Sometimes, when I need a chuckle, I go to the shopping portion of the Carolina Panthers' official website and see what they have on "sale."
I like this website's stubbornness. It wants you to pay a lot for its merchandise, and it makes no apologies for that. It so rarely puts something at 50 percent off or more -- even when the player it advertises is long gone -- that when I see something for a big discount it's a shocker. (The website's motto seems to be something like the motto the entire NFL has in making fans pay full price for exhibition games every August).
Hey, if you can get people to pay those prices, more power to you. And I will say the Panthers have a few "bundled" packages that aren't bad deals on their shopping homepage right now (where you get several items, packaged together, at a discount).
But I do find it laughable that the Panthers still insist on charging so much for Julius Peppers and Jake Delhomme jerseys, even though those players are gone. There must be a market for it, but consider for a moment just the prices of a white Panther replica jersey in adult sizes for the following folks:
Note: regular price for the jersey is generally $80-95.
1) Julius Peppers... $59.99 to $74.99. Wow -- what a deal! The guy is in Chicago and the Panthers still want that much? What would it take for the price to drop to $50 -- would Peppers need to go to a third team?
2) Jake Delhomme... $47.99 to $62.99. Oh, c'mon. At least it's not quite as much as the Peppers rip-off, but seriously. He's gone.
3) Brad Hoover... $48.99. Are there this many people out there who want to yell "Hoov" to a popular player no longer on the field?
4) Dwayne Jarrett... $29.99. This is the one price that makes sense here -- sorta. Jarrett's jersey is by far the cheapest, and he's contributed far less than the other 3... but he's the only one still on the team!
I scrolled around a little more looking for "bargains" on the website and found items like a 36" tall Sir Purr plush stuffed animal for a mere... $199.99!
But then I finally found something that was discounted by that magic 50 percent number. Drum roll, please....
Anyone want a Keyshawn Johnson Panthers bobblehead, reg.$20, for $9.99??
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What is Brad Hoover doing? Did he get picked up or just retire?
he is dead.
I bought 4 Authentic Jake Delhomme jerseys from Champs about two weeks ago for $5.00 a piece. These jerseys have sewn in names and numbers and are the real deal. Price tags say $100.00. When I asked how much they were I had to ask like 2 more times before I believed it.
I figured it would be an easy ebay sell down the road, although I will keep one for myself to remember the good days.
ecsellers.com $30 a piece and they are awesome.
can a brother get a rae carruth jersey on sale.
You can bash the Panthers website prices for the items but they still have the edge on articles about the team, you C. O. "reporters" should at least go copy & paste some of them for your readers.
Here's a real laugh -
They have Clausen and Edwards jerseys on the website at $80 a pop - and neither of them have even put on pads yet.
Scott, I guess its funny to you because you probably don't have to pay for Panthers merchandise like the rest of us do.
Folks, please remember that Scott is just an opinion guy. That's it. He's not a sports reporter. If he wants to mouth-off about jersey prices instead of covering OTAs then that's his prerogative.
I remember seeing Weinke kids jerseys for 8 bucks at Wal Mart. And Weinke was still on the team.
Maybe the guy that runs the Panther's online shop is off for the summer and hasn't update the prices. Haha.
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Indeed those shirt prices were too expensive..
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