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Citizen Kane. said:
I always thought that was you.

And that you'd eloped to Devon to make yourself harder to find.

Fake kits officer? Me? No, can't be me. I'm just an honest hard working dairy farmer. I just sound a bit cockney for fun, me old mucker.

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No but I am the one who gladly has IPTV because I refuse to pay about £125 a month for what I now currently get for £65 a year.
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
A few years back I was getting legit kits off eBay for, like, £20 via Thailand

Pretty sure somebody was grabbing a handful from the sweatshop before going home
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A friend of a friend tells me that nowadays it is often an inside job. I.e. someone like the owner of the DH Gate platform who is probably based in that region of Asia will contact factory workers and offer a cut to whoever's job it is to reject an item for being 'defective'. As long as numbers are kept believable, the big companies won't bat an eyelid if say 200 units out of a production run of 10k is marked down as a sunk cost.

All defective items are meant to be destroyed, but they magically find their way into a garage somewhere instead of a furnace. And from there, they are sold for circa £10-15 profit to the likes of us.

The item won't have official labels on it because they aren't affixed until the item is confirmed as non defective. This preserves the label's reputation, protects against shady business (lol), and ensures that most if not all defective items moving forward will be blamed on the shop due to transit, storage or display/handling.

Which is why so many of these fake kits are indistinguishable from the real thing, with the exception of the inside labels.

Anyway, that's your weekly bulletin from CK's Citizens Crime Advice Bureau.
 
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Citizen Kane. said:
A friend of a friend tells me that nowadays it is often an inside job. I.e. someone like the owner of the DH Gate platform who is probably based in that region of Asia will contact factory workers and offer a cut to whoever's job it is to reject an item for being 'defective'. As long as numbers are kept believable, the big companies won't bat an eyelid if say 200 units out of a production run of 10k is marked down as a sunk cost.

All defective items are meant to be destroyed, but they magically find their way into a garage somewhere instead of a furnace. And from there, they are sold for circa £10-15 profit to the likes of us.

The item won't have official labels on it because they aren't affixed until the item is confirmed as non defective. This preserves the label's reputation, protects against shady business (lol), and ensures that most if not all defective items moving forward will be blamed on the shop due to transit, storage or display/handling.

Which is why so many of these fake kits are indistinguishable from the real thing, with the exception of the inside labels.

Anyway, that's your weekly bulletin from CK's Citizens Crime Advice Bureau.
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The ones I bought even had the Adidas labels attached, which suggests that a handful of shirts had a habit of falling off the back of a truck every day...
 
Archers Road said:
Cole Palmer. Has he been out of form? So ****ing what imo. Form is temporary, class is permanent.
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I would have took him too.

Tuchel has said he wants a balanced squad though rather than the best players and have 4-5 options for a one position and only 1 for another.

So if he had took Palmer then it would have been at the expense of another big name or in form.
 
KingHotspur said:
I would have took him too.

Tuchel has said he wants a balanced squad though rather than the best players and have 4-5 options for a one position and only 1 for another.

So if he had took Palmer then it would have been at the expense of another big name or in form.
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I agreed with not taking Palmer. I don’t think he’s got a better case than Rogers or Bellingham to be in the squad for the 10 spot, he doesn’t fit what Tuchel wants from a RW, and there’s other options for 10 already in the squad if you were worried about depth - Eze is 3rd choice there and you could even play Kane there with Watkins at 9 if you wanted.

I actually think Tuchel will start Rogers. He’s done more for England under Tuchel than Bellingham and seems to work better with Kane, who when all is said and done is by far our best player and the one who the side is built around.
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
Genuine question: is it worth setting up a WC fantasy league, considering it will be hosted on FIFA's website?
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Happy to join. Create an account aa your username if you join.

On this subject, I will not be able to run a prediction league for this event. Anyone fancy taking on? I will be back for the new domestic season.
 
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