2'000 more CL shirts to arrive in February

[Jezzman]

Didn't know this before I read it on .tv, I though they weren't gonna get anymore...?

 

Apparently they're only available to buy in the shops in Liverpool...

 

 

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/kits/

[Guest Kev]

You are basically buying a top for double the price because it comes in a fancy box with a photocopied letter.

[jon_hall]

  Kev said:

You are basically buying a top for double the price because it comes in a fancy box with a photocopied letter.

 

You're waiting for the special Jester hat box?

[slapnuts]

aye its funny how they can get hold of more of them for £80 but not any more CL tops.

[Internationinteroperability]

The merchandise department of LFC really does stink!

[Maldini]

  Paranama said:

The merchandise department of LFC really does stink!

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[Guest Kev]

  Maldini said:

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

 

Come on, how many really want to pay £80 for a shirt, a lot begrudge paying £45 but we do.

[Maldini]

  Kev said:

Come on, how many really want to pay £80 for a shirt, a lot begrudge paying £45 but we do.

Not a chance of me paying it, but I've no doubt they'll sell them all (They'll probably all be bought as presents for people). People on here slate the club for not generating more revenue and now they're slagging the club for trying to generate more revenue.

[Guest Kev]

  Maldini said:

Not a chance of me paying it, but I've no doubt they'll sell them all (They'll probably all be bought as presents for people). People on here slate the club for not generating more revenue and now they're slagging the club for trying to generate more revenue.

 

Given the choice between 2,000 CL Shirts at £80 a pop or 4,000 CL shirts at £40 a pop. I know what I'd sanction.

[Maldini]

  Kev said:

Given the choice between 2,000 CL Shirts at £80 a pop or 4,000 CL shirts at £40 a pop. I know what I'd sanction.

The club have nothing to do with the CL shirt fiasco. Reebok won't make any more. From what I can gather the reason there are no more available is Reebok have to do a run of a certain amount to make it economically viable for them, they don't think they'll sell that amount of shirts and so will be left with a load of shirts and a huge loss. There is nothing Rick Parry or the club can do apart from hiring a crack squad of on-the-run Vietnam vets to force Reebok to do it.

 

Of course £80 for that is a rip-off, but I guarantee they'll all sell out (They'd probably sell 20,000 if they were made available) a fool and his money are soon parted, if people want to pay that then let them. I really can't understand people being pissed off about it, largely because they're the same people who've been criticising our merchandising dept. for an age.

[Guest Kev]

  Maldini said:

The club have nothing to do with the CL shirt fiasco. Reebok won't make any more. From what I can gather the reason there are no more available is Reebok have to do a run of a certain amount to make it economically viable for them, they don't think they'll sell that amount of shirts and so will be left with a load of shirts and a huge loss. There is nothing Rick Parry or the club can do apart from hiring a crack squad of on-the-run Vietnam vets to force Reebok to do it.

 

Of course £80 for that is a rip-off, but I guarantee they'll all sell out (They'd probably sell 20,000 if they were made available) a fool and his money are soon parted, if people want to pay that then let them. I really can't understand people being pissed off about it, largely because they're the same people who've been criticising our merchandising dept. for an age.

 

I will criticise this because £45 is a lot to pay for a shirt, but £80 is ridiculous regardless of how it is packaged. I agree they will sell out, but it's only rich fans that could afford it.

[Kite]

  Kev said:

Given the choice between 2,000 CL Shirts at £80 a pop or 4,000 CL shirts at £40 a pop. I know what I'd sanction.

Jesus Kev, what a crap grasp of economics! Does it cost the same to produce 4000 shirts as 2000? Of course 80 pounds is a horrible rip off but as Maldini very correctly says, this is exactly what people in the past have commented on, that the club does not exploit our Champ League success. But then when they do try generate cash/exploit the souvenir market etc, now there's complaints for that also. Who'd ever want to be a Parry in the midst of all that???

 

Just looking at that picture at the top though - they're not real champ league shirts? They have an extra liver bird in the middle?

Edited February 4, 2006 by Lenin

[Guest Murf]

Buy two, sell one on ebay, treble your investment.

[Guest Kev]

  Lenin said:

Jesus Kev, what a crap grasp of economics! Does it cost the same to produce 4000 shirts as 2000? Of course 80 pounds is a horrible rip off but as Maldini very correctly says, this is exactly what people in the past have commented on, that the club does not exploit our Champ League success. But then when they do try generate cash/exploit the souvenir market etc, now there's complaints for that also. Who'd ever want to be a Parry in the midst of all that???

 

Just looking at that picture at the top though - they're not real champ league shirts? They have an extra liver bird in the middle?

 

My point is that it's aimed at fans with more spendable income. What about the rest of us ?

[Guest roger]

Its just a shirt in a box. Just buy a mug or a hat if you dont want a shirt!

[Will]

  Kev said:

My point is that it's aimed at fans with more spendable income. What about the rest of us ?

 

Buy one of the many other LFC t-shirts or shirts....

[Guest Kev]

  Will said:

Buy one of the many other LFC t-shirts or shirts....

 

There are not CL tops though are they ?

[M4TTA]

  Lenin said:

Jesus Kev, what a crap grasp of economics! Does it cost the same to produce 4000 shirts as 2000? Of course 80 pounds is a horrible rip off but as Maldini very correctly says, this is exactly what people in the past have commented on, that the club does not exploit our Champ League success. But then when they do try generate cash/exploit the souvenir market etc, now there's complaints for that also. Who'd ever want to be a Parry in the midst of all that???

 

Just looking at that picture at the top though - they're not real champ league shirts? They have an extra liver bird in the middle?

 

althought thats a valid argument, the club would make even more money if they had the euro shirt promo still running.

How many people didn't get the euro shirt with the badge and number on the back that desperatley wanted one? imo, alot more people than the 2thousand that will buy the "special edition" version of our normal home shirt.

 

i agree with your argument but feel the club could and should have taken it to the extreme!

[Will]

  Kev said:

There are not CL tops though are they ?

 

No, but so what?

[Guest Kev]

  Will said:

No, but so what?

 

Well if you don't know why I'm not spending the rest of my life explaining it to you

Edited February 5, 2006 by Kev

[Internationinteroperability]

  Maldini said:

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

 

Moderation in all things.

 

Of course the extremely expensive gift boxes will be sold, but I don't think it's fair to people who haven't got that kind of money.

 

I won't compare a Liverpool CL shirt with everyday necessities but still, if a craved product wasn't available due to feck ups from the supplier but all of a sudden it became available at double price with some fancy wrapping, I bet you would feel scræwed too, don't you think?

 

It's cool that more shirts have become available but the price really isn't fair. I think it sends out a wrong signal to the fans who didn't get the chance to buy the shirt in the first place.

 

But no doubt, the extra shirts will be sold.