Whelley Warrior wrote:Not everyone can afford a £40 shirt for one off games and as only £10 of the price is going to the charity, I will give the same to this worthy charity without putting money into the pockets of others. I suspect many more will do likewise.
Who gets the other £30??
Manufacturers I would think & it's £42 for the shirt with £10 goin to Joining Jack
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Whelley Warrior wrote:Not everyone can afford a £40 shirt for one off games and as only £10 of the price is going to the charity, I will give the same to this worthy charity without putting money into the pockets of others. I suspect many more will do likewise.
Who gets the other £30??
Manufacturers I would think & it's £42 for the shirt with £10 goin to Joining Jack
Presumably, obviously the Club as well will make their profit - whatever their mark-up for this one-off production.
They have foregone their major sponsor for this match, so there would be implications there also.
Whelley Warrior wrote:Not everyone can afford a £40 shirt for one off games and as only £10 of the price is going to the charity, I will give the same to this worthy charity without putting money into the pockets of others. I suspect many more will do likewise.
Who gets the other £30??
Manufacturers I would think & it's £42 for the shirt with £10 goin to Joining Jack
Whelley Warrior wrote:Michael Inch Stroke
In my case, I have made the same donation to the charity without putting £32 into the pocket of others.
I hope that is a genuine spelling mistake and you are not being abusive in any way?
Also, it is up to the individual how they donate to charities(or not) and what they spend their own hard earned money on, so please dont preach to me how I spend mine :exc:
Living in Essex, I couldn't make it to the shop to buy a shirt, and last week made about 60 attempts to get through on the phone to buy a shirt without any success.
I was going to try and buy one of the second run, but then realised that I had more than enough replica shirts in my wardrobe and didn't need another - but I was willing to spend 42 of my hard earned english pounds on something that I'd rarely wear - so I decided to give the £42 directly to the charity (with gift aid it goes up to £52).
But thats what i've done and its not important, the important thing is it's a worthy cause and our club and its supporters are getting behind it, all in our own way, but rather than squabble over how we support the charity, we should be proud of how the Wigan RL community has come together to help one of our own.
Fans of other clubs are screaming out for a shirt but without the Wigan badge. I think a GB JJ shirt would go down a storm, with a one off friendly against ? would be good.
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As the JJ 'salute' was first popularised at this year's Magic weekend, maybe all clubs (who wish to take part) could have a JJ shirt at next year's Magic weekend - it could be branded as the 'Joining Jack Magic Weekend'.
