This merch situation is really frustrating.

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  • Reelingiswhattheysay
    Reelingiswhattheysay Posts: 83
    I got engaged at Night One at Wrigley and my dying wish is to get a Setlist shirt from that show, signed from the band...
    But I'll live instead if someone be so kind as to sell me one haha any size - I want to have it framed ... case anyone here may or may not be the nicest person ever lmk thanks! 
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,970
    aidt17 said:
    Being honest I bought 2 of the train posters, one for myself and 1 got one to try and trade for the EV Detroit 11 poster (show which I attended but didn’t get the poster). Sat down night 1 and started chatting with the couple beside us, he asked which poster I had and I told him, he said it was the only 1 he missed on, I asked him if he was coming back for night 2 which he said he wasn’t, felt bad for him so gave him my extra poster in a tube for 35 bucks. Long story short, probably could have made the trade, or sold to him for more but didn’t, so people buying 2 posters may not always be doing so for profit

    Is the 2011 EV the one with Chris Chelios on it?  I might be able to help you out on that one.
  • JakeN7
    JakeN7 Posts: 63
    Anyone looking for an XL tower shirt for face value?
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 10,072
    JH6056 said:
    jniko said:
    Some people pay for their travel by flipping.  If Pearl Jam curbed the flipping they probably would have a lot less travelers to shows.  Could impact sell outs.  They sell out stadiums and sell out their merchandise with the current system.  They aren't gonna change it.
    That seems absurd.  On what do you base your opinion that a big % fo those who travel to shows pay for it by flipping PJ merch?
    He never said a big percentage. But I believe it. Not a big percentage, but some, a small percentage at least.
    I only went by selling merch. It was mostly merch I bought several years ago without intention of ever selling (that included some PJ20 shoes and several pieces of vinyl that I kept sealed as a second copy to display and I realized I only display the copies I spin anyway), but it came down to me needing to make about $1000 to go, and that was how I did it. It isn't hard to imagine someone realizing if they get there early and buy a few of the right posters and shirts they can make several hundred bucks. Someone who picked up 2 Thomas posters and 2 setlist shirts could walk away with $500 profit. I'm sure plenty of fans have figured that out and count on that to help cover the cost.
  • 1upstate
    1upstate near Syracuse NY Posts: 201
    JakeN7 said:
    Anyone looking for an XL tower shirt for face value?
    message sent 
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  • aidt17
    aidt17 Posts: 641
    Zod said:
    aidt17 said:
    Being honest I bought 2 of the train posters, one for myself and 1 got one to try and trade for the EV Detroit 11 poster (show which I attended but didn’t get the poster). Sat down night 1 and started chatting with the couple beside us, he asked which poster I had and I told him, he said it was the only 1 he missed on, I asked him if he was coming back for night 2 which he said he wasn’t, felt bad for him so gave him my extra poster in a tube for 35 bucks. Long story short, probably could have made the trade, or sold to him for more but didn’t, so people buying 2 posters may not always be doing so for profit

    Is the 2011 EV the one with Chris Chelios on it?  I might be able to help you out on that one.
    That would be the one....missed it at the show and again at the drop in the shop 
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  • mikeliska
    mikeliska Posts: 253
    I gotta assume all the crusty Aussie rail rat duders are merch flippers.  With real estate prices the way they are down under those trust funds ran dry years ago.  Why can't they just sell ganja goo balls and leave the posters to the fans?
  • hihobibo
    hihobibo Tampa, FL Posts: 1,149
    aidt17 said:
    Zod said:


    Is the 2011 EV the one with Chris Chelios on it?  I might be able to help you out on that one.
    That would be the one....missed it at the show and again at the drop in the shop 
    Pretty sure I saw the real Chris Chelios after the Saturday show in GA pit as we were exiting. He was standing a few feet behind me, with the rest of his friends, all with "Chelios" guest passes. 
  • BV42562
    BV42562 Posts: 11
    mikeliska said:
    I gotta assume all the crusty Aussie rail rat duders are merch flippers.  With real estate prices the way they are down under those trust funds ran dry years ago.  Why can't they just sell ganja goo balls and leave the posters to the fans?
    This is top of the line message board comment. Well done  :) 
  • RansomPTD
    RansomPTD Posts: 301
    To late for this tour but, I wish they would do a Ten Club only merch tent for the members. 
  • TA243471
    TA243471 The Great Northwest Posts: 1,253
    I wish they could do a 10 club only give all the shit away for free tent for members only.  It would at least stop all the whining about merch on the forum.  Actually, it probably wouldn't.  Nevermind.
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  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,995
    TA243471 said:
    I wish they could do a 10 club only give all the shit away for free tent for members only.  It would at least stop all the whining about merch on the forum.  Actually, it probably wouldn't.  Nevermind.


