Same here. Always going to be 2/3/4000 issues when your punting 500,000 units of stock.had 8 or 9 items from Castore and have no issues .........
had 8 or 9 items from Castore and have no issues .........
Nah nothing yet. Said it would be out for trophy day on the 15th, so not panicking...Slightly OT(not clothing related), has anyone received their "official party pack" yet? £25.
I pre-ordered mine end of March but not heard a peep since. Had a confirmation email on day I bought it and that's it.
Nah nothing yet. Said it would be out for trophy day on the 15th, so not panicking...
That's good to know, cheers.mine was dispatched yesterday . Had to get a tracking number for it since I’m living outside the UK
Can only presume UK deliveries will be dispatched early next week given it will take an extra few days for customs to process mine.
There's just really no need for your attitude is there?And to be fair to Sherbrook, or whatever Admin deleted it, surely the better idea would have been to order the strips well in advance of your child's birthday instead of waiting a week beforehand?
Obviously someone on the admin is pro Castore as my post about frustrations of getting kits for my children's birthdays has been chopped. I live in London, I want my children to support Rangers. Not being able to buy their size since November is a huge disappointment. Amateur. They are 4-6, even Leyton Orient have kits I could buy at that age if I wanted to.
Top gesture.If it helps, I can pop over to the store or the one in the city centre today or on Saturday and check for a kit in his size. (can’t do tomorrow sorry)
Can post it next day delivery if they have it?
Let me know mate.
Rangers due diligence on this has to be questioned.
Castore talk a good game. But, we took a year 3 start up, with low volume, niche sales and tasked them with supplying one of the largest teams in the UK.
Some basic checks and balances would have had alarm bells ringing.
Just not of the size and scale we need to produce the volumes required, or to the standard expected.
Bisgrove has this one to answer, imo.
Thats what I've experienced as well, in general it looks 4 years old as well now, the material hasn't held up well at all. Such a shame as it is actually one of my favourite Rangers shirts in a long long timeI’ve had the black top for 3 months and the logos and sponsors are gone. Thankfully the rangers badge is embroidered on it. Hopefully next season tops are a better quality.
You are missing the fairly large elephant in the room, that being that the larger brands are unwilling to work with us due to the spectre of SD.
Im sure if Nike or Adidas offered remotely close to what Castore did they would've got the gig.
I think that the way the Castore deal was structured was done to rule SD out of matching it. I have no issues over being with Castore over one of the big brands, if the quality comes up to what we would expect then I'm more than happy with them as our partner.So, not willing or didn’t pay the fee Castore did?
They just 'get it'!Castore are the Caixinha of kit manufacturers.
Talk a good game.
For me the worst part is, if they hadn't screwed up on quality time and again creating a large amount of apathy from our fan base this could have been an absolutely brilliant deal for both parties. We are buying in huge numbers, but this will 100% have been curtailed by the turkey/china issue, then the various quality issues as well as general availability issues as well. Can you imagine what we would've spent without these issues?Castore are the Caixinha of kit manufacturers.
Talk a good game.
I think that the way the Castore deal was structured was done to rule SD out of matching it. I have no issues over being with Castore over one of the big brands, if the quality comes up to what we would expect then I'm more than happy with them as our partner.
It got us away from SD which in the long term is all that matters
Superb mate, another poster doing same for me next week as due to arthritis i can't get to the shop.If it helps, I can pop over to the store or the one in the city centre today or on Saturday and check for a kit in his size. (can’t do tomorrow sorry)
Can post it next day delivery if they have it?
Let me know mate.
I hoovered up the Hummell gear. Trackies, training gear, home top. Stuff for the kids. You can tell just buy holding the two tops together that the Hummell gear is superior quality.For me the worst part is, if they hadn't screwed up on quality time and again creating a large amount of apathy from our fan base this could have been an absolutely brilliant deal for both parties. We are buying in huge numbers, but this will 100% have been curtailed by the turkey/china issue, then the various quality issues as well as general availability issues as well. Can you imagine what we would've spent without these issues?
That's amazing mate, thank you so much.If it helps, I can pop over to the store or the one in the city centre today or on Saturday and check for a kit in his size. (can’t do tomorrow sorry)
Can post it next day delivery if they have it?
Let me know mate.
That's amazing mate, thank you so much.
Question - has anyone had bad experiences with non Rangers Castore gear ?
