Paul Barbers Response (New Shirt)

[Munchkin]

Thank you for your email.

I’m sorry that you do not like the new shirt.

Nike apply a heat pressed sponsor logo to ALL of its shirts, including those designed for Manchester United, Manchester City, Juventus, and Barcelona. Nike do not produce a sublimated printing option (and indeed last year’s shirt which was produced using this process also received complaints because the stripes were broken – in this business of football shirt design, clubs and manufacturers will never win!).

The sponsor logo must meet American Express’ owns brand guidelines – and our shirt design means that American Express’ logo must sit within a white box as the lettering itself can only be applied to a plain background. The size of the white box is determined by The Football League and, as is the case with all shirt sponsors, American Express require the maximum space to be used. I can assure you that American Express are not ashamed of something that meets their own guidelines.

Finally, with orders for the new shirt already 400% up on the previous best ever selling Albion shirt, I don’t think the club or Nike should be ashamed of anything! Shirt design will always be entirely subjective and different views, including yours, will be expressed and are of course valid and welcome, the vast majority of supporters do not share your particular opinion

 

[Eeyore]

And that told you !

 

[greyseagull]

I'm more interested to see the OP's original email...

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Good reply from Paul,you cannot please everybody because we are all different in our views...

 

[matt]

"the vast majority of supporters do not share your particular opinion"... a tad presumptive.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Well that put you in your place!!

 

[saafend_seagull]

"the vast majority of supporters do not share your particular opinion"... a tad presumptive.

Why?

Sales are 400% higher so guess this isn't presumptive in the slightest.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

he's made you look like a right dick there

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Nature's way of telling you not to buy the damn thing. Obviously

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I doubt very much that Barber has the record of all shirt sales since the year dot and is blagging this.

 

[matt]

Why?

Sales are 400% higher so guess this isn't presumptive in the slightest.

And that means that a vast majority of Albion fans disagree with whatever it was the OP put in his original email?

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

"the vast majority of supporters do not share your particular opinion"... a tad presumptive.

Not when sales are up 400%

 

[Frutos]

Whatever people's opinions of Barber may be, you have to applaud the fact that he takes the time to reply to questions like this, and not just in a bland pro-forma way. I've seen multiple instances on here of people contacting him and receiving a quick and personal answer....some claim the club is becoming ever more faceless and corporate, but was this standard of communication ever the case in "the old days" when the club seemed to be run more like a village fete?

 

[The_Viper]

And that means that a vast majority of Albion fans disagree with whatever it was the OP put in his original email?

Yes, because when people tend to dislike things, they don't buy them. If fans disliked the sponsor logo so much, we'd not havd QUADRUPLED our best ever sales.

Also, lol OP has been shot down in flames, well done PB.

 

[Frutos]

I'd be interested, by the way, to see the original e-mail from the OP.

 

[Kazenga <3]

Tragic. It's a football shirt ffs, Barber does not need to be wasting his time with shit like this.

Plus it was known the sponsor was iron on weeks ago, plenty of time to cancel orders rather than whinging like a little bitch.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Please can we see the original email? The response implies that the theme was that the club, nike and AMEX should be ashamed of the shirt?

Also, has that copy and paste cut off half way through a sentence as there is no full stop leading me to believe that there is more

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Not when sales are up 400%

Why?

Sales are 400% higher so guess this isn't presumptive in the slightest.

At this point, sales are 400% higher. What % of total sales (at the end of a shirt's life) does the pre-orders make up? If pre-orders make up 5% of shirt sales, and are 400% higher than the previous shirt, that's insignificant if the 95% of other sales have fallen by 25%.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

If you don't like it, don't buy it. Simple.

You would have thought Mr Barber has better things to do than answer every saddo who whinges at him.

 

[TSB]

I'd be interested, by the way, to see the original e-mail from the OP.

Based on response, he suggested the club & nike should be ashamed of the shirt.
Very diplomatic, that Mr Barber. I'd have told the OP to **** off.