bh_red Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 typical! some people trying to make a profit! hopefully this person will make a loss on them!http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LIMITED-EDITION-BLAC...1QQcmdZViewItemhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LIMITED-EDITION-BLAC...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipps Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 But it makes you wonder, apparently, it was only 1 per person, yet this seller appears to have 2.In fairness, it would make me laugh if the tool only sells them for 99p (as quoted at the moment), unless of course, he has obtained them from some sort of back handed way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Fair play to him.He's only trying to take advantage of a ridiculous situation caused by our clubs narrow-mindedness.If the club bothered to listen to fans or take note of comments, or at least read something in to the fans vote a couple of years back, they would realise this 3rd kit would be highly sought after and would order a sensible amount in all sizes.250 in adult sizes only? WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Fleuriot Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 None of my business bh_red, but does "bh" stand for "Big Hodge" by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avonmouth Docker Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Let's all put bids in of £25,000,000 per shirt just as the auction closes!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Let's all put bids in of £25,000,000 per shirt just as the auction closes!!. do it now, then noone else will bid and the owner will have to put the shirts back up.I find this most annoying as the shirts have allbut sold out and as usual genuine City fans have missed out because of greedy individuals.The club is fully to blame, another PR disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megansdad Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 what a crock ..............its two shirts not an avalanche and big deal if this chap makes a bit out of his entrepeneurship. Separate thread shows if there's enough demand club will try and get more if not those that are that keen can pay whatever the auction price ends up and get one. would much prefer it this way than the club overstocking and losing £'s- then there would be something to moan about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lambley Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 As an exile , cant say it bothers me, gives me a chance to get one if bidding goes silly then fair do'si'll not be mugged i'll just wait and hope more are released.pretty sure more will be released anyway, i got the impression there getting alot of calls from exiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy g Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I'm agreeing with Megans dad here.In fact I'd go as far as saying its a good PR move for the club. They've generated a lot of interest in a third-choice kit (if it hadnt been 'limited edition' would we really be so interested in it ?) and made a lot of money very fast. And once the excitement has died down they'll then bang out a few more for the people who didnt get one. Everyones happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Fair play to him.He's only trying to take advantage of a ridiculous situation caused by our clubs narrow-mindedness.If the club bothered to listen to fans or take note of comments, or at least read something in to the fans vote a couple of years back, they would realise this 3rd kit would be highly sought after and would order a sensible amount in all sizes.250 in adult sizes only? WTF?hold on! so your hammering the club because the bought bought a small amount of shirts that they didn't know if would popular or not, because they didn't want to get stuck with an un-wanted amount of sihrts they would have to make a loss on, sounds more likely sensible planning to me!still......the club are damned if they do damned if they don't! whatever happens someone will have a moan!None of my business bh_red, but does "bh" stand for "Big Hodge" by any chance? nope? it stands for Barton Hill, when I first joined the old forum years and years ago I was living there and haven't bothered changing it even though I have long since moved/escaped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickD Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 cunning way to promote your auction bh_red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmeanie Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Fair play to the club, I think it's a good idea. making them limited edition now, so they are sought after... Then probably making a shed load available near the end of the season when shirt sales are dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 A limited edition, and this is how they have been advertised on numerous occasions, cannot be repeated, otherwise they suddenly become non limited edition. There is actually a Law against such practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lambley Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 but surely if some kind of tag or badging is on the shirt to make it different to the previous 250then there not the same shirt, thus law not being broke.I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 So how did this bloke get hold of two shirts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dave Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Scam Ebay Auctions......can't stand em.Private bidders listing.....you can't check the feedback of other bidders to make sure its not the seller adding new id's and bidding himself.Postage only even though its most likely to be a local purchase. You are not supposed to charge more than your postage costs so why should it matter if someone wants to collect. Wants to avoid identification I assume.Even keeps his feedback private. Avoid the auction. Wait for the next lot of shirts to come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 but surely if some kind of tag or badging is on the shirt to make it different to the previous 250then there not the same shirt, thus law not being broke.I think But then it is not a true replica of our third strip is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lambley Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Simple buy one for me and get a couple of mates who arn't City supporters to buy one each , then i would simply buy it off them.I thought it was a bit daft when they said one per person, bit hard to enforceYeah fair point cheshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 So how did this bloke get hold of two shirts?Took someone else with them?If you are reading this then in my humble opinion you are a disgrace, apparently genuine fans took the time and trouble to go to the shop yesterday and couldn't get either of those sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lambley Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 i felt sorry for the Genuine Fans who don't live in bristol, such as , er , ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Surely