'The Home Shows' X 'The Away Shows' Merch

RW8297

Many people on this forum, called your friends and serious collectors are the same fucking flippers as those on eBay. No difference.
I only care about music - live shows and vinyl and sometimes posters. I cannot afford Live on 2 Legs or Lost Dogs or many other vinyl. This is bullshit when you sell it for $200+ or $1000 like Benny. For some people the only way to get the vinyl is to buy fucking Rome poster for $35 and trade it or sell it. Don't blame them. Don't judge them. You aren't saint.
Ps. I don't stay in merch line when it's longer than 5 minutes. The thing with Euro posters was fucked up. But I admire people who are in merch line for 24 or 48 h to get those fucking posters or stickers.

The_Giant_Midget

it is funny how the thing im stressed out the most about wasn't:
1. getting flights to and from seattle
2. booking a room to stay in for a week
3. getting tickets to the shows

its simply trying to get one poster and maybe a t shirt to commemorate this once in a lifetime event. 

pjl44

The_Giant_Midget said:

it is funny how the thing im stressed out the most about wasn't:
1. getting flights to and from seattle
2. booking a room to stay in for a week
3. getting tickets to the shows

its simply trying to get one poster and maybe a t shirt to commemorate this once in a lifetime event. 

Getting one poster and a t-shirt was a breeze at Fenway last year

Chadplam

Redrumh2o said:

Does anyone know how Next Level brand fits/shrinks??

I was a L in AA (the 16 shirts fit perfectly), but a M in most other stuff. Some brands don't fit me at all as I am right in between and both are awkward. It is the shrinkage that always kills me so holding up shirts means nothing to me and I am not going to try on shirts over my other shirts in a line of angry ppl. I checked all my Ts and don't have anything that is Next level

Just compared my TOTD AA shirt to 10C Next shirt and TOTD is longer in the torso. Sleeves seem to be about the same. I typically wear large in shirts as I like them to be a bit big, and both of these are large and I have no issues. The TOTD might be a bit less of a slimmer fit but I'm pretty skinny so can't tell if its that or just the extra length that makes it feel a bit bigger.

Chadplam

sounds like its not AA or Next though

100 Pacer

I keep thinking of that scene in American Gangster where the character played by Denzel Washington masks his identity so he can pull up to the block and watch his heroin sell. 

Steadyd84

DC29940 said:

Chadplam said:

DC29940 said:

demetrios said:

gruene9 said:

This will be the outside merch booth??

No official word yet but guessing it will probably be. And not just one merch set up but 4 location around the stadium. 

My wife and I will be headed straight to the stadium when we get into town on Tuesday (assuming they have booths up the day before like they have in the past) so we’ll be the nerds standing in the merch line with our suitcases

same here if its open monday

Thank you for making me feel a little less crazy.

My brother and I fly out of Austin at ~6:45am CT Tuesday, land at 8:55am PT. The plan is to grab a Lyft to the merch (with luggage in hand lol), then to Airbnb to drop stuff off, then back to Safeco to wait in GA line!

tschav

To be honest, the last few shows I either shopped on off days or just bought on eBay while waiting in a slow moving line. My walls are getting close to the point where I need to sell framed prints or stop buying altogether.

It's a profitable industry if you hustle, and everyone's hustling (tickets, GA line positions, posters, misc merch). We all realize that this won't last forever and we're either trying to profit or squeeze every ounce we can from this band. 

If you focus on the sideshows of $$$ and not on seeing an amazing band performance, you lose out on why you made the trip.

jacquelynca

All I want is a poster and a hat for my son! 

100 Pacer

Saw the massive merch tent set up across the street already during the pregame footage. 

Deadman

100 Pacer said:

Saw the massive merch tent set up across the street already during the pregame footage. 

Are there fitting rooms?

mookeywrench

And on-site tailors?

ZeldaZonk

Shakescky said:

ZeldaZonk said:

I'm pretty bummed that I made a special trip to Theo Chocolate yesterday to buy some Home Shows chocolate bars, and that was the one day they decided to close early at 12:30 for a company event! Grrrrr........

i would be bummed as well. i must thank you though because your situation reminded me of a moment in time in my life when my friend attempted to swing by a lindt chocolate store. the mall was closing for the evening and there had to be about ten minutes left in the final hour. the store is opened and she gets right up to its entrance for the security gate to slowly lower down in front of her.

half of me felt bad while the other half of me couldn't stop with contagious laughter. it is some kind of scene you would see portrayed in a comedy genre.

Oh no! What a disappointment. I can imagine it was hard for you to keep a straight face in that situation, though. As I was standing there yesterday staring at the Home Shows chocolate through the door, all I kept thinking about was the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld: "No chocolate for you! Come back next week!" Talk about being denied.....

hihobibo

JP218404 said:

A 10C ticket lottery winner bundle would be best IMO.  ya win the lottery you get  to buy the unique show shirt and poster only.  works better for a full tour rather than the stadium shows but still would help. my guess is some people would still line up and flip but at least you can get those items easier if you choose to.  I bet we are all willing to pay a little extra for this type of option too.

