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Rookie question about merch purchases

WickstaWicksta Posts: 100
edited June 2012 in Given To Fly (live)
This tour will be my first time in the GA section so I'm just wondering what people usually do with their poster tubes/bags/merch? Do you just buy stuff on the way out instead?

Any tips from experienced pros? Thanks!
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    in the way in..depence the venue..some stands are out of the gate,so buy,go to hotel and back..others,u buy in,and hold them during the show.
    after the show,is difficult to find the sizes u want and poster
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  • nomarisbetternomarisbetter Posts: 203
    any chance you wanna pick me that grey PJ hat? Ill paypal you the $$??
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  • MudfestMudfest Posts: 1,025
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    in the way in..depence the venue..some stands are out of the gate,so buy,go to hotel and back..others,u buy in,and hold them during the show.
    after the show,is difficult to find the sizes u want and poster

    Yea for the last canadian tour the merch outside opened around noon I think .....
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  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    I had never been to a venue with an external merch stand until arriving at Manchester on Wednesday.What a brilliant idea!
    There was no rush,pushing or squabbling like I have experienced before with internal merch stands.
    Also because it was mid afternoon there was plenty time to get back to hotel to store them away safely,obviously the posters needed looked after although once again the amazingly sturdy poster tubes at only £1 were a genius idea,something I had also never seen before.But then it had been 12 years I last saw PJ.
    The weather was terrible but even travelling home in extreme wet conditions I wasn't overly worried that the posters would be damaged,the tubes were industrial strength.
    Whoever is the brains behind PJ's merch selling planning has done a stellar job.
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  • WickstaWicksta Posts: 100
    Thanks guys! External merch stand - that really is such a good idea. Thanks for suggesting taking purchases back to the hotel, I probably wouldn't have thought of that. Guess I'll be making good use of the Prague metro that day!
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  • uninvited chromosomeuninvited chromosome Posts: 169
    stargirl69 wrote:
    I had never been to a venue with an external merch stand until arriving at Manchester on Wednesday.What a brilliant idea!
    There was no rush,pushing or squabbling like I have experienced before with internal merch stands.
    Also because it was mid afternoon there was plenty time to get back to hotel to store them away safely,obviously the posters needed looked after although once again the amazingly sturdy poster tubes at only £1 were a genius idea,something I had also never seen before.But then it had been 12 years I last saw PJ.
    The weather was terrible but even travelling home in extreme wet conditions I wasn't overly worried that the posters would be damaged,the tubes were industrial strength.
    Whoever is the brains behind PJ's merch selling planning has done a stellar job.

    Do you know at what time did the merch stand open? I wonder if they open earlier than the box office where we pick up tickets and wristbands.
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  • 3legged dog3legged dog Posts: 896
    Get it when going in, go early. Bring poster tube. Don't be greedy and enjoy the show :D :corn:
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  • PilateOfTheStormPilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    you could go back to the hotel if you arrive early enough at the venue / leave your things at customer services or some other storage place that the venue normally have --- it was free at M.E.N but i think they sometimes charge people.
  • deftonesdeftones Athens, Greece Posts: 2,444
    In Manchester they were selling merch outside the venue near the box office and the merch stands we're open at least 4 hours before the concert maybe earlier. They also were selling poster tubes for 1£.
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