Fan Club woes - is there a point any more?

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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,237
    RatherStarved said:
    The irony of ironies will be McGruff buying new Quebec tickets after all the time it took to get paid for the old.

    Also, I’ll offer $3 US for that Cheque.  Don’t sell short for $2!
    ha ha. This would be true!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    mcgruff10 said:
    D-Rod said:
    on2legs said:
    Is it true you can get maple syrup on a sandwich at Subway in Canada?
    I apologize @PJNB for the can of works I may have opened .  Well not really.  Remind @mcgruff10 when he joins us in Quebec  City next year that he might not be able to handle real beer.  

    @on2legs You can’t knock maple syrup until you try it on bacon. 
    Molson dry is considered real beer?!?!
    Not in these parts. That and Labatt’s Blue are Caribou Piss. 
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,237
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    D-Rod said:
    on2legs said:
    Is it true you can get maple syrup on a sandwich at Subway in Canada?
    I apologize @PJNB for the can of works I may have opened .  Well not really.  Remind @mcgruff10 when he joins us in Quebec  City next year that he might not be able to handle real beer.  

    @on2legs You can’t knock maple syrup until you try it on bacon. 
    Molson dry is considered real beer?!?!
    Not in these parts. That and Labatt’s Blue are Caribou Piss. 
    So if I go to a Canadian bar and order a caribou piss I get a pint filled half way with molson dry and the other with labatt blue?  Kind of like a half and half.  (Guinness and bass ale)
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • EdVedder_1
    EdVedder_1 Posts: 148

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    EdVedder_1 Posts: 148

  • EdVedder_1
    EdVedder_1 Posts: 148
    And these guys put out an album like once every 10 years tour about the same time.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,301
    I just stare....stare into the abyss of nothingness.   I should have never gone down this rabbit hole of thinking how for 20 years I have spent $20-40 on this membership.  Now if you excuse me, I have a deep abyss of nothingness to get back to.  
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    as i mention before i dont care for  the benefits of be a ten club member,...
    i will be a member always even with no benefits at all.for 2 reasons.
    first i met via this club friends for life
    second i want to support pj team and 10c people cos without me post or tell in public ,somehow  they found out and they care about me and reach to me when i had an health issue and i was in hospital..
    i will never forget that.

    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • sheri zona
    sheri zona Makai Side Posts: 356
    Every time I was in Quebec/MTL I enjoyed the giant beer towers at loblaws and their deli ain’t half bad either.  I never noticed caribou piss but maybe they kept that in the back.

    I’ve been in this club for ages and I only do it for the tickets. Oh, and because I love this band more than most of my relatives.


    in an underwater nation...near chinamans hat
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,633
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    pjl44 said:
    Won't someone think of the teenagers
    Be snarky all ya want. I’m just saying the fanclub used to fun, and now it’s basically a ripoff. I can flush $40 down the toilet no problem. But someone younger, who isn’t wise to the fact that they’re not going to get what they paid for, are in for some disappointment. 
    What exactly are they being told they are getting, that they wont get and be disappointed?
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,018
    Vedd Hedd said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    pjl44 said:
    Won't someone think of the teenagers
    Be snarky all ya want. I’m just saying the fanclub used to fun, and now it’s basically a ripoff. I can flush $40 down the toilet no problem. But someone younger, who isn’t wise to the fact that they’re not going to get what they paid for, are in for some disappointment. 
    What exactly are they being told they are getting, that they wont get and be disappointed?
    Well I was referring to the vinyls and hard-copies of the deep mags, but actually I see now that they've removed those altogether from the membership description page...

    https://help.pearljam.com/hc/en-us/articles/205285910-Membership-Levels
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,118
    on2legs said:
    Is it true you can get maple syrup on a sandwich at Subway in Canada?
    and comes with a free moose knuckle
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,118
    mcgruff10 said:
    D-Rod said:
    on2legs said:
    Is it true you can get maple syrup on a sandwich at Subway in Canada?
    I apologize @PJNB for the can of works I may have opened .  Well not really.  Remind @mcgruff10 when he joins us in Quebec  City next year that he might not be able to handle real beer.  

    @on2legs You can’t knock maple syrup until you try it on bacon. 
    Molson dry is considered real beer?!?!
    nobody drinks that shit
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    D-Rod said:
    on2legs said:
    Is it true you can get maple syrup on a sandwich at Subway in Canada?
    I apologize @PJNB for the can of works I may have opened .  Well not really.  Remind @mcgruff10 when he joins us in Quebec  City next year that he might not be able to handle real beer.  

