Scenes from todays Merch Line(What I saw)

pledgeagrievance

They won’t do the pre-order because they want the long lines so they can post it on social media. 

Slettelleir

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

Imagine this as a ten club paid member benefit.  Guaranteed opportunity to buy a show shirt or poster for shows you have tickets to.  Everyone that’s complained about the annual price would get their value right there.  

JojoRice

I'd be willing to pay an additional "handling fee" as well if we could pre order items. 

tempo_n_groove

pledgeagrievance said:

Man people missing the actual show inside for merch? I can’t fathom that. Insane 

Both Seattle Home shows, Missoula and Boston in 2018.  I went to the bathroom in Missoula and they were wrapped around the stadium arguing about where the line began...

mcgruff10

Slettelleir said:

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

Imagine this as a ten club paid member benefit.  Guaranteed opportunity to buy a show shirt or poster for shows you have tickets to.  Everyone that’s complained about the annual price would get their value right there.  

That’s a great idea!

mattcoz

tschav said:

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

I'm betting they make a ton on all the things you impulse buy after waiting in line for hours... extra shirts, stickers, buttons, etc. If there was just a line for posters you wouldn't see nearly as long a line for all the other items. 

Ding ding ding. "I just waited 5 hours, I'm getting everything I can!" If you had the option to just order what you wanted online, you wouldn't buy nearly as much. At least, most people wouldn't. I'm absolutely guilty of this. Did I need stickers and license plates? No, but I bought them. They know what they're doing.

tdawe

mattcoz said:

tschav said:

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

I'm betting they make a ton on all the things you impulse buy after waiting in line for hours... extra shirts, stickers, buttons, etc. If there was just a line for posters you wouldn't see nearly as long a line for all the other items. 

Ding ding ding. "I just waited 5 hours, I'm getting everything I can!" If you had the option to just order what you wanted online, you wouldn't buy nearly as much. At least, most people wouldn't. I'm absolutely guilty of this. Did I need stickers and license plates? No, but I bought them. They know what they're doing.

I hear this, but I’ve also impulse-bought plenty of shit I don’t need via the online store (funko pops???). And I know I’m not the only one. 

Lost In Ohio

mattcoz said:

tschav said:

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

I'm betting they make a ton on all the things you impulse buy after waiting in line for hours... extra shirts, stickers, buttons, etc. If there was just a line for posters you wouldn't see nearly as long a line for all the other items. 

Ding ding ding. "I just waited 5 hours, I'm getting everything I can!" If you had the option to just order what you wanted online, you wouldn't buy nearly as much. At least, most people wouldn't. I'm absolutely guilty of this. Did I need stickers and license plates? No, but I bought them. They know what they're doing.

Especially if a shirt, sticker and poster would be $30 in shipping.

on2legs

All these people lined up for merch are likely keeping the price of tickets from costing more money.  You should thank each one of them on the way into the show. 

mcgruff10

Lost In Ohio said:

mattcoz said:

tschav said:

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

I'm betting they make a ton on all the things you impulse buy after waiting in line for hours... extra shirts, stickers, buttons, etc. If there was just a line for posters you wouldn't see nearly as long a line for all the other items. 

Ding ding ding. "I just waited 5 hours, I'm getting everything I can!" If you had the option to just order what you wanted online, you wouldn't buy nearly as much. At least, most people wouldn't. I'm absolutely guilty of this. Did I need stickers and license plates? No, but I bought them. They know what they're doing.

Especially if a shirt, sticker and poster would be $30 in shipping.

Yeah but I would gladly pay $30 in shipping (which it won't be that high) if it meant I didn't have to stay in line for two hours.  I guess it all depends on what your time is worth.

GlowGirl

tdawe said:

mattcoz said:

tschav said:

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

I'm betting they make a ton on all the things you impulse buy after waiting in line for hours... extra shirts, stickers, buttons, etc. If there was just a line for posters you wouldn't see nearly as long a line for all the other items. 

