More poster bullsh*t at MSG II

Msg Poster Debacle

In case you werent there to share in the fun- heres how the msg night 2 posters worked.

We showed up @ 4:30 - 1 hour before gates opened. Sat in a huge line with about 500 other fans.

5:00- they hand out wristbands- not to get the posters but to differentiate between the people who waited 1 hour before gates open. You would assume they had an orderly way of doing this- you would be wrong. Everyone pushed and shoved to get the stupid bracelets.

5:30- They let people 50 at a time into the doors to go to the booths. Again- Madness ensues and the friends made throughout the hour become enemies- obstacles that stand in the way between you and a stupid poster. My friend was with me and couldnt get over how rediculous it was. People getting pushed/shoved.......

5:45- We get to the stand and people are cutting everywhere and jockeying for position. Lots of elbows and crying about being next in line.

5:50- The poster gates outside basically crash and a rush of people slam the merchant booths. I finally get to the stand with my buddy to get the 2nd wristband which allows me to get the coveted poster. I cant get out of line because everyone is busy pushing forward because bands are low. As I push my way out- 2 guys (people i was bullshitting and laughing with in line) freak out and push me back and ask me if i want to start something.

About 6:00 - Stand 1 sold out and a huge rush moves to stand 2 which sells out shortly after.

Rediculous- Mean/Violent/Whiny babies.

Im embarrassed to be involved in the poster craze anymore- People could have been hurt- a woman about 5'1 was yelling help as a fellow fan pushed her aside to get his wristband.

all that bullshit and meanwhile they had a ton of posters left over after the show

yeah, this is why i don't bother with posters at the show, and hope theys ell them on the site eventually. Funny thing though, tonight. It's a few minutes after 8, and I nonchalantly went up to one of the merch booths, and asked if he had any posters, knowing it was a 0.00001% chance. he said he just sold his last poster a few minutes ago.

yea like at camden 2 they put night one extras on sale even though i was told it was sold out the night before. i guess these will go to a poster sale online

that was disgusting...
why the FUCK are HOMEYS off the street who arent even going to the show, not to mention dont know shit about PJ...having wristbands b4 the fans even got em! I walked around and b4 the fans were given them the scalpers were splitting them up between themselves..and THEN the fans got theirs...bullshit


next MSG shows can we just sell the posters inside instead??

as easy and as simple as it was the night b4 it became the exact opposite tonite...horrible

Last night was funny. There were people having a shit fit about the stupid merch. line cuz people didn't know where to go. So my best friend & I cut through to get to the TICKET line & some asswipe is all "Hey, you think you wanna move to the back of the line." (Of course I was just like "No" & returned the look of death I received, lol, & kept going,) didn't feel like arguing over nonsense. This was some tall guy & I am a 5' 3" woman. Absolutely no manners. Not like I stood in front of him either, I was cutting THROUGH to get somewhere. Some other guy managed to slam into me on his quest for the almighty poster too...pretty humorus, but more pathetic.

All this is NOT the fans' fault by any means. Fans will be fans. Pushing and shoving and all that nonsense is always gonna happen over anything.

It's the vendors who are to blame for all this bullshit. It was mentioned that staff members were having posters snuck out to them and such. I saw that as well. Plus they don't let anyone have the stacks of extras they have after the show. I wonder where they go?? :rolleyes:

In addition, they were sold where any moron could walk in and buy one, then go home and sell it on eBay for $100+. Meanwhile the real fans, the ones who killed themselves to actually get tickets to the show, don't get a fair chance to get a poster. They should've been sold inside the arena AFTER the doors opened,just like at every other show. What is with this 5:30 business?? That's seriously fucked up!! Doors don't open until 6:30 for Chrissake!!!

From all the stuff I've heard so far about this tour so far, it would seem that quite a lot of cheapskate fuckers cashed in on the fun. Tickets, posters, other merchandise.. a lot of really serious bullshit went down this tour, and I'm really, genuinely, fucking pissed off about it. :mad:

MattyJoe wrote:

All this is NOT the fans' fault by any means. Fans will be fans. Pushing and shoving and all that nonsense is always gonna happen over anything.

It's the vendors who are to blame for all this bullshit. It was mentioned that staff members were having posters snuck out to them and such. I saw that as well. Plus they don't let anyone have the stacks of extras they have after the show. I wonder where they go?? :rolleyes:

In addition, they were sold where any moron could walk in and buy one, then go home and sell it on eBay for $100+. Meanwhile the real fans, the ones who killed themselves to actually get tickets to the show, don't get a fair chance to get a poster. They should've been sold inside the arena AFTER the doors opened,just like at every other show. What is with this 5:30 business?? That's seriously fucked up!! Doors don't open until 6:30 for Chrissake!!!

From all the stuff I've heard so far about this tour so far, it would seem that quite a lot of cheapskate fuckers cashed in on the fun. Tickets, posters, other merchandise.. a lot of really serious bullshit went down this tour, and I'm really, genuinely, fucking pissed off about it. :mad:

thank you I was spewing that the whole time after I got shut out, and again not even for me but for friends who actually do only want just one for the memory, or just like the poster.
unreal

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

I don't bother with any merchandise at big venues. i'd rather get my shirt in a smaller place like camden, it's very easy to get it done in a few minutes.

yea its gotta be the whole ny thing and lack of patience, cause pesonally I just cant do it man lol
the past 2 nights it felt like I was in the subway during rush hour trying to squeeze in that train door just to get a friggin poster
pff no way I'll pass

thesavageguy wrote:

Thus I'm led to believe everyone who wanted one got one.

No some people might have forgot to pick theirs up, they might have undercounted wristbands or other things. I wanted one, dealt with the whole fiasco and ended up staying till after everyone who could claimed their poster trying to get one for myself but they wouldnt sell.

One terrible woman and her guy went to the line nearly before they closed with 4 bracelets torn off and in her hand. So I asked her for one and she practically sneered. At least they only gave her one in the end.

But the whole thing sorta makes me sick even though I was part of it. Its just a piece of paper and I was jostled by so many people and spent a total of 7.5 hours at MSG instead of the 3 I needed to just for Pearl Jam. Oh well.