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

smak

How about a flipper's only line.  If you're going to buy over $1k, then you get to wait behind other people who are buying over $1k.

That would make all other lines go much faster.

Dr. Delight

Looks like its gotta be posted yet again....

JP218404

Can anyone who bought the coasters tell me if they are all one city per tin or are they one of each city on the tour?

goldrush

That Klausen poster is so far ahead of the other 4 it’s unreal. 

on2legs

smak said:

How about a flipper's only line.  If you're going to buy over $1k, then you get to wait behind other people who are buying over $1k.

That would make all other lines go much faster.

If you look at the poster tube in the last photo it looks like she’s a fan.... maybe she’s paying for her trip by flipping all that stuff. 

northerndragon

Eroom21 said:

What they really need to do is fix the lines once you get inside the tent. I hate having to choose another and risk getting stuck behind some ass who wants to see each shirt and try on each size.  Everyone should stay in one line and wait for a spot to open up. 

This so hard. I got stuck behind this chick at Wrigley 16. Watched all my friends get their stuff and leave and the Klausen poster disappear(one of the only two I wanted.) It took dumbass 45 mins to try everything on, only to decide she didn't want anything after all. It was so bad I had people in other lines offer to let me cut in, but i didn't because i didn't want to be that person and I honestly couldn't conceive that it was really going to take that long.

bootlegger10

I think people are like either Jeff or Stone.  Stone keeps nothing.  Jeff keeps everything.

my2hands

demetrios said:

Good God, this has gotten out of hand lol

cp3iverson

bootlegger10 said:

What would Stone do?

Nothing.  These clothes are way too fashionable for Stone.  My dude only hits Banana Republic during clearance week. 

my2hands

Tim Simmons said:

Anyone else think the comparisons to Kiss’s Merch crassness are lazy and off the mark? 

No, this is clearly out of control

Deadman

I would feel AWFUL if I made the person behind me wait for even 5 mins with my order.  Some of these stories are absolutely ridiculous.  40 mins to “assemble” an order???

bootlegger10

I wonder if a few 15 item or less lines would be beneficial.   It could hurt sales I guess if people want to buy 20 items but buy only 15 to wait less.

JP218404

bootlegger10 said:

I wonder if a few 15 item or less lines would be beneficial.   It could hurt sales I guess if people want to buy 20 items but buy only 15 to wait less.

Or instead of putting a limited per item just say 10 items max per person 

KC138045

JP218404 said:

bootlegger10 said:

I wonder if a few 15 item or less lines would be beneficial.   It could hurt sales I guess if people want to buy 20 items but buy only 15 to wait less.

Or instead of putting a limited per item just say 10 items max per person 

I'm just hoping I can grab a shirt and maybe a hat once inside night 1 at Wrigley before we settle into our seats.  I'm counting on at least one poster being available on the site after the show.  No way I am standing in a merch line for 5+ hours.

FactoryMan93

To anyone who bought the Faile poster... on the back did it have a sticker in the bottom right corner saying Official Pearl Jam Event Poster, with a caption in the middle, Say No to Flippers?

Redrumh2o

They should all have that sticker 

FactoryMan93

Thanks. I was just curious, because I have seen some Home Show posters on ebay without that sticker. My recent show posters have that sticker so I was assuming they must be fakes.

pjl44

KC138045 said:

JP218404 said:

bootlegger10 said:

I wonder if a few 15 item or less lines would be beneficial.   It could hurt sales I guess if people want to buy 20 items but buy only 15 to wait less.

Or instead of putting a limited per item just say 10 items max per person 

I'm just hoping I can grab a shirt and maybe a hat once inside night 1 at Wrigley before we settle into our seats.  I'm counting on at least one poster being available on the site after the show.  No way I am standing in a merch line for 5+ hours.

For Fenway the very open of day 1 was the peak wait. If you were there a day or two before the shows and went a little later you could be in and out in 30 minutes. Keep an eye on Seattle to gauge things but 2016 was not bad at all.

vitalogist77

Redrumh2o said:

They should all have that sticker 

They all do

Redrumh2o

How big are those mini patches in diameter?

mpedone

pjl44 said:

KC138045 said:

JP218404 said:

bootlegger10 said:

I wonder if a few 15 item or less lines would be beneficial.   It could hurt sales I guess if people want to buy 20 items but buy only 15 to wait less.

