Anybody wear any of your game worn items?

[Mattfedo01]

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I think if you put on a Game Used Jersey you are ruining the meaning of it!!! If you use that jersey you should never sell it!!!!

[skier14]

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I think if you put on a Game Used Jersey you are ruining the meaning of it!!! If you use that jersey you should never sell it!!!!

I disagree. I personally don't wear any jerseys that I own, but I dont think that it "ruin[s] the meaning of it". What is the meaning of a game worn jersey? The jersey is still game worn, and I believe that is the meaning. Although I don't wear my jerseys I understand that someone would.

I will swing some of my un-cracked bats every once in a while.

[solarlottry]

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A friend of mine has one of the largest GU 49ers collections in the world and he ALWAYS wears his gamers to 49er games! He usually wears older shirts like Brodie but has also worn players like Lott. People are always looking at his shirt at the game and wondering what it is.

[Fnazxc0114]

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i dont wear any, but im fat so my options are limited lol

[spartakid]

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I don't wear any of the jerseys I own, I would be too afraid of getting it dirty or something happening to it. I do take some swings occasionally with my lower end uncracked bats though, not the more valuable ones.

[Trublubrucru]

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You have to figure that most jerseys are made to withstand hard use. Worn 40-80 times during the summer for 3-5 hours at a time, sweated up and slid in, and washed that many times, and then sometimes sent to the minors too. Jerseys made in the last 20 years hold up a lot better than the vintage ones. That being said, I purchased a cheap gamer for the specific duty of wearing to games. I've worn a '96 Bob Wickman road jersey to Brewer games since '97 ( 5 or 6 times a year) washed it every time, and it still looks as good as my others that I've never worn.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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With the glove, the ball is very rarely and very lightly done that if I didn't tell you, you would have no idea that I ever wore it because it's still in the same condition as it always was. You have to realize that when you buy anything GU and that it is not from the team, sports marketing company, etc. that there is a possibility that the previous owner wore it. There's no way of telling or devalue of it if it's worn by someone else and nothing has been altered to the original piece from that. I rarely wear my jerseys simply because I'm not a jersey wearer, but you would have no idea that they have been worn just because I handle everything with care and the infrequency of them being reworn. That's what I have to offer.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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Tedw9, I do hang them on hangers to loosen them and I'm currently doing that with my jerseys, but as I said rarely I wear them. I wore one yesterday for less than five minutes, but that's what got me thinking and thus this thread was made.

[gingi79]

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This thread reminds me of the old thread found here:

Just to fastforward, here was my response:

" I normally wear my Mickey Mantle game worn when I am burping newborns at the maternity wing.

I had to stop wearing my Dan Marino photomatched Super Bowl jersey after two weeks of fiestas in Mexico. Apparently you can sweat like a pig and throw up at the same time.

I also enjoy taking swings at the local batting range with every one of complete set of 500 home run hitter bats. I usually do this after smoking two packs of cigarettes in a small, non-ventilated room. Lucky for me, I also store most of my collection outside, right next to a fish market.

Now if you are reading this and thinking "Jesus, this guy is an ass. What a stupid thing to say!", then you know exactly how I feel when this question is asked.

I would argue that unless we are talking about an item that should be in a museum, someone other than the player has worn it. This could be to a Super Bowl party, a live game or while watching one on TV. See those items on eBay? They have been worn by collectors. All of them. Whether it is just once to know what it is like to wear their hero's jersey or in one of the situations I outlined above. Go to ANY major sporting event and you will see game worns in the crowd. Hardly ever see one with "added wear" unless the seller does it to increase the price or mustard stains. I've rarely heard of a story of something dripping on a game worn either. I think it's silly to think wear and usage is added to a shirt simply by wearing it to one of the above mentioned places.

Now I realize that there are collectors on this site and others who feel this is terrible. You may even think I am exaggerating. You may become enraged and feel that people who wear these shirts are somehow damaging them. You are more than welcome to that opinion and I can see how this is a logical and in many cases correct way to feel.

But you won't change anyone's opinion, just like I won't change yours. That's ok, we can agree to disagree.

However, collectors are the precise reason why this thread will not get honest responses. (In the thread another collector asked) for
"[Collectors to] list your email and Ebay user name so that I will never buy jerseys from you."

Well, my eBay user name is LongIslandDale_Jrfan and my email address is the same as my username here. I doubt you will get many more responses as honest as mine because I won't be selling anything I am wearing and most people don't want to be blamed or penalized for doing what every other seller has done. If you feel like you are "weeding out" those collectors who have worn their gamers after the player you can start with my name and end when you finish blocking 90%+ of the other collectors.

I'm all for honesty and integrity. If you (and by you I mean any collector) want to sit back and think I am rare and wrong for wearing MY shirt, then don't bid on my eBay stuff and don't buy my stuff on this site. I can respect that. I disagree with you and think it's nieve of you to believe you are getting a jersey only a player wore. However, I would make the friendly suggestion of purchasing items only from companys like MeiGray or the team themselves.

Ironically, because I want to sell stuff here in the future, the items I list are authentics and some gamers I purchased to flip. These have not been worn. You can believe me or not but considering how honest this thread has been, I can't see why we couldn't work out a deal in the future.

In closing I will throw one more question out for the crowd. Woudn't you rather concern yourself with the fact that the jersey is an unaltered authentic game worn piece worn by the player and then once or twice by a collector rather than a fake?"

Just fair arning if you don't want to read through the entire old thread. If you are honest and says you once wore a jersey, there are collectors on this board who will never purchase anything from you. I find it ironic that people with similar stuff to mine have sold items on this board and my for sale items with fair prices have never sold. Jut keep that in mind when deciding how "honest" you want to be.

[gingi79]

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Sorry, here is the link to the last fight.....err thread : http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...ad.php?t=23019

[kylehess10]

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I never wear anything or swing anything or use anything. That's why I rarely ever buy stuff from collectors, since I have the feeling that somebody down the line may have worn it. I like knowing that the last person who used/wore something was the PLAYER, not some random guy.

Even when I buy a game used uncracked bat of minor leaguers or no-name major leaguers to use for myself in games, when I finish with it, I burn them in a fire

[Lokee]

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i dont wear any, but im fat so my options are limited lol

LMAO way to funny

[Lokee]

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Even when I buy a game used uncracked bat of minor leaguers or no-name major leaguers to use for myself in games, when I finish with it, I burn them in a fire

Interesting.

[woody1351]

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i dont wear any, but im fat so my options are limited lol

i bought my first jerseys to wear bc im 5'8 160 and jerseys dont fit me very well, they are huge on me. then i found out people collect game jerseys and all the new ones i buy i dont wear but my frist two i wear bc i wore them many times before i really started collecting them.

[jays78]

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Even when I buy a game used uncracked bat of minor leaguers or no-name major leaguers to use for myself in games, when I finish with it, I burn them in a fire

Kyle, you give new meaning to "flame treated"!!!