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  • symptomsfade
    symptomsfade Posts: 302
    On line availability before the show would be great.  I have waited in line before, but I had nothing else to do that day.  This time I am bringing my daughter and I want to give her all the experiences of a Pearl Jam show/fan minus the merch line.  Life will go on with out a shirt or poster, but it would be nice to have.  
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    oh, and to add...yes, if given the option to buy my poster through the site, I would do that rather than spend any time in a merch line.  (I would also probably buy a shirt or something, but if I could not worry about the poster, that would be great.)
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  • gvn2fly1421
    gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    Vedd Hedd said:
    pashapasaman said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I thought they did a good job at wrigley with the amount of merch booths. I think that's the key. 

    I'm not waiting an hour for merch. 20 minutes seems reasonable, but im not a flipper, i just want my poster and if possible, a t-shirt that fits me. Maybe another cool trinket if they have it. But yeah.....I'm not spending more than 30 minutes in a merch line. If you have a lot of booths, that spreads everyone out, and makes lines better.


    for wrigley all the merch booths are outside of the stadium?
    No, there were a bunch inside as well. 
    There were, but they are alot less orderly.  We waited for about 5 minutes and did not move and just left.  My wife went out later to the bathroom and got lucky.  We will not wait at all in Seattle.  I will buy whatever later and hope that the poster is not a $200 poster a week after the show.
  • RP112579
    RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,388
    One. Poster. Per. Person.
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    6/18/03 Chicago-United Center
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    7/19/13 Chicago-Wrigley Field
    10/11/13 Pittsburgh-Consol Energy Center
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  • pashapasaman
    pashapasaman Posts: 499
    gvn2fly1421 said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    pashapasaman said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I thought they did a good job at wrigley with the amount of merch booths. I think that's the key. 

    I'm not waiting an hour for merch. 20 minutes seems reasonable, but im not a flipper, i just want my poster and if possible, a t-shirt that fits me. Maybe another cool trinket if they have it. But yeah.....I'm not spending more than 30 minutes in a merch line. If you have a lot of booths, that spreads everyone out, and makes lines better.


    for wrigley all the merch booths are outside of the stadium?
    No, there were a bunch inside as well. 
    There were, but they are alot less orderly.  We waited for about 5 minutes and did not move and just left.  My wife went out later to the bathroom and got lucky.  We will not wait at all in Seattle.  I will buy whatever later and hope that the poster is not a $200 poster a week after the show.
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  • tschav
    tschav Posts: 2,899
    The demand for merch, including hours-long lines outside even on off days, is why they wouldn't cram it into the stadium. Wrigley and Fenway don't have great (wide) concourses to fit those crowds, less people watching the show, buying beer, etc. 

    I would be curious to see the percentage of money the band makes from tickets vs merch sales, because at this rate I wouldn't be surprised that's why they offer so much outside the stadium.
  • RS65573
    RS65573 Posts: 2,499
    pashapasaman said:
    gvn2fly1421 said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    pashapasaman said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I thought they did a good job at wrigley with the amount of merch booths. I think that's the key. 

    I'm not waiting an hour for merch. 20 minutes seems reasonable, but im not a flipper, i just want my poster and if possible, a t-shirt that fits me. Maybe another cool trinket if they have it. But yeah.....I'm not spending more than 30 minutes in a merch line. If you have a lot of booths, that spreads everyone out, and makes lines better.


    for wrigley all the merch booths are outside of the stadium?
    No, there were a bunch inside as well. 
    There were, but they are alot less orderly.  We waited for about 5 minutes and did not move and just left.  My wife went out later to the bathroom and got lucky.  We will not wait at all in Seattle.  I will buy whatever later and hope that the poster is not a $200 poster a week after the show.
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  • pashapasaman
    pashapasaman Posts: 499
    actually regarding posters is that they should limit the number of posters each person can buy. don't know about the US but last time in EV concert in London some people buy up to 10 posters. surely it will end up in eBay
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    EV 2017: Amsterdam 2&3, London 1&2
  • Eroom21
    Eroom21 Canada Posts: 109
    What they really need to fix is once you get into the tent, keep everyone in one line and just have people go to the next available merch person.  How many times has one of us gotten stuck behind that one ass who has to see every shirt and try on multiple sizes.  Next thing you know, people who were quite far behind you now are making purchases.
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    Eroom21 said:
    What they really need to fix is once you get into the tent, keep everyone in one line and just have people go to the next available merch person.  How many times has one of us gotten stuck behind that one ass who has to see every shirt and try on multiple sizes.  Next thing you know, people who were quite far behind you now are making purchases.
    Agreed
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  • iOnlyownMymind
    iOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,953
    If everyone bought less merch, we'd probably get more shows. 
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,596
    I don't like merch lines. Refused to wait in them at Wrigley in 2013. After picking up our tickets at Fenway in 2016 my friend really wanted to so I did. It sucked...but I enjoyed being able to make my purchases and not have to carry them around all night at the show. So I'm ok with merch being sold outside beforehand, even though I may never wait in those lines again.
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