This is working out well so far. I can see a time when there's a Merch Lord at every major city, entrusted and willing to snag merch for the rest of us who are too far away to get any ourselves and willing to pay a tip for the favour. I'll nominate myself to cover the UK, although judging from past experience, the only stuff we see different at UK gigs are the silk screen posters. Who knows what the future holds though?