2018 Euro Merch

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pearl-Jam-ROME-ITALY-Stadio-Olimpico-poster-6-26-2018-rare-sold-out-emek-AP/232823037707?hash=item3635559f0b:g:dVYAAOSwXqZbMwe-

TBibby said:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pearl-Jam-ROME-ITALY-Stadio-Olimpico-poster-6-26-2018-rare-sold-out-emek-AP/232823037707?hash=item3635559f0b:g:dVYAAOSwXqZbMwe-

This is a joke

Weston1283 said:

I mean, It’s a good thought for everyone to join forces and vow to not buy flipper posters, but it’s not realistic.  It’s not up to the fans to stop this.  If the band wanted poster demand to decrease, they could easily let people pre order them with their tickets.

If people want to spend their hard earned money paying over face value for a memory/poster that they’ll cherish forever, How can you blame them?

At the end of the day, posters are a material item and not a necessity.  Just because someone buys one from a flipper doesn’t mean they live by those standards.  There’s nothing unethical about it considering we’re talking about a material item.  

yup. exactly.
the only thing i have seen in the past 10 years is some posters now have a hologram sticker on the back to stop flipping LOL

It could be worse I guess, you could be buying crack and funding organised crime. 

ConorKavanagh said:

It could be worse I guess, you could be buying crack and funding organised crime. 

These posters are like crack to some !!

Its a big problem and hard to shake

js261067 said:

Hope Emek works out who it is and cancels thier order. 

Why though? Trust me, I hate this practice too - the stones on this guy - but this is the free market at work. If someone is willing to pay that outlandish price, then the only one who should feel duped is EMEK. Yeah it sucks and it's appalling for the majority of us who don't have that kind of money to throw around, but maybe this seller has good intentions. They probably don't, but maybe they're buying a house, paying for bills, or whatever. Either way, it's really beside the point.

If this person had somehow got five of these, then I'd feel differently, but there was a one per person limit. I assume they only got one, and they're free to do with it as they please, no matter how much it offends my sensibilities. Would it be any better if they waited a few weeks/months/years before asking outlandish money for it? When that happens, people seem to be more "ok" with it.

To me, this is very different from the people who buy 10 of something at a show, shutting out the people behind them in line. There should be limits set and enforced at the merch tents. If a flipper gets in line, waits all day, buys their two poster limit, then wants to try to turn a profit on them, then I'm ok with that, even if I don't love the idea of it. it's their prerogative. But if they are able to get their hands on 10 or 20 or even 5, that's overboard in my opinion.

BTW, I'm not trying to pick on you. Your post just triggered some interesting thoughts for me, that's all.