Time to start limiting sticker purchases

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  • whofeelslikeadrank
    whofeelslikeadrank Posts: 2,702
    AndySlash said:

    wait, how is buying 25-30 of them for trades not flipping? you're still doing it for personal gain.

    buying them to trade is flipping?
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,066
    I just don't know why you would want a sticker from a show you weren't at.
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • jamburger
    jamburger Posts: 1,775
    rustneversleeps said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    What if I only want to buy 2? If you're in front of me and I see you buying 30, I'm gonna be a tad annoyed man. Especially if I get up there and they tell me you just bought the last of them. Just saying! Hahaha!

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  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    Blood Red Mosquito said:


    Flipping=making a profit. Turning a $2 sticker into a $20 sale. Just look at the boards. Tons and tons of people are trading stickers

    whofeelslikeadrank said:

    buying them to trade is flipping?

    buying 25-30 stickers solely to trade is flipping, in my view. the currency is just other stickers or items instead of cash. the motivations are exactly the same- buying something, often in excess, with the sole intention of getting something of value from it. it doesn't have to be a profit, necessarily, but when you're buying 25-30 stickers you're hoarding a bunch of items for your own personal gain.

    i don't agree with it, but that's only my opinion. obviously plenty of other don't feel that way. it's certainly a culture that has been cultivated. just look at the boards, indeed.
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,611
    The sticker and button craze is a great example of how the collecting mentality has gotten out of hand.


  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    Tim Simmons said:

    The sticker and button craze is a great example of how the collecting mentality has gotten out of hand.


    ^Yes it has and I am guilty of it too.

    I wish 10C would offer a sticker run in the shop. How cool would that be? The whole tour. Have like 3000 of them bagged and ready. 1 per member.

    I'll tell you this, they shouldn't be selling week 2 of ACL right now.

    I'll also tell you this, there is a frenzy for stickers and what not.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    As a collector and trader who has bought a lot of stickers in the past (to trade), I think a limit should be placed on the stickers at least before the show starts. It just isn't fair to the rest of the fans coming to the show.
  • Blood Red Mosquito
    Blood Red Mosquito Posts: 1,611
    10C should sell a set of stickers from each tour once the tour is over. Probably costs a nickel to make a sticker. Wouldn't be that hard
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  • Blood Red Mosquito
    Blood Red Mosquito Posts: 1,611
    ComeToTX said:

    I just don't know why you would want a sticker from a show you weren't at.

    Same reason people buy bootlegs from shows they never attended. They enjoy listening to other shows. Or buying posters from shows they don't attend. They enjoy the artwork. Stickers are pretty cool IMO. Very well designed. If the 10C is not going to offer them in the shop, you find trades from people who are attended other shows.

    I can buy the bootlegs and the posters in the shop if I want them. I can't buy the stickers. I'm forced to trade for them.
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,066
    You really think listening to live pj shows you weren't at is anything like buying a sticker????
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • Natashapearljamfan
    Natashapearljamfan Australia Posts: 3,777
    edited October 2014
    community.pearljam.com/discussion/236049/10c-a-request-regarding-sticker-and-pin-badge-buttons-for-fall-tour#latest

    GivenToLukinKP started this thread a few months ago, but there wasn't enough support, please show your support now so this doesn't keep happening at future shows.
    Post edited by Natashapearljamfan on
  • jason_94
    jason_94 Toledo, OH Posts: 1,872
    given2fly23 said:

    1. PRINT MORE

    2. Sell leftovers in the store as add-on items

    3. For the next tour, post the design of the city specific stuff and let any member attending the show (not just 10C tix) pre-order the shirt/sticker/pin and pick up a packet at the show.




    All good ideas.

    As far as #3, preordering a poster or a package that included all show specific items would be great. I would be perfectly fine buying the set of items blindly too. I wouldn't have to see the images or items before preordering them either. The designs may possibly not even be finalized at the time of preordering.

    I don't have to see the designs because I like to get these types of things from the shows I attend. For those that would prefer to see the designs first, there's always the option of getting the merch at the show.

    Just my 2 cents.
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  • whofeelslikeadrank
    whofeelslikeadrank Posts: 2,702
    i'm trying to wrap my mind around how buying enough $2 stickers to trade for other $2 stickers is flipping. how else do you complete a sticker set from shows you didn't attend?
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  • Blood Red Mosquito
    Blood Red Mosquito Posts: 1,611
    ComeToTX said:

    You really think listening to live pj shows you weren't at is anything like buying a sticker????

    I don't purchase boots from shows I don't attend. We are all different. I enjoy the artwork of posters and stickers though. To each their own.
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    2000: Phoenix
    2008: Camden 2
    2009: San Diego, Philly 1, Philly 2
    2010: MSG 1, MSG 2
    2011: Alpine 1, Alpine 2
    2012: Missoula
    2013: Wrigley, Phoenix, San Diego, LA1, LA2, Oakland
    2014: Denver
    2016: MSG1, MSG2, Fenway 1, Fenway 2
    2018: Fenway 1
    2022: San Diego, LA1
    2024: LA1
  • Blood Red Mosquito
    Blood Red Mosquito Posts: 1,611
    whofeelslikeadrank said:

    i'm trying to wrap my mind around how buying enough $2 stickers to trade for other $2 stickers is flipping. how else do you complete a sticker set from shows you didn't attend?

    Exactly
    1995: San Francisco, San Diego
    2000: Phoenix
    2008: Camden 2
    2009: San Diego, Philly 1, Philly 2
    2010: MSG 1, MSG 2
    2011: Alpine 1, Alpine 2
    2012: Missoula
    2013: Wrigley, Phoenix, San Diego, LA1, LA2, Oakland
    2014: Denver
    2016: MSG1, MSG2, Fenway 1, Fenway 2
    2018: Fenway 1
    2022: San Diego, LA1
    2024: LA1
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    edited October 2014
    Are they really selling Austin weekend 2 stickers at the pop-up shop today? If that is true that is just completely unfair. Oh well. At the end of the day they just want the shit sold I guess.
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    ComeToTX said:

    You really think listening to live pj shows you weren't at is anything like buying a sticker????

    I have many boots. Stickers? I would only want from shows I attended. I agree with you on that one.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    edited October 2014
    deadendp said:

    ComeToTX said:

    You really think listening to live pj shows you weren't at is anything like buying a sticker????

    I have many boots. Stickers? I would only want from shows I attended. I agree with you on that one.
    Would you buy a Pearl Jam sticker from the Goods section? Just a general non-show sticker? I don't think there is a difference between buying a general PJ sticker and a PJ sticker from a specific show. If you like PJ and you like stickers, I don't find it odd collecting them all. There are a lot of things out there that people collect that don't require going to a concert or attending an event.
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  • jm257212
    jm257212 Posts: 409
    edited October 2014
    Your not a true pj fan unless you have it all!!!
    .

    :((
    Post edited by jm257212 on
  • dfishberg
    dfishberg Posts: 403
    I am not sure how the production of stickers work, but I do think if 10 club were to do something similar with stickers like they do with show posters, offer them in the shop either individually or as a set, it would cut down on people buying exorbitant amounts and flipping them. I am sympathetic to sticker collectors who are looking to complete sets and trading is really the only way to do it, but I think a 10 pre show limit is fair to all of those who attend the shows. If there are stickers left once the show starts, or post-show, people should be able to purchase as many stickers as they like.

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