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View Poll Results: Do you usually buy or would buy fencing merchandise at a tournament? | |
Yes, I usually buy / would buy merchandise up to US$20
|     | 11 | 28.21% | |
Yes, I usually buy / would buy merchandise up to US$40
|    | 4 | 10.26% | |
Yes, I usually buy / would buy merchandise up to US$60
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Yes, I usually buy / would buy merchandise totalling more than US$60
|    | 16 | 41.03% | |
No, I don't usually buy / wouldn't buy merchandise
|    | 8 | 20.51% | 
10-25-2005, 07:07 PM
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#1 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 57
| Buying fencing merchandise at tournaments
Hello folks, my club is organizing a tournament and we're planning to set up a merchandise booth to sell things like patches, t-shirts, mugs, etc. as a way to raise some extra cash, everything with a fencing theme (drawings, phrases, whatever). So my question is: do you buy/would buy that kind of stuff at a tournament?
In answering to this poll, consider that you like the products being offered, so please don't post comments like "how can I answer to this poll, it depends on what type of stuff you're selling".
On the other hand, you're more than welcome to suggest things that you would buy. | 
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10-25-2005, 07:09 PM
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#2 | | Bitter young coach
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bay Area
Posts: 4,501
| Wacky Whackers. They're little foam sabres sold by triplette. Those things are freaking awesome.
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10-25-2005, 07:26 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC area
Posts: 2,501
| Stickers. I'm always looking for new and funky stickers for my case.  | |
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10-25-2005, 07:37 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 351
| Only if they're worth buying.
In other words, yes. | |
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10-25-2005, 08:15 PM
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#5 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lowell, MA
Posts: 22
| I try to buy my fencing equiptment at tournaments just because it's nice to check out what you want before you buy it. I guess I'd but stickers and stuff like that too though. | |
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10-25-2005, 08:24 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mass/ct
Posts: 3,226
| it depends on the tournement... for the hs varsity states and such i will buy t shirts and stickers and fun stuff, but for the average tourney mabey a t shirt.. but probably not unless it was a big deal or i won or somthing.... | |
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10-25-2005, 08:27 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,468
| I only take home merchandise in 3 colors. Gold, silver and bronze. Most serious fencers dont have the extra money to buy non-essential stuff like T-shirts or coffee mugs.
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10-25-2005, 10:41 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 351
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Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken! I only take home merchandise in 3 colors. Gold, silver and bronze. Most serious fencers dont have the extra money to buy non-essential stuff like T-shirts or coffee mugs. | except rich serious fencers do and poor non-serious fencers don't buy t-shirts.
or poor or serious fencers that require clothing, and feel that they might as well buy it at a fencing tournament. | |
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10-25-2005, 11:02 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Australia - various
Posts: 2,756
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Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken! I only take home merchandise in 3 colors. Gold, silver and bronze. Most serious fencers dont have the extra money to buy non-essential stuff like T-shirts or coffee mugs. | Elitest! Most fencer I know (and that includes those in the top 10 of the Australian rankings) buy a t-shirt at a comp....
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10-25-2005, 11:06 PM
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#10 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Angel, London
Posts: 2,443
| always buy a tshirt | |
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10-25-2005, 11:16 PM
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#11 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 57
| For those who would buy a shirt, what would you prefer (assume all options are nice designs, colors, etc, and same price)?
1- A shirt with a "cool" fencing pattern, but unrelated to the tournament
2- A shirt with a pattern related to the tournament, like the symbol of the tournament and the year
3- A shirt with the logo of the club hosting the tournament | |
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10-25-2005, 11:21 PM
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#12 | | Bitter young coach
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bay Area
Posts: 4,501
| I'd go with a combination of options 1 and 2. If you can find it online, look at the shirts from duel in the desert last year. Very whimsical. It doesn't try to be bad ***, like some fencing tshirts do (and generally fail at.) I've gotten compliments on mine from fencers and non fencers alike.
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"Technical excellence is the antecedant of tactical creativity." - Nat Goodhartz
But those things which belong neither to God nor to Caeser, feeleth free to writeth them off, for yea, they are deductable.
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10-25-2005, 11:25 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Carlsbad, CA
Posts: 610
| What I usually buy nowadays is gear, rather than decorative / souvenir type stuff, but I'd be willing to do so if it was neat and I felt it was going to a good cause. So, indicating that it supports your club/team would motivate me more to buy something.
I really have plenty of t-shirts now, so I'd be a bit selective. I'd like something with a neat fencing image and some indication of the tournament & date. (I didn't buy a Summer Nationals t-shirt this year because it was just plain ugly.) I'd probably prefer not to have it with the hosting club, unless I was a member of that club.
Oh, and for me, the absolute requirement is that it's offered in my size: small! Actually, that's one of the nice things about fencing t-shirts: they always seem to be offered in normal sizes (unlike the tendency everywhere else to have sizes start with large and just get bigger from there!). I like my t-shirts to FIT properly and not be hugely baggy, so size "small" is the ticket.
Mugs and stickers could be cool. Patches, no (I'd only wear one from my own club, not someone else's.) | |
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10-25-2005, 11:37 PM
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#14 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 57
| Hi Ordway, I found a couple of pictures of the "Duel in the Desert" shirts, they are really cool, thanks!
Size is always a concern for me too... I'm right between small and medium, so it depends on the brand... | |
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10-25-2005, 11:41 PM
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#15 | | Bitter young coach
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bay Area
Posts: 4,501
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Originally Posted by Eduardo Hi Ordway, I found a couple of pictures of the "Duel in the Desert" shirts, they are really cool, thanks! | *clearing throat*
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"If I were ever to challenge you to a duel, your best bet would be battle axes in a very dark basement." Misquoted from The Prisoner
"Technical excellence is the antecedant of tactical creativity." - Nat Goodhartz
But those things which belong neither to God nor to Caeser, feeleth free to writeth them off, for yea, they are deductable.
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10-26-2005, 12:53 AM
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#16 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Angel, London
Posts: 2,443
| it has to be a specific tshirt for the tournament, making it clear when/where/what... | |
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10-26-2005, 02:06 AM
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#17 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,637
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10-26-2005, 02:13 AM
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#18 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,637
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Originally Posted by Eduardo 1- A shirt with a "cool" fencing pattern, but unrelated to the tournament
2- A shirt with a pattern related to the tournament, like the symbol of the tournament and the year | Yes, 1 and/or 2.
And as others have already stated; make sure T-shirts are available in more then "one size fits all but Zz..." 
The club hosting Swedish Nationals the last two years printed T-shirts for everyone with competiton and year. Only they don't seem to realise that far from everybody wears size Large.
Oh sure, I can wear it but do I want it to look like a sack on my body? No! So regardless of the nice gesture you end up with a T-shirt that you can't use anyway... 
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10-26-2005, 03:07 AM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Australia - various
Posts: 2,756
| Comp I went to this year was selling sports water bottles and a hand towel, with the water bottle carrying the logo of the comp. It was great value for ten aussie dollars.
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10-26-2005, 08:25 AM
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#20 | | Fencing Expert
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Originally Posted by Zelda Comp I went to this year was selling sports water bottles and a hand towel, with the water bottle carrying the logo of the comp. It was great value for ten aussie dollars. |
good point Z, i've still got mine! | |
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