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The Crab said:
Bang on. I have no problem.paying for something if I know I'm getting quality. I'm not digging at us in particular because I have long thought football shirts in general are poor value
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Yes absolutely, it's not a Sheff Utd thing, it's all football shirts.

You're essentially paying £55 for <£5 worth of material and perpetuating sweat shop labour in the process.

derekacorah said:
Some of our fans make me wonder.....

Our season tickets are amongst the cheapest in the PL.

Our shirts are amongst the cheapest in the PL.

Still moaning.

It's times like this when I thank god that I'm not from Yorkshire.

Don't get me started on fake watches and fake designer clothes, if you can't afford them then don't try and pretend you can.
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Agree with you on the fakes; I personally wouldn't buy a fake watch or fake shirt, but I wouldn't buy a real one either unless it eased my concerns about quality and ethics.

It's not about being a tight yorkshireman either, at least not for me.
 

Cerberus Blade said:
www.thestar.co.uk

Sheffield United fans warned over fake Blades shirts as counterfeits flood the market following promotion to Premier League - club vow to protect brand against fakers

Sheffield United have vowed to continue to protect their brand against counterfeiters after a swell of fake Blades shirts flooded the market following promotion to the Premier League.
www.thestar.co.uk www.thestar.co.uk

Article in the Star saying the club are being inundated with counterfeit copies of the shirts and are going to clamp down on it.

They could start on this forum by identifying the kid who proudly told us all he'd lent someone his original Blades shirt whilst on holiday, for an hour, so they could copy it?

That "bright spark" has cost the club thousands, if not millions, in lost revenue. I do hope he won't mind when the club cancel his season ticket and give him a lifetime ban?
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Millions 🤣 we're Sheffield United not Real Madrid, at £55 quid a pop we'd have to sell 20,000 to make a single million, do you think there's 20,000 people queueing up to buy Blades shirts? And they'd have to be 20,000 fakes, btw.

I'm also in agreement with the above, £55 for a football top is scandalous. Especially when some are just £20 quid templates with a club badge sewn on and a sponsor ironed on. No wonder people are buying fakes and I say that as someone who's bought both home and away genuine,
 
snootyfenooty said:
I've got a selection of watches, some real , some fake, some pricey, some not so. Its a hobby of mine. I buy them because I want to. As I said early most people buy them for a laugh. Chill mate, nobody's going to die.
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I will never understand it, nothing to do with chilling out. I don't see the point in buying fake items.
 
metalblade said:
I done see why being a Premier League team makes them £10 more this season. Stop ripping the fans off and they don't buy snide shirts it is that simple.
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Agreed. And I reiterate - I say that as someone who has bought both genuine this season.
 
derekacorah said:
I will never understand it, nothing to do with chilling out. I don't see the point in buying fake items.
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If your intention is to 'show your colours' for the 1 season that the shirt is 'current' then financially a fake shirt makes perfect sense, in that it costs about 1/4 of the real thing and will last you a year before falling apart. In all likelihood, anyone buying a fake is unlikley to have bought an authentic shirt anyway, I suspect this has cost the club somewhere around the square root of fuck all.
 
RedandWhite said:
£55 for a t-shirt is nothing really if you're against paying that as well as helping out your club something is wrong.
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£55 for a t shirt is nothing really? Christ, do me a favour.
I like quality stuff so I'm used to paying it. But try telling my grandad, our lasses dad, grandad, even my mother that. I get my head ripped off when I tell them how much some of the stuff I wear is but I certainly wouldn't consider it 'nothing really' - I know it's a lot.

You can buy an outfit in Primark for £20 quid
 
Kanye said:
Yes absolutely, it's not a Sheff Utd thing, it's all football shirts.

You're essentially paying £55 for <£5 worth of material and perpetuating sweat shop labour in the process.



Agree with you on the fakes; I personally wouldn't buy a fake watch or fake shirt, but I wouldn't buy a real one either unless it eased my concerns about quality and ethics.

It's not about being a tight yorkshireman either, at least not for me.
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The only Blades shirt I own is the L1 promotion shirt as it was bought as a joke for my birthday as I said I don't wear football shirts. I wear it for running and training in.

I buy them for my kids and accept that I am paying the market price for them.

I remember as about a 5 year old my uncle buying me a fake Man Utd shirt from somewhere like Thoresby market with a stitched on badge, pointless as I couldn't stand Man Utd.

Watches, fair enough if you collect watches, so do I. I wouldn't even consider a fake one though no matter how "good" a copy it is.
 
