GAZF
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I usually prefer it lined up unless the stripe is complicated.Yes, but what do you prefer? Or you have no real preference?
I usually prefer it lined up unless the stripe is complicated.Yes, but what do you prefer? Or you have no real preference?
Mine are spot on,The sublimation isn't as good. It's not the same factory.
Some are counterfeit, but gotta be same factory.
I’ve been told they are basically “unlicensed”.
We know they cost $10 to make, to be officially licenced when they cross our border costs around $100.
We are simply getting in before the middle man
Best thing about Cash Converters is they arent precious about their brands and are happy to change the colour to suit the jersey. Wish others were the same!
I got a Raiders one off DH Gate to see what the quality is like. From a distance they look OK but up close there's a huge difference between an authentic and a $20 rip off, so they're definitely not from the same factory.
I don't mind if people buy them for $20/30 from China because you know that it's not authentic but my beef is people who get them from China then flog them off on eBay/Gumtree as authentic for $60/80, guess if people are gullible the more fool them.
Not sure if it's an issue for the NRL but the fakes must hitting their sales to a degree, see a lot of them around the grounds these days, can tell as the material looks cheaper and isn't as shiny as the authentics.
but my beef is people who get them from China then flog them off on eBay/Gumtree as authentic for $60/80
I get why people buy fakes, especially when the genuine article is so overpriced and all, but though the fakes might not have a big effect on the NRL or NRL clubs I imagine that if the popularity of knockoffs continues to grow as it seems to be that they'd have a measurable impact on the Samoan RL or whoever when they are selling theirs.
It's just like music, illegal downloads of music doesn't really hurt the big acts, in the grand scheme of things they'll be fine, it's the little acts, the up and comers and the niche markets that it hurts, and you know if you want somebody to keep doing something then you've got to make it worth their while cause otherwise they'll be forced to do something else to keep food on the table.
As an aside maybe the NRL will see that they are losing sales to knockoffs and will adjust their prices to compete, cause I'm pretty sure that even if the official product was say $50-60 instead of the $180 or whatever it is now that there would be a lot of people who would shell out the extra for the authentic jersey instead of getting a knockoff like they currently do, and the NRL must be making an enormous profit off the jerseys cause seriously how much can it cost to make a supporters jersey? At a stretch maybe $10 a jersey, they'll probably lose more profit from the fakes in the long run then from reducing the prices to a more reasonable price anyway.
This is a really good point I think. The smaller nations are actually getting a rough deal by suppliers anyway, with many charging silly money for template designs.
A bit off topic, but you can buy replicas of the Jamaican competition and all the money is donated back to them, its at www.1908.store
With modern day supply, its pretty to go direct to source, its just that developing nations don't have people to set stuff like this up.
With the Nrl jerseys being priced as they are, I think there is an opportunity for fans to spend their money in a place where it might do some real benefit. Ive bought one of each
TBF this hasnt been tested at NRL level.