Wanted a Nick Chubb Browns retro jersey. $170 on the NFL team shot website. Went to a Chinese knockoff site, I could’ve bought 7 different jerseys for $170. The price difference is just insane. How can they justify pricing a jersey at $170? Do people actually buy it?

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    1 year ago

    I was fully prepared to pay full price for a Seahawks throwback but learned the New Jerseys aren’t even stitched. $180 for a fuckin heat pressed Jersey. Chinese knock off it was, arguably looks better and was $30 lmao. Don’t support the NFL shop until they improve quality, it’s ridiculous.

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    1 year ago

    If anyone needs help with buying jerseys from China let me know, I’m currently based in Guangzhou, and I can get shipping on a discount for ya, and probably get the same quality but cheaper prices.

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      1 year ago

      You can tell me the jersey you want, I’ll find it, check it out, quality etc, I can ship it, and you can Zelle me after you get it and you’re happy with it. My company regularly sends shit to the states, so I can get a discount on shipping as well.

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    1 year ago

    Insanity. Over double the cost the jersey my dad bought for me at my first game 10 years ago.

    Go to eBay. You can honestly get good condition jerseys and a fuck load of variety. Hell you can get vintage starter jerseys for $25-$50.

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    1 year ago

    What I’m hearing is I should go sell my Walter Payton jersey because it’s got actual stitching

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    1 year ago

    Nfl shop? They have the vapor ones with stitching and they are always like 25-30% off.

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    I really wanted a new Seahawks throwback this year. Went to my first game and checked them out in the pro shop. They looked so cheap for the price they were asking, fuck that. I really wanted a Witherspoon one, but ill have to look at a knockoff instead.

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    1 year ago

    Is there a place for people to share pics of their China jerseys? Checked out the site, but hard to tell if they are selling something at least decent.

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    1 year ago

    it’s because it has a holographic emblem dawg, a duh. /s

    in all seriousness, $170 for a jersey, come the fuck on. Even on thanksgiving, I had to go through 30 minutes, just to find the fucking game I wanted to watch (49ers vs. Seahawks).

    and then after all that, even with an NFL+ subscription, I basically missed the entire 1st quarter because some advertiser didn’t know how to target a demographic

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    If you care about quality at all I think and don’t mind the players being a litter older, ebay is really your best friend. You can find high quality, stitched jerseys often for under $50.

    Honestly for $170 you are getting a knock off quality jersey. The elites are cool but are about double the price.

    That being said, I think a lot of people buy these when they attend games and want something to take home and keep forever. Personally, I would not buy a new standard jersey from the NFL because of the chasm between quality and price.

    I also don’t fuck with DH Gate because it confuses me and don’t know how to tell who produces decent knock offs.

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      I’ve ordered off DH gate a few times. All the jerseys I’ve gotten you wouldn’t know are fake unless you were told. Their shipping is awful though. Takes like a month a half from purchasing until you actually receive it

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        1 year ago

        I compared my DH gate and real jerseys and you couldn’t tell the difference unless you really looked.

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          And anyone who gatekeeps another fan by walking up with a magnifying glass and demanding to know if it’s authentic or not is a chode. Clothes are clothes, nobody should care what someone else is wearing.

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          1 year ago

          I got a brewers jersey that was pretty poor quality and haven’t bought from there since.

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          1 year ago

          On the flip side, I’ve had a couple dh gate basketball jersey back in the day that were clearly fake with weird font or letter spacing

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      I buy all of my jerseys for myself and my son on eBay. I don’t get much any more for myself (I have my slate of old player jerseys), but my son likes to get jerseys of different teams so I just grab cool older players for like $15 on eBay. I could never pay $100 for a jersey he might be able to wear for a year and a half that I know is low quality.

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    1 year ago

    I just buy a nice plain black shirt or hoodie with no branding or design on it. Super comfortable. Still rocking my teams colors. No fear of whoever is on my jersey to get traded or go crazy. It’s a great catch all.

    I haven’t bought a jersey in like 20 years.

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      1 year ago

      FYI, As an Aussie; The Raiders logo is ‘stylish’ in stores around the country. You see people wearing Raiders apparel and you just know they have no idea what code it is or who any players are.

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        1 year ago

        Honestly I feel like that about almost every person I see wearing US sports gear here as it’s almost all universally Raiders hats or Lebron jerseys.

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      1 year ago

      Hey, if I was a Raider fan I wouldn’t wanna rock the logo either after the last 20 years.

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    They knockoffs are 50/50 being completely horrible though. I have multiple from dh gate. 3 look like clear fakes, really bad quality, won’t wear them. 1 is perfect