Stop buying fake football shirts

The genuine manufacturers are often lacking in moral standards in terms of the type of labour and subcontractors they use, however fake clothing is as you suggest often run by traffickers, drug dealers etc etc. I wouldn't buy fake shirts but more and more people seem to be doing it as the price of the genuine ones increases.
 
wilkos_perm said:
The genuine manufacturers are often lacking in moral standards in terms of the type of labour and subcontractors they use, however fake clothing is as you suggest often run by traffickers, drug dealers etc etc. I wouldn't buy fake shirts but more and more people seem to be doing it as the price of the genuine ones increases.
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In fairness 'youth' football shirts have been c. £40 for as long as I can remember. People will always pay less for stuff if they can get away with it, just as companies will always charge more for stuff if they can get away with it.
 
On the fence with this one, I agree you should support the club but the value we get given is terrible. I bought 3 home kits and the quality is poor, and that's without the numerous defects I've seen online. Bit of a mickey take when you are forking out large sums of money, many people won't be local to the riverside to get them replaced easily. Not to mention the stock issues.
 
atypical_boro said:
In fairness 'youth' football shirts have been c. £40 for as long as I can remember. People will always pay less for stuff if they can get away with it, just as companies will always charge more for stuff if they can get away with it.
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Not these days. On holiday in Italy and my 13yo was looking for a kit. Milan, Napoli, Sampdoria even Verona kits were all in excess of 80euros just for the shirt. Needless to say he got told to do one!!! Can see why kids end up buying them but agree it isn't right
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
I'm not on the fence. The greedy feckers are fleecing the football fans. If you can get hold of a fake then go for it.

You're not robbing the club.
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Money from genuine replica shirts goes to the club.

Not sure how buying a fake instead isn't robbing the club.

Not to mention the whole moral aspect of it.

Just because you can't afford something (because you feel it is overpriced) doesn't mean it's right to steal it.
 
anth25 said:
Not these days. On holiday in Italy and my 13yo was looking for a kit. Milan, Napoli, Sampdoria even Verona kits were all in excess of 80euros just for the shirt. Needless to say he got told to do one!!! Can see why kids end up buying them but agree it isn't right
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Fair enough but that's in Italy. In this country they've always been around £40, the Boro kit is now £44. That said, I am not against people buying fakes rather than pay €80. There are worse things going on in the world than this.

Its like the argument against pirating movies because it 'hurts' production staff. If companies can afford to spend $100m on a single actor (ie Tom Cruise in Maverick), they can afford to pay the floor runner a fair salary as well. Blame them, not the public.
 
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Juninhoburger said:
Money from genuine replica shirts goes to the club.

Not sure how buying a fake instead isn't robbing the club.

Not to mention the whole moral aspect of it.

Just because you can't afford something doesn't mean it's right to steal it.
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I love a moral aspect when it comes to football clubs

Sometimes it is not about being able to afford it, it is about not willing to pay to be ripped off.
 
Juninhoburger said:
Money from genuine replica shirts goes to the club.

Not sure how buying a fake instead isn't robbing the club.

Not to mention the whole moral aspect of it.

Just because you can't afford something (because you feel it is overpriced) doesn't mean it's right to steal it.
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Its not stealing. The people selling it are breaking the law and its the authorities' job to stop them, the people buying it from a website are not.

Ever copy your mates' cassettes in the 80s and 90s? Its no different to that.
 
Juninhoburger said:
Money from genuine replica shirts goes to the club.

Not sure how buying a fake instead isn't robbing the club.

Not to mention the whole moral aspect of it.

Just because you can't afford something (because you feel it is overpriced) doesn't mean it's right to steal it.
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It's not robbing the club because the club didn't have any part in the manufacturing or sales process.
 
The price of replica shirts is outrageous. If they were a fair price then I think they would sell a lot more. what makes it worse is that we have got to the stage where each kit is changed every year.
Is the OP suggesting that Nike etc have ethical production rules?
 
Juninhoburger said:
Especially Boro ones.

You're hurting the club you supposedly love, and it's illegal.

(They're also mainly made using slave labour through human trafficking too, which is....y'know, bad)

/rant
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The only genuine kits I buy are the Boro ones. Buy at least another 10-15 kits a year from overseas markets. I have no problem with people buying fake boro kits though. I understand why they do it. The only reason I don't is that there is a slightly better chance the quality will be batter than the fakes.

The cost of kits is a rip off especially for kids who or going to use for actually playing in. They don't last. This post should be aimed at the club. "If you want people to buy Boro merchandise then improve the quality and stop ripping people off"
 
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