Noodles34 Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Noticed it in whitely today, is this because of Under Armour? Shame really, it's not a great retail establishment in respect of staff treatment. However when you stack it high and sell it cheap then the people will come. The home shirt was 44.99, is that the same price in the club shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 Noticed it in whitely today, is this because of Under Armour? Shame really, it's not a great retail establishment in respect of staff treatment. However when you stack it high and sell it cheap then the people will come. The home shirt was 44.99, is that the same price in the club shop? Nope 50 in our shop, unless you have a ST then it is 45 and £47.50 for a Member I think. Interesting that we can buy the kit in other places, but we haven't actually said anything of it. Last season the fact we could buy our kit in TWO JD Stores in the UK plus our club shops made the official site as an article But Saints say nothing about the fact we can get it in SportsDirect now and even worse that it is at a cheaper price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrZuess1979 the 2nd Posted 7 August, 2016 Share Posted 7 August, 2016 I doubt very much we have any control on how other retailers price an under armour product Sport direct probably don't see a Southampton shirt being their best sell so why not sell it Abit cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 You can get it online in Kitbag or JD Sports too. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasoneuelllfanclub Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Bought my nipper a home shirt at sale price of £33.99. £7 cheaper than the saints store. Amusing they have a sale before season even started. Sent from my SM-A300FU using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Patrik Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 For me living in Sweden the shipping cost of £4 from SD is the big saving since Saints store charge me £22 to get a shirt shipped here - that´s a daylight robbery for gods sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 I doubt very much we have any control on how other retailers price an under armour product Sport direct probably don't see a Southampton shirt being their best sell so why not sell it Abit cheaper Bet they put a whopping 70% off green sticker on it as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 For me living in Sweden the shipping cost of £4 from SD is the big saving since Saints store charge me £22 to get a shirt shipped here - that´s a daylight robbery for gods sake. That is outrageous. That's a pint of beer you could have had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Last season you could buy it in JD in more than 2 stores, it was in Southampton, Eastleigh, Whiteley, (possibly) Basingstoke and Gatwick South Terminal. It was also full price at £55 (cheaper in Gatwick though), this year's is the same as with ST discount for the shirt (give or take 1p) but the shorts and socks are cheaper at SportsDirect. Then again Mike Ashley's lot are currently selling the wrong socks, with a flipped white version of the actual red ones. The club's obviously moved away from only selling them themselves to make them more widely available, but for the record the Newport SportsDirect and JD didn't have Saints kit in them when I was up there last weekend. Then again they didn't have Newport County kit either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 I picked up shirts for my 2 girls at Gatwick south on Saturday. Price was cheaper than club shop but still an expensive start to holiday. But then they both insisted on changing into them and have been proudly wearing them ever since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shance Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Anyone know what size I should get my 6 year old as the sizes aren't by age. He's average size for his age. Ymd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Notice that one of the Warehouse stores in Whiteley is selling England Euro Competition Shirts at 'Up to 80%' discount. I wonder if they would actually struggle to give them away!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holepuncture Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Bought my nipper a home shirt at sale price of £33.99. £7 cheaper than the saints store. Amusing they have a sale before season even started. Sent from my SM-A300FU using Tapatalk Amusing indeed, remarkable in fact. They were visibly discounting our new kit, when it had been on the market for less than four weeks, in breach of price establishment/consumer trading law. I did notify the club in greater detail though they didn't reply, so either it is UA allowing SD to dump out their stock and SFC can't stop it, or they don't really care. I'm surprised UA and Saints let it happen this early on in the new kit deal. (Or perhaps the bra issue is as bad as perceived on here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Amusing indeed, remarkable in fact. They were visibly discounting our new kit, when it had been on the market for less than four weeks, in breach of price establishment/consumer trading law. I did notify the club in greater detail though they didn't reply, so either it is UA allowing SD to dump out their stock and SFC can't stop it, or they don't really care. I'm surprised UA and Saints let it happen this early on in the new kit deal. (Or perhaps the bra issue is as bad as perceived on here) I normally like the kits but this one is odd. The Virgin logo is badly positioned IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Amusing indeed, remarkable in fact. They were visibly discounting our new kit, when it had been on the market for less than four weeks, in breach of price establishment/consumer trading law. I did notify the club in greater detail though they didn't reply, so either it is UA allowing SD to dump out their stock and SFC can't stop it, or they don't really care. I'm surprised UA and Saints let it happen this early on in the new kit deal. (Or perhaps the bra issue is as bad as perceived on here) SportsDirect constantly mark items as "sale" prices from the off, they presumably get around it somehow by having a bunch of their permanent shops claiming to be "closing down" when they aren't. Effectively they set their price (which remains unchanged until they actually do want to clear the stock and reduce it further, around April), and just claim it's a discount over RRP. IIRC the law is that it must be on sale in x number of shops for x amount of time to be able to advertise it as a "sale", I'm pretty sure they haven't met those criteria - which I'm guessing is what you're referring to with "breach of consumer trading law"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 I normally like the kits but this one is odd. The Virgin logo is badly positioned IMO It's completely invisible at any kind of distance, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Notice that one of the Warehouse stores in Whiteley is selling England Euro Competition Shirts at 'Up to 80%' discount. I wonder if they would actually struggle to give them away!! Even the Wales "Euro 2016" t-shirts were only £3 in SportsDirect last week in Newport, and they've actually got a reason to want to remember the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Noticed it in whitely today, is this because of Under Armour? Shame really, it's not a great retail establishment in respect of staff treatment. However when you stack it high and sell it cheap then the people will come. The home shirt was 44.99, is that the same price in the club shop? Did you happen to notice if they had any away shirts in stock? They had the shorts and socks but not the shirts last Tuesday when I was in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Anyone know what size I should get my 6 year old as the sizes aren't by age. He's average size for his age. Ymd? My 7 year old girl who is tall for her age fits ysm whilst 11 year old is in ymd. Both fit OK although neck is tight getting on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 8 August, 2016 Author Share Posted 8 August, 2016 Did you happen to notice if they had any away shirts in stock? They had the shorts and socks but not the shirts last Tuesday when I was in there. nope, didnt notice the away ones, just glaned fleetingly more by surprise and noted the price as i have to get the nipper one for his birthday, obviously it will pay to shop around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shance Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 My 7 year old girl who is tall for her age fits ysm whilst 11 year old is in ymd. Both fit OK although neck is tight getting on. Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holepuncture Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 SportsDirect constantly mark items as "sale" prices from the off, they presumably get around it somehow by having a bunch of their permanent shops claiming to be "closing down" when they aren't. Effectively they set their price (which remains unchanged until they actually do want to clear the stock and reduce it further, around April), and just claim it's a discount over RRP. IIRC the law is that it must be on sale in x number of shops for x amount of time to be able to advertise it as a "sale", I'm pretty sure they haven't met those criteria - which I'm guessing is what you're referring to with "breach of consumer trading law"? Spot on. 28/30 days, I forget which, either way they didn't comply, as we say on the pompey saga "the figures don't stack up". (which isn't surprising with the well publicised business practises at SD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mark Posted 8 August, 2016 Share Posted 8 August, 2016 No away shirts at all in SD Whitely, however popped into JD sports a few doors down, both shirts available. Got my son the away for £35. Good price, and none of this no refund policy that SD manage to get away with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 9 August, 2016 Share Posted 9 August, 2016 I wouldn't give one penny to that Victorian slavemaster Mike Ashley. Even if it meant paying a couple of quid more elsewhere. Not that I'd buy the new shirt anyway. I'll just get an old stripey one and simply wear one of the wife's bras over the top. Hey presto, nobody will ever notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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