H&H have mentioned on a number of occasions that the issues have, for the most part, been unacceptable to be fair to them.What’s the “key influencers” or fans media take on this?
They are close to the club and undoubtedly have greater access to people/info and had interviews with the club and Castore previously.
Would be interesting to hear them comment on Castores season 1 performance. Although I appreciate that they might not want shoot themselves in the foot with any negative press coverage of the club and/or club partner.
The embroidery problem in the kits are because the material shouldn't really be embroidered. People think embroidery got ditched for transfers because of chaffing but a big part was shirts getting thinner and not able to take the embroidery.
When they are put through the machines there's a hoop that goes over the area to embroider which pulls the shirt tight. With a thin material if you don't get it spot on then it's going to get distorted because it moves slightly with the needle pressure. That's done by hand and when it's a factory in Turkey or China they are just doing it once. I used to do it and sometimes it would take a few tries before getting it right, over/under-stretch just one part of the circle and it will bend the writing. There's no way they are doing it more than once, even the player kits embroidery is shoddy.
The bunching up and missing parts are because the thread got jammed, which will happen a lot with thin material, the embroiderer knows about that because they have to unjam it. Then they should take all of them out and take 5-10 mins per shirt to unpick the thread then reset it perfectly, or bin it if its as bad as some of these. It's probably a 15 minute stop for one shirt but its likely to be a few, so they aren't doing it and just reseting the machine to restart then mixing in the shit batch at the bottom of good batches to avoid quality control. I just got the boss moaning if I had a pile of ruined stock, these workers probably get it docked from their pay along with missing quotas trying to fix it so the incentive is to just hide it.
I said it earlier in the thread if someone had asked for embroidery on those shirts then they would be advised to use a transfer. Castore probably wanted a transfer but the support wanted embroidery. The problem is made worse by our badge, the club crest type are ok because it's a solid circle but our badge, Castore's, and the small writing are nightmares to embroider on thin material because of the detail and close gaps.
Theres also a common problem in their embroidery where they use too much thread, they do it in the interior stitching too and it makes the shoulder stitching ridiculously thick. I think they get charged on thread count and some factory is taking them for a ride along with viewing them as a lesser brand not worth spending too much time on quality control.
Have you checked the embroidery to the level of our expert on here or are you not troubled by such things?Everything I have bought from Castore has been perfect and still is.
Should I stop buying their stuff as well then?
Got a hoody, trackies and t shirt which are all fine.Question - has anyone had bad experiences with non Rangers Castore gear ?
I will.Is there anyone still actually going to defend Castore anymore?
The club and them don’t care because we still buy everything they put out.
had 8 or 9 items from Castore and have no issues .........
lol, i bought castore gear just to see the sizing before shirt launch , so after 2 castore items and 6/7 gers related stuff over the last 10/11 months i'm fine ........Wait until you've actually worn them!
You’re probably correct, but it’s much more fun for some to consider the club a shambles and Castore as robbing conmen.As I posted earlier, Auchenhowie will have thousands of bits of kit/clothing coming through. The notion that feedback isn't being supplied is beyond credulity. I've no doubt at all that it will be.
How is it not true? Fans are paying top dollar for inferior products. If that isn't the very definition of being ripped off, then what is Batman?
If you don't like hearing it or reading it, block me! Simples
I spoke with someone from the club/first team who said the Castore gear is a shambles and the amount of items the players are getting replaced is crazy. Items only lasting a few games etc.You’re probably correct, but it’s much more fun for some to consider the club a shambles and Castore as robbing conmen.
Absolute hero!Picked him up a home kit sized 5-6Y
Have DM’d you.
Home top - just poor quality in general (a fraction of the quality of the 2nd/3rd tops)
2nd / 3rd tops - quality decent enough although writing on inside pealed off soon after purchase. Not ideal but not a show stopper imo
retro kit - fantastic
orange training tshirt - as per 2nd / 3rd tops
Navy tracksuit - looks good in photos but certainly not built to last. Dire effort as a sports tracksuit.
All in all I’ve had a mixed bag of quality from Castore.
I’ve recently bought the EOS training range - again looks amazing in photos. Fingers crossed it meets my expectations when it arrives. A few poor reports in the last few pages of this thread though.
it's not a full refund. Delivery and return (within the UK) is about £10 each time, and isnt refunded.They're not being ripped off. If you're not happy you can return for a full refund.