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unknownunknown Posts: 531
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So we are a day away, just wondering if you think they will let the flippers buy 10 to 20
posters again or if the real fans actually have a shot.  I sure hope i'm able to at least score
one.  I saw someone post on youtube a video of a woman buying over $2000 worth of merch
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    drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,391
    Odd thread. Dont know til it happens 
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    pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,883
    Relax. They did not allow this to happen in 2016 from what I saw. Did not allow this to happen in Chicago last week when I was there. Can easily buy $2K of stuff when combined with all the other stuff. Whole big thread on this topic already. 
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
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    StevieG73StevieG73 Dublin, Ireland and New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 443
    unknown said:
    So we are a day away, just wondering if you think they will let the flippers buy 10 to 20
    posters again or if the real fans actually have a shot.  I sure hope i'm able to at least score
    one.  I saw someone post on youtube a video of a woman buying over $2000 worth of merch
    Said it once, and I'll say it again...it's all supply and demand.  I don't particularly like flippers, but they're seizing an opportunity.  If they are willing to stand in line for hours and, if no one is regulating the amounts purchased, load up on what they think they can make money off of...that's up to them.  People get upset because they want to sit at a local pub, drink beer and because they are a fan...should be able to stroll up to the merchandise tent right before the show and buy what they want.
    2000 = Montreal 
    2003 = Montreal
    2005 = Halifax, St. John's Night 1
    2008 = NYC Night 1, 
    2010 = Boston
    2011 = EV - Boston, PJ20 Night 1&2, Toronto
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    droptheleash9droptheleash9 Posts: 1,341
    The fans are the flippers. Most of them are probably 10c members as well who are using merch as a way to fund their trips. The idea of the big bad flippers with no tickets to the show just standing in line to get stuff to sell on eBay is misplaced. Do those type of people exist too? I'm sure there are some but the vast majority of flippers are fans of the band with tickets to the show.
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    MickeyMouseMickeyMouse Posts: 1,053
    pjsteelerfan said:
    Relax. They did not allow this to happen in 2016 from what I saw. Did not allow this to happen in Chicago last week when I was there. Can easily buy $2K of stuff when combined with all the other stuff. Whole big thread on this topic already. 
    All this dude does is post threads and questions about posters and flippers and how to buy this and where to get that and aren’t flippers the worst boy I hate them so glad I’m not one.


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    Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 10,496
    If the band wanted to stop the flippers, they could... easily. 
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    Torii Hunter is a Fenway Flipper.


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    hihobibohihobibo Tampa, FL Posts: 1,057
    MickeyMouse said:
    pjsteelerfan said:
    Relax. They did not allow this to happen in 2016 from what I saw. Did not allow this to happen in Chicago last week when I was there. Can easily buy $2K of stuff when combined with all the other stuff. Whole big thread on this topic already. 
    All this dude does is post threads and questions about posters and flippers and how to buy this and where to get that and aren’t flippers the worst boy I hate them so glad I’m not one.


    And if you click his name and look at the past discussions he has started, they are all similar, where he acts clueless to what is going on, yet he has sold posters and memorabilia on here in the past...or at least attempted to (multiple closed threads on the same Lost Dogs postings).
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,143
    unknown said:
    So we are a day away, just wondering if you think they will let the flippers buy 10 to 20
    posters again or if the real fans actually have a shot.  I sure hope i'm able to at least score
    one.  I saw someone post on youtube a video of a woman buying over $2000 worth of merch
    Oh, was that @dimitrispearljam friend again? The one who's butt was videoed and posted here and caused a huge forum aneursym?
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    unknownunknown Posts: 531
    look guys, i'm just hoping to get one of them.  it just sucks when you wait in line and get
    up there and they all sold out due to flippers.  i'm done complaining about it.
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    Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,486
    The big fans are the flippers lol. How is a random going to know the value of Pearl Jam posters..
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    RP112579RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,359
    Brisk. said:
    The big fans are the flippers lol. How is a random going to know the value of Pearl Jam posters..

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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,143
    RP112579 said:
    Brisk. said:
    The big fans are the flippers lol. How is a random going to know the value of Pearl Jam posters..

