Merch line right now in St. Louis

mace1229

fixer123 said:

mace1229 said:

I don’t understand why grown men wait in line 6 hours for a t shirt and a poster

To sell things on eBay and finance the trip. Many anyway.

That has to be a small minority. Considering they must have sold several thousand and only a few dozen up for sale. 

I don’t think there are that many just straight flippers. But i bet a lot buy 2 posters with plans to sell or trade one in the future.
I still don’t see justifying traveling to a cool city and spending the majority of the day just waiting in a line for a t shirt and a poster. Either spend the extra $100 bucks and get one later or go without. 

Backspacer 76

I arrived at 2:00 and the merch stand still wasn’t open. Looked at the line and said fuck it and left. 

1 tiny little merch stand serving hundreds of people…….no thanks.

circlesdown

mace1229 said:

I don’t understand why grown men wait in line 6 hours for a t shirt and a poster

To make their wives proud.

PJ-Cubs

Merch line actually used to be relatively fun if you had cool people around you and were only waiting for a couple hours (2013-2014 tours).  Hang out and talk about past shows, music, etc.

The current 5-6 hour waits are too much, especially when you are standing in the sun and heat.  I may be getting old but I would not have much left in the tank for the show after that wait.

tkepearljamn

We spent 5 hours in line and didn't get anything.   Need a STL poster. 

SweetDaddyLou

A documentary on PJ merch lines would be interesting,  is Cameron Crowe available?

shep

I arrived at 1210 and got inline anticipating they stand would open at one. At that point it was 1/2 way around the south side of the building.

I called it at 240, having not gotten around the south elevation or the building.

Lost my patience. I was anticipating the line to move like it did in LA...

When you tell people the stand is going to open at 1 pm and it doesn't open until almost 215, you should communicate that to people. Had I of known that was the case I would have said fuck it and not gone down there. I get it, team has been working 3 days straight and it's fucking hot outside... But communication is key here. I wouldn't have wasted my time. It's just stuff.

3 people manning the counter seems like a poor decision when you have a license to print money and a loyal fanbase.  My lesson is learned for the next time.

Enjoy the show everyone!

fixer123

Anyone know where the merch is inside the building?

mace1229

circlesdown said:

mace1229 said:

I don’t understand why grown men wait in line 6 hours for a t shirt and a poster

To make their wives proud.

My wife wouldn’t speak to me for days if I wasted the day in a line like that….maybe that is why they do it.

Papaljuice

I was waiting in line for 5 hours and only got a poster. I am grateful I got a poster, but wanted a shirt that was show specific. Its real crappy to say you are going to open up a merch stand for over a thousand people at 1:00pm, yet you open it 1-1/2 hours after 1:00 and then only have 4 people working it. Then you start telling people that you are running out of things and that they can come inside when they open the gates it to buy it in there because they have held stuff back. That’s crap!!!

Nashville, they had to option to add a tip. Really???

SHZA

Papaljuice said:

I was waiting in line for 5 hours and only got a poster. I am grateful I got a poster, but wanted a shirt that was show specific. Its real crappy to say you are going to open up a merch stand for over a thousand people at 1:00pm, yet you open it 1-1/2 hours after 1:00 and then only have 4 people working it. Then you start telling people that you are running out of things and that they can come inside when they open the gates it to buy it in there because they have held stuff back. That’s crap!!!

Nashville, they had to option to add a tip. Really???

Lesson learned? 

radiorob123

fixer123 said:

Anyone know where the merch is inside the building?

There is at least one merch stand upstairs that had a minimal line and is running smoothly.

sdavis

SHZA said:

Papaljuice said:

I was waiting in line for 5 hours and only got a poster. I am grateful I got a poster, but wanted a shirt that was show specific. Its real crappy to say you are going to open up a merch stand for over a thousand people at 1:00pm, yet you open it 1-1/2 hours after 1:00 and then only have 4 people working it. Then you start telling people that you are running out of things and that they can come inside when they open the gates it to buy it in there because they have held stuff back. That’s crap!!!

Nashville, they had to option to add a tip. Really???

Lesson learned? 

No shit! Get in line to come in a bit early and you should be ok.

JamesN

I have NEVER seen merch lines like St. Louis tonight - makes Nashville look like a dry run...
At least 250+ people at each of the 3(4?) merch stands I saw - WOW

CROJAM95

JamesN said:

I have NEVER seen merch lines like St. Louis tonight - makes Nashville look like a dry run...
At least 250+ people at the 3(4?) merch stands I saw - WOW

MSG was insane too

in the rain

JimmyV

I did meet some cool people in line at Fenway in 2016, but I decided then and there never again. And merch quality has only decreased since then. 

fixer123

Merch is absurd in here. Stations starting to sell out of posters 

Zod

Papaljuice said:

I was waiting in line for 5 hours and only got a poster. I am grateful I got a poster, but wanted a shirt that was show specific. Its real crappy to say you are going to open up a merch stand for over a thousand people at 1:00pm, yet you open it 1-1/2 hours after 1:00 and then only have 4 people working it. Then you start telling people that you are running out of things and that they can come inside when they open the gates it to buy it in there because they have held stuff back. That’s crap!!!

Nashville, they had to option to add a tip. Really???

Oakland had the option to tip too.  I did because I was caught off guard.

Now I'm starting to see the tip prompt on almost everything around here, I think people are going to revolt against it.

Back to this thread.  What about buying inside?  At the Oakland shows, we showed up for GA at about 6:30.  This was shortly after they must of let in the line.  Most stuff was there, posters tshirts.  I think the 2nd night the show specific tshirt had run out.  Other than having to hold onto my poster in GA for the whole show it seemed like a much more human way to deal merch.   Go inside early and buy it, rather than wait 5 hours outside?

angry_skull

You people in line are crazy. Show should start soon and folks still have hours to wait. Nuts. 

Triberjay25

Zod said: Oakland had the option to tip too.  I did because I was caught off guard.

Now I'm starting to see the tip prompt on almost everything around here, I think people are going to revolt against it.

They started doing this up in Detroit at our arenas and stadiums early in the Spring too.  A lot of people are finding out that the vendors are hitting the tip button without the customers knowledge.