Blade for Sale said:
If your intention is to 'show your colours' for the 1 season that the shirt is 'current' then financially a fake shirt makes perfect sense, in that it costs about 1/4 of the real thing and will last you a year before falling apart. In all likelihood, anyone buying a fake is unlikley to have bought an authentic shirt anyway, I suspect this has cost the club somewhere around the square root of fuck all.
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Club colours from prior seasons are available on the club shop at not much more than the fakes that people buy. If it's a case of buying club colours I'd suggest people go there.

Or you can always buy a shirt and keep for 2 or 3 years, then it works out at the same price as a fake each year. As an adult no one is going to turn around and go "you've got last seasons shirt on pal" are they?!
 
Akinbiyi said:
Millions 🤣 we're Sheffield United not Real Madrid, at £55 quid a pop we'd have to sell 20,000 to make a single million, do you think there's 20,000 people queueing up to buy Blades shirts? And they'd have to be 20,000 fakes, btw.

I'm also in agreement with the above, £55 for a football top is scandalous. Especially when some are just £20 quid templates with a club badge sewn on and a sponsor ironed on. No wonder people are buying fakes and I say that as someone who's bought both home and away genuine,
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Adidas will be making the majority of the money from the shirts we sell, the club will get a rather small percentage of the sales price.
 

Neuschwanstein said:
I buy a shirt every season, I dont get to many games and saw it as a way of contributing financially to the club. This club I have have followed since childhood.
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Yeah I buy one every season, take it with me when I travel abroad and try and get a photo in it, just to send to Mrs G and the kids for a laugh.

Shivering in winter in Montreal in a Blades shirt, you can't beat it..........
 
I was in the shop when the white away kit limited edition was released, the season before last I think. Having seen the quality of it and I think it was £70??? I decided not to bother. There was another blade looking though and he was buying 2 of them so I lent him my ST for the discount.
 
Cerberus Blade said:
www.thestar.co.uk

Sheffield United fans warned over fake Blades shirts as counterfeits flood the market following promotion to Premier League - club vow to protect brand against fakers

Sheffield United have vowed to continue to protect their brand against counterfeiters after a swell of fake Blades shirts flooded the market following promotion to the Premier League.
www.thestar.co.uk www.thestar.co.uk

Article in the Star saying the club are being inundated with counterfeit copies of the shirts and are going to clamp down on it.

They could start on this forum by identifying the kid who proudly told us all he'd lent someone his original Blades shirt whilst on holiday, for an hour, so they could copy it?

That "bright spark" has cost the club thousands, if not millions, in lost revenue. I do hope he won't mind when the club cancel his season ticket and give him a lifetime ban?
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Ive not got a season ticket pal. Quick and easy money and the club wont really have lost much, charging £55 for a shirt takes the piss.
 
As you'd imagine, the Carrier Bag Firm are enormous fans of Fake Shirts. Indeed Fake Anything, so long as it relates to Sheffield United FC.
Partly, it's the thrill of the chase. "I've heard there's some from The Philippines with the logos on the wrong sleeves, do you know how I can get one Phil?"
Partly, it's one upmanship. "I saw a shop in Dubai with five on sale, v neck collar instead of round, I bought all five so that no one else will have one"
But, mainly it's just Completist Elitist - it exists, I've got to have it. Honestly, where's the fun in ordering one on line from the official shop and Yodel delivering it? You've got to live a little.....
 
Ball_Sup (Phil) said:
As you'd imagine, the Carrier Bag Firm are enormous fans of Fake Shirts. Indeed Fake Anything, so long as it relates to Sheffield United FC.
Partly, it's the thrill of the chase. "I've heard there's some from The Philippines with the logos on the wrong sleeves, do you know how I can get one Phil?"
Partly, it's one upmanship. "I saw a shop in Dubai with five on sale, v neck collar instead of round, I bought all five so that no one else will have one"
But, mainly it's just Completist Elitist - it exists, I've got to have it. Honestly, where's the fun in ordering one on line from the official shop and Yodel delivering it? You've got to live a little.....
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The real thrill Is wondering if customs will snag it before it reaches your door step. None of that excitement from sufcdirect.
 
