Received Some Stickers and a Patch Today

Well last year because of a snafu I got a second (better fitting) "I'm Analog" shirt. I scoffed at the stickers/patch, but soon after I traded the first Analog shirt for the patch, which I sewed on my army-style coat. This year I was going to switch to digital, but they autorenewed me at analog. Whoops. I do think I'll get it switched to digital next time, but I won't complain too much about the stickers, vinyl and a download code for $20.

I was hoping the annual gift was going to be that cool new soto maxx munk poster I saw on the boards...

I'm not a complainer as I hope you will attest and the following is said with as much respect as I can muster; however... here goes.

I am 43, I am a fan of Pearl Jam, not 10 Club giving me something emboldened with 10 C logos is just plain silly and not something I will treasure at all. Stickers, patches and more paper is just a waste - especially for a band and organisation that claims to be environmentally aware. Last year's 'gift' is still sitting in the bottom of by draw unused. Just a waste of trees, ink and transport pollution in getting it shipped out.

If this is going to be the annual gift, please kill it altogether and just offer us a voucher to the 10 Club store so I can put it towards something good.

Paul Andrews wrote:

I'm not a complainer as I hope you will attest and the following is said with as much respect as I can muster; however... here goes.

I am 43, I am a fan of Pearl Jam, not 10 Club giving me something emboldened with 10 C logos is just plain silly and not something I will treasure at all. Stickers, patches and more paper is just a waste - especially for a band and organisation that claims to be environmentally aware. Last year's 'gift' is still sitting in the bottom of by draw unused. Just a waste of trees, ink and transport pollution in getting it shipped out.

If this is going to be the annual gift, please kill it altogether and just offer us a voucher to the 10 Club store so I can put it towards something good.

What would you rather have? The gifts are a new thing. What is good to you? there are over 800,000 members.
Can Ten club please everyone? They try. For me they succeed. Realize you get what you pay.
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I can go on but it's not necessary. It's worth my money.

You get free boot vouchers. If you are unhappy, the door works both ways?

I'm happy.

STAYSEA wrote:

Paul Andrews wrote:

I'm not a complainer as I hope you will attest and the following is said with as much respect as I can muster; however... here goes.

I am 43, I am a fan of Pearl Jam, not 10 Club giving me something emboldened with 10 C logos is just plain silly and not something I will treasure at all. Stickers, patches and more paper is just a waste - especially for a band and organisation that claims to be environmentally aware. Last year's 'gift' is still sitting in the bottom of by draw unused. Just a waste of trees, ink and transport pollution in getting it shipped out.

If this is going to be the annual gift, please kill it altogether and just offer us a voucher to the 10 Club store so I can put it towards something good.

What would you rather have? The gifts are a new thing. What is good to you? there are over 800,000 members.
Can Ten club please everyone? They try. For me they succeed. Realize you get what you pay.
Moderators... aka asshole control.
shipping help
Vinyls
Friends
Tickets
Band Updates
Exclusive Merch
I can go on but it's not necessary. It's worth my money.

You get free boot vouchers. If you are unhappy, the door works both ways?

I'm happy.

I take your points and this is the first time I have ever posted anything negative of the 10 Club, and I truly mean it with respect. I very much appreciate the job they do on everything else I have to do with them. This criticism is soley at the product and the thought (or lack thereof) that has gone into it.

Your quip about the door going both ways is plain stupid and the kind of response that demeans us all. Just because you respectfully express a negative opinion about something is not cause for the like it or leave it tone of your message.

I'd rather get nothing and have the money spent on this to go into a charity to tell you the truth.

I appreciate the skill in the artwork, I appreciate some will love it some will hate it and keeping everyone happy is something they will never achieve.

But this is junk, plain and simple.

dimitrispearljam wrote:

as i said already,a sign postcard or photo from the whole band will be cool,and not cost much..

picks will be cool too

Paul Andrews wrote:

I'm not a complainer as I hope you will attest and the following is said with as much respect as I can muster; however... here goes.

I am 43, I am a fan of Pearl Jam, not 10 Club giving me something emboldened with 10 C logos is just plain silly and not something I will treasure at all. Stickers, patches and more paper is just a waste - especially for a band and organisation that claims to be environmentally aware. Last year's 'gift' is still sitting in the bottom of by draw unused. Just a waste of trees, ink and transport pollution in getting it shipped out.

If this is going to be the annual gift, please kill it altogether and just offer us a voucher to the 10 Club store so I can put it towards something good.

Gimme a break. For the extra $20 you get a bootleg code which has a $10 value. Plus you get the holiday single on vinyl which has to be worth at least $5 so that leaves only $5 for the patch, stickers, and the print. And we didn't even factor in the shipping costs.

Just what do you expect them to send you for the remaining $5 that would be so much better than the stickers?

Some of us just don't like getting stickers and patches in the post when we are grown men. That's all. No big deal, we are not planning a revolt. I won't lose sleep over it

on2legs wrote:

Paul Andrews wrote:

I'm not a complainer as I hope you will attest and the following is said with as much respect as I can muster; however... here goes.

I am 43, I am a fan of Pearl Jam, not 10 Club giving me something emboldened with 10 C logos is just plain silly and not something I will treasure at all. Stickers, patches and more paper is just a waste - especially for a band and organisation that claims to be environmentally aware. Last year's 'gift' is still sitting in the bottom of by draw unused. Just a waste of trees, ink and transport pollution in getting it shipped out.

If this is going to be the annual gift, please kill it altogether and just offer us a voucher to the 10 Club store so I can put it towards something good.

Gimme a break. For the extra $20 you get a bootleg code which has a $10 value. Plus you get the holiday single on vinyl which has to be worth at least $5 so that leaves only $5 for the patch, stickers, and the print. And we didn't even factor in the shipping costs.

Just what do you expect them to send you for the remaining $5 that would be so much better than the stickers?

As I said, not complaining about the value of said items or of my ten club membership, but think sending out stickers and patches is just junk. I am 43 and stopped having an interest is shit like this decades ago.

I'd rather they made a donation to a worthy cause in the name of Ten Club members than send out junk like this.

Shit - have a couple of annual lotteries for analogue members and send some fans to a show of their choice anywhere on the globe?

If you look at the cost in both money and carbon pollution of production and shipping to all over the globe, I think it is a total waste on items that are little more than junk.

That's my opinion and I'm well within my rights to have it. Doesn't make me want to be a 10 Club member any less and it doesn't change my idea of the value of a membership.

Too bad they don't have a $30 option for those who just want the vinyl single and deep mag and not the sticker/patch stuff and bootleg. $20 for digital, $30 for vinyl and hard copy of deep, $40 for vinyl, hard copy of deep, stuff, and bootleg coupon. The $30 option would eliminate the stickers sitting in someones drawer collecting dust if they aren't into that sort of thing.