Reply from club shop (2 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Pete]

Hi Mr Griffiths

The home kit will be changing for next season, we do usually sell out around Christmas but as there is a 16 week turn around to get kit made we would not order any more of this seasons kit.


Kind regards

Lorraine
Club Shop

-----Original Message-----
Sent: 02 February 2015 23:27
To: Shop
Subject: Football top

Hi

I am trying to get a home strip for my 8 year old

Why can't I buy one?

Thank you

Pete

 

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[Sky Blue Pete]

4 months to get kits??? Omg

 

[Evo1883]

So essentially ccfc home shirts are now limited edition

 

[Warwickhunt]

We are officially a tin pot club in the lower reaches of the old 3rd division

 

[letsallsingtogether]

4 months to get kits??? Omg

And 4 years t find some land so can't be all bad.

Maybe they are waiting for Man City to change theirs we could have heir old one.

 

[robbiethemole]

makes more sense than Leicester's old ones !!!

 

[ccfc92]

That shirt is the Sixfields shirt, no thanks.

Only home shirt I don't have.

 

[Hobo]

It all part of the SISU business plan to re build the club.

come on folks we are only 7 years in.

 

[ccfcway]

not having that at all. I honestly cant remember another time in my life where you couldnt buy a home kit

 

[ccfc92]

I swear you used to be able to buy old shirts for a 5er etc towards end of season?

 

[ccfcway]

there cant be any of the other 91 league clubs that are in this situation ?

Fans who cant buy a shirt of their club.

A joke !

 

[lifelongcityfan]

normal business practice !!

 

[ccfcway]

our home kit being out of stock for 8 months of the season gets a 13 post thread

 

[stupot07]

It is a disgrace.

However on the flipside if you've already got one, it's low limited addition and will be worth a fortune in a few years


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[Sky Blue Pete]

There are xxl but my lad wouldn't fit in it. I'm horrified and this can only show the disdain our owners have for us and the reality of their long term plans

 

[TrueSkyBlueLiam]

Its a fucking joke. Yes, the club shop got broken into, but a real Football Club has a contingency plan. They're losing so much profit from this (which isn't a bad thing as its less money in Sepalla's arse pocket) but its just common business sense

 

[SkyBlueScottie]

We have historically always been bad at getting shirts into the club shop. Not sure its anything new. Even as a kid I remember having to wait to get a shirt.

 

[robbieray]

Its that bad one of the players text me to ask if they borrow my shirt to play in

 

[Kingokings204]

We have historically always been bad at getting shirts into the club shop. Not sure its anything new. Even as a kid I remember having to wait to get a shirt.

Oh come on. Do me a favor? It's a joke so stop trying to defend it. 16 weeks is a bs answer and we all know it. Just accept our football club can't or don't want to order shirts for its fans to buy. It's really that simple.

 

[ccfcway]

We have historically always been bad at getting shirts into the club shop. Not sure its anything new. Even as a kid I remember having to wait to get a shirt.

nope, dont agree.

 

[RFC]

4 months to get kits??? Omg

A Family member works for NEXT and buys from the Far East etc etc and lead times for ordered stock varies from around 16 to 18 weeks but can be up to 26 to 30 weeks!

So not unusual.

 

[italiahorse]

We have historically always been bad at getting shirts into the club shop. Not sure its anything new. Even as a kid I remember having to wait to get a shirt.

Always managed to get a shirt and always bought another at end of season at £10.
It's a joke.

 

[bigfatronssba]

A Family member works for NEXT and buys from the Far East etc etc and lead times for ordered stock varies from around 16 to 18 weeks but can be up to 26 to 30 weeks!

So not unusual.

So why didn't they order them 26 to 30 weeks ago?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Rfc what organisation doesn't order them throughout the year??

 

[Covstu]

A Family member works for NEXT and buys from the Far East etc etc and lead times for ordered stock varies from around 16 to 18 weeks but can be up to 26 to 30 weeks!

