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is there a problem with the stanley online merchandise site ?

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Yeh Labours caused it.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::

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I don't think it's worked for months.

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Mr T is the man to ask cmonstanley or stanleyhouse!! I think the problem is no ones available to up date it as with when lew was working full time in the store :(

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If you ring the friendly staff we'll attempt to find solutions to all things "retail" or even call down during office hours.

On online retail store was very "labour intesive" for a number of reasons. Over the close season it was causing more problems than sales so we have closed it.

The new commercial staff I suspect will be tasked with "solutions"

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This old China???

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Official EBay Shop a possible solution short term?

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It's fair to say the retail side will take a bit of getting back up to speed. It is very labour intensive and there are a few of us now working on finding solutions.

We have put around 6 new lines of clothing in the shop recently and these will be added to, the arrival of the kit will make the place look far better than it has for a while.

I can think of a few short term ways of dealing with the online issue but a permanent method needs proper planning.

Things are happening :)

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Football league club without an online shop. Jeez. , embarrassing! Was going to buy a shirt but i think il leave it! Last time I nipped to the shop during office hours i was met by nothing but a ball of straw whistling down the carpark! Sad state of affairs down at the ground!

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hopefully something will happen. how are people away from the area going to look at the stock:confused: I would think it would be up a couple of months before Christmas.

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For once I can agree with C'mon on something! :eek: :) We were over the other week, went to the shop before the game to pick up tickets & do a bit of shopping, a new club shirt, a polo or two, maybe a hoody, what did I come away with? Well none of the above sadly, despite the friendliness of the lads in the shop & the assurances there'd be kit in by "next week". I went away with money in my pocket that I'm sure the club could've better used.

And the advice to check the website for updates didn't really fill me with optimism either, I've been doing that for a few months now without any real hope or joy. As C'mon points out "People away from the area" & I think my residence here in Germany fits that description aptly are reliant on a functioning on-line ordering & dispatching service. So I'd assume getting things up & running should take on a tad more urgency, as every day the site is down is another day of potential lost sales or in extreme cases a loss of customers.

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Bit confused about the polo's. Did you not like the ones that were in or just didn't have them in the right size ?. Hoodies are due to go in next couple of weeks. We decided that as were enjoying the long hot summer the urgency wasn't quite the same, must be colder in Germany :).

Out of curiosity, how important is it to people that club merchandise clothing is the branded 'kit' supplier merchandise, or are people happy to have the club's own badged clothing? ( I'll ignore the impending comments about just having something to buy in the first place would help ;) )

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[QUOTE=lancsdave;.
Out of curiosity, how important is it to people that club merchandise clothing is the branded 'kit' supplier merchandise, or are people happy to have the club's own badged clothing? )[/QUOTE]

As an exile, I always try to buy something from the shop when in Accie, and my main purpose is to give some money to the club. It's the club's name and badge that's important to me, not the name of some other 'brand' (which you can see on plenty of 'rivals').

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I'm with you on that. Lots of merchandise is spoilt by the manufacturers branding

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Sizes mainly Dave, plus differentiating between male/female fits. As to branding if the quality is good enough (and from your good self it normally is), club branding will do it for me, can't speak for other folk though. :)

Oh & just to be necky, a wider colour option maybe. ;)

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Female fits is one thing Keil has mentioned, don't think there is anything in the shop that is female specific so it is something we will be sorting. We do try and make sure all sizes are covered before each game but for other reasons these slipped before the last game.

Yes I do know I'm using the words 'will be' a lot :D

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I'm not bothered about branded kit supplier gear as long as it is decent and reasonably priced.

I would agree with the need for an online outlet to see what is available especially if I'm dropping hints about birthdays, which is past now and was a big one but no Accy pressies, and christmas.

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There has been a lack in recent seasons of good quality, well designed casual wear for Stanley fans. I don't care much for replica players shirts - especially not samurai stuff - and know many Stanley fans my age who are the same. I'll try and find some examples.

See Everton's mens fashion range - something along those lines.

http://evertondirect.evertonfc.com/stores/everton/products/product_browse.aspx?category%7ccategory_root%7c100 62=fashion&category%7ccat_10062%7c10068=Mens

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Thanks for that, it's interesting to see what passes as football club merchandise. If you take the Everton off it then asked 100 people what it is I reckon 100 of them would not associate it with Everton.

I'll look in to trialing somethings like this

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I think we should be cutting LancsDave some slack here, folks - after being cold-shouldered by the club, for some unknown reason, for years, it's going to take him more than a few days to sort out something that slid so rapidly from functioning reasonably into an apparently unresponsive shambles.

On Dave On!

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Sure no-ones oining Dave mate, Despite the fact hes a Dingle.:D

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Thanks for the support Chimer. Not been phased by the comments, anything we can use to turn it round becomes constructive. (Does that sound diplomatic enough :D)

I'm sure we can get it all sorted the day before yesterday :)

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No, Cashy, that one's got me beat ..........

?????????????????? :D

(Mind you, I've only lived in Lancashire for the last 57 years, so 'appen I've missed it ;))

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Its a lanky word fer aggravating or annoying mate, But yer still new around here.:D;)

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Decent hoodys would be nice!!

