Wrigley merch

JS188455 wrote:

I just can't believe from reading a couple posts that some of the hotel package winners had as hard of a time as they did not getting what they wanted

lmao!! SOME? Try at least 1/2! One guy had to go back to his room to recharge their cells phones because they died IN LINE after 2 hours!!! We got up close and all the shirts were GONE!

Abe Froman wrote:

I'm not upset about it. It is what it is but I don't quite understand it. I at least think there should be a10c only merch stand somehow. I didn't even bother trying to get there early once I heard all lines were 4-6 hrs. I don't need anything that bad. I just kinda wish I could've gotten one piece of memoribilia from the show.

Exactly my thoughts, once I heard that people were standing in for 4+hours, it just wasn't worth spending a half day plus of my first trip to Chicago. Like everyone else, I would of loved a t shirt or a poster from the show. Oh well hopefully an official boot will come at least. Bottom line, it was amazing to be in the building?

Everybody has already kind of hit on the same things I saw but I'll share my experience too. First off, I understand it was my choice to wait in line so long for this stuff but there was also a lot of miscommunication and things were very unorganized.

We made it to Chicago around 3pm on Thursday and on our walk to the hotel someone commented on my poster tubes (empty at the time) and asked if I was able to get both posters. After I told him we just got here he said the posters sold out at 1:30. So we got checked in and went down to Wrigley anyway at 4:30, walked past the first merch tent closest to the train station and decided to go around the corner to the tent on Clark where the line looked shorter. Ended up waiting an hour and a half to find all they had left were size S and XL shirts, a couple hats, and the wristbands. Bought the red/blue PJ hat just to get something and tried it on back at the hotel to find that it doesn't fit right at all for me.

Was hoping to get the blue Wrigley shirt, the cracker jack poster and a pennant and with the way the lines were decided we would just go to the preparties on Friday and then go inside Wrigley at 5:30 when the gates open to try then. Couldn't sleep on Thursday and got up before 8am to see the 10club had emailed over night saying 1 merch tent would open at 10am and others would hopefully open earlier than noon and encouraged people to go to these instead of merch stands inside Wrigley. Checked the live webcam at Wrigley and didn't see a line and figured since I was already up we would go down there and get stuff early.

Got to Wrigley a little after 9am to see that the merch line on Clark was going in the opposite direction on Friday than it was on Thursday so that's why I couldn't see it on the webcam. Walked around the corner and found a merch line on the North side of the stadium with only about 40 people in line. Since the tent was supposed to be open by noon at the latest (and maybe early) figured we'd wait and still be done shortly after noon. That was at 9:30am. Went on a drink run to McDonalds at 10:30am and saw the merch stand that was supposed to open at 10am still wasn't open. Got back to our spot in line, merch tent finally started getting organized a little before noon but took quite a long time to get everything unpacked and start taking orders. Meanwhile some people had tried cutting in line, tried standing by the register asking people to buy them stuff, etc. Ended up taking us over 5 hours to get merch and still missed out on the pennant and they only had 3 out of 4 of the posters (no Ames prints).

Then we sit in our seats at the show in the upper deck and can watch the merch line on the field at Wrigley where the line was not that long in comparison to what they were outside. They seemed to have a much larger supply of posters as they were selling them for a long time. Then we leave the show to see the new setlist t-shirts for sale, like one more last cash grab before fans leave.

Anyway, I know that's a long post and not writing this to bitch about it but just sharing what it was like for us. I know selling the merch a couple days early was an attempt to make it easier on people but there has to be a better way to do this, online poster pre-sales, something.

I was surprised 10C let everyone and anyone by two of each design outside the venue, when posters sold on the website are limited to only members and only one per person.

I miss the 09 tour when you could pre-order the poster after buying a ticket. Oh well.

You shoulda had to show a ticket to buy outside the stadium on days leading up to the show. People know what all this shit is worth on the secondary market these days. It was a flipper's paradise.

At the end of the day I didn't lose sleep over it. I knew I was officially over my PJ fanaticism when I laughed and went right to my seat upon entering instead of fighting the crowds for merch

eds' biggest fan wrote:

WTF happened at the W hotel merch sale?? It was a joke! The wireless credit card wouldn't work which made the wait 2 hours plus. Then they have the nerve to open more stands at Wrigley on Friday but they can't restock the merch at the hotel store for the travel package winners? :nono: Are you fucking kidding me? That left 2 free drinks as our BIG PERK! The money we spent for that package had nothing to do with the show and should have made the merch sale it's priority! On a positive note, the roof-top bbq/happy hour was awesome!!! We had a great time!

I was surprised that they ran out of t-shirts at the W Hotel merch line but had plenty of posters, usually it's the other way around. I admit that I bought the complete set of posters but I could of easily purchased more if I wanted to as the guy behind the counter said he didn't care if wanted to buy more.

The perk of the travel package for me was being able to wait in a merch line that wasn't 5 hours long and was air conditioned. Plus I met a lot cool people while waiting so the travel package was worth it in my opinion.

RM

there is a used ticket stub visibly damaged and a removed green wrist band on ebay right now for $70. Is this freaking serious? I feel like in a couple years they're going to come out with Hoarders: The Pearl Jam Memorabilia Edition or an American Pickers special where they go hunting for Wrigley Merch!

That said, when I saw the photos of the merch being offered I was excited because they haven't released any ladies sized shirts that I liked since the 08 reaper shirt, and I really liked the tank. My buddy waited on line outside wrigley on thursday for 3.5 hours, got his posters and stuff but they didn't have that shirt. I waited for about a half hour on the Cubs Merch line out by the Captain Morgan club, only to find that they only had that shirt in mediums. Saw a drunk dude offer the next guy in line $10 to buy him one of the $5 stickers. I had zero intention of waiting for hours in a merch line, so we just went inside once the gates opened. saw the first merch stand and the madness there and moved down the concourse to the next one. Everything was fine until the line got too long and blocked the space for people to pass through, so people started to wrap around and cut in front. It was unpleasant to say the least, especially once tempers started flaring. I'm pretty short and I was surrounded by extra tall dudes, some other people pushed their way in between me and the girl I was waiting in line with and I ended up coming out of the line a looooong time after she did, but I did not time it. I DID however, score the tank I wanted, as well as a gray shirt that says PJ Wrigley Field July 19 2013, which is extra awesome especially since it was a surprise (i didn't see it on the preview email thing) So YAY! Thank you PJ Merch designers for finally designing cool ladies shirts! Now let's talk about how low the back of those tanks should start

The first thing I said when I PLOWED my way out of that line was 'now I won't have to wait in another merch line for PJ shirts for yeeeeeeears!'

In the poster world isnt a rare poster like 300 and under? There must have been so many printed up of each one that there could be 1000 of each. I hope people dont overpay right now. They were sold each day at what 3 or 4 stands? I would wait to buy Wrigley merch if you want some.

tribejammer05 wrote:

There's a Members Only section of the Shop. Fill that sucker up!

Great idea, but better yet; first offer the merch to 10C members who received tickets brought the club. Would not be difficult whatsoever.