How bad are the merch lines gonna be for the Spring 2020 tour?

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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,183
    What lines?
    brucejam28 said:
    Lol so you can’t just go up to the booth when you enter at a normal time and buy a shirt?
    have you been to a pj show lately?  it's more about the merch than the music lol.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    edited January 2020
    Almost as bad as the beer lines at Fenway
    If there's a short line, I'll grab a poster & shirt. If it's too long, I'll get later.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,996
    Get on line now...seriously
    skipped the stupid two mile parking lot line in st paul in 2014 and saw the sights. grabbed a poster inside right at showtime. those fugly yellow tshirts were sold out, and i didn't care. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,946
    I expect it to be more reasonable than stadium shows.   20000 fans vs 50000 fans has to decrease lines somewhat?
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Almost as bad as the beer lines at Fenway
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    skipped the stupid two mile parking lot line in st paul in 2014 and saw the sights. grabbed a poster inside right at showtime. those fugly yellow tshirts were sold out, and i didn't care. 
    We walked in at PJ20. Outside near the parking lot, there was a MASSIVE line. Inside, there were 2 people ahead of us. We bought our posters, went the UPS store on site and shipped them home. Then we got a beer and enjoyed the opening bands.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
    www.cluthelee.com
    www.cluthe.com
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,996
    Get on line now...seriously
    mfc2006 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    skipped the stupid two mile parking lot line in st paul in 2014 and saw the sights. grabbed a poster inside right at showtime. those fugly yellow tshirts were sold out, and i didn't care. 
    We walked in at PJ20. Outside near the parking lot, there was a MASSIVE line. Inside, there were 2 people ahead of us. We bought our posters, went the UPS store on site and shipped them home. Then we got a beer and enjoyed the opening bands.
    very smart. that's the one thing i hate about poster shows....gotta carry that damn thing around all show. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,249
    tdawe said:
    Life is too short.
    Life is T shirt 
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Almost as bad as the beer lines at Fenway
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mfc2006 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    skipped the stupid two mile parking lot line in st paul in 2014 and saw the sights. grabbed a poster inside right at showtime. those fugly yellow tshirts were sold out, and i didn't care. 
    We walked in at PJ20. Outside near the parking lot, there was a MASSIVE line. Inside, there were 2 people ahead of us. We bought our posters, went the UPS store on site and shipped them home. Then we got a beer and enjoyed the opening bands.
    very smart. that's the one thing i hate about poster shows....gotta carry that damn thing around all show. 
    I hear ya. It was a great idea to have UPS there on site at PJ20--even if they almost lost the damn posters. (took about 2 months for them to arrive)

    I also liked the idea of pre-ordering posters before the show. You don't know what the hell it'll look like, but you've already paid for it, so you can skip the lines. That was nice in 2013.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
    www.cluthelee.com
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  • drfox
    drfox Posts: 1,504
    FR181798 said:
    Do they have these lines at Euro shows as well?
    Yes, and getting worse every year. In 2018 I queued for around 3 hours before the merch opened in London. When it did there were a few hundred in the queue. 
    Back in 2009 you could just walk up to the Merch and buy the poster even after the show.
  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,995
    Are they doing outdoor merch?  If so the lines in Canada won’t be that bad.  Canada in March can be nasty. 
    1996.....Toronto
    2005.....Hamilton
    2011.....Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Hamilton
    2013.....London, Buffalo
    2014.....Detroit
    2016.....Toronto N1 Toronto N2, Boston  N1, Boston N2, Chicago N1
    2018.....Seattle N1, Seattle N2
    2022.....San Diego, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Phoenix, Oakland N1, Oakland N2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto  
    2023.....Fort Worth N1, Fort Worth N2, Austin N1, Austin N2
    2024.....Las Vegas N1, Las Vegas N2, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Boston N1, Boston N2
    2025.....Raleigh N1, Raleigh N2, Pittsburgh N1, Pittsburgh N2
    2026.....????????????????????????????????????????? 
  • TouringFan2000
    TouringFan2000 Posts: 305
    jimjam1982 said:
    Give presale access to merch for those that won tickets to that show.
    e.g. you won tickets to LA and NYC.. you get pre access to those shirts and posters. 
    They can still sell / produce more merch after these presales and have limited quantities. 
    honestly, i don't know why they haven't adopted this approach 20 years ago.
    Give way to nature ...
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,956
    What lines?
    brucejam28 said:
    Lol so you can’t just go up to the booth when you enter at a normal time and buy a shirt?