Ball_Sup (Phil) said:
As you'd imagine, the Carrier Bag Firm are enormous fans of Fake Shirts. Indeed Fake Anything, so long as it relates to Sheffield United FC.
Partly, it's the thrill of the chase. "I've heard there's some from The Philippines with the logos on the wrong sleeves, do you know how I can get one Phil?"
Partly, it's one upmanship. "I saw a shop in Dubai with five on sale, v neck collar instead of round, I bought all five so that no one else will have one"
But, mainly it's just Completist Elitist - it exists, I've got to have it. Honestly, where's the fun in ordering one on line from the official shop and Yodel delivering it? You've got to live a little.....
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I've got a batch of fake Tesco carrier bags. Talk to me!
 
derekacorah said:
The only Blades shirt I own is the L1 promotion shirt as it was bought as a joke for my birthday as I said I don't wear football shirts. I wear it for running and training in.

I buy them for my kids and accept that I am paying the market price for them.

I remember as about a 5 year old my uncle buying me a fake Man Utd shirt from somewhere like Thoresby market with a stitched on badge, pointless as I couldn't stand Man Utd.

Watches, fair enough if you collect watches, so do I. I wouldn't even consider a fake one though no matter how "good" a copy it is.
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I have had a great "fake" back in the 80's

Back in the early 80's, my brother and sister in law went to Thailand for three weeks. While they were there, they were looking for gifts to bring back, and rather than bring me a "Welcome to Thailand" set of drink mats (or whatever people buy other people as souvenirs), they bought me a "Boss" polo shirt. Now at the time, my sis in law, who was foreign, had never heard of Hugo Boss, and thought that "Boss" meant, well, "The Boss"!, so she thought that would be a funny gift for me, it cost about 1.50.

The material quality was fantastic and it lasted years without fading or any other issue, lasted much longer than my more expensive stuff.

When I first went to China in the 90's, on business (Beijing), the blokes I was meeting met me for lunch in an area they called "Silk Street", in other words, the garment district.

They explained while I was there, that when a company (they used "Timberland" as the example) uses a Chinese factory to make, say 500 jackets, or 800 shirts, or whatever, the factory give them a quote which is fairly accurate. Once the order is accepted, the factory guys re-lay the pattern onto the fabric again, and by being clever, can squeeze an extra 20-30 jackets or shirts out of the same roll of material.

That was what was being sold in the shops in "Silk Street", you could have the designer label sowed in or not , it was a bit cheaper without the label, but to all intents and purposes, this was the same you would pay a ton for in the west, but for a fraction of the price. I didn't buy anything but it was dirt cheap.

I even saw counterfeit Nintendo systems in Chinese department stores, called "Dendi" or something like that, with pictures of Jackie Chan holding one!

Best thing I ever saw, and kick myself for not buying one, was a counterfeit Fender Strat in China, it looked and played every bit as good as an original (it can't have been original at the price is was for sale at). A few years later I was working in Moscow (long story) and met the Russian equivalent of Eric Clapton, who had appeared on Live Aid in Russia, and was a great guitarist. A few of us were at his house, drinking Vodka, and someone mentioned I played guitar (badly!), and he started playing a Strat and handed it to me, while he grabbed another one, just playing blues riffs.

We swapped guitars back and forth and he asked me which one I preferred and (yep, you guessed it) the one that was best (and he agreed) was a Chinese fake, while the other one was a real Fender that Fender had sent him. Incredible really.
 
I have never bought a fake replica shirt and never will but I'd hardly make as sweeping a statement as The Star have made by saying counterfiet shirts are killing the club.

How many people walking around in these fake shirts would you honestly say would have otherwise bought a real one? I'd wager not that many. Fake shirts will have taken some income away from the club (which is why I dont condone it in any way) but not everyone who buys these things would have directly bought a shirt so it isnt as simple as saying "x amount of shirts are fake therefore the club has lost x times 55 pounds".

Just to be clear though, ANY income taken away from my club is still income taken away from my club so they can still fuck off.
 
I should coco said:
XXXXXL ?

#funnybants
#don'thitme
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Ha ha you cheeky git!

If ever anyone is lucky enough to visit certain parts of Asia (Taiwan and Thailand as examples) and you don't mind driving a hard bargain, you can get dress shirts made to measure for buttons. There was a Shirt shop next door to the Hyatt Hotel in Taipei, ( a few years back) that did made to measure shirts for $17 dollars a go (about 14 quid at the time), and the one I got made in Thailand (to test the quality and workmanship) was Egyptian cotton (the worlds best) and made to fit at a round one centimetre away from your skin, perfect.

If you have the chance to buy those, why buy a fake shirt when you get your own custom made one, for less than 20 quid?
 

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