Will the economy affect YOUR pj purchases this year?

DeLukin
DeLukin Posts: 2,757
edited February 2009 in The Porch
Reissues, remasters, potentially a new album and tour with new posters, etc... just curious, will what's happening in the economy affect your ability to spend on PJ in 2009? Personally, I've been hesitant to pull the trigger on the Ten reissue because I just don't know what's going to happen down the road. Anyone else feeling this way, or am I just paranoid?
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  • Vedderman23
    Vedderman23 Posts: 862
    So far it hasn't had an effect. I don't see much else PJ related that is going to break me up. I splurged on the Super Deluxe, but I doubt we see a tour this year, so that will be a nice chunk of cash saved. I've already cut down on buying posters, but not due to the economy, it was just getting a little out of hand as far as where to put them all. :oops:

    Hopefully things will be back on track in this country by the time the guys hit the road in 2010 (guesstimate) and watch it go to fire.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,946
    DeLukin wrote:
    Reissues, remasters, potentially a new album and tour with new posters, etc... just curious, will what's happening in the economy affect your ability to spend on PJ in 2009? Personally, I've been hesitant to pull the trigger on the Ten reissue because I just don't know what's going to happen down the road. Anyone else feeling this way, or am I just paranoid?
    if you cant afford it.....dont purchase it....right???

    if spending $100 on an album that was released 20 years ago is something that you want...something that will bring a smile to your face.....and something that you can afford......without putting a strain on you being able to buy grocieries....pay the rent....make a car payment...blah blah blah....

    then by all means...make the purchase.....

    personally...if money was tight....i would just worry about saving enough money so you are able to go see a live show or 2.......

    the posters and the albums could always wait until a later date....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • rawpixels
    rawpixels Posts: 912
    The economy will definitely affect my PJ purchases as far as poster sales, but if the new album came out tomorrow and they announced a huge tour, I would spend like crazy! Money can always be made, and seeing PJ live is worth every cent.
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  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    I already picked up the Deluxe edition when it was first released so I am not worried about that. However if they start doing the same for all the other albums, then I may have an issue. I will worry about it when that time comes though. I can always get money if I need it(odd jobs or whatever).
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  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    i'm pretty sure it'll affect me. im not working and im going to sydney this semester so theres no chance of me working now, and i'll be back june 27, so i probably won't have much chance to work before the inevitable tour. i was counting on getting a loan and using some towards sydney (taking trips to fiji, NZ, etc) and using the rest to fund my pj tour (it did last year :twisted: ) but when i went on 2 loan websites specifically made for study abroad, the front pages basically said "we have no money because of the economy, better luck next time!" ugh....
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Nah....I've already dropped $140 and aside from a tour I can't imagine there being anything more expensive than that so I should be fine. If it comes down to going to a show, I'm there no matter what
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

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  • florence151
    florence151 Posts: 597
    Saving for the next tour. Hope they include a leg in Europe.

    I have noticed that the price of posters seems to have dropped and the pace of sales appears to have slowed.
    Hold On
  • funnygirl
    funnygirl Posts: 529
    For me, I buy what I like, and I try to stay within my means. I am not a PJ memorabilia collector, so I don't buy everything the 10c throws at me. I didn't buy the Super-Duper-Deluxe edition of fabulousness, because more than half the things in there did not interest me. I just want the music.... A signed copy would be awesome though... :D But frankly, I am not that lucky! ;)

    I do think that depending on what situation you are in this crazy economy, it would effect how much $ you spend, of course!
  • Redlegs
    Redlegs Posts: 160
    Absolutely not. In fact this could be a record year for purchases if they release an album and tour.
  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    If Pearl Jam tours this year it wont be the economy that would keep me from going to shows. Since '06 I've traveled to Chicago, San Fran and NYC to see them.

    This year while being at the MSG shows I started to wonder if it was worth traveling all this way to see them. Don't get me wrong, the shows were great, but not EPIC like I was hoping/expecting them to be. So the thought of traveling that far again to see them made me stop and think about it. Then again when I saw them in Hartford right after MSG.......that renewed my faith in seeing them live. That show kicked some serious ass!!!!
  • jack_bass_player
    jack_bass_player Posts: 1,126
    NOTHING is gonna stop me buying tickets when PJ next comes to england. NOTHING.
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  • wma11
    wma11 Posts: 790
    I would say NO, I've recently gone thru a broken engagement, the rough patch has already passed, so this year its all about ME...and PJ, hopefully a West Coast trip (when they tour), tickets, posters, I'm gonna Gorge (pun intended) myself on PJ, I don't have to clear any decisions with anybody but me, myself & I, BRING IT BOYS :mrgreen:
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  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,976
    Well, money is def tight right now, especially with grad school bills, yuck. But if they tour i'm sure the money will pop up to go see some shows, it may not be as much as when I saw 9 shows last tour, but it will be a few, great now i'm waiting for a tour.

    As far as merch purchases go, I held off about a week before buying the superdelux, so i guess not haha.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    yes

    if it doesnt get better

    I wont be buying any posters or vinyl this year
  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    it will affect my discretionary spending.

    pearl jam is not discretionary.
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Yup it already has for me. I said no to the deluxe Ten package. I think its kinda cool but as somebody said. It has alot of items I don't care for and its about the music for me. A signed edition would be sweet but I'm never that lucky to win that stuff anyway. :)
  • 1wrdistillbelieve
    1wrdistillbelieve Posts: 51
    It already has...I really want to buy all the cute hoodies available and the new Re-release stuff...been working 20 hours less a week...that BLOWS! :cry:
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  • 100 Pacer
    100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,332
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    if you cant afford it.....dont purchase it....right???

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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Sure it will. I am the only income that comes into my household because my wife is a stay-at-home mom. Any extra left over after bills, groceries, and stuff for the boy goes into savings. Maybe at the end of the year I could get something PJ related.
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  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    No, but don't spend much on them to begin with. There's too much great music out there to waste all my money on memorabilia for one band.

    I'd buy a new album, tickets to one show if they come to my town . . . and that's probably it. I'm still debating whether I'm going to buy the Ten reissue, but if I do it will be the $30 version at most.

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