atypical_boro
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Yeah, as much as the club might desire a clamour for the next consignment of stock and the demand curve to rise rapidly, they have to accept that people will use alternatives if they are available.
Stop buying fake football shirts
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clay
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The ex vat price of a kid's shirt is higher than an adult shirt?! Robbing bstards
Emmersons_BrazillianDong
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Absolutely. Robbing the shyte out of their fans. A real "Community Club"
Simply red
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£11 or £50 , people will go for what they fancy , can't knock anyone who goes for the cheaper version , it has the badge on and shows their alliegance.
And the maximum kids size "2YXS" fits what size child? The mini kit goes up to age 4. There are 4 kids sizes so 1 size per year means about 8 years old. At the most generous 2 years per size it's 12. The club are doing that to make parents buy adult size kits, at adult prices far sooner than they should be. That also means 12 year olds advertising gambling companies.
Norman_Conquest
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That is exactly what I was saying, they will be on a pittance.
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Acklam_Lad
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Yeah that’s about right on the sizes… my eldest is 10 and he has had the xs adults last season and a adults this season.
If they weren’t so stupidly expensive. Buying them for my little one. Season after season then people wouldn’t do it. There would be no demand for reasonably priced fake shirts, and no market for them. You may well be in a position to afford them. But many people aren’t as fortunate. I’ll leave it at that. It’s their decision if they choose to buy a fake shirt or not.
Quicksilvera
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I don’t think it will have much bearing on the clubs take from shirt sales, they do tend to all sell out.
Big_Nothing
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I've seen a fake shirt manufacturing factory here in Vietnam.
It isn't ran by traffickers or through slave labour.
The wages and conditions aren't great at all and that's a problem the country has to contend with generally but to say fake shirts are always tied to human traffickers and slave labour is incorrect.
I quite like my repro FIorentina kits. Unfortunately no boro shirts like!
It isn't ran by traffickers or through slave labour.
The wages and conditions aren't great at all and that's a problem the country has to contend with generally but to say fake shirts are always tied to human traffickers and slave labour is incorrect.
I quite like my repro FIorentina kits. Unfortunately no boro shirts like!
h_m_boro
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Bottom line is, the who replica shirt industry is a total fooking rip off.
If I bought a branded t-shirt for £50+ I expect good quality and for it to last me a few years. If bits start failing off within weeks and the quality is shoddy...... definitely won't buy that brand again.
But replica shirts are different. I wouldn't buy a Man City shirt if the Boro one is inferior quality. You are stuck with what your club churns out. End of. Nearly.......
The people who bang the knock offs out will still be making a profit, but the £52 a pop shirts? Markup will be eye watering. Do fans really care about the material being able to repel sweat at 100 Deg?
So, once again, it's the football fans getting rinsed, but a lot of fans are tired of it. Hence the growing market in good quality knock offs.
Kids are getting proper away shirts for Xmas from Nana and Granda (home shirt sold out) but looking at getting them DHG home ones. Let's see what they are like
If I bought a branded t-shirt for £50+ I expect good quality and for it to last me a few years. If bits start failing off within weeks and the quality is shoddy...... definitely won't buy that brand again.
But replica shirts are different. I wouldn't buy a Man City shirt if the Boro one is inferior quality. You are stuck with what your club churns out. End of. Nearly.......
The people who bang the knock offs out will still be making a profit, but the £52 a pop shirts? Markup will be eye watering. Do fans really care about the material being able to repel sweat at 100 Deg?
So, once again, it's the football fans getting rinsed, but a lot of fans are tired of it. Hence the growing market in good quality knock offs.
Kids are getting proper away shirts for Xmas from Nana and Granda (home shirt sold out) but looking at getting them DHG home ones. Let's see what they are like
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Sergio
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The mark up in the club shop is an absolute rip off. For an awful hoody they're wanting £70 because of the badge. It was proven last year year when an exact same coat was £31 on Errea website but was £90 with the badge on. That is a complete rip off!
I bought the real home shirt and the quality is shocking. I have a collection of Football shirts so will be buying the real away one too but my son isnt even two years old yet and its £44 for a mini kit and not sure how much the printing costs or £13 for full kit with printing. You do the math.
The club are robbing the fans not the other way around. Its only a matter of time before they jump on the 'stadium' version shirts like the bigger clubs do and try charge £80/90.
