Offer 10c Merch Pre-Order's - Stop the Madness

my2hands

You can bury me with my PJ socks, they are comfy

wobbler_kitty

PP193448 said:

darwinstheory said:

wobbler_kitty said:

Where do I send my downpayment on a PJ coffin?

You can mail it to me. Non-refundable, cash only deposit of $3,000!

is there extra space to take PJ merch with you??  Because my wife says I can’t take it with me, and I’m dying to prove her wrong...

3 free poster tubes with every purchase. 

Eddieredder

giventofly69 said:

I'm planning on NOT buying anything. Don't want more stuff, especially $35 posters that cost $150 to frame. 
This is is what I keep telling myself, anyway, hoping I can resist when I actually get there. 

Told myself the same thing at Wrigley last year. Then we walked by the tent. Oh only 45 minutes. All that talk went right out the window. Into the line I went. 

Eddieredder

JM144705 said:

ComeToTX said:

Poster only lines would solve a lot of it. I seem to always get stuck behind people that can’t decide which shirt to get and have no idea what size they are. 

That is something that completely baffles me, how grown adults don't know what size t-shirt they are and they have to ask to look at two or three different size shirts. By the time i get to the front of the line at whatever event I'm at I know excatly what I want and the size that I'm buying. It' really not hard.

The worst I've ever seen was a guy who asked to see every t shirt. 
"Can I see the medium X shirt?"
"Can I see the large?"
"I'll take the medium"
"Can I see the medium Y shirt?"
"Can I see the large?"
"OK. I'll take the medium"

(repeat for every single shirt available)

How about "Can I get a medium of every shirt please?"

Eddieredder

darwinstheory said:

CopperTom said:

Poster only lines were tried in the past.  2005 and 2006 at some venues.  I wouldn't want to have to wait in 2 separate merch lines.  This would only lead to more waiting in lines.  No thanks.

Online merch preorders are the answer.

I think there is little to no doubt that we all agree on the online merch preorder. Most however,  understand it is not what the PJ brand wants.

I think there may have been a misunderstanding in what I meant by a poster only line. There would be one line/stand for posters only. The other line/stand could have all the merch, including posters. So if you want a bunch of crap, you would wait in that line. If you were interested in only a poster, you wouldn't have to wait in line with all those looking to try on shirts etc...

I don't see any downside to this model. 

Another idea. Have a cash only line. 

my2hands

Give me a cash only poster & sticker line... 2 max each... and i'm there all day

helplessdancer

i am going to start to collect every pin and will pay triple face value. they must be mint though.

darwinstheory

my2hands said:

Give me a cash only poster & sticker line... 2 max each... and i'm there all day

I thought the point of this thread is so we are NOT there all day?!?!?!

darwinstheory

Sea, could you provide us an update as to whether this (shorter/10C only/poster only merchandise lines) is a discussion point amongst 10C? Or is everything going to stay status quo?

MayDay10

I wonder if the poster line would just be depleted in quick-order?  I think by design, they wouldnt/shouldnt tap into the "normal line"'s supply.  People who want them would certainly get posters a bit more efficiently and pain free, and it would also open up the "apparel" line a bit more and make it so it isnt quite a war.  

darwinstheory

True, however, they saturated the market with so many of the posters the last go around, that they should be fine I would think. 

I mean, they sell more, the make more money. And the flipper market shrinks exponentially. Win/win

my2hands

A poster line isn't happening... they see what I see, people getting to the front of the line and BUY everything they can... they have created a feeding frenzy... I realized this in Hampton when I saw everybody buying 2 of the ugliest poster ever, just because they could... and anything else they could get their hands on

Eddieredder

darwinstheory said:

True, however, they saturated the market with so many of the posters the last go around, that they should be fine I would think. 

I mean, they sell more, the make more money. And the flipper market shrinks exponentially. Win/win

I'm good with this. I'm not buying for the value/flip. I want a keepsake souvenir. I could care less what the market value is. They did this with bootlegs. Remember how much they cost before the band produced them? Same concept. 

darwinstheory

^^exactly

mpedone

derbydave said:

ZeldaZonk said:

This will be my first stadium show, so I am definitely dreading the merch lines. It's already bad enough at regular PJ arena shows, so I can only imagine how insane it will be at the Seattle Home Shows. 

If they do merch the same way they have for the other stadium shows...
try to go down to the merch tent/trailer the first day it's open.
You'll still end up waiting for a while...
but the lines will be way shorter than they are on show days!
Since the first Seattle show is on Wednesday,
I'm thinking the first merch tent will open sometime on Monday!!

Another tip - take a look on here when they unveil the merch, and note which items are the "favorites" (i.e. The Catch poster from Fenway 2016, the subway poster from Wrigley). If you're into them, go the first day. If you're more into less popular stuff, wait until the day between the shows, and head to the area early in the day. We hit up the merch stands between the two Fenway shows. Went to one booth, nothing in my size. Hit up another, got what we wanted. 20-30 minute lines. You might not get EVERYTHING, but there should be minimal stuff sold out at that point.

mdarya

I just want a concert t shirt.  I don't really get the interest in the posters, but am not knocking anyone who wants them.  At Wrigley in 16 they had some cash only lines inside, which went much faster.

Eddieredder

Cash only poster line = the cash only beer vendor. Save me the time!!!!

ZeldaZonk

my2hands said:

A poster line isn't happening... they see what I see, people getting to the front of the line and BUY everything they can... they have created a feeding frenzy... I realized this in Hampton when I saw everybody buying 2 of the ugliest poster ever, just because they could... and anything else they could get their hands on

ha ha I'm glad I'm not the only one who wasn't thrilled with that poster! It was pretty disappointing.

EB218946

Digging this thread up again since it speaks for itself.  Disappointed I couldn’t get a Rome Poster.  

CopperTom

The outside merch at Prague had only only one pack of posters (50) and was not restocked.  The line was about 100 yards long at 1:00 with the stand opening at 2:00.  C'mon @Santos L. Halper , there has to be a better strategy for 10C and the fans.