What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

[steeltownjerseys]

Re: What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

Sounds to me like the jerseys you have are legit, but you unfortunately noticed what many have noticed. the quality has drastically decreased, while the prices stay high! The original durenes are great jerseys, but unfortunately quality has been put aside for fashion and profits.
The new jerseys are polyester made overseas....how mch can they really cost to produce? $20 max! It's a shame, but many M&N jerseys are retailed for less than the you can buy the original for....why would you buy a poor remake of a Tim Brown jersey when you can still find the real thing for a third of the price? It's like buying a fake Rolex for more than you can buy a real one for. Yhe vintage jerseys I understand, but some of these recent releases are so new, there's nothing "throwback" about them.
Hopefully M&N will get back to the quality that got them to where they are.

[bigjimsguitars]

Re: What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

I would for the sake of argument, email M&N to see if they even issued the year and player jersey that is in question...I too wouldn't be suprised if it is fake....

[otismalibu]

Re: What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

I realize there are plenty o' fake M&N, but I think the OP simply wondered why the latest Steelers M&N he acquired didn't measure up to the old one.

Be glad you have the old one. Those sell for a pretty good price...for a high end replica.

[TNTtoys]

Re: What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

Like I said earlier, Mitchell and Ness appears to be hit and miss now. Not sure why. The last two Mitchell and Ness jerseys I bought were directly from the M&N store in Philadelphia, during one of their sales.

I picked up 2 1978 San Diego Padres Dave Winfield jerseys: The brown on yellow and the yellow on brown. Both have identical tagging; both are made in the USA, not Asia; both are made of completely different weight material (the yellow is very thin and flimsy / the brown is very thick and durable); both were the same price.

Again, not sure why the big discrepancy, but can rest assured that they are not pirated items. The one thing I do have trouble with, however, is had I bought the yellow jersey from a reseller, I would have definitely questioned its authenticity.