Unofficial pre-line for merch protocols

100 Pacer

PJ-Cubs said:

100 Pacer said:

KS80184 said:

People at Wrigley were in line before 6am for 9am opening.  If you showed up at 6, you were about 50th in line. 

1st person arrived at 4am.

Did they think there was only going to be 1 poster for sale?  Sounds like they showed up about 3 hours early and wasted a lot of time.

He seemed pretty nervous. He was basically chain smoking all those hours. 

CopperTom

A general rule of life to follow:  if there is a line, get in the rear.  That's it.

Hugo Reyes

F me...this sh*t is way too complicated.  Ill just go wait in line at Treehouse and get drunk.

23scidoo

GA line vs Merch line..

BRONDO

Seattle Missoula and Chicago lines started forming officially or unofficially around 6am for 9am and noon openings. By official start line time you will be several hundred people back. 

BRONDO

Set list shirts drive the day after show lines for hours

Go Beavers

Merkin Baller said:

My ‘good luck’ comment was in reference to anyone who would show up at 9 & think they were going to walk past an existing line in the designated location.
As far as lines generated elsewhere... no, I wouldn’t recognize that nonsense. The only line I’ll recognize is one started at the booth itself. 

Do GA people really think they can start a line elsewhere & it will be recognized at the venue???

Christ, the poster obsession is bad enough, I’m glad I don’t sweat the GA. That’s ridiculous. 

If you show up to town the day before the show and see people camped out 100 yards from the gate for GA, are you saying you wouldn’t recognize that as the start
of the line? 

Merkin Baller

Go Beavers said:

Merkin Baller said:

My ‘good luck’ comment was in reference to anyone who would show up at 9 & think they were going to walk past an existing line in the designated location.
As far as lines generated elsewhere... no, I wouldn’t recognize that nonsense. The only line I’ll recognize is one started at the booth itself. 

Do GA people really think they can start a line elsewhere & it will be recognized at the venue???

Christ, the poster obsession is bad enough, I’m glad I don’t sweat the GA. That’s ridiculous. 

If you show up to town the day before the show and see people camped out 100 yards from the gate for GA, are you saying you wouldn’t recognize that as the start
of the line? 

THAT makes perfect sense, people here were talking about pre-lines at bars & secret locations... a far cry from 100 yards away from the venue / GA door.  

PJ_Soul

Why would a line be a football field's length from the venue?

Go Beavers

PJ_Soul said:

Why would a line be a football field's length from the venue?

I was just thinking about the Missoula show. Maybe it was a little less than that, but I had football on the brain. 

Wobbie

pjl44 said:

My plan is to go low stress and show up mid-afternoon 

no such thing as a low stress PJ merch line.

Bentleyspop

Shakescky said:

mace1229 said:

Merkin Baller said:

PJ_Soul said:

Sounds like 10C might have identified a place for a pre-line to start... That would be good enough for me. I'm big on rules too, but I think, when everything is normal and there is no GD list or confusion or conflicting directions from security (unlike with the GA line clusterfuck), then it's very reasonable to just get in an unofficial line. Ignoring one and going rogue with the justification of "but the rules said 9am" seems like a jerk move, just based on the concept of common courtesy and maintaining a sense of order.

It would take some serious cohones to show up, walk past a line of waiting people and think you're going to bypass all of them, regardless of what the rules say.  

As I mentioned before... Good luck with that.

If its obvious, I agree. 
I was imagining down the street in a secret location only insiders know about. Some high secret council or something. That's sort of what all the GA talk sounds ilke.

It sounds like it begins at a local bar.

I'm in my local bar as I type this
But the bar is in Omaha 
Am I in the right line?

mookieblalock

This has become all so sad. So sad.

Go Beavers

mookieblalock said:

This has become all so sad. So sad.

I’m always happy with my merch. 

Go Beavers

Bentleyspop said:

Shakescky said:

mace1229 said:

Merkin Baller said:

PJ_Soul said:

Sounds like 10C might have identified a place for a pre-line to start... That would be good enough for me. I'm big on rules too, but I think, when everything is normal and there is no GD list or confusion or conflicting directions from security (unlike with the GA line clusterfuck), then it's very reasonable to just get in an unofficial line. Ignoring one and going rogue with the justification of "but the rules said 9am" seems like a jerk move, just based on the concept of common courtesy and maintaining a sense of order.

It would take some serious cohones to show up, walk past a line of waiting people and think you're going to bypass all of them, regardless of what the rules say.  

As I mentioned before... Good luck with that.

If its obvious, I agree. 
I was imagining down the street in a secret location only insiders know about. Some high secret council or something. That's sort of what all the GA talk sounds ilke.

It sounds like it begins at a local bar.

I'm in my local bar as I type this
But the bar is in Omaha 
Am I in the right line?

Write a ‘1’ on your hand and you’ll be first in line for the Omaha 2019 show. 

mookieblalock

Go Beavers said:

mookieblalock said:

This has become all so sad. So sad.

I’m always happy with my merch. 

Awesome. I collect memories, not things. To each his own though. Enjoy your time in line.

wndowpayne

Wobbie said:

pjl44 said:

My plan is to go low stress and show up mid-afternoon 

no such thing as a low stress PJ merch line.

I disagree..both shows I have been to were in stress free Virginia..

Go Beavers

mookieblalock said:

Go Beavers said:

mookieblalock said:

This has become all so sad. So sad.

I’m always happy with my merch. 

Awesome. I collect memories, not things. To each his own though. Enjoy your time in line.

I don’t spend much time in line, but it’s nice to meet fellow fans if I’m there. 

Merkin Baller

Go Beavers said:

mookieblalock said:

Go Beavers said:

mookieblalock said:

This has become all so sad. So sad.

I’m always happy with my merch. 

Awesome. I collect memories, not things. To each his own though. Enjoy your time in line.

I don’t spend much time in line, but it’s nice to meet fellow fans if I’m there. 

This... the only time I did stand in a line for PJ Merch, I had a blast meeting & hanging with other fans. 

jhager79

PJ-Cubs said:

100 Pacer said:

KS80184 said:

People at Wrigley were in line before 6am for 9am opening.  If you showed up at 6, you were about 50th in line. 

1st person arrived at 4am.

Did they think there was only going to be 1 poster for sale?  Sounds like they showed up about 3 hours early and wasted a lot of time.

When I was at the merch tent Sunday Afternoon was told if I wanted poster's best to be in line by 6am. Since I'm usually up at 6am and with the difference in time it was no problem. Got to meet some cool people in line, get my stuff and back at the hotel by 9:45 with a whole day to explore Chicago before the show.  Wasn't really a waste of time in my opinion.