    @on2legs You can’t knock maple syrup until you try it on bacon. 
    I had bacon with maple syrup and banana once. Not sure if that’s a Canadian thing but it was delicious 
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,971
    I feel it's worth $20usd/yr (approx $27 to $28 cdn) for the digital version.  Access to this forum (which I spend too much time on) and access to tickets when Covid isn't going on.   I feel like I get exactly what I pay for.

    I didn't feel like Analog at $50usd was worth it once the Christmas single got cancelled, but it was easy enough to go digital.

    I might feel different if I lived somewhere else, but between the Seattle area and Vancouver area, there's something to see here every 2 or 3 years (covid exception withstanding).
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,237
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    D-Rod said:
    on2legs said:
    Is it true you can get maple syrup on a sandwich at Subway in Canada?
    I apologize @PJNB for the can of works I may have opened .  Well not really.  Remind @mcgruff10 when he joins us in Quebec  City next year that he might not be able to handle real beer.  

    @on2legs You can’t knock maple syrup until you try it on bacon. 
    Molson dry is considered real beer?!?!
    nobody drinks that shit
    Dude you told me that it was the featured adult drink at your wedding!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,118
    mcgruff10 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    D-Rod said:
    on2legs said:
    Is it true you can get maple syrup on a sandwich at Subway in Canada?
    I apologize @PJNB for the can of works I may have opened .  Well not really.  Remind @mcgruff10 when he joins us in Quebec  City next year that he might not be able to handle real beer.  

    @on2legs You can’t knock maple syrup until you try it on bacon. 
    Molson dry is considered real beer?!?!
    nobody drinks that shit
    Dude you told me that it was the featured adult drink at your wedding!
    lol. we did not serve that swill at our wedding, never mind it being the "featured adult drink", LOL
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • cblock4life
    cblock4life Posts: 1,855
    PJNB said:
    The amount of tickets the fanclub got from the spring tour alone should tell you that it is worth the $20 alone to stay out of the public sale headache. Good membership number or not it is still worth it imo. I mean I just went to Subway with my wife and 3 kids and spent $50 for one meal. I am pretty surprised people are even talking about the value of this. 
    Absolutely this! They’ve recently made arrangements for all/most fan club members to get tickets.  And it’s going to sound crazy but we took friends with us for the first time to Wrigley 2018 (they had TM tickets) and they got hooked and joined on the way home!  They said it feels like a “secret society” and were so excited to travel everywhere with us this year. It was so great seeing them enthusiastic that it felt like our first time again almost 30 years ago. We’ve taken teenagers from my husbands high school baseball teams, nieces, nephews, and it’s awesome seeing their reactions and in some cases tears! Take someone new and it will bring back the reason you joined in the first place. We’re all just in a shitty place right now....I refuse to believe it will stay this way forever. 
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,568
    cblock4life said:
    PJNB said:
    The amount of tickets the fanclub got from the spring tour alone should tell you that it is worth the $20 alone to stay out of the public sale headache. Good membership number or not it is still worth it imo. I mean I just went to Subway with my wife and 3 kids and spent $50 for one meal. I am pretty surprised people are even talking about the value of this. 
    Absolutely this! They’ve recently made arrangements for all/most fan club members to get tickets.  And it’s going to sound crazy but we took friends with us for the first time to Wrigley 2018 (they had TM tickets) and they got hooked and joined on the way home!  They said it feels like a “secret society” and were so excited to travel everywhere with us this year. It was so great seeing them enthusiastic that it felt like our first time again almost 30 years ago. We’ve taken teenagers from my husbands high school baseball teams, nieces, nephews, and it’s awesome seeing their reactions and in some cases tears! Take someone new and it will bring back the reason you joined in the first place. We’re all just in a shitty place right now....I refuse to believe it will stay this way forever. 
    Agreed. Take someone for their first time. It’s been a bit, but I converted my sister ten years ago and it’s become and excuse to travel together and hang out, with me in Atlanta and her D.C. we don’t always see each other. But visit a cool city and watch the world’s best band? No brainer.

    Even converted her skeptical, musician boyfriend back in 2016. Of course, his first show was the Philly Ten show. Who gets that lucky? But he’s definitely hooked, now making his own PJ compilation bootlegs. It’s fun to see that new excitement.
  • JimFletcherPearlJam
    JimFletcherPearlJam Posts: 382
    Many people in my neighborhood pay $60 to $75 a week for landscapers to care for their yard. I'm of the opinion that some Ten Club members are just cheapskates. Sorry! 

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