Yikes... there's no way to spin this really unless they actually beef up the digitial downloads. I mean, if for $20 more you get a shirt and some really cool (and previously unavailable) concert material I can't argue too much about it.
But if this is going to the standard TC operation of promising things in the future then just forget it was ever offered and then when we ask about it we are either ignored or told to be patient... that would suck.
I have friends that live outside the U.S.A...This is going to be costly for them..If they want to do premium international membership?...
If this free t-shirt is the same quality as the 10c sales now...Well, that shirt won't even be worth $20....Because, it will be paper thin and won't last long at all...
Is any of this money going towards to the server at the 10c for ticket sales?...I doubt it...Just wait until the next pearl jam tour..I can see the tix prices at least going up $15 to more...
Definitley love the sound of the analog membership, so it's one of those babies for me all the way!! My membership expires in mid 2011.. So I'll pay the extra $$$ to get all those extra goodies!!! :-) :-)
reat idea....and how have the prices going up...pay the $20 level then and you get the same stuff less a 7"...
You also lose the hard copies of the newsletters... which should be two a year but I dont think always wind up being on schedule for 2/year. Might not seem like a lot, but basically you lose a lot without getting any savings.
I think they shouldve raised it $5 or whatever for the same and then created a 2nd tier with more stuff like vault downloads, etc that could have really created a lot of value without the TC having to really spend much more $$ to provide it.
Can we analog people at least get the shirt in our size? The international membership has doubled in price and all that's changed is this free t-shirt. It wouldn't hurt so bad if it was something each member could wear right. :shock:
Definitley love the sound of the analog membership, so it's one of those babies for me all the way!! My membership expires in mid 2011.. So I'll pay the extra $$$ to get all those extra goodies!!! :-) :-)
Can we analog people at least get the shirt in our size? The international membership has doubled in price and all that's changed is this free t-shirt. It wouldn't hurt so bad if it was something each member could wear right. :shock:
Ohhhh good point! I'm 5'1. I need small shirts.
I just checked and the shirts are available for Men S-XXXL and Women S-XXL.
Would be nice to know the measurements of the sizes, but I will wait until i have to renew to find that info out.
yeah you get to select your tshirt size at the time you buy the membership... it's up in the goods section. ok, it's 1 jan here, but it's not in america... so... a wee bit shady. i think this idea is very shifty and $50US is rather expensive for the wee kiwi dollar but what can you do? i'm not giving up my 45 every year.
Even though my membership was up at the end of 2011, I just added another year of analog. They do ask for shirt size at the time you order. Got my conformation email with the download coupon pretty much within 2 minutes. Now the question is what show should I download?
Still can't believe I met Mike Mccready at the Guggenheim and got a pic with him!!!!!
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Even though my membership was up at the end of 2011, I just added another year of analog. They do ask for shirt size at the time you order. Got my conformation email with the download coupon pretty much within 2 minutes. Now the question is what show should I download?
Can we analog people at least get the shirt in our size? The international membership has doubled in price and all that's changed is this free t-shirt. It wouldn't hurt so bad if it was something each member could wear right. :shock:
Ohhhh good point! I'm 5'1. I need small shirts.
I just checked and the shirts are available for Men S-XXXL and Women S-XXL.
Would be nice to know the measurements of the sizes, but I will wait until i have to renew to find that info out.
Happy New Year, Susan!
Oh yeah!!! Thanks aNiMal! :thumbup: And Happy New Year to you too!
Even though my membership was up at the end of 2011, I just added another year of analog. They do ask for shirt size at the time you order. Got my conformation email with the download coupon pretty much within 2 minutes. Now the question is what show should I download?
So at least for now the free download is one of the existing shows? Bleh... who doesn't have the shows they want that are available from the group willing to shell out another $20/year for a few goodies?
this is incredibly shady. it's bad enough to announce this on december 31st and give less than a day til the change takes effect but then i go on now to renew BEFORE january 1st when this change is supposedly taking place and it's already my only option. not cool 10 club. not cool.
Stunned by my own reflection, it's looking back sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.
this is incredibly shady. it's bad enough to announce this on december 31st and give less than a day til the change takes effect but then i go on now to renew BEFORE january 1st when this change is supposedly taking place and it's already my only option. not cool 10 club. not cool.
So, I'm confused. My membership will be up for renewal around March or April, my husbands in November. Are we still under the old membership, which means we will get the vinyl and magazine w/out upgrading or do we have to upgrade now? This does suck b/c we are broke here at Christmas time if we need to shell out the extra money now.
this is incredibly shady. it's bad enough to announce this on december 31st and give less than a day til the change takes effect but then i go on now to renew BEFORE january 1st when this change is supposedly taking place and it's already my only option. not cool 10 club. not cool.
