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I Want Ten Club To Raise Our Membership Fee
Please raise it to $100.00 per year,send out 4 "Deep" issues (every 3 months),keep the annual vinyl and put the rest toward's upgrading the server's so that they can handle the crush of ticket buyer's.
That way everyone who is fast enough on the draw can all get through and be on our merry way in 5 or 10 minutes.The sale would be over in less than a half hour and we could all get back to work instead of "hoping" & "trying" for tix.
Pearl Jam is one of the biggest bands in the world,and there is no reason that we can't pay $100 annually,to be certain something will work when we go to purchase stuff.Sure that's a lot of money for a fan club,but it's only $12.00 a month.Save that all year and it won't be so bad.
The Stone's,The Police & i'm sure some other's out there charge that amount for joining their fan clubs.
I have no problems helping to pay for better and faster servers,so that the band doesn't have to,so that i can have a fair shot of getting through the whole ordering process without getting bounced out repeatedly.
I had ticket's for 3 show's (L.A.1 & 2 and San Diego) in my cart 3 seperate time's,and never made it through the checkout before the servers died again.
When do i send my Ben Franklin in?
That way everyone who is fast enough on the draw can all get through and be on our merry way in 5 or 10 minutes.The sale would be over in less than a half hour and we could all get back to work instead of "hoping" & "trying" for tix.
Pearl Jam is one of the biggest bands in the world,and there is no reason that we can't pay $100 annually,to be certain something will work when we go to purchase stuff.Sure that's a lot of money for a fan club,but it's only $12.00 a month.Save that all year and it won't be so bad.
The Stone's,The Police & i'm sure some other's out there charge that amount for joining their fan clubs.
I have no problems helping to pay for better and faster servers,so that the band doesn't have to,so that i can have a fair shot of getting through the whole ordering process without getting bounced out repeatedly.
I had ticket's for 3 show's (L.A.1 & 2 and San Diego) in my cart 3 seperate time's,and never made it through the checkout before the servers died again.
When do i send my Ben Franklin in?
73,XXX
Member since day 1 here in August 2003
Member since day 1 here in August 2003
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$100 is too spendy. Just my thought.
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$100 for what? They don't even tour ever year. What happens if there's no tour that year. Than we paid $100 for the server to work, but, because there were no shows, and nothing new to buy, the servers weren't tested, so its $100 down the drain. I think this is an awful idea.
I tell U more - if They do that, I can pay even 200$ per year plus the tickets fees:)
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... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
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$12 * 12 months = $144
what does the extra $44 go towards?
300,000 10c members x$20 a year= $6,000,000 on membership fees alone
why should the FANS have to pay for a server upgrade?
the band makes millions upon millions a year... you mean to tell me a small portion of that wouldn't be able to go to 10c for such things????
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LUV2ROCK doesnt use Gregorian calendars... too busy counting their money to even notice what year it is.
it was utter shit.. Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland didnt get a single gig... oh you mean England??!?! oh silly me i should have known :rolleyes:
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not all 300,000 10C members are active, i think it's up around 416 now anyway. Last time I heard only 1/3 or less are actually active members...
Kings of Leon play A LOT... Pearl Jam have played 4 times in the Uk in the last 8 years... now i'm no mathematician... shame really as they get paid a fucking lot
hell, it probably could have been only $50 or so...if we are already up to member numbers in the 300k area, that would be $15,000,000.
i wouldn't mind paying some sort of one-time fee (even though i've been a member for 10 years) if it meant the site would work during these sales.
I'm a god damned university student, who would be lucky if he could afford to see Pearl Jam twice or three times on a tour, let alone pay $100 for ten club per year?
Ever hear about the ticketmaster battle? Yeah. Pearl Jam wanted AFFORDABLE tickets. Keyword is affordable. If you don't like it, don't renew...because it's not gonna hurt me any.
they do?! must've missed that one, i'm such a bad tenclub member *slaps own wrists* MUST - BE - A - BET-TER - P-J - FAN!!!... :rolleyes:
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Yeah... yeah... like that won't quit your complaining when you have paid 500 bucks in 5 years for 2 tours. Come on... i know you're upset, but don't be ridiculous. Take a step back and a deep threat and think about the 19 year old American having to kick down a door in Baghdad in the middle of the night and not knowing what the fuck is going to greet him.
Then, tell me all about your problems.
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I don't think there are 300,000 active members, but let's just say 100,000 for arguments sake. Now that would be 100,000 x $20 a year = $2,000,000 annually to cover the expenses of running the 10c, their limited workforce, newsletters, etc.
Okay, let's say they raised the membership to $25 a year. 100,000 x $5 = $500,000. All of that extra money could go toward a server upgrade. I'm sure half a million dollars is plenty to fix the current issues with ticket sales, ya?
Plus all the merch that is sold probably doubles the yearly membership revenue
The UK.
Do you realise, weve had 22 gigs in total? 22, from 1992 to 2007, and btw, 8 of those were club gigs in 1992. So let's look at a realistic figure of 14, since they cracked it big, 14 gigs....for all the success they've achieved in the UK, that's pitifull by anyones standards. No wonder Ed was emotional at Reading, emotional and embaressed.
Put the fees up? put out more Deep magazines??? They struggle to put anything worth reading in the ones we get now! Why would we want more?
quite frankly tho... if the band really thought it was such a problem they would invest their own money into fixing this thing... i think yesterday may have been the final straw... in the past there have been some pretty big glitches but i dont know if ive ever heard of 10C causing the kind of financial trouble they did for some people... if they dont realize by now how big an issue this is then they certainly do not deserve more money...
i didnt try for tix either... i just think its absurd how poorly that sale went from what ive read... i think theres a number of options for the 10C to take tho before jacking up the membership fee that much
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... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Counterpoint would be what if they decided to use ticketmaster instead of upgrading their servers. So instead of paying an extra $5 per year to help with the server upgrade, we'd pay an extra $10+ per ticket in convenience fees from ticketbastard.
Exactly, if I felt they were selling all of that merch for cost and weren't making any profit then I might feel better about raising the membership fees. As it stands now I don't understand why their revenue can't cover their operating costs.