this is a way the "genuine fans" will be able to actually obtain a shirt. I would say that this person is doing a great service to those "genuine fans" by making this shirt available to the masses. And I would strongly doubt that he would make much money on the shirts, probably not a lot more than City would charge for a shirt.Personally I think that we as "genuine fans" should all throw our toys out of the pram at every opportunity even when decisions are made in the best interests of the club. Lansdown out, this is the final straw. Down with Capitalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 of course this guy did itout of the kindness of his heart and doesn't want to make a penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 i felt sorry for the Genuine Fans who don't live in bristol, such as , er , ME PM me or one of the ST board members and we will get you on the list that the club have said we can compile, all we need is your name phone number and size you require, I would like to confirm that this is a list that will be accepted by the shop with regards to ordering more shirts. http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=63848 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Scam Ebay Auctions......can't stand em.Private bidders listing.....you can't check the feedback of other bidders to make sure its not the seller adding new id's and bidding himself.Postage only even though its most likely to be a local purchase. You are not supposed to charge more than your postage costs so why should it matter if someone wants to collect. Wants to avoid identification I assume.Even keeps his feedback private. Avoid the auction. Wait for the next lot of shirts to come in.I'm not saying this is a scam but I'm not convinced by the photo of the shirt shown. He has other items that he has photographed so why not these 2 shirts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 hold on! so your hammering the club because the bought bought a small amount of shirts that they didn't know if would popular or not, because they didn't want to get stuck with an un-wanted amount of sihrts they would have to make a loss on, sounds more likely sensible planning to me!still......the club are damned if they do damned if they don't! whatever happens someone will have a moan!The well known OTIB some fans will moan about anything response. Predictable if nothing else.So you tell me. What colour shirt did the fans want two season ago? How much interest has their been in this shirt expressed on here?It was fairly obvious to anybody with an ounce of sense that this was a sought after item and that a measly 250 shirts; adults only at that would never satisfy demand.Is it the fan's fault that the club didn't pick up on that?Moaning for moanings sake. Get off the OTIB bandwagon; it's getting boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCfan Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 the black shirts were obviously a test run. The away shirts were either going to be black or what was chosen in this case, the white ones.sell what the test ones to make a few quid, if enough interest, have some more made up. Better than leaving 250 shirts gathering dust in a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 the black shirts were obviously a test run. The away shirts were either going to be black or what was chosen in this case, the white ones.sell what the test ones to make a few quid, if enough interest, have some more made up. Better than leaving 250 shirts gathering dust in a corner.I think it was just a case of testing the water, problem is this season we have released possibly the best 2 looking non-home kits that I can think of for......well ages! I can't remember the last time there was an away kit that was so well received by fans and then they go and stick in the lush looking 3rd kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 The well known OTIB some fans will moan about anything response. Predictable if nothing else.So you tell me. What colour shirt did the fans want two season ago? How much interest has their been in this shirt expressed on here?It was fairly obvious to anybody with an ounce of sense that this was a sought after item and that a measly 250 shirts; adults only at that would never satisfy demand.Is it the fan's fault that the club didn't pick up on that?Moaning for moanings sake. Get off the OTIB bandwagon; it's getting boring.Maybe there was an initial decision for a run of 250 shirts to be made a long time ago. Given the fact that in the past shirts have not sold that well why should City take the risk and make a huge amount. For example the limited edition shirt with all the names on it, which didn't sell out very easily. The gold LDV final shirts didn't sell out.It probably takes a lot of time to set up a batch production of shirts, and the time between the order being made, the release of details and the response and demand from fans City will be able to assess whether it is worth their while making it available again and doing a second production run.Taking all that into consideration I stand by my stance and have decided that the only possable explanation is that the board are out to get genuine fans and they should be sacked at the first opportunity and thank god for the supporters trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 What have the supporters Trust got to do with it, all they've done is be reactive rather than proactive. You can contact the shop and give your details why does the ST need to get involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Maybe there was an initial decision for a run of 250 shirts to be made a long time ago. Given the fact that in the past shirts have not sold that well why should City take the risk and make a huge amount. For example the limited edition shirt with all the names on it, which didn't sell out very easily. The gold LDV final shirts didn't sell out.It probably takes a lot of time to set up a batch production of shirts, and the time between the order being made, the release of details and the response and demand from fans City will be able to assess whether it is worth their while making it available again and doing a second production run.Taking all that into consideration I stand by my stance and have decided that the only possable explanation is that the board are out to get genuine fans and they should be sacked at the first opportunity and thank god for the supporters trust.I'm sure it does take a lot of time to set everything up. But, it was obvious from the offset that this shirt would be popular and the upshot is that 2 out of 250 shirts (at least) are now on e-bay and will probably be bought for more than the going rate. This was an obvious consequnce of short-sightedness.I firmly believe that by close of play Saturday, 750 to 1,000 shirts would be sold. There may not even ever be more than 250 made available; that's a big money loss, unless the fans in question buy a different shirt. I won't be; I only want the black one.As for your last paragraph; bizarre. But, you are allowed your opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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