JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

[pietraynor]

Rec'd an email yesterday mentioning that JO Sports could add up to 5 more NFL teams to their sales list. JO rep on the board? Or anyone have info or a lead on the newcomers? Jay.

[34swtns]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

I'm hoping the Bucs are added.

[Neely8]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

If so hopefully their prices become a little more realistic.

[momen55]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

i agree with neely8.
no reason whatsoever to have such high prices. i don't collect football stuff, but that is beside the point. anything nfl related is overpriced and that is pathetic. if people are willing to pay it, well, i guess those companies will continue to have high prices.
it is nothing more that highway robbery without a gun. mlb is in the same boat.

[indyred]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

Great news. I'm hoping for these 5 teams. Steelers, Patriots, 49ers, Packers and Cardinals.

JO should set up a auction page on their site. It would help getting people to check it. Also, Have special deals of the day ect. or now in off season do a MeiGray like sale. Buy one get one half off on newer stuff or 25-30% off, on older stuff that has sat a long time. Just do half off sale on some.
Have a few auctions going and start them at reasonable prices and let bidders decide the price. Get more people checking site daily.

[34swtns]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

Very well said, indy.

I've never understood the concept of retaining non-moving inventory indefinitely simply because you can't get top dollar for it.

If it's been sitting on your shelf dead in the water for 6+ months sell it for what you can get out of it and rollover the dough into new inventory.
Basic business 101.

I'm quite sure the mark-up on those jerseys can take the hit, easily.

[JackHE]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

Noticed that alot of Raider jerseys have gone up on ebay - some with the Best Offer option so looks like they do want to move some inventory.

Raider jerseys on NFL Auction have been selling for some relatively low prices including some of the black Legacy jerseys.

J

[skinsfan0521]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

JO Sports does have a presence on here, but I'm guessing that they won't give out any early information about who the teams are. They may, but who knows.

[JasonBanz]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

I would love to see JO expand. I have never bought from them(because of the prices) but I have received e-mails from them just checking on me and seeing if there was anything I want. Their customer service seems top notch to me, but I just can't bring myself to pay over $1000 for a jersey that I could find in an auction house or NFL auctions for a few hundred less. I guess they know what they know what they are doing, they're still in business!

[intheminors]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

I investigated that a little as well when we hosted some NFL Folks here last week. Most of the conversations were just in passing but I have e-mailed all 32 team contacts that I got about how they sell game-used items, etc.

Right now, I've received a few Out of Office responses but did open some dialogue with the Vikings, Bears, Raiders & Patriots (2 of those are already JO teams).

Kyle

[skinsfan0521]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

JasonBanz - I agree. If they keep their prices this way, I'd never buy anything from them, but they must not have a huge reason to lower prices since they seem to sell a lot. In another thread, it was mentioned that they don't always sell the jerseys for the prices listed on their page. Somebody indicated that you could send them an offer and they may accept it.

[legaleagle92481]

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I do not think JO's prices are that bad on the majority of their jerseys. I have bought from them alot. They sell high quality stuff that arrives safely packaged with a nice folder that often includes photos of the player wearing the item. They have top notch customer service as well. I have bought from NFL auctions as well and JO runs rings around them in every area and NFL auctions stuff on the whole sells for higher prices. They also seem to really move their stuff particularly of the stars. They have the Jets but if you notice Sanchez, Revis and Mangold are out of stock. They have the Vikings they are out of Favre. They have the Chargers and are out of Tomlinson, Gates and down to one Rivers road jersey. They have Bears stuff but no Cutler or Urlacher left. Why should they lower their prices when they are selling their stuff? They are a business their ultimate goal like any others is too make as much money as possible.

[chakes89]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

It would be cool if they added the Bengals.

[34swtns]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

Why should they lower their prices when they are selling their stuff? They are a business their ultimate goal like any others is too make as much money as possible.

Reason #1: lots of dead inventory sitting....and sitting......for months on end.
If something has been for sale for 6 months+ at $1000 with no takers, what would you do? Bet I can guess.

Reason #2: see reason #1.

[skinsfan0521]

Re: JO Sports adding teams in 2010?

I do not think JO's prices are that bad on the majority of their jerseys. I have bought from them alot. They sell high quality stuff that arrives safely packaged with a nice folder that often includes photos of the player wearing the item. They have top notch customer service as well. I have bought from NFL auctions as well and JO runs rings around them in every area and NFL auctions stuff on the whole sells for higher prices. They also seem to really move their stuff particularly of the stars. They have the Jets but if you notice Sanchez, Revis and Mangold are out of stock. They have the Vikings they are out of Favre. They have the Chargers and are out of Tomlinson, Gates and down to one Rivers road jersey. They have Bears stuff but no Cutler or Urlacher left. Why should they lower their prices when they are selling their stuff? They are a business their ultimate goal like any others is too make as much money as possible.

I agree that they have no reason to lower prices because they move star items through relatively quickly. But, they have a lot of 2nd (or 3rd) tier players listed at like $800. Instead of lowering prices, having sales, etc, they just let them sit there. Again, if I were them, I probably wouldn't lower them either because of their success selling for the high prices. I'm just saying that as a collector (not a high-end collector), it would be nice if they had more reasonable prices.

Just my opinion...