Or instead of putting a limited per item just say 10 items max per person 

I'm just hoping I can grab a shirt and maybe a hat once inside night 1 at Wrigley before we settle into our seats.  I'm counting on at least one poster being available on the site after the show.  No way I am standing in a merch line for 5+ hours.

For Fenway the very open of day 1 was the peak wait. If you were there a day or two before the shows and went a little later you could be in and out in 30 minutes. Keep an eye on Seattle to gauge things but 2016 was not bad at all.

Yeah, we went the day between the shows, between 11 and 12. Hit one stand, didn't have the shirt I liked in my size, went to the next stand, got what we wanted, and were done in about an hour.

stateofloveandpj

I think I waited maybe 10 mins on the off day between the Fenway shows at one of the locations. They also had lots of stuff inside (minus The Catch poster). 

mpedone

JP218404 said:

hihobibo said:

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. 

Hey I’m just trying to think of a way that people who want that can get it problem free. Of course there will be issues but at least a good group of fans will get takin care of

So, you solve a problem for a select group of fans, while possibly making it worse for others, while completely ignoring that this "Gotta have it!" attitude is what enables flippers (and general craziness) in the first place. I don't know how to fix that, but making some merch MORE exclusive is not the answer.

JP218404

mpedone said:

JP218404 said:

hihobibo said:

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. 

Hey I’m just trying to think of a way that people who want that can get it problem free. Of course there will be issues but at least a good group of fans will get takin care of

So, you solve a problem for a select group of fans, while possibly making it worse for others, while completely ignoring that this "Gotta have it!" attitude is what enables flippers (and general craziness) in the first place. I don't know how to fix that, but making some merch MORE exclusive is not the answer.

More about people waiting 45 minutes to an hour for one person to buy everything as well attempting to make it a little more difficult for the flippers. 

Ultimately I will always believe a bundle for people who won ten club tix would be best 

reedrothchild

ZeldaZonk said:

jdopj said:

I’ve been around this band for awhile and have traveled to see them since ‘94. I pick cities I want to go to, enjoy my time there and go see my favorite band. Didn’t line up in ‘03 when there were “blocks”, don’t line up for GA, and sure as fuck won’t line up for merch. I go for the music.
The most disheartening thing about this band right now is the fans. All the craziness with merch, the rail, etc...

It really has become quite the circus, hasn't it? 

Agree with all of this.  

demetrios

Was anyone able to purchase a box of baseball cards yesterday?

MickeyMouse

dutz054 said:

Side note: the person next to me in line got turned away for a Faile poster because they were out at the time. The lines inside hadn’t been opened 15 minutes. They were all being restocked as they went, but he didn’t get a Faile because it was out at the time. 

This is a problem and really shitty. When I was waiting for merch in Boston in 2016 the same thing happened with The Catch.  They sold out about 20 people ahead of me and then by the time I got up they had restocked.  

If they know they have more coming they should accommodate people who have waited hours and don’t get what they want simply because of bad timing.  

MUZIK

Ahhhh the days when you used to buy posters to the shows you are going too online.

10C enjoys watching people’s time being waisted.

I’m so glad I have zero interest in any of these circus shows.

F Me In The Brain

MickeyMouse said:

dutz054 said:

Side note: the person next to me in line got turned away for a Faile poster because they were out at the time. The lines inside hadn’t been opened 15 minutes. They were all being restocked as they went, but he didn’t get a Faile because it was out at the time. 

This is a problem and really shitty. When I was waiting for merch in Boston in 2016 the same thing happened with The Catch.  They sold out about 20 people ahead of me and then by the time I got up they had restocked.  

If they know they have more coming they should accommodate people who have waited hours and don’t get what they want simply because of bad timing.  

This is another reason I am not waiting in line.  Too many uncertainties.  I would love to have two BK posters -- one for myself and one for the fund raiser/contest we are in (I committed to providing a poster from Seattle to the pool) but I cannot abide standing in line for a long time and having something like this happen.  I would, foolishly, let that rain on my parade.  F it.  I am there to enjoy the people,the place, and the band...if I get lucky and someone grabs 1 for me, great.  Otherwise I will overpay after for the 1 that I committed to providing and somewhere down the road will hunt/trade for 1 for my own wall.

Just sell the darn things as options when we buy tickets!  (Please)

NickyNooch

Anyone waiting in line today... how long are the wait times today?  I'm looking at checking it out tomorrow if the lines aren't crazy long.