2014 US Tour Merch thread

Leezestarr313

The merch situation has gone down the hill this tour. I hope they will do something about it. I have never heard of more people who went to the show only to find out that there was no poster, sticker or pin to be had. I see that making money has an appeal, but come on! I am happy that we got at least some pins and event shirts in Detroit. I hope to score a Moline poster when they go online here. Maybe I should sell my pins on the bay to afford a Moline poster

badbrains

Leezestarr313 said:

The merch situation has gone down the hill this tour. I hope they will do something about it. I have never heard of more people who went to the show only to find out that there was no poster, sticker or pin to be had. I see that making money has an appeal, but come on! I am happy that we got at least some pins and event shirts in Detroit. I hope to score a Moline poster when they go online here. Maybe I should sell my pins on the bay to afford a Moline poster

Seems like it started in Wrigley and hasn't turned around since. It sux u can't get a nice souvenir when u go to the shows anymore. Such a shame

2-feign-reluctance

I blame the poster nerds.

Jed

Don't blame us poster nerds, that's unwarranted. Posters have become much more readily available due to much larger print runs and online availability post tour.

I agree this insanity started at Wrigley... But I was at two shows in Europe this summer and nothing sold out. Not pins, not stickers, not posters.

I think the issue is eBay. It's too easy to sell a 2 dollar sticker for more than 10 bucks when everyone knows it sold out at the show and won't be available online.

derbydave

Buffalo merch line was a piece of cake last year!!
Drove up from Pittsburgh,
got there early afternoon & got thru the line in under 20 minutes.
Was even able to get thru the line a second time to pick up a few more wristbands
after a friend asked me to grab a couple for her!!

Leezestarr313

Last year during the fall getting merch was a piece of cake. Wrigley not so much. I just keep thinking the shows that I cherished the most are the ones where I did not get any merch lol

RoccoT.....312

Wrigley was a breeze, my friend worked there and got me everything I wanted, but only one of each. wish I knew someone who works at the bradley center tommorrow!!

fixer123

How was the St. Paul merch situation? Crazy outside/inside? Sellouts?

Blood Red Mosquito

derbydave said:

Buffalo merch line was a piece of cake last year!!
Drove up from Pittsburgh,
got there early afternoon & got thru the line in under 20 minutes.
Was even able to get thru the line a second time to pick up a few more wristbands
after a friend asked me to grab a couple for her!!

I waited 30 minutes in PHX, 10 minutes in SD, and I walked right up to an empty trailer at around 2pm in LA and Oakland. Not sure what has changed this year. Hoping Denver is an improvement compared to the other stops on this tour.

given2fly23

Print more stickers/buttons and sell them on the site and/or let fans pre-order. Guess it doesn't really matter now, til the next tour.

badbrains

It's so crazy cuz it seems like this band hasn't reached it's fucken peak. Now it's impossible to get merch. 24 fucken years after this band formed, it's impossible to get merch. What? Ya, exactly, this fucken pearl jam craze is on the edge of insanity. Bands sort of not really die out but slow down. These fuckers play the game sooooooo good. Like almost perfect. It's insane.

Paul-Jam

Blood Red Mosquito said:

derbydave said:

Buffalo merch line was a piece of cake last year!!
Drove up from Pittsburgh,
got there early afternoon & got thru the line in under 20 minutes.
Was even able to get thru the line a second time to pick up a few more wristbands
after a friend asked me to grab a couple for her!!

I waited 30 minutes in PHX, 10 minutes in SD, and I walked right up to an empty trailer at around 2pm in LA and Oakland. Not sure what has changed this year. Hoping Denver is an improvement compared to the other stops on this tour.

I hope they have been printing up extra XL shirts, stickers and buttons for DEN. It has been sold out for some time now. The demand will be there. Everything will sell out. It will be the perfect storm in DEN. Last show of the tour, sold out, merch frenzy. I am getting myself ready for massive disappointment. I refuse to stand in line for hours. The line must be drawn somewhere.

rssesq

they had pins still even at 11:25 near gate 1.

pdalowsky

heard the St Paul debacle was the worst yet with people cutting the line, 5 hr queues, and no stickers to be had in the early afternoon.

the whole thing seems completely loony. Grown ups losing their shit over stickers.

I love the stickers, but I believe things are now firmly out of hand

JV130312

Drdeal said:

I find it odd that not one PJ Redwings Detroit Shirt in size Large has shown up on the bay as of yet.

Drdeal said:

I find it odd that not one PJ Redwings Detroit Shirt in size Large has shown up on the bay as of yet.

There is one out there now actually...

Nami

just go back to selling tour shirts and posters and fuck all the rest of this shit. not everyone will want to deal with a poster at the day of the concert.

yeah i get the big business crap $$$

lolobugg

badbrains said:

It's so crazy cuz it seems like this band hasn't reached it's fucken peak. Now it's impossible to get merch. 24 fucken years after this band formed, it's impossible to get merch. What? Ya, exactly, this fucken pearl jam craze is on the edge of insanity. Bands sort of not really die out but slow down. These fuckers play the game sooooooo good. Like almost perfect. It's insane.

All these kids that the parents are taking to shows.... actually turning into fans???
)
can't think of many other bands from the 90s that are still making new fans.
PJ is def going as strong as ever...def in the merch area.

Red Mosquito75

Merch craziness all started with Wrigley and ebay. Never have been into getting posters stickers or pins. Usually only want a city specific shirt. Moline would be different. Hometown show. I had to have poster etc. We knew what to do and would have to line up early. Wife and I got in line at 11am. Had no issue getting what we wanted. Casual fans don't know about these early merch tents. Only issue was that the line was growing in front of us. U guys know who u are. Have no shame. Hang out and do whatever u want all day and still are one of the firsts for merch and on the rail. If I remember correctly it seems to be the same folks who control that stupid list.
Merch is out of control but it is supply and demand.

badbrains

Red Mosquito75 said:

Merch craziness all started with Wrigley and ebay. Never have been into getting posters stickers or pins. Usually only want a city specific shirt. Moline would be different. Hometown show. I had to have poster etc. We knew what to do and would have to line up early. Wife and I got in line at 11am. Had no issue getting what we wanted. Casual fans don't know about these early merch tents. Only issue was that the line was growing in front of us. U guys know who u are. Have no shame. Hang out and do whatever u want all day and still are one of the firsts for merch and on the rail. If I remember correctly it seems to be the same folks who control that stupid list.
Merch is out of control but it is supply and demand.

It's the same people who ran the fucken list? No surprise there. Shitty fans shitting on good people. The pearl jam way!

shep

pdalowsky said:

the whole thing seems completely loony. Grown ups losing their shit over stickers.

This has become my favorite part of this tour! Adults coming on to the forums and lashing out at their inability to buy a sticker! i've been laughing for 2 fucking weeks...

What's even more absurd is the number of people i've read about on the forums who need to buy 15 stickers so they can trade for the rest of the tour... ba ha ha ha... grown adults collecting... stickers!

Come join the fun over here:

The Sticker Thread!

I have literally been amused for about 2 weeks...