Also as said on other posts, do you really think Nike and Adidas adhere to slave labour/workers rights in the Far East and India etc? Not a chance. Two wrongs dont make a right but it wouldnt surprise me if they're all being made in the same place but the fakes are seconds or have less QA.
I bought the real home shirt and the quality is shocking. I have a collection of Football shirts so will be buying the real away one too but my son isnt even two years old yet and its £44 for a mini kit and not sure how much the printing costs or £13 for full kit with printing. You do the math.
The club are robbing the fans not the other way around. Its only a matter of time before they jump on the 'stadium' version shirts like the bigger clubs do and try charge £80/90.
Also as said on other posts, do you really think Nike and Adidas adhere to slave labour/workers rights in the Far East and India etc? Not a chance. Two wrongs dont make a right but it wouldnt surprise me if they're all being made in the same place but the fakes are seconds or have less QA.
GibbosEmpire
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Where do Boro shirts get manufactured?
Juninhoburger
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Romania and Italy
Juninhoburger
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Fair points everyone, not everyone can afford the official replicas - I get that. I suppose supporters buying the fake shirts won't force the club into reducing prices at the end of the day.
But the argument about the fakes being the same quality and from the same production line is absolutely b***ks, at least in the case of Boro's shirts. Errea produce our shirts at their factory in Romania, whereas the DHG et. al knockoffs are produced in China (possibly also Vietnam.)
When I was a kid, fake football shirts were something you could only buy from a street vendor abroad, and they were hilariously fake - wrong colours, made up sponsors etc, and fake Boro shirts simply weren't a thing. I always got my shirt from the club shop along with everyone else.
Retro reproductions of shirts no longer being manufactured is totally different and I have no issue with that whatsoever - but counterfeit versions of current shirts just doesn't sit right with me, and never will. Probably because i've gone through life going without that which I cannot afford, and my kids will do the same. The last kits my children had were from 2 seasons ago and they still wear them occasionally, but they understand we can't afford to buy them the new kit every season.
But the argument about the fakes being the same quality and from the same production line is absolutely b***ks, at least in the case of Boro's shirts. Errea produce our shirts at their factory in Romania, whereas the DHG et. al knockoffs are produced in China (possibly also Vietnam.)
When I was a kid, fake football shirts were something you could only buy from a street vendor abroad, and they were hilariously fake - wrong colours, made up sponsors etc, and fake Boro shirts simply weren't a thing. I always got my shirt from the club shop along with everyone else.
Retro reproductions of shirts no longer being manufactured is totally different and I have no issue with that whatsoever - but counterfeit versions of current shirts just doesn't sit right with me, and never will. Probably because i've gone through life going without that which I cannot afford, and my kids will do the same. The last kits my children had were from 2 seasons ago and they still wear them occasionally, but they understand we can't afford to buy them the new kit every season.
Alwaysaborolad
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And where do you think the real ones are made? most sports brands, Nike, Adidas, Puma etc are all made in sweatshops in the far east.
The_Unicorn
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Never had a problem with the ones from Jack Hatfields, well made and reasonable price.
agibbo
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I was going to buy a fake but was worried about the quality of them.
I decided to jump on skyscanner and see when the next flight to China was so i could go over to DH Gate warehouse to check them out before buying.
To my surprise there was a flight from our very own Teesside Airport that morning, off i went.
Arrived at DH Gate and got chatting to a lovely fella called Whan King, he gave me a tour and i very much liked what i saw, so i bought the Boro home and away tops. Jumped on my flight home and arrived back in time for me parmo for tea.
The whole trip and purchases cost me £12 less than it would have done to buy off MFC direct.
#bargainhunter #therealdaviddickinson
I decided to jump on skyscanner and see when the next flight to China was so i could go over to DH Gate warehouse to check them out before buying.
To my surprise there was a flight from our very own Teesside Airport that morning, off i went.
Arrived at DH Gate and got chatting to a lovely fella called Whan King, he gave me a tour and i very much liked what i saw, so i bought the Boro home and away tops. Jumped on my flight home and arrived back in time for me parmo for tea.
The whole trip and purchases cost me £12 less than it would have done to buy off MFC direct.
#bargainhunter #therealdaviddickinson