So, I'm confused. My membership will be up for renewal around March or April, my husbands in November. Are we still under the old membership, which means we will get the vinyl and magazine w/out upgrading or do we have to upgrade now? This does suck b/c we are broke here at Christmas time if we need to shell out the extra money now.
Nope, you don't have to worry about this until your memberships are due to be renewed in 2011. This is new for 2011 memberships.
this is incredibly shady. it's bad enough to announce this on december 31st and give less than a day til the change takes effect but then i go on now to renew BEFORE january 1st when this change is supposedly taking place and it's already my only option. not cool 10 club. not cool.
So, I'm confused. My membership will be up for renewal around March or April, my husbands in November. Are we still under the old membership, which means we will get the vinyl and magazine w/out upgrading or do we have to upgrade now? This does suck b/c we are broke here at Christmas time if we need to shell out the extra money now.
Nope, you don't have to worry about this until your memberships are due to be renewed in 2011. This is new for 2011 memberships.
not exactly. i was renewing mine that expired a couple weeks ago and i was still in my 90 day grace period and this new system that supposedly hasn't even started yet was my only option.
Stunned by my own reflection, it's looking back sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again. Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down.
Fuck this. Double the price for the same as what I got before. Duping me into believing I need to be an analog fan to be hard core. This is disappointing. Happy nye! BARF
for those calling out members for saying they'll cancel....
keep in mind a lot of members never even see the benefit of presales. I live in the southern US, and haven't had a decent opportunity to get to a show since 2004. I can only imagine what its like for those outside the US. I've been paying my dues for the presales nly, in hope that they'll eventually do another run in the south, but I think the time has come to let my membership lapse.
Ugh $25 dollar increase for a tshirt I probably won't wear and a live concert download thats probably in mp3 and I won't use. I tend to buy flac or a CD of the shows I go to. So an mp3 download would be kind of meh.
I still pay for the analog, because it'd be a shame to stop my fan single collection. However the international digital membership is 5 bones cheaper then the current membership. It could be cheaper to buy the digital membership and a vinyl later on.. either from ebay or when the 10c sells off their extras. I'm not to worried about deep magazine as it usually doesn't have anything groundbreaking in it, but I would miss the 7" single every year.
This is our band pulling some major bullshit and hoping we just swallow and fall in line. This is out of character and disappointing. I don't typically speak neg on the guys but this wreaks of bullshit. At some point this good deal was bound to go south. I guess pj was too good to keep from becoming dmb. : (
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But if this is going to the standard TC operation of promising things in the future then just forget it was ever offered and then when we ask about it we are either ignored or told to be patient... that would suck.
well said
If this free t-shirt is the same quality as the 10c sales now...Well, that shirt won't even be worth $20....Because, it will be paper thin and won't last long at all...
Jeremy
and thats alot higher then what 10c are asking...
great idea....and how have the prices going up...pay the $20 level then and you get the same stuff less a 7"...
but how long has membership been at $20, a few years...everything goes up..
if it was $100 a year i would pay it ...
great idea pearl jam /10c..thank you
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I agree...Now it is more money and less work for the 10c workers..
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I think they shouldve raised it $5 or whatever for the same and then created a 2nd tier with more stuff like vault downloads, etc that could have really created a lot of value without the TC having to really spend much more $$ to provide it.
Ohhhh good point! I'm 5'1. I need small shirts.
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Happy New Year to you!!
Would be nice to know the measurements of the sizes, but I will wait until i have to renew to find that info out.
Happy New Year, Susan!
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assuming its mp3? not flac?
I will pay the same 20$ and:
- I won't get the hard-copy holiday single anymore :x
- I won't get the paper-Deep.
Nice... way to go 10C :(
Oh, and happy 2011 to you too :P
...is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
Oh yeah!!! Thanks aNiMal! :thumbup: And Happy New Year to you too!
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So, I'm confused. My membership will be up for renewal around March or April, my husbands in November. Are we still under the old membership, which means we will get the vinyl and magazine w/out upgrading or do we have to upgrade now? This does suck b/c we are broke here at Christmas time if we need to shell out the extra money now.
fade away...
I am at peace with my lust.....for Eddie.
not exactly. i was renewing mine that expired a couple weeks ago and i was still in my 90 day grace period and this new system that supposedly hasn't even started yet was my only option.
keep in mind a lot of members never even see the benefit of presales. I live in the southern US, and haven't had a decent opportunity to get to a show since 2004. I can only imagine what its like for those outside the US. I've been paying my dues for the presales nly, in hope that they'll eventually do another run in the south, but I think the time has come to let my membership lapse.
I still pay for the analog, because it'd be a shame to stop my fan single collection. However the international digital membership is 5 bones cheaper then the current membership. It could be cheaper to buy the digital membership and a vinyl later on.. either from ebay or when the 10c sells off their extras. I'm not to worried about deep magazine as it usually doesn't have anything groundbreaking in it, but I would miss the 7" single every year.