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Exactly. I've got a Nike drill top that reminds me of Tommy Moller Neilsen that I still wear to kick about the house and it's in perfect condition. Must have been washed literally hundreds of times.I have Rangers shirts 30 years old that were never off my back that look in better condition than some of these pictures i'm seeing on this thread.
That's it, they were just better quality and durable. Mine were washed constantly without the fear of being too long or warm a cycle. We actually played football in them too...grass stains the lot.Exactly. I've got a Nike drill top that reminds me of Tommy Moller Neilsen that I still wear to kick about the house and it's in perfect condition. Must have been washed literally hundreds of times.
Given the cost, I think the quality of a lot of what we got offered is pretty shoddy.That's it, they were just better quality and durable. Mine were washed constantly without the fear of being too long or warm a cycle. We actually played football in them too...grass stains the lot.
Judging by a lot of the comments I think people are being slowly conditioned to accept poor quality as normal.
They look tacky and detract from our famous crest .Why don’t you like the five stars? Just out of curiosity.
I spoke to soon. The navy training sweatshirt, washed twice as delicates, not tumble dried and the sponsor is peeling away. Just worn it round the house, nothing dramatic and that's happening. Utterly Ridiculous from castoreI’ve bought the home and third shirts, navy sweatshirt and snood. All good so far, although I’ve hardly worn the shirts owing to a reluctance to damage them in the wash. For £60 each this isn’t acceptable, particularly when I have worn the Hummel tops more regularly in previous seasons without an anticipation of them being damaged in the wash.
Admin edit: Since I started this OP, I'm adding this post to my OP rather than creating a new thread.
I appreciate lots of people are delighted with the quality of Castore's Rangers products.
However, I've had the exact opposite experience, sadly.
I returned my home shirt for a full refund at the time because the quality was extremely poor – and my away and third shirts haven't held up well at all.
Please note: I know how to wash football shirts and I've never had a problem with any football gear prior to these Castore ones.
As you can see from the below images, most of the lettering is peeling off both shirts.
The back is the third kit is particularly embarrassing.
The away kit isn't as bad, but the colours of the sponsor have bled, something I've never seen on a football shirt before.
@Greg Marshall , as you were kind enough to chat to me at length about Castore previously, can you share these images with the club/Castore please and ask if this is the quality we should expect?
These two shirts will be going in the bin at the end of the season – but I've got massive concerns about the quality of our future merchandise.
If they make a mess of the 150 anniversary stuff, it'll be unforgivable.
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@Greg Marshall , I appreciate that's it's great for the club financially, but this shouldn't be at the expense of basics like quality.
I will not be buying a thing that has the Mickey Mouse wash off tattoo/badges and sponsors on them ever again.
I would recommend that anyone who is having issues contacts concierge@rangersstore.co.uk in the first instance.@Greg Marshall , third time lucky to get a reply to this post hopefully.
Any thoughts on this or can you pass this to the club?
If not, I'll give up and reluctantly accept that it's time for me to give up on Castore and look forward to the end of the deal in four years' time.
Unless there's a huge increase in quality, I fear our fans will continue to be short changed from this merchandising deal.
I appreciate that's it's great for the club financially, but this shouldn't be at the expense of basics like quality.
Nor should our support be ignored
I hope, and expect, that next season the crest/badges will be embroidered, like the Retro Kit hopefully. Personally I’d ditch the stars and wording inside the shirts as it’s pointless in any case. With the best will in the World though, that will not be the case with the sponsors logos. As I’ve said in the past, I’ve Adidas stuff with the same issues re. plastic badges. It’s not peculiar to Castore. Maybe they need to use superglue to stick them on.Same for me mate. Got the new stuff as it was embroidered badges but I'll not be buying any stuff moving forward that isn’t embroidered. My orange training top is pretty much just a standard orange sporting top now with next to no badges or anything on it.
I would recommend that anyone who is having issues contacts concierge@rangersstore.co.uk in the first instance.
I've had my my run ins with SLO in the past regards other stuff but tbf not sure he has the power to boot doors in. Im sure that he will have reported back the complaints he's received and that the board will be aware of the feelings of those that have had a bad experience with Castore. Those that feel that strongly and dont feel SLO is being listened to by the club need to contact James Bisgrove as he is in charge of all things commercialI'm way past the age where I would be wearing any football tops and/or sportswear but Rangers gear is something I would readily buy as gifts for family members, as I have done frequently in the past.
However, the standard of goods being described on here is nothing short of fucking shocking, and should be a huge source of embarrassment to the club. Even worse is the apparent reluctance of Castore to address the concerns.
No way would I part with any readies as long as this situation exists And I imagine others have formed the same opinion.
For Rangers FC totolerate this situation for so long is an absolute disgrace.
I asked a number of days ago if the SLO was aware of the situation. I may be reading things wrongly but it would appear to me from above that he has been made aware but still the situation exists with no sign of any resolution.
In my humble opinion the SLO should be booting in doors to get this resolved before it gets any worse.
I'm always confused why people are so keen to jump to castores defence, often blaming the person with faulty goods.
