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Your PJ Buying Batting Average

walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,557
edited May 2008 in The Porch
Most of us have bought -- or attempted to buy -- some pretty hard-to-get PJ stuff in the last few months/years.

I'm curious to know how we have fared in terms of the really hard-to-get things...by that, I mean PJ items that have sold out within seconds.

So, I invite you all to post your PJ buying batting average. That is, the stuff you've actually been successful buying DIVIDED by the total amount you have attempted to buy (you may repeat if items have been sold more than once, or in multiple places).

Again, only HARD TO FIND stuff here -- vinyls, posters, tickets, etc. that have sold out in seconds (or, maybe, minutes).

Here's mine:

Successful buying:
Boston Whale poster (10c)
Washington DC poster (10c)
Philly 03 Poster (10c)
EV Kenyon Hall Poster (10c)
EV LA1 Tickets (ticketmaster)
EV LA2 Tickets (10c)
PJ Santa Barbara 03 Tickets (10C)
Into the Wild vinyl (10c)
Into the Wild vinyl (Aural Exploits)

Not Successful:
Toronto dragons poster (10c)
LA2 2006 poster (10c) (this one still hurts!)
LA2 2006 poster (BK sale) (again!)
Hawaii poster (BK sale)
EV Kenyon Hall poster (BK sale)
EV LA1 tickets (10c)
10c Mystery Poster sale (the last one...2004??)
Los Angeles Fonda Theatre "secret" show 2006 ( :( )

So, altogether: 17 attempted, 9 successful, batting average = .529. Successful barely more than half the time.

I'll probably remember some other stuff that I bought or attempted to buy when others start posting, so this is subject to change...
Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
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    4Powers204Powers20 Posts: 1,218
    I dont think I could remember them all but, the most important was VIC tickets, and I got those.


    "We're running out of beer, too?" EV 6/19/08

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    EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    the only thing i missed out on that i wanted was the Gorge 06 klausen poster but then I got a DC and traded it for a Gorge anyways.. does that count ???
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    Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    10c membership

    Batting 1.000
    2008 - MSG 6/24-6/25
    2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
    2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
    2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
    2013 - Wrigley Field 7/19 Brooklyn 10/18-10/19 Philly 10/22
    2015 - Colbert show - 9/23 Global Citizens Festival 9/26
    2016 - Philly 4/28-4/29 MSG 5/1-5/2



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    bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,547
    Hits:
    Kenyan Hall Poster
    Vic Tickets!
    Hawaii '06 Ames Posters
    MSG II '08 TC Tix
    Philly, DC '06 TC Tix
    Atlantic City '06 Poster
    Into the Wild Vinyl
    Benaroya Vinyl
    Toronto '06 Severed Hand Poster


    Misses:
    San Diego Vedder ticket (had it in the cart)
    MSG I '08 TC Tix
    Philly '06 Ames II Poster
    LA2 Poster 2006.


    Overall, I think I've done pretty well. Just getting Vic tickets is batting 1,000.
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    LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,010
    Successful buying:
    Into the Wild vinyl (10c)
    Vic Poster
    Bonnaroo Tickets- Tier 2
    WPB Tickets

    Not Successful:
    EV Kenyon Hall poster (10c)
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
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    FatalFatal Posts: 821
    Success:

    Ed Vancouver Night 1 tickets
    Pearl Jam NYC 2008 Night 1 and Night 2 tickets
    Into the Wild Vinyl

    Fail:

    Ed LA Night 1 & 2 tickets
    Vic tickets
    Toronto 06 poster
    Shows: Montreal 98, Barrie 98, Montreal 00, Montreal 03, Montreal 05, Ottawa 05, Toronto 06, Vancouver Night 1 08 (EV), Vancouver Night 2 08 (EV), MSG1 08, MSG2 08, Montreal Night 2 08 (EV), Toronto Night 1 08 (EV), Toronto 09, Hartford 11 (EV), Ottawa 11, Ottawa 16, Ottawa 22.