    Nope, not at most shows.  Missed out on most show specific shirts over the past 5 years.  Fuck lines when there is life to be lived.  (It is why they have trading and/or Ebay options.)
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  • PianoManKD
    PianoManKD Posts: 125
    Ames Bros, Klausen, or Mumford? Ugh... the anxiety...wait never mind they're all gone. I'll take a sticker :(
    This is my thing with the whole march fiasco every year; I skip it. Part of the fun of my night is opening up eBay on my phone to pass the time on my train journey back home and I purchase a poster I like and maybe a bunch of stickers, etc. It's worth paying the 40 extra dollars to me to spend more time pregaming with my friends and family and socializing, rather than standing in line staring at the back of some guy's head constantly hearing people go "oh, I like shirt 3A" "I wish shirt 5A would come in purple, I don't like black"....etc. etc.


  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,956
    What lines?
    PianoManKD said:
    This is my thing with the whole march fiasco every year; I skip it. Part of the fun of my night is opening up eBay on my phone to pass the time on my train journey back home and I purchase a poster I like and maybe a bunch of stickers, etc. It's worth paying the 40 extra dollars to me to spend more time pregaming with my friends and family and socializing, rather than standing in line staring at the back of some guy's head constantly hearing people go "oh, I like shirt 3A" "I wish shirt 5A would come in purple, I don't like black"....etc. etc.



    The best part of those lines is when you realize they take so long because someone who is clearly a size xxl has to try on the M and L and the XL for every different shirt, because who knows how the shirts might fit....like they are modeling the things.  I get trying the size below what you normally wear but c'mon people?!
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  • PianoManKD
    PianoManKD Posts: 125
    Ames Bros, Klausen, or Mumford? Ugh... the anxiety...wait never mind they're all gone. I'll take a sticker :(
    F Me In The Brain said:
    PianoManKD said:
    This is my thing with the whole march fiasco every year; I skip it. Part of the fun of my night is opening up eBay on my phone to pass the time on my train journey back home and I purchase a poster I like and maybe a bunch of stickers, etc. It's worth paying the 40 extra dollars to me to spend more time pregaming with my friends and family and socializing, rather than standing in line staring at the back of some guy's head constantly hearing people go "oh, I like shirt 3A" "I wish shirt 5A would come in purple, I don't like black"....etc. etc.



    The best part of those lines is when you realize they take so long because someone who is clearly a size xxl has to try on the M and L and the XL for every different shirt, because who knows how the shirts might fit....like they are modeling the things.  I get trying the size below what you normally wear but c'mon people?!

    Absolutely.
  • halshakarchi
    halshakarchi Posts: 176
    edited January 2020
    I just want the poster and maybe a shirt with dates on it. I don’t need any more plain pearl jam shirts, I have too many of those.

    if I can swing a pin and sticker it’s a bonus.

    I had zero issues for the show in 2016.
  • halshakarchi
    halshakarchi Posts: 176
    Also it’s nice how bigger bands have multiple merch booths.
  • disilluzion
    disilluzion Posts: 1,015
    Not bad at all for me. I'm out of the merch game. It was hard, took the help of some support groups. Still have a sponsor that I call regularly, but I'm out.
  • Chris519
    Chris519 Posts: 150
    edited January 2020
    I remember Buffalo 2013, I was chatting with a dude who was at Pittsburgh the night before and he was still carrying the same poster tube for the Buffalo poster. He showed me that Pitt poster and I thought wow, that's killer... I'm going to get one off ebay when I get back to the hotel. They were selling for around $100, so I figured I'd wait until the hype went down... 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,996
    Get on line now...seriously
    mfc2006 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mfc2006 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    skipped the stupid two mile parking lot line in st paul in 2014 and saw the sights. grabbed a poster inside right at showtime. those fugly yellow tshirts were sold out, and i didn't care. 
    We walked in at PJ20. Outside near the parking lot, there was a MASSIVE line. Inside, there were 2 people ahead of us. We bought our posters, went the UPS store on site and shipped them home. Then we got a beer and enjoyed the opening bands.
    very smart. that's the one thing i hate about poster shows....gotta carry that damn thing around all show. 
    I hear ya. It was a great idea to have UPS there on site at PJ20--even if they almost lost the damn posters. (took about 2 months for them to arrive)

    I also liked the idea of pre-ordering posters before the show. You don't know what the hell it'll look like, but you've already paid for it, so you can skip the lines. That was nice in 2013.
    I heard the reason they don't do that anymore is that it took just way too much manpower for 10C to roll them out. too bad. I'm a "I don't give a shit what it looks like, if I was at the show, I want the poster. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



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