Merch line right now in St. Louis

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.

Imcoffeegirl

SweetDaddyLou said:

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

This. Is. A. Genius. Idea!!! 

Soul Glo

I’ll never understand the appeal of standing in merch lines for hours when you could be out enjoying a cool city with friends. To each their own. 

shmap

I don’t see any more posters being sold at the merch stand near Portal 23. 

Tim Simmons

Soul Glo said:

I’ll never understand the appeal of standing in merch lines for hours when you could be out enjoying a cool city with friends. To each their own. 

To be clear, we’re talking about St. Louis right? Or do you mean literally any other city? 

amethgr8

Are there still show shirts at the upper

pjl44

BF25394 said:

Robbert said:

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.

This. Why do you think posters are on ebay for 200 or 300 dollars the same day. Im sure 75% of the people in line are not attending the concert tonight.

I don't understand why grown men would pay 200 or 300 dollars for a poster.

I guarantee there is something equally trivial you spend $200 on

lis0805

amethgr8 said:

Are there still show shirts at the upper

No they’re out. 

If anyone scooped an extra poster please let me know!!

amethgr8

Thanks

Foriginal Sin

For the flippers, has their even been a show this year that’s poster isn’t available in the shop right now? These aren’t the 1500 only made runs of back in the day. Plenty of posters available, none worth more than $45 

kosteva2

Foriginal Sin said:

For the flippers, has their even been a show this year that’s poster isn’t available in the shop right now? These aren’t the 1500 only made runs of back in the day. Plenty of posters available, none worth more than $45 

That's my plan to get the posters of the shows I went to this year.

Ton of non-poster merch on eBay right now from last few shows.  People are getting a pretty nice markup on it.  Hard to justify waiting multiple hours in early merch line at MSG last weekend just for poster.  But, if you're early enough to get poster, show-specific shirt, show-specific hat, sticker, and license plat to flip you can cover decent portion of your ticket, transportation, and lodging depending how you're doing the tour.  Add in the 2 per person limits instead of 1 and probably justifies the long wait for a few people even more.

If they went to a 1 per person policy for the show-specific stuff (ie posters, certain shirts, stickers, license plates, etc) that would go a long way to curb the current merch madness with the inflated prices lately.

RedMosquitoSmile28

Foriginal Sin said:

For the flippers, has their even been a show this year that’s poster isn’t available in the shop right now? These aren’t the 1500 only made runs of back in the day. Plenty of posters available, none worth more than $45 

None of the second NA leg is on there yet. It might be too early, but maybe if they've all sold out at the current shows they won't be on the shop later? I went to Phoenix on the first leg and posters didn't sell out at the show. They certainly have at the last few. That said, all of the other shows are still in the shop. If similar for this leg, should be able to get them at some point.

pjhawks

pjl44 said:

BF25394 said:

Robbert said:

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.

This. Why do you think posters are on ebay for 200 or 300 dollars the same day. Im sure 75% of the people in line are not attending the concert tonight.

I don't understand why grown men would pay 200 or 300 dollars for a poster.

I guarantee there is something equally trivial you spend $200 on

But I’m sure he doesn’t spend 6 hours in the heat to spend that $200.  It’s not the purchase that is crazy it’s the time spent to make the purchase in not always ideal weather 

pjl44

pjhawks said:

pjl44 said:

BF25394 said:

Robbert said:

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.

This. Why do you think posters are on ebay for 200 or 300 dollars the same day. Im sure 75% of the people in line are not attending the concert tonight.

I don't understand why grown men would pay 200 or 300 dollars for a poster.

I guarantee there is something equally trivial you spend $200 on

But I’m sure he doesn’t spend 6 hours in the heat to spend that $200.  It’s not the purchase that is crazy it’s the time spent to make the purchase in not always ideal weather 

We weren't talking about waiting in line

fixer123

Still big lines after show with many things sold out. 

droptheleash9

Tim Simmons said:

Soul Glo said:

I’ll never understand the appeal of standing in merch lines for hours when you could be out enjoying a cool city with friends. To each their own. 

To be clear, we’re talking about St. Louis right? Or do you mean literally any other city? 

Underrated comment 

elvistheking44

Tim Simmons said:

Soul Glo said:

I’ll never understand the appeal of standing in merch lines for hours when you could be out enjoying a cool city with friends. To each their own. 

To be clear, we’re talking about St. Louis right? Or do you mean literally any other city? 

Had there not been a ball game your time would have been more exciting in the merch line. What a ghost town of a city. Unbelievable really.  

mcgruff10

elvistheking44 said:

Tim Simmons said:

Soul Glo said:

I’ll never understand the appeal of standing in merch lines for hours when you could be out enjoying a cool city with friends. To each their own. 

To be clear, we’re talking about St. Louis right? Or do you mean literally any other city? 

Had there not been a ball game your time would have been more exciting in the merch line. What a ghost town of a city. Unbelievable really.  

I was very surprised by this when I saw pj in st. louis in 2014.  I would never head back there.  

CROJAM95

Are others allowed to provide food & drink to those on merch line, or is that illegal?

SHZA

mcgruff10 said:

elvistheking44 said:

Tim Simmons said:

Soul Glo said:

I’ll never understand the appeal of standing in merch lines for hours when you could be out enjoying a cool city with friends. To each their own. 

To be clear, we’re talking about St. Louis right? Or do you mean literally any other city? 

Had there not been a ball game your time would have been more exciting in the merch line. What a ghost town of a city. Unbelievable really.  

I was very surprised by this when I saw pj in st. louis in 2014.  I would never head back there.  

Ok, we get it. No need to pile on. Tim Simmons' comment was funny though 

mpedone

PJ-Cubs said:

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.

Waited 3-3.5 hours in both Hamilton and Toronto (got in line around 11am, were done in time to see more of the city), and passed the time chatting with fellow fans around us. Fortunately, in both lines we also had plenty of shade (actually got a little chilly in Hamilton). We had good times in both lines. Now, when we got in line both times, we could see that we weren't far from the front. Not sure we'd have bothered if the lines were twice as long. The point is, it is still possible to have fun experiences in the merch line.