    Your correct.  It wouldn’t 
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    edited August 2018
    Big Bank Hank said:
    I asked if any 10c members attending Wrigley getting merchandise could pick me up a extra poster. My final cost with shipping was 42.00 shipped today & have a confirmation number, maybe those of us who are real fans can help each other like that in the future so as to avoid flippers on Ebay & getting price gouged, maybe they could even create a new category in the forum specifically for that purpose. It's super easy when you use PayPal


    This same poster is on Ebay has 15 bids & is currently up to $177.50, Ultimately they will drop down to the $125.00 range or so, but I was able to save like $80.00 due to the generosity of the fellow 10c member who was getting merchandise anyway, nothing wrong with doing nice things for other people. I used to ride this train every day, I lived on Pine Grove & Waveland would walk the 4 blocks to Wrigley & was fortunate enough to see 20+ Cubs games a year, so there is a deeply personal connection to this poster, it's going to go proudly on my wall & I only have like 8 Pearl Jam posters, so I certainly have not invested the time or money that many of you have. Unfortunately the cost of living is really high here in Seattle & just don't have the extra money to spend $125.00 on a poster.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pearl-Jam-Chicago-Wrigley-Field-Poster-2018-Steve-Thomas/332768241917?hash=item4d7a8868fd:g:eHIAAOSwJbpbduaO
  • wall232
    wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    I found it funny when all i got was one poster on Saturday, Thomas was sold out already, and the merch guy looked at me strange. He asked me if I was sure i didn't want the other remaining posters and I said nope, the Jackson and Thomas were the only two I wanted. A friend was able to grab me a Thomas when they opened the second merch stand at 3pm on Saturday. Now bring on Fenway, heard that Klausen might have another ticket style poster like the Seattle one, if so it's mine!

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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    edited August 2018
    i have all poster of shows i went..62 pj and 2 ev..ok,i missing one,but 10c didnt drop it yet..
    some shows had 2,3,or 5 posters..so  must be total 80 posters from show ive been and like 40 posters from shows i just love the poster and got it..
    i never paid in my life more than face value..got them all at cost..and i never will pay secondary market..
    just yesterday i got the only poster i missing,ev taormina 2 the horse,AP version for cost..76 dollars was if i remember what i paid./.
    i prefer to not have any posters at all than pay even 1 dollar above face value..im not gonna support in any way fuckin flippers..they willnot get any extra money from me ,above  face value..no fuckin way,not in this life or the next one.
    #SayNoToFlippers
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  • jhager79
    jhager79 Woodstock Ontario Posts: 298
    It took me 3 trips to the merch tent to get everything I wanted,including being in line at 6am Monday morning but overall I was totally satisfied with the experience compared to some past shows I've been to. Could changes be made? Of course,  I would love if 10c members could order and pick up merchandise before the show but from what I've heard 10c is a pretty small operation so not sure if it could be done. 
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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 10,072
    edited August 2018
    dimitrispearljam said:
    i have all poster of shows i went..62 pj and 2 ev..ok,i missing one,but 10c didnt drop it yet..
    some shows had 2,3,or 5 posters..so  must be total 80 posters from show ive been and like 40 posters from shows i just love the poster and got it..
    i never paid in my life more than face value..got them all at cost..and i never will pay secondary market..
    just yesterday i got the only poster i missing,ev taormina 2 the horse,AP version for cost..76 dollars was if i remember what i paid./.
    i prefer to not have any posters at all than pay even 1 dollar above face value..im not gonna support in any way fuckin flippers..they willnot get any extra money from me ,above  face value..no fuckin way,not in this life or the next one.
    #SayNoToFlippers
    No way can you get every poster unless your're willing to wait hours and hours in line.
    I don't want to spend hours and hours in line. I remember Wrigley '13 I talked to some who spent 8 hours, only to have posters sell out before they got there, so they did it again the next day. No thanks.
    I'm not going to spend more than maybe double (with a couple exceptions), so that's why I only have about half the posters for my shows. I'd rather pay a flipper an extra $50 if I really want it (and I find myself thinking many aren't worth the extra $50) than spend half a day in line (often multiple times).
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    edited August 2018
    Big Bank Hank said:
    JH6056 said:
    Big Bank Hank said:
    Seattle was crazy 6 straight days of 2-4 hour waits, I was out there for 2 of the days with my 100w speaker playing Pearl Jam music & at least 50% of those people were non-pearl jam fans w/the sole express purpose of flipping the merchandise, it was pretty easy to tell by their disdain for Pearl Jam music, my only thought she all these people pimping out Pearl Jam fans is that this is so completely fucked up, but whatever if I really want something I just find someone who can get me a extra one & I paypal them the money plus shipping, fortunately there are a lot of hella cool Pearl Jam fans out there.
    Hi BBH, this doesn't help you with your poster request, but just wanted to point something out about you blasting PJ in the line for hours.  First off, love that you're bringing the PJ love and showing the love.  That said, while I was in line for 3 hrs on the day of Seattle 1, it was actually a big convo in the line among my linemates (and whoever happened to be on either side of us at various times during the wait), and we were surprised at how many of us have the same preference to NOT listen to the band we're going to see that day before the show.

