Concert Day Poster Purchasing Tips

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  • PeterED
    PeterED Posts: 375
    I’m lucky enough to live near the Toronto venue so it’s been real easy to bike down and grab a poster then drop it off at home. I have to to experience a lineup more than 5-10 people doing this.
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  • halshakarchi
    halshakarchi Posts: 176
    edited January 2020
    Is this a US thing? Because I’ve never had issues getting posters at the Canadian shows without lining up early or whatever. I remember getting to the Hamilton show long after doors in 2011 and the merch stand outside the venue still had plenty.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,625
    Gern Blansten said:
    poster nerds....nice


  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    Shumway35 said:
    They should add a poster option when you put in for 10C tickets , just like they did for ticket stubs this time. 
    One per 10C account - only downfall is you agreeing to buy the poster without seeing it
    I wholeheartedly agree. Save the BS merch line madness and actually enjoy the day of the show, plus be guaranteed your poster! I don’t mind if the poster is ugly, if I’m there, it’s my one momento that I’ll keep from the show for years
  • jimjam1982
    jimjam1982 AZ Posts: 1,471
    Mystery boxes in May and pray for good ones. That's my permanent strategy. Landed all home shows gear last year. That's the strat.
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    If you can take it to your car before you go into the show, do. It will be worth it (even if it's a long walk).
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  • Kane6676
    Kane6676 Posts: 36
    Get a picture of one and print it out yourself. Geez 
  • Chr1spy
    Chr1spy Posts: 6
    What’s the typical edition size for a Pear Jam gig poster? (And yes.ive looked at a bunch on expresso beans and they rarely have it listed.)
  • apirk72
    apirk72 Posts: 506
    Something tells me merch is going to be out of control this tour since fans can’t scalp extra tickets to help fund their going to multiple shows
  • risris
    risris Posts: 84
    If I’m going to multiple shows in the same city as I’m doing for LA, I don’t mind waiting in line for merch on the first day. 

    Get to the venue early if I can get in quick I get my merch and then don’t have to worry for show 2.  

    Gives me the opportunity to do whatever I want before the show on day 2. 
  • EM194007
    EM194007 Posts: 2,827
    edited January 2020

    risris said:
    If I’m going to multiple shows in the same city as I’m doing for LA, I don’t mind waiting in line for merch on the first day. 

    Get to the venue early if I can get in quick I get my merch and then don’t have to worry for show 2.  

    Gives me the opportunity to do whatever I want before the show on day 2. 
    What if the merch is specific to each day? Especially the posters. Could be two totally different ones, one for each day by different artist. It's happened before.
  • False_Belief
    False_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    Most of the comments in this thread so far don't really tie in woth my own experiences.   I'm not one for spending an inordinate amount of time queuing for anything, yet I've never failed to get a poster.  Queued for maybe an hour tops at each of the London shows in 2018.   Are things that much worse in the States? 

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  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,409
    apirk72 said:
    Something tells me merch is going to be out of control this tour since fans can’t scalp extra tickets to help fund their going to multiple shows
    Do a lot of fans do this or just a choice few?
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  • EM194007
    EM194007 Posts: 2,827
    OceansJenny said:
    apirk72 said:
    Something tells me merch is going to be out of control this tour since fans can’t scalp extra tickets to help fund their going to multiple shows
    Do a lot of fans do this or just a choice few?
    Quite a few do, sadly. We had two different car loads of people loading up merch they just bought outside onto ebay. At their cars in the parking lot in Sunrise, FL in 2016. When asked whatcha doing? Making money, so, we can hit a lot more shows up on this tour. Just shook my head and went back near my car. 
  • Sarava
    Sarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,061
    If you have reserved seats, get in line to enter the venue a half hour to 45 minutes before doors open. Posters should be easy peasy then. That's better than waiting in line outside the venue for 2-4 hours and them being sold out by the time you get to the front of the line anyway.

    One thing I don't know though, is what to do if you have GA (without compromising your GA position greatly).
  • rossstothers
    rossstothers Posts: 47
    How is it for buying posters on the uk/europe dates?
  • False_Belief
    False_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    rossstothers said:
    How is it for buying posters on the uk/europe dates?
    All but 1 of my shows have been in the UK/Europe and I've never had to queue for longer than an hour and I've never failed to get a poster.  I don't tend to rock up especially early either.  Some of the experiences people talk about in this thread are totally foreign to me but now I'm quite worried about getting an MSG poster when I fly over in March.  I'm only in NY for three days and certainly won't be spending one of those queuing for a $30 poster..... :-/    

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  • Sarava
    Sarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,061
    False_Belief said:
    rossstothers said:
    How is it for buying posters on the uk/europe dates?
    All but 1 of my shows have been in the UK/Europe and I've never had to queue for longer than an hour and I've never failed to get a poster.  I don't tend to rock up especially early either.  Some of the experiences people talk about in this thread are totally foreign to me but now I'm quite worried about getting an MSG poster when I fly over in March.  I'm only in NY for three days and certainly won't be spending one of those queuing for a $30 poster..... :-/    
    Do what I said above, unless you have GA. Get in line maybe an hour before doors open. I got a poster to MSG1 in 2016 (the owl poster) easily using that method. This is while many did the long wait half the day and came away empty handed. I didn't try for the MSG 2 poster since I didn't like the design.
  • False_Belief
    False_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    Sarava said:
    False_Belief said:
    rossstothers said:
    How is it for buying posters on the uk/europe dates?
    All but 1 of my shows have been in the UK/Europe and I've never had to queue for longer than an hour and I've never failed to get a poster.  I don't tend to rock up especially early either.  Some of the experiences people talk about in this thread are totally foreign to me but now I'm quite worried about getting an MSG poster when I fly over in March.  I'm only in NY for three days and certainly won't be spending one of those queuing for a $30 poster..... :-/    
    Do what I said above, unless you have GA. Get in line maybe an hour before doors open. I got a poster to MSG1 in 2016 (the owl poster) easily using that method. This is while many did the long wait half the day and came away empty handed. I didn't try for the MSG 2 poster since I didn't like the design.

    Will do for sure - thanks for the tip.  I let my membership lapse until quite recently so I very much doubt I'll be anywhere near GA. 

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  • rossstothers
    rossstothers Posts: 47
    False_Belief said:
    rossstothers said:
    How is it for buying posters on the uk/europe dates?
    All but 1 of my shows have been in the UK/Europe and I've never had to queue for longer than an hour and I've never failed to get a poster.  I don't tend to rock up especially early either.  Some of the experiences people talk about in this thread are totally foreign to me but now I'm quite worried about getting an MSG poster when I fly over in March.  I'm only in NY for three days and certainly won't be spending one of those queuing for a $30 poster..... :-/    
    Thanks for the advice!

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