm sure, is one massive organization in its own right, with dozens of workers, eagerly waiting to service about 10,000 crabby PJ fans (yikes!)...sarcasm doesn't usually print, so take note.

So...are we all really mad about anything if our only gripes are that we haven't received our vinyl yet from a small organization like Ten Club and that some of us missed out on a shirt that was advertised as "limited edition" in the first place on the band's website? Personally, I myself could care less if Target didn't have a big enough sign or if Target's 15 year old or 87 year old employees *gasp* didn't know that PEARL JAM was releasing an album on Sunday!

I read somewhere on here that the hardest thing about being a PJ fan is all the other PJ fans...so true...

blondieblue227

Well I don’t care if they sign with them, I’m just a little minutely peeved with them because it cramped my ‘new pj’ experience.

I wanted to walk in there and see ‘p-e-a-r-l j-a-m’ plastered somewhere. Instead, I had to ask them to get them outta a backroom. Like they were a two headed monster Target was ashamed of.