But then you'd get flippers willing to forfeit the cost of one ticket in order to makeup their loss by transfer /selling the other ticket and flipping the pre sale merch. Nothing will work until everything is mass produced to take away the limited nature of the items. 

Patrick_Sea3

Almost everyone on Lost Dogs is a flipper in my opinion...

Kearn5y

baseborn said:

Oh, and if anyone wants to sell me a Rome poster for a reasonable price, please let me know. But someone on here was selling a DAMAGED one for $350 the other day. Another example of the craziness.

But he got the GREAT PRICES reply or something like that which makes it all OK. 

demetrios

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Chrisilein

baseborn said:

dimitrispearljam said:

as someone who wasnt born yesterday around here,and touring the last 12 years at every year atleast 1 tourr ill say my opinion  this merch obsesion-flipping,trading shit that going on that getting worst and makes it more difficult just to get a shrt or a poster from show u went
its clear that i hate flippers,everyone knows it..the big problem for me,,is that fans become instead of fans,,that just go to a show ,listen the song,get a poster to remember the show etc,,becomes instead of fans.,businessman
they buy what ever they can from shows everywhere on the planet,from the merch booth,to ap sales,online,to 10c sales,to any record comapny release ..they bying every type of repease in any type of merch just to make money of it,or trade shit.,they see the whole as business..they dont give a fuck about the shows as they give for the merch,they never talk aboit the show,they domt post thewir review,they dont care for the 3 hours of music.what matters irto make business,make money,,make something from this merch thing..
probably they searching during the show at facebook groups and at ebay and in lost dogs how much the second market goes and how the stickler worth and what trade they could do..i wish was 2-3 of them..well,,we had sawyer back then here..now there are tons around and everywhere..it makes me sick..cos they see the band as business and how to get something form it..and all this ruin it for all the rest fans and especially the casual ones who dont have a chance to get anything related to the band as merch..
ill check merch,ill try to get a poster but thats it,,music is what i sign in for when i felt in love with this band,,and no merch will never makes me more happy than see them live..
i got 10 shows pins and stickers and poster on europe tour..and i was more happy that today arrived at australia .when i sent em to another fan that will love them,me,,well,its a fuckin sticker,.,show was more important.for me,.,
yes just sent to another fan for free....yes,including  fuckin emek roma poster,berlin,padova,and a couple more..,ones goes hundreds dollars in flipping pages and websites..and i felt good,didnt stressed at all.,,its just stuff..feels good to be a fan of this band and love them than be a businessman and on y care what u will earn from this..
feels good to be a fan .and not a cashier in a bank

Yep - frustrating isn't it. I have to say that for a band who are so focused on the fan experience etc (for which i'm super grateful), the whole way the merch operates is madness to me. I would love a Rome poster, i went to the show (from the UK) and it was great - but me having to pay a flipper $700 for a $30 poster so I have a memento is just beyond crazy. Surely offering guaranteed poster availability to a ticket holder isn't an impossibility - even if it's after the fact. I'd happily pay now for them to do a new print run and send them in 3/6/9 month's time. There has to be a better way........

I was at London 1 this summer and there were posters on ebay for £200 at 3pm the day of the show. That's an unacceptable situation in my opinion.

I went to the Padova and Rome show to introduce the band and what you experience at the shows to my fiancée. We tried to get a Poster, event shirt, sticker and pin for these two shows. In Padova everything went easy as long as you where there at noon to pick up your tickets and get to the merch booth. In Rome we had zero chance to get the beautiful Emek poster which she wanted to have cause she could relate to the theme Emek created. We could not even get a damned sticker. The merch run was absolutely crazy and we were really disappointed seeing several so called "fans" running to the bus with 4 poster tubes to bring their prey back to the hotel. Besided that she really loved the concert and I can proudly say that she is now a PJ fan and wants to go on tour when ever they come back to Europe...

No Rome poster on show day but then something absolutely amazing happened. An italian friend messaged me that he has an extra Rome Poster and he is willing to give it to me face value plus shipping! You can't image how overwhelmed I was seeing this generosity. He could easily sell it for € 400 on ebay but instead he chose to help us. You know who you are and I will 100% return this amazing favor...

Last thing I want to say...It's horrible that you have to be at the venue 8 hours before the show just to get a chance to buy a sticker/pin and poster. We are all visiting cities we have never been before and in my opinion we should not be forced to spend the whole day at the venue to get a few "souvenirs"..

BF89905

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

Man the skull thing is so overused.  Guess it’s cooler than a live head in a helmet though.  Although they could have done a gory severed head I suppose.

I agree, I'm anti-skull as well, which makes it easy to walk past a lot of merchandise.

RW8297

patrickwieczore said:

Almost everyone on Lost Dogs is a flipper in my opinion...

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