More a story about cheap tat I didn't buy
Having fallen victim to plenty of so-cheap-it-must-be-rubbish products over the years, I am now proof against any sales pitch. However...

Went to see Rush at the NEC on the Vapour Trails tour and there were none of the tour t-shirts that my ex wanted left on the merch stands. We left after the show in slight disappointment but lo! there was someone standing in the car park selling knock-off cheap copies for about 1/3 the proper price and she was up for forking out for one.

Oh no, said I, the world-weary voice of experience; they'll wash out first time you put it in the machine, the printing quality will be rubbish, the t-shrt will be a reject from the Elephant Man clothing store.. believe me, it's not worth owning.

So she acquiesced.

Two months later she angrily tells me that her brother got one of these cheap knock-offs from the guy outside in the carpark when he went to the Earls Court gig, and his was faultless/pristine/wistood several washes with no problems. I shouldn't have told her not to get one and now I am officially a twat.

Balls.

On the other hand, taking advantage of the exchange rate I now buy all my band merch from the US at a $1=£1 equivalence rate so all my official gear is still half-ish price anyway.

/smug
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sat 5 Jan 2008, 16:24, 2 replies)

I clicked I like this purely because you went to see Rush
Good on you sir!
(peakofphysicalfitness, Sat 5 Jan 2008, 18:17, closed)

30th Anniversary
I bought a knock off t shirt after the above NEC gig - UTTER SHITE.
(kitescreech still here, Sat 5 Jan 2008, 20:21, closed)