    Hahaha!! Yep. I said this a few weeks back. It's "Joe Pearl Jam Fan" - the guy next to you at the show who "seems cool" that are the ones cashing in along with the eBayer's, etc.,
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    CantKeepmedownCantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 2,922
    dankind said:
    Torii Hunter is a Fenway Flipper.


    I know Steve Thomas kind of did the Fenway thing already in 2016 for his poster, but somebody has to incorporate Steve Horgan (bullpen security) into their poster this year.  "Arms raised in a V"
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    Dug1200Dug1200 Chicago Posts: 188
    How is flipping looked down upon, but someone selling their collection for more than face acceptable?  

    Time heals all wounds?
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    StevieG73StevieG73 Dublin, Ireland and New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 443
    unknown said:
    look guys, i'm just hoping to get one of them.  it just sucks when you wait in line and get
    up there and they all sold out due to flippers.  i'm done complaining about it.
    What you're hoping for is to get one without any effort...flippers don't 'hope' to get one.  If they want one, they do what they need to do.
    2000 = Montreal 
    2003 = Montreal
    2005 = Halifax, St. John's Night 1
    2008 = NYC Night 1, 
    2010 = Boston
    2011 = EV - Boston, PJ20 Night 1&2, Toronto
    2012 = EV - Orlando Night 1&2
    2013 = Chicago, Worcester Night 1
    2016 = Boston '16
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    opsopcopolisopsopcopolis Posts: 1,093
    Dude, calm down. You've asked enough times
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    pjl44pjl44 Posts: 8,067
    My man needs a cold shower
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    Given2Fly-FishGiven2Fly-Fish Posts: 811
    dankind said:
    Torii Hunter is a Fenway Flipper.


    Awesome moment and game!  Ed was there and talked about it at the Worcester show I believe...
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    unknownunknown Posts: 531
    I think the frustration with flipping depends on how bad it is? Selling 1 to help pay for a trip, I can understand.  Buying 20 at a time and going straight to eBay is not cool
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    MickeyMouseMickeyMouse Posts: 1,053
    Dude we get it 
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,543
    MickeyMouse said:
    pjsteelerfan said:
    Relax. They did not allow this to happen in 2016 from what I saw. Did not allow this to happen in Chicago last week when I was there. Can easily buy $2K of stuff when combined with all the other stuff. Whole big thread on this topic already. 
    All this dude does is post threads and questions about posters and flippers and how to buy this and where to get that and aren’t flippers the worst boy I hate them so glad I’m not one.


    :lol:
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    deftonesdeftones Athens, Greece Posts: 2,444
    droptheleash9 said:
    The fans are the flippers. Most of them are probably 10c members as well who are using merch as a way to fund their trips. The idea of the big bad flippers with no tickets to the show just standing in line to get stuff to sell on eBay is misplaced. Do those type of people exist too? I'm sure there are some but the vast majority of flippers are fans of the band with tickets to the show.
    This
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    Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    dankind said:
    2Torii Hunter is a Fenway Flipper.


    Haha nice..
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    Save WhoSave Who Posts: 294
    dankind said:
    Torii Hunter is a Fenway Flipper.


    As a tiger fan this memory hurts
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    unknownunknown Posts: 531
    And scum bags already got them up on eBay 
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    MickeyMouseMickeyMouse Posts: 1,053
    Aw man they're gonna beat you to it
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    JP218404JP218404 NJ Posts: 1,374
    edited August 2018
    unknown said:
    And scum bags already got them up on eBay 
    Already? Some of them had a “pre-sale” listed when all the other stuff came out
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    faithful2youfaithful2you Madison, WI Posts: 778
    They weren't letting anyone buy more than 2 or each in Chicago.   But just like everything they will find a way around it.   Two times I was in the merch line, a few people in the front of the line had "friends" get in line with them last minute....and they all walked out with 2 of every poster.   Have to call those people out......or it will go from 100th person in line getting shut out to the 80th person in line.   
    Like a word misplaced...nothing said...what a waste
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