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    andrew the legendandrew the legend Posts: 210
    I have my ticket stubs 2 picks Ed put directly in my hand. I have all the CDs of shows ive been to and all the studio releases. I have touring band DVD and live at the garden dvd. I also have a VHS of single video theory.
    Thats would be it.
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    Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,731
    I'm 16 for 16 (100%) getting concert tickets.

    I'm 0 for 0 (0%) getting posters and other miscellaneous crap.
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
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    andrew the legendandrew the legend Posts: 210
    Sure I do i dont understand the people who collect things.
    I also dont get the people who write down the set lists as they go. In general I dont get you people. I bring a casual fans attitude to seeing them over 50 times with 20 plus front rows.
    I am very happy with the new seating policy. I hope frat boys with their hats on backwards who love Jeremy get all the seats in rows 1 and 2.

    I have gotten tickets to every show I ever wanted to attended so I guess I am batting 100%
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    SoMuchClearerSoMuchClearer Posts: 59
    Some things off the top of my head...

    Hits:
    Letterman tix '02 (Save You)
    Bridgeschool '03

    Misses:
    MSG poster '03
    Borgata (both nights) - probably the worst of all
    2000: DC / 2002: Letterman 2 / 2003: Raleigh, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Philly, State College, Camden 1, Camden 2, DC, MSG 1, MSG 2, Hershey, Holmdel, Bridgeschool 1, Bridgeschool 2 / 2004: Reading / 2005: Philly / 2006: Camden 1, DC / 2008: Palm Beach,Camden 1,Camden 2,DC,MSG 1,MSG 2,Boston 2 / 2009: (EV) Philly 2, (EV) Baltimore 2, San Diego, Philly 1, Philly 2, Philly 3, Philly 4 / 2010: Boston, Newark, MSG 1, MSG 2 / 2011: (EV) Philly
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    Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,731
    andrew the legend wrote:
    Sure I do i dont understand the people who collect things.
    I also dont get the people who write down the set lists as they go. In general I dont get you people. I bring a casual fans attitude to seeing them over 50 times with 20 plus front rows.
    I am very happy with the new seating policy. I hope frat boys with their hats on backwards who love Jeremy get all the seats in rows 1 and 2.

    I have gotten tickets to every show I ever wanted to attended so I guess I am batting 100%

    I agree with every word said here. every last word. I don't get the collecting either. I collect songs. I buy the albums. I get the DVDs. when there's new boots or when rare mp3s surface, I download them and burn it to disc. that's about all the collecting I do. that's not to say that I wouldn't buy a poster or t-shirt if I saw a cool one.

    collecting vinyls isn't that bad. well, actually it depends. If you prefer the sound of the vinyl (or simply like to listen to the vinyls occasionally, as I do with my Zep), that's cool. but to buy them just to have them? just to better your collection? gimme a break. these people are like children collecting baseball cards. and posters? the poster craze is what I hate about the pearl jam fanbase the most. those people are fucking crazy. I can't believe they can get excited over posters. and again, it's like the vinyl thing, there's obviously nothing weird about putting a few PJ posters around the house......but when you're wasting hundreds of dollars on them and treasuring them like some artifact that Indiana Jones would search for, you need serious psychiatrist help.
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
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    TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    I've been pretty sucessful with buying. The only times i didn't score was The Vic show and Kenyon Hall poster.
    <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Krisdababe/?chartstyle=Krisdababe"><img src="http://imagegen.last.fm/Krisdababe/recenttracks/Krisdababe.gif&quot; border="0" /></a>

    "To is a preposition.
    Come is a verb"

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    HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    All of their studio releases
    One Riot Act tour t-shirt
    Gorge boxset
    All dvd releases...

    I guess I have a perfect average! hehe
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
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    AddictedAddicted Posts: 124
    I have struck out 19 times trying to get somewhere in the front ten rows. maybe i will get lucky at WPB, Tampa, or South Carolina.
    hold on to the thread
    the currents will shift
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    andrew the legendandrew the legend Posts: 210
    I am not against the collectors they pay the bills. Like the people who buy lawn seats pay the bills. They are important.
    I just dont get. I have been front row many times. After the shows I want to sit and relax because I am dead beat tired. Here come the tards running up asking to have a piece of trash or a water bottle. And they get it and it means something to them?
    Ill never get it I have 3 picks all where given expressly to me. i am not diving for or fighting over a pick on the ground. In general the fans annoy me. Drink 10 beers and enjoy the show.
    Respect the guy on the lawn who only owns ten and vs. He paid to sit on the lawn. In the parking lot before the show I want to be with that guy and not most of the "die hard" scary type of fans anyway.
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    florence151florence151 Posts: 597
    Hits: So many great shows in so many fantastic places with some of the best people I have ever met.