Ding ding ding. "I just waited 5 hours, I'm getting everything I can!" If you had the option to just order what you wanted online, you wouldn't buy nearly as much. At least, most people wouldn't. I'm absolutely guilty of this. Did I need stickers and license plates? No, but I bought them. They know what they're doing.

I hear this, but I’ve also impulse-bought plenty of shit I don’t need via the online store (funko pops???). And I know I’m not the only one. 

Two Viewmasters, anyone? 😂

hrd2imgn

Got real bad at the height of the poster insanity around 06 on the Avocado tour.  Got worse at PJ20, then yet still worse at all the wrigleys.....I stopped givining a shit about shirts and posters and it has made my experience way more enjoyable

Vedd Hedd

on2legs said:

All these people lined up for merch are likely keeping the price of tickets from costing more money.  You should thank each one of them on the way into the show. 

This

AA295481

A friend of mine who lives in a diiferent state from where I live, He flips, The way he looks at, the more he stands in line, the more he can flip, According to him, it can pay for most of his concert expenses, we went to Mikwaukee in 2014, He flipped the Ben Frost one, i told him i had no interest in flipping it, and that I have a policy of keeping all the posters I get for 10 years, Last April I sold mine for $550. At the time he was happy to get $100-$125 at the time.  so,  I have no problem with people standing in line flippping merch. If they have 5-6 hours to spare, go fo it. Once the dust settles and they find out that more people flip, there are always people who flip for less , and not to mention the extras usually end up on their website, which ends up driving MOST prices down.

goblues82

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

If people could get it that easily they won’t want it. Now the shirt proves you were at the show and that you had to be pumped with an IV of fluids to get the shirt that cost $4 to make that you paid $45 for… 

the merch obsession is just dumb at this point. And the hate for the flippers is almost as bad. If you want to make some $$$ because you pissed your pants standing in line for 6 hours… I’m cool with it. Cuz I’m not gonna do it. 

If the band has a problem with people flipping the posters and shirts… make it so all the 10c members that won tickets for that show can buy on-line the morning of. But they won’t because people will buy dog terds in a ziplock bag if they write “Pearl Jam” on it at this point. 

marra2312

goblues82 said:

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

If people could get it that easily they won’t want it. 

Yes and no - some people will be like that. But not everyone. 

Using myself as an example, there were shirts that I considered this week but rejected because the lines for merch were huge when I looked.  

On the other hand, I had no problem buying some other stuff that I hadn't planned to get originally (stickers etc) because I was at a stand in St Paul around encore break time and the line was non-existent.

GnR did a thing this summer where they sell event specific shirts both at a venue during the show and online on the same day. But the online sale is *only* that day. I think that's a fair compromise between positions. And GnR got money out of me because of it that they wouldn't have done if I'd only had the option of queuing in the venue.

You'll never please everyone completely, of course. But there's positions in between the extremes.

demetrios

How was the merch line today in Chicago?

risris

demetrios said:

How was the merch line today in Chicago?

Piece of cake. Way shorter. No more than 1 hour. 

Only thing was they had no M or XL of the hot dog shirts. 

pdalowsky

Slettelleir said:

mcgruff10 said:

Presale online buying option is the way to go. I don’t understand why they don’t do this.  They get 1,000 orders for a shirt, make a thousand shirts.  

Imagine this as a ten club paid member benefit.  Guaranteed opportunity to buy a show shirt or poster for shows you have tickets to.  Everyone that’s complained about the annual price would get their value right there.  

The problem with this is the hype would vanish, as would the crazy demand and this could possibly destroy the merch revenue streams that this band has built up over many years. Most bands would do anything to have the frenzy over merch that Pj shows have. You have to respect them for how they have developed that, I was a springsteen show not too long ago and I could walk to any merch booth and buu anything I wanted in seconds. Virtually everyone was walking right on past. 

Too much supply, creates less demand. especially in collecting circles. 

Tim Simmons

To say nothing of the logistical difficulties.