I was in line for the Terminal 5 (8/26) show an hour before doors and by the time I got in the NYC specific poster was already sold out.

If anyone would be willing to sell (I'll pay more than $20) I'd be very appreciative.

Thanks for the pics. Nice colour, cool background image. damn, that is a nice shirt.

[quote Obakeyashiki][quote kg2wv][quote voices1]im curious is anyone has figured out what the 667 on the back of wave goodbye tshirt stands for[/quote]

i have not. there are some thoughts about what it is in previous statements in this fourm. if you find out please let me know.[/quote]

I think it is a W and a G mashed together sideways. tilt your head to the right and you can see the W below the G

perhaps it is a w and g. perhaps. a few mods in art forum contacted me with no definitive answer. seems such artwork would be documented, a book or a website pertaining to nin art through the years. i'll know in time.

Hey anyone goin to these last two shows!! I am looking for two specific things, if anyone is willing to pick them up for me I will love you! I am looking for the echoplex hoodie and a nin tshirt, not venue specifc, and not the generic tour one (I already bought it at VFest). If anyone is interested, I will obviously send the money via paypal. But I am not sure if they are still selling this merch anymore. If you are willing to do this for me please PM

Anyone know if they're selling buttons at the shows?

I saw one douchebag buy like 10 echoplex and Im sure he wasnt the only one! I was about 3 people away when they ran out

Ok with the deck shuffle of the last 3 shows, I know lots of folks are scrambling to even be able to get to the 3 shows in LA that got affected by the shuffle.. and probably not thinking of memorabilia at this point. But here is one last favor to ask if I may.

Trying to get nice pictures of ALL of the Venue Specific shirts. Tried to pull some off of Ebay, but they are looking pretty half-assed. If anyone can get a nice straight picture of their venue specific shirt for me I'd be grateful.

Trying to get:
1. A nice FULL FRONT picture of the shirt with the NIN logo
2. And a CLOSE-UP of the back text of the Date and Venue Information.

I scanned my 8-29-09 shirt, but it was kind of a pain. If anyone goes to that much trouble, I'd have more thanks for them then I could say in words. I'd like to get a nice gallery of all the shirts from each night to go in a special section on the NIN Historian site.

Also apparently their is a venue specific pin for the Palladium show, need a nice scan of this and any other venues that offer them. I did not see these for offer in Chicago.

I am also looking for Ticket Scans, Wristband Scans and Pin Scans from these Venues if they were sold.

I currently need:
8/26/09 Terminal 5 Ticket Scan
8/25/09 Terminal 5 Wristband Scan
9/6/09 Echoplex Both
9/8/09 Henry Fonda Both (when they take place)
9/10/09 Wiltern Both (when they take place)

Seeking High Quality SCANS of your "Wave Goodbye" Tickets and Wristbands. Pictures tend not to be nice and flat for posting to the web, but if you are able to send SCANS I will blank out your name if desired on your ticket and give you credit on the site for your effort:

What I'm seeking their is an Example is here: [www.theninhotline.net]

Always looking for the same High Quality Scans of ANY ticket, or Pass you may have for documentation purposes if their isn't one on the site.

Email scans to nin.historian@gmail.com
Thanks!

thebends9 posted:

sickboy1334 posted:

I saw one douchebag buy like 10 echoplex and Im sure he wasnt the only one! I was about 3 people away when they ran out

enter said douchebag...

This is really disheartening to hear. I'm all for trying to capitalize on opportunity.. but this is different. Real fans who clawed their way to even get tickets to any of these shows and just want to grab one of these shirts- get the shaft. I guess I consider myself getting my ONE Aragon Ballroom shirt for myself and One for a fan overseas damn lucky. I had no idea how bad this would become- scalping show shirts.. its just low!

I know there's a picture of the guy with the design shaved into his head that bought 30 some odd shirts. Can you post this pic so we can make sure he doesn't get any from the future shows?

if the shirts will be available, they should only be available with confirmation of attendance. and a limit of 2 is entirely fair.

substandard posted:

if the shirts will be available, they should only be available with confirmation of attendance. and a limit of 2 is entirely fair.

are you referring to online sales or at the venue. if you mean at the venue, i agree that might be good (i just don't think that the vendor should be blamed for not having that). i wonder if not starting merchandise sale until after the show ends (or somewhere in the middle of the show) would work. it's the situation i'd be most happy with as a consumer, and it should make things easier for the vendor, too, right? maybe there are some issues with having to close the venues, though . . .

but if online, why the need for a limit? it seems like that would just make the items artificially rare, which i think is the whole problem in the first place. the value of the shirts should be sentimental value (and construction quality), imho.

dryerase posted:

Are there venue specific posters for the LA shows, or have they just been selling the one LA tour poster that lists all four venues/opening bands?

There were only two posters at the Palladium show: the one that says "Los Angeles" with the four venues (and the misspelling of the Henry Fonda Theater venue name) and the one that lists the NY, Chicago, and L.A. venues.

The merchandise line was so enormous at the Palladium that I at first balked at getting in it. Then I saw someone wearing the Palladium-specific shirt and thought that was cool so I got in the line to get it. By the time I was in the line that shirt was already gone so I ended up getting the one with the NY, Chicago, and L.A. dates on it (called the "tour tee" ). It wasn't until I got home that I realized the dates on the back were all wrong.

By the time the show was over all the posters had been sold-out.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/07/2009 05:13PM by ian22.

Would someone explain to me why it's apparently morally-reprehensible to purchase "counterfeit" tour shirts outside the venue?

I personally find it morally-reprehensible that the authorized "official" tour t-shirt costs $30 to $35, they know there's a printing error with one of them (wrong dates) but continue to sell the error shirts anyway without informing the customer about it (I realized when I got home from the Palladium show that the dates are wrong and then learned in these forums that the error was discovered in Chicago!), and the shirts themselves aren't even that great of quality. For a $30 t-shirt I'd expect it to be quality sweat-shop-free American Apparel where the laborers who made the shirt are fairly compensated, not the "Tultex" made-in-Pakistan crap (Pakistan? Really? The state sponsor of the Taliban? The country where bin Laden is allegedly still being harbored? And these shirts were actually sold at the NYC shows? Why is there no uproar?) the NIN tour shirts are.

I thought Trent Reznor really cares about the oppressed and downtrodden. Why not ensure that the NIN-branded merchandise is the highest-quality possible for the price, not the cheapest cost so as to increase the profit margin?

I'm not even talking about the printing errors (the "Hendry Fonda Theater" on the poster and the wrong dates on the Tour Tee), I'm talking about the shirt quality.

When I go to the Wiltern this Thursday will I still be able to buy an error t-shirt and poster? Will the dates on the back of the Wiltern-specific shirts reflect the original date the show was supposed to happen or the rescheduled date? I'm sure they're already all printed.

ian22 posted:

Would someone explain to me why it's apparently morally-reprehensible to purchase "counterfeit" tour shirts outside the venue? . . .

same reason that sampling music is immoral: because people are sheep.

i was actually thinking that all of this encourages me to buy shirts from outside the venue. but i'm interested in these shirts because i like the design, which isn't the case with most bootleg shirts (or official shirts). in the end, i'll probably end up just changing my computer wallpaper for the next few days . . .

The main reason to buy official merchandise is so Nine Inch Nails gets the $$$ to allow Trent to keep making music, maintain the site, etc.