Castore have made a killing out of this partnership. In my own personal experience (friends and family) around 30% of the products they have made have had some issue. (some small. Like the inside labels coming off and some big like the sponsor logo coming off the front and making the top look like shit). I can honestly say that I have never had any issue with any other sportswear even after years of wear, and the same group of people I refer to above are the same.
I appreciate castore pulled this together short notice blah blah blah. Fans want to know if the issue will be resolved for next seasons kits. Have castore made any promises to the club that the quality will improve, its not improved on the recent gear that's been released.
Contacting the concierge is fine for a wee issue here or there. But they aren't the people dealing with next seasons gear.
Ive spent upwards of £500 this season, I won't be buying the new seasons stuff until I know the quality is improved. It needs to be in the clubs interest to resolve this issue or we will continue to receive the same poor quality as before.
Never had a problem and the quality is brilliant.
This coming season merchandise if the same issues persist I'm out after that as far as Castore are concerned. There was mitigating circumstances this season Pandemic, shorter time frame to get kit ready etc etc. But those excuses are used up for me.That’s a good, balanced post.
It would be good to know that we can look forward to the rest of the partnership not having the quality issues.
I don't have permission to open the picsAdmin edit: Since I started this OP, I'm adding this post to my OP rather than creating a new thread.
I appreciate lots of people are delighted with the quality of Castore's Rangers products.
However, I've had the exact opposite experience, sadly.
I returned my home shirt for a full refund at the time because the quality was extremely poor – and my away and third shirts haven't held up well at all.
Please note: I know how to wash football shirts and I've never had a problem with any football gear prior to these Castore ones.
As you can see from the below images, most of the lettering is peeling off both shirts.
The back is the third kit is particularly embarrassing.
The away kit isn't as bad, but the colours of the sponsor have bled, something I've never seen on a football shirt before.
@Greg Marshall , as you were kind enough to chat to me at length about Castore previously, can you share these images with the club/Castore please and ask if this is the quality we should expect?
These two shirts will be going in the bin at the end of the season – but I've got massive concerns about the quality of our future merchandise.
If they make a mess of the 150 anniversary stuff, it'll be unforgivable.
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I don't have permission to open the pics
No worries mate. Have come across this before sometimes. Also with things like trying to look back through my own posts.Don’t know why, mate.
I can still see them OK.
@DocStone is the resident admin techie genius, though, and may be able to shed some light on this.
Speak for yourself. My stuff is fantastic quality.
Even before stuff started falling apart it wasn’t ‘brilliant.’
Haha to be honest it's no big deal just curious as to why it happens.A note of caution, though, bud... while @DocStone is undoubtedly a techie genius, he’s also a grumpy motherfücker
I’ve got Nike and Adidas football tops, even before logos started falling off there’s a marked difference in quality.Speak for yourself. My stuff is fantastic quality.
I hope, and expect, that next season the crest/badges will be embroidered, like the Retro Kit hopefully. Personally I’d ditch the stars and wording inside the shirts as it’s pointless in any case. With the best will in the World though, that will not be the case with the sponsors logos. As I’ve said in the past, I’ve Adidas stuff with the same issues re. plastic badges. It’s not peculiar to Castore. Maybe they need to use superglue to stick them on.
I have the exact same issueNo worries mate. Have come across this before sometimes. Also with things like trying to look back through my own posts.
Here's what I get in case @DocStone can perhaps shed some light.
I’ve no idea mate. I don’t scrutinise them. As with all my comments on the kit/clothing stuff I caveat it with the rider that it’s only my own experience. The Adidas trackies I have (three pairs) are shit. The three Castore items I have are great. The Retro shirt has been washed 33 times now, once after every match for which it’s been worn and it could pass for new. Others can recount notably different experiences.is there any other players and coaches kits that are falling apart regular for adidas ect on national tv,training pictures ect
its nothing but a fuiking embarrassment
150th anniversary coming up and some of this stuff looks like it has been bought from turkish street traders
The retro shirt is embroidered though mate, it’s items with printed logos which appear to have the problemsI’ve no idea mate. I don’t scrutinise them. As with all my comments on the kit/clothing stuff I caveat it with the rider that it’s only my own experience. The Adidas trackies I have (three pairs) are shit. The three Castore items I have are great. The Retro shirt has been washed 33 times now, once after every match for which it’s been worn and it could pass for new. Others can recount notably different experiences.
I’d like to think the the badges will be embroidered next season but, as I’ve said earlier, that’s not going to be the case with sponsors logo. Superglue is the answer.The retro shirt is embroidered though mate, it’s items with printed logos which appear to have the problems
I’ve Castore golf gear and it’s superb but the material is far better than the football range
My personal fear is that if the do at a premiership club to their portfolio, Newcastle for example, the quality will if anything be worse as coping with demand has always been an issue and more demand will exasperate this
I've had my my run ins with SLO in the past regards other stuff but tbf not sure he has the power to boot doors in. Im sure that he will have reported back the complaints he's received and that the board will be aware of the feelings of those that have had a bad experience with Castore. Those that feel that strongly and dont feel SLO is being listened to by the club need to contact James Bisgrove as he is in charge of all things commercial