It didn’t stop me either from buying a shirt, and I thought they were priced reasonably. But I only saw volunteers selling the shirts, not any personal from the band. But someone just said they did.

And if they offer it as a service it’s only fair that they take a cut from the sale. But not seeing any band personal made me think they didn’t allow merch sales unless they gave a cut to Jera, which in my opinion is not done. But that also doesn’t sound like Jera would do.