So not unusual.

Surely there is a thing called planning???

'oh we might need some new kits for the start of the season and busy periods like Christmas'
'Yes we know they take 3 months to come across from Asia so lets order them when a shitload of people ask'
'Yes great idea and then we will have loads of kits available at the end of the season which we cannot get rid of'
'Now that's proper planning'


Its a fucking shambles.

 

[The Lurker]

Surely there is a thing called planning???

'oh we might need some new kits for the start of the season and busy periods like Christmas'
'Yes we know they take 3 months to come across from Asia so lets order them when a shitload of people ask'
'Yes great idea and then we will have loads of kits available at the end of the season which we cannot get rid of'
'Now that's proper planning'


Its a fucking shambles.

Wasn't theft in August? So the break-in has nothing to do with it

 

[Covstu]

indeed so not excuse really! you think they would want the revenue!!

 

[The Lurker]

indeed so not excuse really! you think they would want the revenue!!

Exactly, Xmas was the time I was annoyed. Apart from Xmas jumpers, fuck a there. Nothing for the kids. No wonder there's kids with shirts of Man U Liverpool, Chelsea and not Cov. The move to sixfields along with hardly any kits available makes me think were losing a generation of fans here. Most kids in my lad class support Chelsea, only 2 are Cov fans out of 14 boys and this a willenhall school.

 

[shy_tall_knight]

Familiar with fast fashion and lead times are never as long as RFC is quoting because by the time the garments would have arrived in the shops they would be out of fashion. Chances are our shirt manufacturers do work to longer lead times as should allow the goods to be produced cheaper but, club took the commercial decision not to restock they don't like risk, he risk of unsold shirts, clearly a business that is focused on other things such as promotion and building a new stadium

 

[christonabike]

It strikes me as strange that we only have 9 first team players, new kit will be announced for next season, no kit or anything of value in the club shop, Fisher et all have been very quiet, maybe someone is lined up to take over the shambles of a club and has told Sisu to keep it to the bare bones until the end of the season. A new owner will want their own players, their own kit etc.
I know we live in hope but at this rate we will be out of business by Easter!

 

[skybluetony176]

A Family member works for NEXT and buys from the Far East etc etc and lead times for ordered stock varies from around 16 to 18 weeks but can be up to 26 to 30 weeks!

So not unusual.

Next probably order season to season (as in spring, summer, autumn and winter) and probably order well in advance to ensure it gets to their central distribution hubs before being organised and sent out to the shops.

The company I work for buys very technical, very specialised electronics equipment that is made to order and we have it from India to our doorstep in 10-12weeks by sea freight, 3weeks of which is sea transit. If needed in a hurry we have it sent by air and knock the best part of 3weeks of the delivery time.

There is no way in the world that a single style order in all the sizes would take that long given the number of sweat shops in india and the far east

 

[skybluetony176]

indeed so not excuse really! you think they would want the revenue!!

Probably had that from the insurance, so why bother ordering anymore if you've already met and probably beaten your sales targets for replica shirts. After all it's not like they've got to sell left over stock at a knock down price now, depending on how good the insurance policy was they may have already recieved RRP on everything that was taken.

 

[ecky]

It is a disgrace.

However on the flipside if you've already got one, it's low limited addition and will be worth a fortune in a few years

Hilarious you can't give them away

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[Grendel]

A Family member works for NEXT and buys from the Far East etc etc and lead times for ordered stock varies from around 16 to 18 weeks but can be up to 26 to 30 weeks!

So not unusual.

That argument actually works against you.

Sales planning would I assume show a peak sales month in December and plan a delivery accordingly.

 

[Grendel]

Its a fucking joke. Yes, the club shop got broken into, but a real Football Club has a contingency plan. They're losing so much profit from this (which isn't a bad thing as its less money in Sepalla's arse pocket) but its just common business sense

Actually I would suspect the opposite is true and that is why they have not been ordered.