I was disgusted to find out that the cost of the Tour t-shirts (I assume these were the official ones) were £18.
It was bad enough that they were charching £40 for good seats , with no reduction for children. (and of course the obligatory £8 the NEC charge you to park, with nowhere else to park).

If I had gone with my wife and daughter to the show , there is no way I wouldve paid that for a childs t-shirt.

These merchandise people are now charging ridiculous prices , and its time the public started boycotting them en masse to force the prices back down.

T-shirts cost about £2 to produce. And how long will they fit younger children ... about 6 months max ??

Of course, you say, your not forced to buy one. Good argument. But it is usually a nice souvenir of the show, which your more likely to get your wear out of , rather than a £10 program, which you flick thru in 2 minutes, then stays in a draw for the rest of your life.

I just wanted to post this as a warning to other parents going to the shows to be prepared.

In the good old concert days you could buy loads of merchandise outside, which forced to prices down. Oh happy days.

Bottom line is they loved the show - but it just leaves a bitter taste. And I know , Wembley is even more of a rip-off.

When we came out of the NEC/LG on Monday night a guy was selling them for £5 each or 3 for £10. I'm not sure what he was charging when we walked past to go to the show but I'm sure it was a lot more than a fiver. The only money I spent was £10 on the program, I'm not paying out anymore than that.

Thanks Candy - that wouldve been my reaction as well.
guess they are preying on the market that is people who just buy inside the stadium. Especially when they have a 20 minute break to encourage them to do so.

Thanks.

Some good points especially about the programme. I didn't buy one, I'd read it and it'd just collect dust in a drawer somewhere. Maybe they're £10 because it's high quality, glossy paper ?

Either way I wish I had bought a mug!Were they £3?

I totally agree about the t-shirts/other merch, but the programme I thought was quite good value. Lots to read, great quality etc... while I only pay £3 at a football match for a programme with loads more content, when it comes to programmes etc I paid £15 for Take That, £10 for Boyzone & £10 for Kelly Clarkson. Take That's one was a high standard that matched the rest of the stuff on the tour but £15 was a bit much, and the BZ and KC ones were pretty much just a few pages of pictures. Kelly in particular disappointed me when I got it home and had a proper look at it!

Mine won't stay in a drawer, it'll be on my bookshelf, and since I went to the stage door afterwards it's got 7 sigs on it which balances the value out for me. But even unsigned I'd have been fine with paying a tenner.

But over £15 for a tshirt is too much for me.

I never bother with stuff like T shirts as I do think the prices are a bit of a rip off.

I always buy a programme though. As with RachVG mine also has a few signatures in it plus this year you also had the bag with it as well. It has some nice photos in it too and do think it's a nice momento of the tour.

Most programmes at gigs are £10, some £15. The DOI one is pretty good value with lots of glossy pages and a free tote bag.

The mugs were £5 as we have one. Another £4.50 profit margin ? At least it will get used though.

If the shows are sill on-going why dont you ask on here for somebody to get you one ? Im suprised they arent selling the merchandise via the website.