Unboxing: BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merch

So, last night, we took a cab over to Allegiant Stadium to check out the BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise Booth, knowing that there would be no line-up since everyone would be inside the stadium already for the Day 3 concert. We were right, of course, and got straight to the booth with no wait, but there was also little to no merch left. So we talked to one of the guys that worked at the booth and he said if we wanted to get our hands on any merch, especially any of the clothing, that we would have to come back tomorrow at 6:00AM at the latest, because there were already people lining up for tomorrow and it was only 9:00PM. He said that he's worked every day that the merch booth has been open and that there are literally hundreds of people that camp out overnight. I absolutely refused to camp out (we paid for 3 nights at our hotel, after all), but agreed with Ying to return at 6:00AM.

And when we got there at 6:00AM, this is what we were met with:

Line-up for BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise Booth — 6:00AM
Line-up for BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise Booth — 7:00AM
Line-up for BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise Booth — 7:30AM
Line-up for BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise Booth — 8:00AM
Line-up for BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise Booth — 9:00AM
Yes, hundreds and hundreds of people already in line waiting for merch.

We waited 5 hours. To be fair, the booth actually opened at 9:00AM, but we still waited until just past 11:00AM until it was our turn. And by then, 75% of the merch was already sold out. The guy we talked to last night was not kidding. So, after all of that, what did I end up getting?

BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — Black Photo Hoodie
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — Black Photo Hoodie (Detail)
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — Black Photo Hoodie (Back)
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — White Photo Sweatshirt
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — White Photo Sweatshirt (Detail)
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — White Photo S/S T-Shirt
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — White Photo S/S T-Shirt (Back)
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — Umbrella (Outer Box)
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — Umbrella (Pouch)
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — Umbrella (Open)
BTS Permission to Dance: On Stage Official Merchandise — Umbrella Photo Postcard
A hoodie, a sweatshirt, a T-shirt, and an umbrella. Okay, it's not that bad considering so much of the merch was already sold out, but none of these were actually my first choice items. They only had one style of black hoodie left (there were originally three) and there was only one size left (XL), so I was like, "I'LL TAKE IT! WHO CARES IF I LOOK LIKE A BAGGY HOBO?" And in my sleep-deprived, delirious desperation, I decided I liked white all of a sudden, too? And I don't even like merch with faces on them, but I ended up with three items with their faces on them? (Well, at least they're handsome.)

I can't even imagine all the hundreds and hundreds of people behind us who got there after 6:00AM. Did they even get anything? BigHit, how hard is it to produce more merch knowing that there are hundreds of thousands of people who want to buy it? This is just perpetuating the inflation of prices of their merch from unofficial third party sellers.