    My only miss is the poster from the Maui 98. It was only my second show and I thought I could get one after the show. Now they are too expensive for my rational self.
    Hold On
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    InMyTree4InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    Hits : 10C membership
    Immagine in Cornice
    Hartford 2008
    Mansfield(I+II)


    Misses: Camden 2
    Sweet EV tank top
    PJ:7/2/03.9/28/04.5/25/06.8/5/07.6/14/08.6/27/08.6/28/08.6/30/08.
    10/30/09.10/31/09.5/17/10.9/7/11
    EV:boston 1+2.albnay 1.boston 2010
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    Given to...Given to... Wyoming Posts: 4,977
    MISSES:
    10c tix for Denver 1 06
    10c tix for Hawaii 06
    10c tix for VIC 07
    10c tix for EV LA1 08
    10c tix for EV LA2 08
    U2/PJ Klausen (artillery late show)
    Purple VIC (artillery)
    LA Towels (saw them, thought they would be around for a time
    10c Hawaii Ames (coaching baseball that day)
    No shows this June, No money or time (still a miss!)

    HITS:
    Ticketmaster Tix:
    Hawaii, Denver, EV LA1
    10c:
    Into The Wild
    Kenyon Hall
    DC
    Vic
    Duesseldorf
    Copenhagen
    Klausen Night Sale:
    Duesseldorf, VIC,Ottowa

    Maybe batting around .500, but sometimes it feels closer to .001!
    "...would you like some forks?" EV 12-02-06
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    patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    I used to strike out alot but then I went to the batting cages. :)
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    IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,648
    Hits: Kenyon Hall, other posters I wanted, the VIC, EV shows, 10c shows

    Misses: None.

    SHOW COUNT: (149) 1990's=3, 2000's=53, 2010/20's=89, US=109, CAN=15, Europe=19 ,New Zealand=2, Australia=2
    Mexico=1, Colombia=1 

    Upcoming:  Sacramento, Vegas x2, Manchester, London, Chicago x2, NYC x2, Fenway x2, Ohana x2  Aucklandx2, Gold Coast, Melbournex2


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    JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    successfull:
    10c tickets for 3 of the 4 shows I attended (no 10c for the fourth one because it was a festival)
    ITW vinyl

    not sucessfull:
    some posters (dusseldorf, and a few others)
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
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    4Powers204Powers20 Posts: 1,218
    andrew the legend wrote:
    I am not against the collectors they pay the bills. Like the people who buy lawn seats pay the bills. They are important.
    I just dont get. I have been front row many times. After the shows I want to sit and relax because I am dead beat tired. Here come the tards running up asking to have a piece of trash or a water bottle. And they get it and it means something to them?
    Ill never get it I have 3 picks all where given expressly to me. i am not diving for or fighting over a pick on the ground. In general the fans annoy me. Drink 10 beers and enjoy the show.
    Respect the guy on the lawn who only owns ten and vs. He paid to sit on the lawn. In the parking lot before the show I want to be with that guy and not most of the "die hard" scary type of fans anyway.


    You are better than all of us.

    Is this the response you were waiting for? Imagine finding UBER fans on the band's message board, crazy.


    "We're running out of beer, too?" EV 6/19/08

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    smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,559
    I've been pretty good about getting tickets to the tour shows, but the special ones like Vic, and Seattle shows in December, I've been shut out. Posters that I've been at I've been good, but the ones from Klausen and ames bros I've been shutout too.

    Over all, I would say I'm over .500
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
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    Surf RiderSurf Rider Posts: 813
    edited March 2009
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