I got one of the black ones last season with the red writing on. One wash and it was ruined as all the colour came off the writing and ruined the hoody. As we don't live near Accrington we couldn't take it back within so many days. So I have a hoody I can't wear. And I love my hoodys, I wear my red Accy one all the time!

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Which black hoodie was it ? When you get chance let me know what make it is.

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:do-one:I was the person who put that particular questionairre together for the club whilst I was at uni. Suprisingly it was at least 3 years ago! :eek::D time does indeed fly by. If its of any use to anyone I could try to dig it out for them but it may take me a while!

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I'd agree on this one - would rather have no brand than a naff one.

Gildan seems to be a good make for unbranded shirts - its what the best of my band t shirts are printed on

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It says All We Do Is on the label.

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I do like both the Samurai sportswear in fact the training tops from when we moved to them two years ago are still in as good condition as when they were new but we never seemed to have enough choice in various things with them.

I also don't mind the Stanley Branded stuff either the white training top with red flash on the sleeves that Dave has produced for the shop are very good likewise the one's the players wore during warm up before the Rochdale game, the black hats with red trim and the crest on the front are certainly the best I have worn.

So for me it's all about a decent mix and certainly don't mind perhaps having to wait a week or two for items if I want them and perhaps there not in stock.

It is a balancing act with the online stuff but even perhaps if somebody was employed one day a week with a list of orders to send out and can handle a few emails answering fans requests it would be better than nothing surely?

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The Beauty of Dave being a Local Supplier is his reaction time will be quicker than most, can react to certain thing that may happen "Passion Overcomes Logic" willing to do on a sale or return and gives Stanley a presence in the heart of where they should be in the Town wish I had Suppliers like that.

The next lesson to learn is know you market what sells and what doesn't surely there must be an inventory somewhere at the Club on the C360 would be the most obvious?

Also if you buying something from the other side of the World for Stock know your lead times or maybe just stick to stock items?

Also no minimum order quantities and freight charges kept to a minimum

Procurement lesson for today:cool:

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on the line of what Shakey was on about, the last time I got involved with merchandise one item I never got around to doing, but was next on the list to look at, was some kind of formal shirts with a club crest stitched onto it - but in the same colour as the shirt. That way it is emblazoned but not 'in yer face' and can be worn out on a Friday night. If I remember right Rovers did one at the time, but probably quite a few do them as well.

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Mr T has advised, a number of times, that a phone call to 01254 356950
or an email to [email protected] to request information about
a purchase would be a way forward. :)

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It's what we sell most of :)

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the Samurai stuff looks rubbish when compared to the big sports manufacturers products.

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I bought a black hoodie 2 or 3 years ago, which has washed really well and still like new. A lot of people have since asked about it when I wear it and said they never saw it for sale and really liked it. I must admit, I only saw it in the shop the once.

It just has the badge on enbroidered in a white / silver thread. Would get another and i know others who would if they were available again.

Just found photo of it.

http://media.see-email.com/ACR1568DV...ges/271l-1.jpg

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This is the one I have got. http://media.see-email.com/ACR1568DV...ges/332l-1.jpg

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Geezzz ,I LIKE that hoodie. I'ld have one.

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What's the brand label inside ?

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This from a couple of years back was what I was after, but then with all the hooha with Lew, the line disappeared into the ether, I managed luckily to get a smallish one for Marion.

Black-metal zipper- metal eyelets for the hood drawcord- fairly thickish material-Crest stitched in picked out in silver & black. As to label, it's inside on the right hand side (looking from the front) at the seam about a third of the way up the body from the base, all I can make out is "Wrap", printed over a globe. :)

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Mine is same label as Dave in Germany.

WRAP - worldwide responsible apparel production.

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Wrap is actually an organisation thingymyjig for ethical production. Looks to me like the are what they call un-tagged, which means anybody can sell them as their own brand.

From Daves description I was thrown by the metal eyelets in the hood, most hoodies don't have them. Anyway I found one of our suppliers who does :)

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We now have selected 'official' merchandise available in our shop. There is also a new hoodie in the club shop :)

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Clubs online shop still in discussions for being back online. If all else fails and as a short term fix, we will add a section to add our website within next 2 weeks for ordering online. I wouldn't want to see your money going on frivolous stuff :)

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Well Done Dave very important for the Club that there is representation in the Town itself and Thank You for doing it.

Hopefully the Club Website can also help advertise this fact

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It is in hand. We plan on having an 'official' launch during half term week :)

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available from giftprint in town ... also have official accy Stanley footballs .. but theyre not blown up yet ....:D

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I'm waiting for some hot air, there will now be a rush of volunteers :D

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scarf looks excellent
classic colour scarf with classy simple badge.

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I hope that once you've blown them up, they don't end up going down. :eek:

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Srarves are brilliant Dave - got one from club shop last year.

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Well done, Dave.

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Since the last update any new developments? Crimbo is sneaking up & being stuck in "Forn parts", online is the only way for us ex-pats to get clobber.

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Popped into the club shop at the Globe on Saturday and must admit I was very impressed with both the quality and the range of what they had on offer.

