Counterfeit tops

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 30 seconds ago
Rocking up to Old Trafford in this:

https://metro.co.uk/2014/08/12/this-replica-manchester-united-shirt-is-easily-the-worst-thing-ever-4829466/
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comment by Hansaplast (U1250)
posted 58 minutes ago
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
D, club would expect to sell x amount of shirts and receive monies, if someone doesn’t but shirt but buys fake, the club doesn’t get the money.

And let’s say we’re talking about fans who could afford to buy a genuine shirt but choose not to.

I think they’re sc rewing the club that they claim to support and of course supporting criminal activity.
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You get maybe 10% of a Shirt sale because you already got money upfront from the manufacturer in a sponsor deal.

So before you go on a tangent, check the facts
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What facts are incorrect in this post?

comment by Oscar. 2020 Year of the Doom and Gloom. #TeamFury (U12980)
posted 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
The prices they cost now you’d have to be a mug to buy a proper one in the first place
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This

I can afford to buy a real shirt and have bought many for my lads in the recent past and before.

However my son, who lives in Bangkok decided to buy three fake shirts and send them over. One for me, one for his mum and one for his brother.

Apart from missing the sleeve badges they are perfect copies with the Adidas label, etc. The quality is awesome.

They weren’t bought in a dodgy market. They were bought in a shop in a mall for £7 each.

Shops in Turkey also sell brilliant replica gear. I bought an England shirt there for the last World Cup and still use it for the gym. £8. I wouldn’t pay £50+ for a shirt that I use for the gym.

‘They weren’t bought in a dodgy market. They were bought in a shop in a mall for £7 each’

Counterfeit is counterfeit, no matter where they’re bought from. As I said, these days it isn’t your Del Boys of this world selling knock off Trevor Francis tracksuits. This is big business, linked to very people and organisations that relish the fact that the people they’re targeting are the ones helping fund them.

They totally rely on our ‘what harm’s it doing really?’ attitude too perpetuate that too.

Sorry if that’s an uncomfortable thing to swallow, but the fact you say yourself how realistic the tops look, doesn’t that alone make you wonder what kind of organisation could afford to produce goods of that quality, other than the manufacturers of the real kits?

comment by Lexington 125.2 - Give Reiss A Chance (U8879)
posted 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
‘They weren’t bought in a dodgy market. They were bought in a shop in a mall for £7 each’

Counterfeit is counterfeit, no matter where they’re bought from. As I said, these days it isn’t your Del Boys of this world selling knock off Trevor Francis tracksuits. This is big business, linked to very people and organisations that relish the fact that the people they’re targeting are the ones helping fund them.

They totally rely on our ‘what harm’s it doing really?’ attitude too perpetuate that too.

Sorry if that’s an uncomfortable thing to swallow, but the fact you say yourself how realistic the tops look, doesn’t that alone make you wonder what kind of organisation could afford to produce goods of that quality, other than the manufacturers of the real kits?
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I find it really hard to understand how someone justifies this.

We all know that these are illegal items, all of us.

No wonder official merchandise is so pricey, to partly make up for loss of sales due to situations like this.

Not trying to justify official prices, but buying official shirt helps the club, buying fake ones helps a criminal.

comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 7 seconds ago
comment by Lexington 125.2 - Give Reiss A Chance (U8879)
posted 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
‘They weren’t bought in a dodgy market. They were bought in a shop in a mall for £7 each’

Counterfeit is counterfeit, no matter where they’re bought from. As I said, these days it isn’t your Del Boys of this world selling knock off Trevor Francis tracksuits. This is big business, linked to very people and organisations that relish the fact that the people they’re targeting are the ones helping fund them.

They totally rely on our ‘what harm’s it doing really?’ attitude too perpetuate that too.

Sorry if that’s an uncomfortable thing to swallow, but the fact you say yourself how realistic the tops look, doesn’t that alone make you wonder what kind of organisation could afford to produce goods of that quality, other than the manufacturers of the real kits?
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I find it really hard to understand how someone justifies this.

We all know that these are illegal items, all of us.

No wonder official merchandise is so pricey, to partly make up for loss of sales due to situations like this.

Not trying to justify official prices, but buying official shirt helps the club, buying fake ones helps a criminal.
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I assume you don’t illegal stream anything?

People can buy whatever they want, I certainly wouldn't pay £60 for a shirt under any circumstances

comment by MKspur ツ - The Fountain of Knowledge (U9129)
posted 1 day, 15 hours ago
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 7 seconds ago
comment by Lexington 125.2 - Give Reiss A Chance (U8879)
posted 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
‘They weren’t bought in a dodgy market. They were bought in a shop in a mall for £7 each’

Counterfeit is counterfeit, no matter where they’re bought from. As I said, these days it isn’t your Del Boys of this world selling knock off Trevor Francis tracksuits. This is big business, linked to very people and organisations that relish the fact that the people they’re targeting are the ones helping fund them.

They totally rely on our ‘what harm’s it doing really?’ attitude too perpetuate that too.

Sorry if that’s an uncomfortable thing to swallow, but the fact you say yourself how realistic the tops look, doesn’t that alone make you wonder what kind of organisation could afford to produce goods of that quality, other than the manufacturers of the real kits?
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I find it really hard to understand how someone justifies this.

We all know that these are illegal items, all of us.

No wonder official merchandise is so pricey, to partly make up for loss of sales due to situations like this.

Not trying to justify official prices, but buying official shirt helps the club, buying fake ones helps a criminal.
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I assume you don’t illegal stream anything?
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You are correct.

comment by Lexington 125.2 - Give Reiss A Chance (U8879)
posted 1 day, 23 hours ago
‘They weren’t bought in a dodgy market. They were bought in a shop in a mall for £7 each’

Counterfeit is counterfeit, no matter where they’re bought from. As I said, these days it isn’t your Del Boys of this world selling knock off Trevor Francis tracksuits. This is big business, linked to very people and organisations that relish the fact that the people they’re targeting are the ones helping fund them.

They totally rely on our ‘what harm’s it doing really?’ attitude too perpetuate that too.

Sorry if that’s an uncomfortable thing to swallow, but the fact you say yourself how realistic the tops look, doesn’t that alone make you wonder what kind of organisation could afford to produce goods of that quality, other than the manufacturers of the real kits?
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Not all counterfeit is linked to organised crime.

I’d rather buy a copy from a Main Street shop in Turkey than clothes from Primarni that were probably made by some kid in a sweat shop.

We have people working in horrible conditions in this country to supply cheap, throw away clothes. That’s criminal too but people still buy them.