brisnick

i was walking through queen st mall yesterday when i saw the new australian football shirt for sale. since we've made the world cup this year i thought i'd buy the shirt. i had a feeling it would be a bit pricey, but since you can get the new england shirt for £22 ($55) in england i thought it might be a bit more reasonable.

but no, it's $130 (that's £52, and i'm being conservative with the exchange rate) which is more than double the cost of the new england shirt.

so bugger that, i'm not gonna get the australia shirt, but i'll get an england one sent over.

anyway, i checked around, and it seems $125 is the cheapest i could find. unsurprisingly you can buy online in america and get it delivered for about $95!! (which is still 75% more expensive than the england shorts cost, but 31% cheaper than buying it un australia).

what a rip-off!

sean trethewey

Oh my god their taking the p**s what a rip off.

Rachel1978

So who will you be supporting England or Oz?

Bordy

I know where you can get an Aussie rugby shirt for $25 if you want but can't get you a soccer one.

ABCDiamond

How about one of these Australian Soccer Train Gold Shirt - $45.00

http://www.footyshop.com.au/index.cf...tml?pidVal=215

moneypenny20

Wouldn't bother with either, not if you want to support a winning side anyway This sort of goes back to an old thread about saddo middle aged men wandering around in their country's footie shirts - really should be banned

Bordy

Thats it, I'm wearing my Scottish rugby shirt to the Melbourne meet tomorrow.

brisnick

i'll support both. no need to worry about them meeting, as they can't meet until the semi-final and i'll buy and eat an australia shirt if that happens!!

as for middle-aged men - it's a look i hate too. i'd only wear it when watching the games, or playing football. i'm not a fan of the footie shirt as a fashion item (well, not since i was 10 years old anyway).

as for the 'casual' shirt. nah, i want the playing shirt.

Amazulu

It's like the new Western Force Rugby jersey. It was selling for $149 last year but you can now get it for $99 (maybe because they are sh1te & can't win a game) which is still too much. $80 would be a fair price. You can get a Wallabies jersey for that price, but who would support that bunch of clowns?

Hutch

Amen. Fat old farts with their guts poking out the front of a nylon England shirt - disposable plastic lager glass full of Carling in one sweaty hand, half-eaten Ginsters pasty in the other. So sophisticated ...

jad n rich

Bought my kids a load or quicksilver and other surf shirts in UK for less than half the price of the same stuff in the surf shops here.

brisnick

i reckon i'd pay $80-90 but any more is really a big, big rip off.

jad n rich

Sounds familiar, Aussie rules shirt sleeves ripped out, tin of VB and half eaten maggot bag with sauce

Hutch

Think there's an echo in here ....

ABCDiamond

The surf shops here are a rip off. Quicksilver shirts can be bought for about $25, but I reckon Surf Shops would be a hell of a lot more than that. What price were they charging ?