How did these make it to stores?

"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre) 01/16/2020 at 16:28 • Filed to: None

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The local Marshall’s had an entire shelf of these. They certainly weren’t old enough to be from the last time the Bengals were AFC North champions.

If they had said 2019 anywhere on them I might have bought one.

For Sweden > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 16:39

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Not eve Joe Burrow has this power

Kiltedpadre > For Sweden 01/16/2020 at 16:45

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Should I buy one and use it as a cigar ashtray in his honor?

For Sweden > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 16:51

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Depends on if you want to see cancer on the field or in your lungs.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 16:55

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This has to be some kind of joke the guy at the New Era factory pulled. He knew what he was doing. 

Ash78, voting early and often > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 17:02

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Is this like a prison gang or something?

/the B stands for Boomeresiason

Kiltedpadre > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 01/16/2020 at 17:05

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And they had a shelf with four stacks of them. I thought I had read somewhere that these items that had already been made were typically donated to third world countries to prevent their sale in the US.

Maybe one box was put on the wrong stack and shipped or there was a paperwork mistake at the loading dock.

Kiltedpadre > Ash78, voting early and often 01/16/2020 at 17:08

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Maybe he could sign them and stuff them in the gift bags at the next event for his foundation.

CTSenVy > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 17:13

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Statistically speaking, eventually they will be correct.  Probably not in my lifetime, but eventually.

Jason Spears > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 17:13

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MonkeePuzzle > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 17:20

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probably in a truck. 

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 17:21

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Mike Brown and the quest for more money

Kiltedpadre > MonkeePuzzle 01/16/2020 at 17:26

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smobgirl > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 17:38

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TJ Maxx and Marshalls seem to get this stuff a lot. We got a ton of Broncos Super Bowl championship crap after 2014. Oops.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 17:43

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I have heard of stuff like this being made when there was a possibility of them being needed. Stores get merch for both teams that go to the Super Bowl so that they have stuff to sell the day after. It makes sense to have potential outcomes ready. My friend actually managed to snag a 2007 Patriots 19-0 T-shirt before they were all disposed of.

In no universe were the Bengals going to be AFC North Champs. They went 2-14 for crying out loud. There was no reason for this to have ever been made. 

Chris Clarke > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 17:58

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2015 they swept the division.

Kiltedpadre > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/16/2020 at 18:02

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Rules may differ from vendor to vendor but when I was in retail the company I worked for had pretty strict guidelines to prevent this from happening.

The delivery had to be signed off for by the manager, it would be locked in the cash room and was supposed to be checked regularly to make sure no one had opened anything, and the manager was responsible for making sure the right boxes made it to the sales floor when it was ready to sell.

The losing teams merchandise had to be inventoried before it was sent back, and the boxes were sealed with special tamper resistant tape before being shipped.

I understand at Marshall’s the policy is if it shows up shove it on the shelf even if it’s wrong or missing parts. I’m just curious where the breakdown was that it even made it to them.

Kiltedpadre > Chris Clarke 01/16/2020 at 18:06

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I know, but there’s no way these had bounced around a warehouse or retail shelf for 4 years. They had close to 40 and all in perfect shape.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Kiltedpadre 01/16/2020 at 18:10

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I forget the exact story on how they got it but I believe they found it on a discount rack a day or two after the loss. 

DipodomysDeserti > Kiltedpadre 01/17/2020 at 01:25

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I have no doubt that Bengals  gear sat around unsold for four years. Marshals probably got them for free.