Posters at the shows

pjfan9110
pjfan9110 Posts: 145
edited July 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
i am sick and tired of going to shows and seeing many, i mean many, people running to all the different merchandise tables and buying multiple copies of the ames posters. i just went to the milwaukee shows and i got there early enough to get a poster each night. but i saw atleast five or six different people buying more than one poster each night. these people would buy the poster, hand it off to one of their friends...then go to the other tables and buy more. the thing that sucks is that the people said they were just gonna sell them on ebay . my friend wasn't able to get a poster from night two...and he didn't get a combo petty/pj poster....and what do ya know...there's like 20 of them on ebay. some of the people on ebay are selling multiple copies. i understand that it's impossible to control how many people buy posters...but i just think people are ridiculous....
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  • denverfan
    denverfan Posts: 218
    I used to do this also...well not to this extent, I would buy one and have my wife buy one also. Of course the second was to sell and pay for my first. Not anymore, I feel bad for the people who get shut out! When you buy a poster I think they draw a bif fucking "X" across your dome letting everyone know you've got yours and you dont get anymore!
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  • pjfan9110
    pjfan9110 Posts: 145
    the thing that sucks is that when people resell them...you can't get them for face value....they're all like triple in price...it really sucks for the people who don't get them...then have to pay an arm and a leg on ebay to get one
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  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,143
    It's beyond lame. I forever applaud the guy who posted on here that he purposefully spilled beer on some chick's roll of 6 posters that she bought.
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  • pjfan9110
    pjfan9110 Posts: 145
    hahaha...that's amazing...there has to be a better way to keep track of people buying an excess amount of posters....putting a big "X" on the head is a little too much....maybe just a big "x" on your hand with black permanent marker.
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  • elstongunn
    elstongunn Posts: 285
    Milestone wrote:
    It's beyond lame. I forever applaud the guy who posted on here that he purposefully spilled beer on some chick's roll of 6 posters that she bought.


    awesome!
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  • denverfan
    denverfan Posts: 218
    pjfan9110 wrote:
    hahaha...that's amazing...there has to be a better way to keep track of people buying an excess amount of posters....putting a big "X" on the head is a little too much....maybe just a big "x" on your hand with black permanent marker.

    nah fuck that man...a big X right across the skull would do the trick ...no mistaking that one!
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  • i got id
    i got id Posts: 867
    Milestone wrote:
    It's beyond lame. I forever applaud the guy who posted on here that he purposefully spilled beer on some chick's roll of 6 posters that she bought.


    Doing something like that just isn't cool....Someone did this to my friend because he had 2 posters, mine and his, while I went to get beer...

    People shouldn't be jerks because of what they consider to be right or wrong...
  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,143
    i got id wrote:
    Doing something like that just isn't cool....Someone did this to my friend because he had 2 posters, mine and his, while I went to get beer...

    People shouldn't be jerks because of what they consider to be right or wrong...


    It's different when someone has SIX and are already talking about Ebay.
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  • i got id
    i got id Posts: 867
    Milestone wrote:
    It's different when someone has SIX and are already talking about Ebay.


    I agree that someone selling on ebay is a jerk, but that doesn't give anybody the right to spill on the posters...is it also okay to take their posters and rip them up?
  • vein
    vein Chicago Posts: 77
    There's no question the easiest thing the band can do to "help" slightly in this matter is to allow every 10c member that buys tickets to the show an option for 1 poster. This will at least put "most" posters in the hands of the right people.
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  • falcon
    falcon Posts: 163
    Milestone wrote:
    It's beyond lame. I forever applaud the guy who posted on here that he purposefully spilled beer on some chick's roll of 6 posters that she bought.

    I'll buy that guy a refill anytime.
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Milestone wrote:
    It's beyond lame. I forever applaud the guy who posted on here that he purposefully spilled beer on some chick's roll of 6 posters that she bought.

    thats just sick and twisted, i've been to three shows this tour, had no problem getting posters, they always seem to have lots when i'm around, thats include cleveland, in which I bought my poster well after the opening act.
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  • DP13
    DP13 Posts: 282
    no more posters.


    the fun in collecting these has been ruined.


    I would just shut my mouth and pay the $100-$250 they are fetching on ebay (I for one can afford it), but it is the idea of the scumbags profiting off me.

    I quit collecting and I will be trading most of my collection for tickets or something next tour.

    no more posters.
  • stonewastheprblm
    stonewastheprblm Posts: 60
    a8l wrote:
    no more posters.


    the fun in collecting these has been ruined.


    I would just shut my mouth and pay the $100-$250 they are fetching on ebay (I for one can afford it), but it is the idea of the scumbags profiting off me.

    I quit collecting and I will be trading most of my collection for tickets or something next tour.

    no more posters.

    If you are paying more than $100 for anything you are crazy. Its the idiots that pay that the next day that are the problem. A week after the show the prices come down. I dont blame people for selling posters. A fool and their money are easily parted.
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  • MANTIS
    MANTIS Posts: 272
    Milestone wrote:
    It's beyond lame. I forever applaud the guy who posted on here that he purposefully spilled beer on some chick's roll of 6 posters that she bought.

    wow...he had some balls...how did he know all the posters were hers...could have been abunch of friends rolled up into one...

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  • stonewastheprblm
    stonewastheprblm Posts: 60
    falcon wrote:
    I'll buy that guy a refill anytime.

    Youd be better off buying them a band aid. If it were me and someone spilt their beer on their posters I would knock their teeth out.

    Ultimately your only screwing the person who ends up buying them. Do you think the seller is going to trash them. They will sell them anyway as "near mint"
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  • falcon
    falcon Posts: 163
    stonewastheprblm wrote:
    Youd be better off buying them a band aid. If it were me and someone spilt their beer on their posters I would knock their teeth out.

    Ultimately your only screwing the person who ends up buying them. Do you think the seller is going to trash them. They will sell them anyway as "near mint"

    Obviously you've never missed out on getting a poster at a show. If someone buys 6 of them, they should be ready to deal with 5 people who were denied posters because they weren't following the rules.
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  • Sharon_Hearts_PJ
    Sharon_Hearts_PJ Bristol, PA Posts: 1,383
    I wish people would realize that vigilante justice is just immaturity in a different form. Anyone who takes it upon themselves to vandalize someone else's property, NO MATTER what the purpose of that property, is just a flat out asshole. And those of you who condone this behavior are assholes as well.
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  • falcon
    falcon Posts: 163
    13PJ13 wrote:
    I wish people would realize that vigilante justice is just immaturity in a different form. Anyone who takes it upon themselves to vandalize someone else's property, NO MATTER what the purpose of that property, is just a flat out asshole. And those of you who condone this behavior are assholes as well.

    A vigilante is one who punishes crime on his/her own. Buying 6 Ames posters is not a crime, it's just being selfish. Watch your use of the word "asshole". Buying more than your share of posters- and depriving other fans of their own- is being an asshole.
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  • inmyrvm
    inmyrvm Posts: 1,039
    Milestone wrote:
    It's beyond lame. I forever applaud the guy who posted on here that he purposefully spilled beer on some chick's roll of 6 posters that she bought.
    if that was me he'd have been layin on the ground afterwards too. stop crying about fucking posters. get there early, you'll get one. period. people sometimes buy multiples to trade with people too. keep that in mind.
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