    It's just a preference - if I'd been in line with you I would never have asked you to stop playing PJ.  But when you said it was obvious you were in line with flippers because of their disdain for PJ music, some people are hardcore about this, they REALLY do NOT like listening to the band they're going to see on the day of the show.

    So just wanted to give you that context, some of those folks may not have been non-PJ fans, some of them may have been mega PJ purists and really not wanted to have their rule broken for hours when they couldn't escape it until they were done buying!

    Again, NOT saying you shouldn't do this, I think the spirit of it is far cooler and more fun than any concern about people's individual preferences, so I'm cool with it.  But wanted you to have that perspective since it was surprising how many of us in my line had the same habit, no headliner music day of show.  So the live show is fresh and knocks you that much more on your feet is how we felt. 

    Big love!
    I was in line Sunday for 3 hours & it was boring & uncomfortable. & fans after kept coming up to me & thanking me for bring the music, I gave of my time to try and make everyone's experience better & I would NEVER get pissed off at anyone playing Pearl Jam music, unless it was the same song on a loop, especially when I am going to be at 2 shows where I am going be singing at least 3/4 of the songs, there's no better warm up for that, and I had an amazing time at both Safeco Field shows, Tim Bierman came by and thanked me & shook my hand, so that's good enough for me.
    Tim was cool super nice guy!
    He still couldn’t answer all my questions though which we laughed about.
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    RobbyD462 said:
    Big Bank Hank said:
    JH6056 said:
    Big Bank Hank said:
    Seattle was crazy 6 straight days of 2-4 hour waits, I was out there for 2 of the days with my 100w speaker playing Pearl Jam music & at least 50% of those people were non-pearl jam fans w/the sole express purpose of flipping the merchandise, it was pretty easy to tell by their disdain for Pearl Jam music, my only thought she all these people pimping out Pearl Jam fans is that this is so completely fucked up, but whatever if I really want something I just find someone who can get me a extra one & I paypal them the money plus shipping, fortunately there are a lot of hella cool Pearl Jam fans out there.
    Hi BBH, this doesn't help you with your poster request, but just wanted to point something out about you blasting PJ in the line for hours.  First off, love that you're bringing the PJ love and showing the love.  That said, while I was in line for 3 hrs on the day of Seattle 1, it was actually a big convo in the line among my linemates (and whoever happened to be on either side of us at various times during the wait), and we were surprised at how many of us have the same preference to NOT listen to the band we're going to see that day before the show.

    It's just a preference - if I'd been in line with you I would never have asked you to stop playing PJ.  But when you said it was obvious you were in line with flippers because of their disdain for PJ music, some people are hardcore about this, they REALLY do NOT like listening to the band they're going to see on the day of the show.

    So just wanted to give you that context, some of those folks may not have been non-PJ fans, some of them may have been mega PJ purists and really not wanted to have their rule broken for hours when they couldn't escape it until they were done buying!

    Again, NOT saying you shouldn't do this, I think the spirit of it is far cooler and more fun than any concern about people's individual preferences, so I'm cool with it.  But wanted you to have that perspective since it was surprising how many of us in my line had the same habit, no headliner music day of show.  So the live show is fresh and knocks you that much more on your feet is how we felt. 

    Big love!
    I was in line Sunday for 3 hours & it was boring & uncomfortable. & fans after kept coming up to me & thanking me for bring the music, I gave of my time to try and make everyone's experience better & I would NEVER get pissed off at anyone playing Pearl Jam music, unless it was the same song on a loop, especially when I am going to be at 2 shows where I am going be singing at least 3/4 of the songs, there's no better warm up for that, and I had an amazing time at both Safeco Field shows, Tim Bierman came by and thanked me & shook my hand, so that's good enough for me.
    Tim was cool super nice guy!
    He still couldn’t answer all my questions though which we laughed about.
    Totally cool, and one of the best experiences from that day was one of the two guys who had been doing gate security came up to me after his shift ended, I had been bumping the Pearl Jam on the boom box all day, and said "what band is this? this music's awesome" I said, It's Pearl Jam the band who is playing across the street, so I helped make at least one more Pearl Jam fan that day  =)
  • Grif
    Grif Posts: 12
    edited August 2018
    Presale on eBay.....no comment
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/PEARL-JAM-Official-Boston-Terrier-Event-Button-2018-Boston-Fenway-Park-Presale/173493851078?hash=item28650a13c6:g:AKcAAOSwq9ZbgN0k

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