| Club and counterfeit kit 10:36 - Oct 20 with 5590 views | Pinewoodblue |
Purchased third kit, entered club shop website via Facebook.
Consequently Facebook came up with numerous sites offering all three kits at around third of the price, took the time to report it to the club, via an email address set up to report such activity. Provided links to all the ads, not even had an acknowledgement of email. Do they care?
Before anyone asks No I will not provide links. |  |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 10:40 - Oct 20 with 4568 views | Mullet |
They probably know there’s not much they can do.
If adidas, Nike et al can’t stop it I doubt we can. Same with the ticket scammers |  |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:03 - Oct 20 with 4270 views | Kievthegreat |
It'll be a game of whack-a-mole. It's very quick and easy to setup a shop and put some ads on Facebook. Takes far longer to try and stop them through any legal mechanism (and they are likely put of jurisdiction). Even Facebook themselves are slow to remove ads as the reality is that the scammers are paying Facebook, so they are in no rush to stop being paid! |  | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:17 - Oct 20 with 4238 views | ronnyd |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 10:40 - Oct 20 by Mullet |
They probably know there’s not much they can do.
If adidas, Nike et al can’t stop it I doubt we can. Same with the ticket scammers |
Would be polite of the club to acknowledge the communication though. |  | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 11:07 - Oct 23 with 3867 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:17 - Oct 20 by ronnyd |
Would be polite of the club to acknowledge the communication though. |
Update.
I did finally receive a response, mush along the lines suggested by Kievthegreat.
“Thanks for sending through. We are aware of numerous counterfeit operations across social media, we work directly with the Premier League brand protection partner (as well as our own specialist agency) to remove these via enforcement.
Unfortunately, this is an endless task. As soon as a listing is removed it will pop up again under a slightly different name/company. As you can see from the size of some of the Clubs involved in these counterfeit listings, it’s near on impossible to prevent altogether.”
I also reported the ads to Facebook but couldn’t see anything wrong with them.
Facebook are clearly the villains here as they accept money from the sellers of counterfeit gear but Premier League seem unable or unwilling to tackle them head on. | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:13 - Oct 23 with 3635 views | yesjohn99 |
If football clubs didn’t take the absolute p1ss with their pricing then there wouldn’t be an issue.
Long live the knock off gear. | | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:19 - Oct 23 with 3606 views | Kievthegreat |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 11:07 - Oct 23 by Pinewoodblue |
Update.
I did finally receive a response, mush along the lines suggested by Kievthegreat.
“Thanks for sending through. We are aware of numerous counterfeit operations across social media, we work directly with the Premier League brand protection partner (as well as our own specialist agency) to remove these via enforcement.
Unfortunately, this is an endless task. As soon as a listing is removed it will pop up again under a slightly different name/company. As you can see from the size of some of the Clubs involved in these counterfeit listings, it’s near on impossible to prevent altogether.”
I also reported the ads to Facebook but couldn’t see anything wrong with them.
Facebook are clearly the villains here as they accept money from the sellers of counterfeit gear but Premier League seem unable or unwilling to tackle them head on. |
And the issue with taking action with Facebook is that if it's an issue for a Football club, it's probably worth maybe a few million, but for Facebook it could fundamentally undermine a huge revenue stream so they'll fight it far harder than any club or single organisation would.
Only somewhat related story is Martin Lewis suing Facebook because they published 1000s of Scam ads with his name/face. Thing is he sued for defamation which, considering his entire reputation is on being responsible with money, linking him with financial scams would seem a pretty slam dunk affair. Eventually settled for £3m for charity and legal costs. Makes you wonder how scared they were of a precedent being set though. | | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:23 - Oct 23 with 3546 views | blueasfook |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:13 - Oct 23 by yesjohn99 |
If football clubs didn’t take the absolute p1ss with their pricing then there wouldn’t be an issue.
