Jaggernaut Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 There was a topic on this some years ago (maybe even started by me). It would be hard not to notice the appearance of the street vendors outside Firhill, at Livingston in the last few weeks. Big Thistle crowds, so opportunities to sell Thistle related merchandise, and to these guys' credit (though they'll be doing the same at Ibrox and Parkhead every week), there's a pretty natty and varied selection of scarves, flags, badges etc. The must make money, or they wouldn't do it. And they must be tolerated (a) by the club, and ( by the polis, or they couldn't do it. But why is it these guys? What they're selling isn't expensive to produce (but for example they've got a black scarf with red and yellow bars, which I've been wanting for a while), yet PTFC never offer such an item. It seems to me that the Jags are missing out on an opportunity to make a not unreasonable amount of income from this kind of selling: scarves, ties, bunnets, badges, stationery, flags....THISTLE TARTAN ITEMS!!! We had it easy with Greaves these past few years, but now might be the time to try to crank up the commercialisation of the club as a brand. I know that that "c" word is sometimes dirty, but there can be good stuff sold that is popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowenBoys Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 There was a topic on this some years ago (maybe even started by me). It would be hard not to notice the appearance of the street vendors outside Firhill, at Livingston in the last few weeks. Big Thistle crowds, so opportunities to sell Thistle related merchandise, and to these guys' credit (though they'll be doing the same at Ibrox and Parkhead every week), there's a pretty natty and varied selection of scarves, flags, badges etc. The must make money, or they wouldn't do it. And they must be tolerated (a) by the club, and ( by the polis, or they couldn't do it. But why is it these guys? What they're selling isn't expensive to produce (but for example they've got a black scarf with red and yellow bars, which I've been wanting for a while), yet PTFC never offer such an item. It seems to me that the Jags are missing out on an opportunity to make a not unreasonable amount of income from this kind of selling: scarves, ties, bunnets, badges, stationery, flags....THISTLE TARTAN ITEMS!!! We had it easy with Greaves these past few years, but now might be the time to try to crank up the commercialisation of the club as a brand. I know that that "c" word is sometimes dirty, but there can be good stuff sold that is popular. Good call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Macaroon bars and spearmint chewing gum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy1967 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 the wee fat guy with the fag stuck to his bottom lip makes me laff ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Thistle Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 He,s everywhere! A work down Humdinging way And he,s always in letherby drive sellin aw sorts! ( I fancied the champions T/ shirt) till he told me The price!!!! We could make a fortune if we had we,r ain Vendor!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Treated myself to a nice new bar scarf on Tuesday and then we failed to win the league. In the bin it goes..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettingjaggy Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 ( I fancied the champions T/ shirt) till he told me The price!!!! Aw no, that tshirt was howling! Plus it would take years to wash the smoke out... NNNNNNGEeeeEEEETYERTEESHURTWAETHECHAAAAAAAAMPYUUUUNS...Bet Sige was confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottymagoo Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 I decided lasy year that the Maryhill McDonalds Junior Jags scarf I got in 1990 was too wee for me and ended up buying a bar scarf off of eBay because the club didn't just sell a scarf in Thistle colours. The only 2 the club had were rubbish leisure wear style ones, either mostly grey with a wee bit of red and yellow or that weird one with with thin longitudinal stripes of various colours. It seemed like they were doing everything to make them look as little like football scarves as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 There was a topic on this some years ago (maybe even started by me). It would be hard not to notice the appearance of the street vendors outside Firhill, at Livingston in the last few weeks. Big Thistle crowds, so opportunities to sell Thistle related merchandise, and to these guys' credit (though they'll be doing the same at Ibrox and Parkhead every week), there's a pretty natty and varied selection of scarves, flags, badges etc. The must make money, or they wouldn't do it. And they must be tolerated (a) by the club, and ( by the polis, or they couldn't do it. But why is it these guys? What they're selling isn't expensive to produce (but for example they've got a black scarf with red and yellow bars, which I've been wanting for a while), yet PTFC never offer such an item. It seems to me that the Jags are missing out on an opportunity to make a not unreasonable amount of income from this kind of selling: scarves, ties, bunnets, badges, stationery, flags....THISTLE TARTAN ITEMS!!! We had it easy with Greaves these past few years, but now might be the time to try to crank up the commercialisation of the club as a brand. I know that that "c" word is sometimes dirty, but there can be good stuff sold that is popular. Got to agree street vendors always have/had better jags scarfs...the ones i have ended up buying from greaves are piss poor,,even if i lose them each time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 I decided lasy year that the Maryhill McDonalds Junior Jags scarf I got in 1990 was too wee for me and ended up buying a bar scarf off of eBay because the club didn't just sell a scarf in Thistle colours. The only 2 the club had were rubbish leisure wear style ones, either mostly grey with a wee bit of red and yellow or that weird one with with thin longitudinal stripes of various colours. It seemed like they were doing everything to make them look as little like football scarves as possible. It's like a gigantic liquorice allsort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThickAsThieves Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Aw no, that tshirt was howling! Plus it would take years to wash the smoke out... Aye, it wasn't great. Why have "FTOF" on a champions t-shirt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff Tee Ohh Eff Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 There was a topic on this some years ago (maybe even started by me). It would be hard not to notice the appearance of the street vendors outside Firhill, at Livingston in the last few weeks. Big Thistle crowds, so opportunities to sell Thistle related merchandise, and to these guys' credit (though they'll be doing the same at Ibrox and Parkhead every week), there's a pretty natty and varied selection of scarves, flags, badges etc. The must make money, or they wouldn't do it. And they must be tolerated (a) by the club, and ( by the polis, or they couldn't do it. But why is it these guys? What they're selling isn't expensive to produce (but for example they've got a black scarf with red and yellow bars, which I've been wanting for a while), yet PTFC never offer such an item. It seems to me that the Jags are missing out on an opportunity to make a not unreasonable amount of income from this kind of selling: scarves, ties, bunnets, badges, stationery, flags....THISTLE TARTAN ITEMS!!! We had it easy with Greaves these past few years, but now might be the time to try to crank up the commercialisation of the club as a brand. I know that that "c" word is sometimes dirty, but there can be good stuff sold that is popular. Nothing the club can do if they are not selling on Club property. They can ply their trade on any public space with a street traders licence from GCC. The club have definitely lost a lot of revenue this season because of the Greaves deal coming to an end. I presume their hands are tied until the end of the season on producing new merchandise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 These street vendors can probably make more money out of this than the club does as they have a lot more volume. That evening (and most evenings in fact) the guys would have been down the barras or the SECC selling dodgy merchandise for whatever band was playing, then at the Celtic/Sevco game at the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 It's like a gigantic liquorice allsort. Thats why big uberteeb sports one..nibbles away during games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewinGumMacaroonBaaaz Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Macaroon bars and spearmint chewing gum! YYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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