Ibeeballin
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I don’t buy the population argument. I mean we got the alpha bounce when other schools didn’t, but i really wanted these 1.0
I really like my pair of the Alpha Bounce, btw.I don’t buy the population argument. I mean we got the alpha bounce when other schools didn’t, but i really wanted these 1.0View attachment 8880
I really like my pair of the Alpha Bounce, btw.
Unfortunately those price points aren’t going to get us what would be considered “high quality”. At a $50 price point for a polo, that’s going to be a wholesale (what adidas sells it to accounts for) price of $25. The days of a wholesale $25 polo from a major brand are LONG gone. We can still see those prices from lower tier labels, but just a basic, non-tech fabric, solid color polo from a major label is going to start wholesaling at $30 or so ($60 retail). Getting into your tech fabrics/moisture wicking fabrics, actual good looking “high quality” stuff then gets you into the high $30s-low $40s wholesale per polo. Now you’re at a $75-$80 retail price. I’m going off of a current UnderArmour catalog with these examples, as I don’t have a current Adidas, but all retail labels use very similar pricing. Basically retail/MSRP is 2x the wholesale cost.Yes, engineers like me tend to be on the "thrifty" side. I will pay some extra for HIGH quality merchandise, especially if gold. So far, in the 3rd year with Adidas, I have seen nothing that "blows my doors off" with quality and definitely not enough gold stuff. For example, they should be able to make plenty of profit at $50 for a high quality polo and they should be able to make plenty of profit at $75 for a high quality quarter zip. I don't mind paying these prices (although it is nice to get a discount sometimes) if the merchandise is AWESOME. But, if our volume of actual "purchasers" is only 20 - 60% of state U, then it is understood why we "get what we get".
i got a pair of those. probably need another but nothing ive seen i like.I don’t buy the population argument. I mean we got the alpha bounce when other schools didn’t, but i really wanted these 1.0View attachment 8880
Talked with the bookstore the other day (I’m making friends there with as much as I spend!). They haven’t gotten ANY new hats from adidas since February. None of the new stuff is in, nor have expected land dates been given as of Tuesday.Has anybody who ordered a slouch hat from the bookstore received it yet? I ordered the white and gold one when they came out and they were immediately placed on backorder (as usual). I still haven't heard anything about when I might get them. I ordered the navy slouch hat from Fanatics and got it 2 days after I ordered it.
To be clear, they do have most of the new Creator shirts in stock, but yes the rest of the new items are as Chris describes.Talked with the bookstore the other day (I’m making friends there with as much as I spend!). They haven’t gotten ANY new hats from adidas since February. None of the new stuff is in, nor have expected land dates been given as of Tuesday.
Sorry, I should have clarified my last sentence when I said “new stuff”. I was specifically referring to new hats.To be clear, they do have most of the new Creator shirts in stock, but yes the rest of the new items are as Chris describes.
Sorry, I should have clarified my last sentence when I said “new stuff”. I was specifically referring to new hats.
I got that one too, it's a nice one--I believe it showed up in the Spring sometime and predates the new Fall items.I ordered this hat online a few weeks ago and picked it up at the bookstore a few days later. I'm fairly sure it's a new one for this year.
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I got this one too at the start of summer and love it. I ordered the gold and white ones with a GT on them, but they were placed on backorder.I ordered this hat online a few weeks ago and picked it up at the bookstore a few days later. I'm fairly sure it's a new one for this year.
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It’s been in since baseball season. That’s one of the last ones the bookstore received.I ordered this hat online a few weeks ago and picked it up at the bookstore a few days later. I'm fairly sure it's a new one for this year.
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Yeah there were some things that didn't ship till second or third week of September.. Plus we saw some things pop up on third party sites (Kohls, ****'s, etc).@Ibeeballin --I'm trying to remember if it was this late last year before we saw polos, 1/4 zips, full Fall release from adidas? Were items still trickling in this late last year?