Long live the knock off gear. |
The pricing is set by the sportswear providers, the club make a small profit on top. I think the biggest profit margin on kits is customising them (adding names and numbers on the back). |  |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:43 - Oct 23 with 3388 views | ElephantintheRoom |
I hope you reported the club for disgraceful profiteering? | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:44 - Oct 23 with 3390 views | Blueschev |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:43 - Oct 23 by ElephantintheRoom |
I hope you reported the club for disgraceful profiteering? |
who would he report the club to? |  | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:46 - Oct 23 with 3358 views | blueasfook |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:43 - Oct 23 by ElephantintheRoom |
I hope you reported the club for disgraceful profiteering? |
The revenue is needed so rich American pensioners can enjoy 2 holidays a year in the Caribbean. | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:47 - Oct 23 with 3337 views | Blueschev |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:46 - Oct 23 by blueasfook |
The revenue is needed so rich American pensioners can enjoy 2 holidays a year in the Caribbean. |
The franchise also need money to pay the mercenaries, don't forget. | | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:55 - Oct 23 with 3288 views | blueasfook |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:47 - Oct 23 by Blueschev |
The franchise also need money to pay the mercenaries, don't forget. |
Oh yeah. Of course. And then there's our wantaway manager who is blackmailing the club to stay here to the tune of £5m a year, currently (but set to increase when the next premier league club come to tempt him away). | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:57 - Oct 23 with 3246 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:55 - Oct 23 by blueasfook |
Oh yeah. Of course. And then there's our wantaway manager who is blackmailing the club to stay here to the tune of £5m a year, currently (but set to increase when the next premier league club come to tempt him away). |
Which is presumably why the original poster is delighted to be ripped off and outraged that oriental entrepreneurs are cashing in. | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:01 - Oct 23 with 3226 views | blueasfook |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:57 - Oct 23 by ElephantintheRoom |
Which is presumably why the original poster is delighted to be ripped off and outraged that oriental entrepreneurs are cashing in. |
it's just a question of which bad actor you give your money to isn't it? On the one hand you're paying for fat yanks to sun themselves on a yacht. Or the other you're financing Asian organised crime and child labour exploitation. I guess it's down to whichever you're more comfortable supporting. | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:02 - Oct 23 with 3188 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:01 - Oct 23 by blueasfook |
it's just a question of which bad actor you give your money to isn't it? On the one hand you're paying for fat yanks to sun themselves on a yacht. Or the other you're financing Asian organised crime and child labour exploitation. I guess it's down to whichever you're more comfortable supporting. |
If you buy from the club you’re presumably doing both? | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:05 - Oct 23 with 3171 views | blueasfook |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:02 - Oct 23 by ElephantintheRoom |
If you buy from the club you’re presumably doing both? |
I dare say. Plus helping to pay the medical bills for coronary procedures needed after life-long burger consumption, so at least your money is going a bit further if you choose to get fleeced through the official channel. | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:07 - Oct 23 with 3128 views | Blueschev |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:57 - Oct 23 by ElephantintheRoom |
Which is presumably why the original poster is delighted to be ripped off and outraged that oriental entrepreneurs are cashing in. |
I was a big fan of Oriental Entrepreneurs' first album. | | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:19 - Oct 23 with 3038 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 12:43 - Oct 23 by ElephantintheRoom |
I hope you reported the club for disgraceful profiteering? |
Not sure the club make an excessive profit from shirt sales. Ipswich is currently the cheapest kit in Premier League.
Do you ever have anything positive to say about the club you claim to support? | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:20 - Oct 23 with 3029 views | WeWereZombies |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:07 - Oct 23 by Blueschev |
I was a big fan of Oriental Entrepreneurs' first album. |
You might like to look at the News Comments on the proposed development then. The rapping by a 'used car salesman' gets a mention by our Proboscidea friend... |  |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:35 - Oct 23 with 2951 views | E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
Reported to the club....blimey.
The black market for football shirts has been going for decades and now we are in the Premier League our shirts are part of this.
Many sites from Asia are great to deal with and with £12 for a identical shirt how can you blame people. The quality is great.
If English football clubs including our own want to rip fans off then what do you expect. | | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:43 - Oct 23 with 2890 views | dirtyboy |
On Saturday, there were two ladies wearing the pink kit, one was very different to the other.
The one wearing the fake one also had ITFC 'knickers' on. Yeah Yeah..I know what you're thinking...but they were VERY visible.
Shame people clearly love their club so much...I mean...ITFC underwear? But don't buy official kit and line the pockets of criminals instead. |  | | |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:46 - Oct 23 with 2876 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:35 - Oct 23 by E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
Reported to the club....blimey.
The black market for football shirts has been going for decades and now we are in the Premier League our shirts are part of this.
Many sites from Asia are great to deal with and with £12 for a identical shirt how can you blame people. The quality is great.
If English football clubs including our own want to rip fans off then what do you expect. |
No idea if people have got them from the same site, but there's definitely a knock off version of our home shirt going around as seen plenty of people in it and it looks crap. The blue is a completely different colour and the Town badge is bloody massive on the kit.
If you're going to get a knock off one, at least find one from somewhere reputable for that such thing. Clearly a lot of sites which do identical kits. |  |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 14:12 - Oct 23 with 2709 views | hoppy |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:07 - Oct 23 by Blueschev |
I was a big fan of Oriental Entrepreneurs' first album. |
They did struggle with that difficult second album though. |  |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 14:28 - Oct 23 with 2649 views | Zx1988 |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 13:46 - Oct 23 by Kieran_Knows |
No idea if people have got them from the same site, but there's definitely a knock off version of our home shirt going around as seen plenty of people in it and it looks crap. The blue is a completely different colour and the Town badge is bloody massive on the kit.
If you're going to get a knock off one, at least find one from somewhere reputable for that such thing. Clearly a lot of sites which do identical kits. |
Same with the away shirt.
I suppose you never really notice the decent fakes, as they blend in, but there are some awful ones out there with all of the gold elements reproduced in yellow. | |
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| Club and counterfeit kit on 16:44 - Oct 23 with 2316 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Club and counterfeit kit on 14:28 - Oct 23 by Zx1988 |
Same with the away shirt.
I suppose you never really notice the decent fakes, as they blend in, but there are some awful ones out there with all of the gold elements reproduced in yellow. |
Yes you're right. Saw plenty of them at Man City away. Maroon colour all wrong and the gold is yellow, as you say. | |
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