2018 Euro Merch

I heard from multiple sources at the show of people buying 10-15 posters EACH, then the supplies running dry. Other people were buying 4, so others tried to but their server wouldnt. These sales are run by local people so it is nothing the band can influence in real terms or the management. Instructions are given to limit and if they are not followed what can they do?

Greed always wins in the end. 

pdalowsky said:

I heard from multiple sources at the show of people buying 10-15 posters EACH, then the supplies running dry. Other people were buying 4, so others tried to but their server wouldnt. These sales are run by local people so it is nothing the band can influence in real terms or the management. Instructions are given to limit and if they are not followed what can they do?

Greed always wins in the end. 

I tend to trust Paul.  Crazy that after years of this people are still walking away with an armful of posters

pdalowsky said:

I heard from multiple sources at the show of people buying 10-15 posters EACH, then the supplies running dry. Other people were buying 4, so others tried to but their server wouldnt. These sales are run by local people so it is nothing the band can influence in real terms or the management. Instructions are given to limit and if they are not followed what can they do?

Greed always wins in the end. 

Wow.  So glad I got out of the merch game like others. 

lolobugg said:

mcgruff10 said:

pdalowsky said:

I heard from multiple sources at the show of people buying 10-15 posters EACH, then the supplies running dry. Other people were buying 4, so others tried to but their server wouldnt. These sales are run by local people so it is nothing the band can influence in real terms or the management. Instructions are given to limit and if they are not followed what can they do?

Greed always wins in the end. 

Wow.  So glad I got out of the merch game like others. 

wish I could quit the poster game... maybe one day.

I pick up one here or there but not nearly as many as I used to. I think at one time I had close to 50 posters. Now I just have the ones framed on my wall. I might get a wrigley one this year but who knows. 

Spiritual_Chaos said:

How can it be so hard to enforce a 1-2 poster limit? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

lost in translation? 

Limite di 2 poster per cliente!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

helplessdancer said:

lolobugg said:

wish I could quit the poster game... maybe one day.

you can. i did, as did many others. stay strong. and these days i don't wait in line for any merch or hang out online waiting for a santos drop. i just buy what i really need from ebay. ebay always has what i need. game over. no need to battle anymore!!

I guess. as long as I don't wait too long. I REALLY needed that Charlotte 2013 poster and it would've cost me an arm and a leg if my wife hadn't won an online raffle.

EDIT: BTW... I only buy posters from shows that I attend.  unfortunately that has been 30+ shows plus 4 more this year.

Im stuck in the game

cp3iverson said:

Im stuck in the game

I think its fun, but I stopped waiting on massive lines on show days. I got the catch coming out for a beer at Fenway 1. When I have bad luck, ebay it is. Not worth 5 hours to then maybe not even get it and miss the city you are in.

Same I'm out . It's easy.
 Just get one here and there. But in the end. No stress just if it's now and then . No problem. I got other people my allowance of 2 posters in London one for each person. I was in line for bloody socks for guess who? So I was in line anyway!

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js261067 said:

What is the real world cost to the club to do a reprint?  Naff all.  Just make a statement saying they guarantee Anyone who wants a poster can order one in the shop after the show and shit like this will die overnight.

No reprints, ever.  

Thank you.

Can you explain why a second print run is such a bad idea?
Any scheme that elimates the scalpers and allow fans who want a poster to get one at face value from 10C (rather than eBay) would seem to be a good thing?

Poster artists are NOT 10club or Pearl Jam employees.  The band does them a favor by hiring them, it allows them to sell their AP’s at a cost they seem fit and make profit.  The original size print run is what makes the print so desirable. You can’t always get what you want.

You can still limit the number of prints in an AP run making them costlier anyway and continue to make profit.  I want prints for the way they look, not because they are limited.  I just seems like the current way allows all the "middlemen" to make all the money.  If I'm going to drop 5x the face value for a poster, I'd much rather it go to the artist that created it than the person flipping it.