If it had been Stanley stuff, could have easily seen myself buying 4 or 5 different items. They had quite a few options of colour and style of their polo shirts, t-shirts, waterproof jackets, hoodies etc.

Really impressed.

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I'll be starting to get stuff on my website in next couple of days, it's a start :)


Just looked at their website. Seems to be all Fila stuff, is that what they had or did they have other stuff too ?

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Yeah, was quite a bit of Fila stuff, some had a huge logo on (which I didn't like) but quality and feel was really good and the choice was refreshing.

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Hope the Launch went Well Dave :)

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It didn't. I haven't had time to sort it out, so just for a change it's not the club's fault :)

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Explore

"Store" "Sponsors" "Fixtures" "Gifts" "Forum"

under the banner on the fishy site.

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one thing I'd like to see explored by the powers that be is Samurai's new reversible sublimated shirts that are on their website. I reckon we could make a huge campaign out of 'not ripping off the fans' by producing one shirt that will suffice for home and away.

Assuming we are still with Samurai next year that is :)

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I'm not convinced the link to that site should still be live. :eek:

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Ooops!

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I'll have a word with the link remover man :D

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You can now buy 'selected' shirts from our website

http://www.giftprint.co.uk/index.php...product_id=102

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was in giftprint today ....:p

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Looks good ;) :)

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We were handed the keys to the virtual shop last night, so we can start adding products :)

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Nice one :cool:

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Specially added for Cashman and Yonmon :)

Stanley Onesie - Accrington Stanley FC

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Shall I ask Naz if he wants some for the subs on a match day!!;)

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Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle, chuckle.................. :hidewall:

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As long as he orders them online ;) :D

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The picture in my mind was of Cashy and Yonmon! :p

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Put one on your Santa list :)

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No thanks - been there done that - had the original
siren suit when I was three! :hothothot

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If nobody has checked lately there's a few things added, on to 2 pages now :). Some Christmassy stuff going on over the weekend, it's getting there :)

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Love it - gonna put one on my letter to Santa ;)

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Nice to see some new products !!!

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Am up for the Exeter Game next weekend, will pop in and say hello Dave.

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More stuff added to the online shop, including a couple of Christmassy type thingies :)

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I used the online shop. Very easy to use and pay via PayPal. Options to collect (free), uk delivery (4 pounds) or foreign delivery (8pound) which will be useful for our out of town fans.
By comparison Bayern Munich charge 18euro postage -about 15quid. But they do have a slightly bigger range in case you want a Bastian schweinsteiger lampshade or a frank ribery duvet cover.

Now I am counting on royal mail..... gulp!

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Where is giftaprint located in the town centre?

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Blimey I thought postal prices in this country were a rip off !!

The Stanley club shop will never be a Man Utd superstore, very diificult to buy things without stupid minimum orders which Stanley would never sell enough of. We are going to promote more of the online stuff which we can get when people order and the club don't need to stock and have money tied up in various items.

Might be an idea to come up with some ideas;

The Accrington Stanley jigsaw, which of course will have a few pieces missing :)

Peter Murphy Alarm Clock, always wakes you up after 91 minutes shouting 'Goal'

Accrington Stanley calender where every week will be next week :) ( Actually there is a calender due in this week, better check it first :D )

James Beattie Designer Range of clothing

Giftprint are in Peel St, where the bus station is, or as we normally tell people, next door but one to the bogs :D

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Milk advert baby grows and kids t-shirts. I know its clichéd but it the kind of thing that sells.

Retro t-shirts (red with white trim etc.) With legends numbers and names on the back.

Stanley dressing gowns in various sizes.

Pyjamas - red bottoms, red/white t shirt, club badge. Keep it simple.

I still love our stanley bath towels.

I'll have a think about some other stuff lol

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The online delivery arrived yesterday, really pleased with it. Good quality, prompt delivery, just as advertised and a good fit.
Ready to wear tomorrow on clayton end. I'll be the one in the stanley onesie complete with Stanley cufflinks! :-)
Actually I got a very smart hoodie which I will be proud to wear tomorrow and through the rest of the (festive) season.
Ten out of ten to the merchandising team, people are always quick to offer criticism but I can only say it's been great service.

On Stanley!!

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Thanks for the compliment. It's been a busy week on the old interwebby shop, slightly behind at the moment but will catch up over the weekend. Won't always get it right and I'm sure somebody will tell us when we don't :D Either way all feedback is welcome :alright:

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Well done our Head Retail Operations/Marketing Director

Can I add all these sales into the playing budget??;)

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The job title was a trade secret and you missed Sir off it :)

I'll double the sales in the next 2 weeks so you can sign Messi on the 1st Jan

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Who? Never heard of him! :)

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He's not that good actually, never managed to score against Stanley

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Sir, on the case TMS log is ready.

Has anybody got a spare carrier pigeon to send this transfer bid!!

What's the bid??

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To be honest,whilst Messi aint bad at all,Wiley is more use to our team in my view,so the return of him,more beneficial.:D;)

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There's always one who wants better than what the plan is, how about both of them, Messi on a free and then offer the full asking price of 200 million for Kayode ?