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Hey I'm gonna be new to the Roo this year. The past two years I've gone to Rothbury but we all know what happened up there. Last year at Bury me and my girlfriend made shirts that we sold in the campgrounds. We were hoping to do the same this year for Roo. I wanted to know how strict security is with things of that nature. Let me know if either you saw people selling them or you yourself were, any info will help.
I wouldn't get caught they are pretty strict about it, and if you have quantity they will cut your wrist band and kick you out. That being said I buy some every year, and there is no shortage of people doing it. Personally I would wait until Sunday when order starts breaking down, and people want a souvenir to take home.
Post by questionablesanity on Feb 8, 2010 15:09:01 GMT -5
just be careful. If you've got a good design/colors, people will snatch them up quick. If I were doing it, I'd take exit 127 and sell them on the long line in. It's all backroads so you don't have to worry about cops. Peeps did it last year. I would have bought one but I didn't like the colors.
Like Jess said, I'd wait to sell them til Sunday if you're selling in the campgrounds. I guess it really just depends on what kind of quanitity you are talking. What did your Roth shirts look like? Did you make much money? Im always interested to see if something like that is even worth the hassle.
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We ended up paying $2.48 a shirt and sold them for $15 a pop. I only sold 25 and was able to pay for all my food, drink, and other "treats" that i bought while at the fest. I thought it was definitely worth it. I would go out each day when i woke up for about an hour it was straight i was able to meet some pretty cool people.
Post by ☮ superbek ☮ on Feb 8, 2010 17:46:35 GMT -5
Last year we were camped along the tree line and the guys from NY (postal workers) just snuck in through the woods and they said they had come down to sell shirts at EVERY roo. They asked if they could keep the bulk of their product at our fort and we let them, naturally. They re-payed us with like 10 free shirts.
and oh yeah... apparently the ticks were really bad last year, poor fellas.
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i can't figure out how to upload the picture of them but it was two colors and it had a tree that said rothbury inside the branches then roots going into the ground with musical notes coming off the roots then we had the grateful dead skeleton dancing under the tree, on the back we had the lineup
My dad works for a merchandise company, and I can tell you that it's not just police you have to worry about. Any merch company that is contracted to sell at Bonnaroo has full authority to take any unauthorized merchandise you have. In the case of the company my dad works for, they have confiscated TONS of stuff at Nascar races, festivals, etc. and you really don't want to get caught. The people above are right - you will get kicked out. You could technically be cited too, but I don't think that would happen unless you were caught by police.
Just don't post up on a road somewhere, walk around the campsites with a backpack full of shirts and one held up in your hands to show the design.
Also don't wait until Sunday, most people are selling shirts for 5 bucks a pop on Sunday just to get rid of them.
This, just hold it up and say nothing unless someone comes to you. You should be able to tell is its someone sketchy. Just use some excuse like "i bought it and it was too small man"
I dont know how they do it, but every year i see the same cats walking around centeroo with big black duffel bags full of shirts and last year at del mccoury i even saw some guy that was rolling around a rack with shirts on it, staff was def onto him very quickly.
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Post by Mista Don't Play on Feb 13, 2010 22:24:53 GMT -5
Saw a few different guys come through my camping area all with the same shirts throughout the weekend. I was off in the James Bond area, don't know if its a little less strict since its separate from the other camping areas. They didn't seem to have anyone hassling them.
If you don't want to pay big bucks for the "official" shirts inside, and buy from the lot, make sure you give the shirt a good look down. I think it was 05, I bought a shirt and realised it didn't have all the artists on it and some were mispelled. As cliche as it is, you get what you pay for.
Post by jeffedelic on Feb 14, 2010 12:49:23 GMT -5
I always talk the guys walking around the What Stage down to about $10 for a shirt on friday. I get a good shirt with good colors for around 1/2 the price they start at if I act wholly interested but 100% stuck on a cheap price.
