£75 for a 7/8 year old? Disgraceful.

[newton-stewart-blues]

Wee fella's birthday this Friday and I have always got him the Infant kit - £35-£40 - for the lot.

Now he's 8, it's the small boys kit. £75.

I'm surely not alone with anger at this? It's for kids ffs!

The only consolation is that the money isn't paying for the likes of Ashley Williams any more, but still....<fume>

 

[Nymzee]

Wee fella's birthday this Friday and I have always got him the Infant kit - £35-£40 - for the lot.

Now he's 8, it's the small boys kit. £75.

I'm surely not alone with anger at this? It's for kids ffs!

The only consolation is that the money isn't paying for the likes of Ashley Williams any more, but still....<fume>

Don’t buy it then? Or just get the shirt?

 

[newton-stewart-blues]

Missing the point. The club shouldn't be shafting kids.

 

[Nyhus]

Arnt we among the clubs taking most for letting kids be mascots for games too? I read somewhere the price was shocking.

 

[evertonarntwe]

Missing the point. The club shouldn't be shafting kids.

the kits are a standard price, bet you don't moan about how cheap the season tickets are ( if you have one )

if it's too much don't buy the full kit

 

[dublinbluenose]

Arnt we among the clubs taking most for letting kids be mascots for games too? I read somewhere the price was shocking.

It goes to charity

 

[evertonarntwe]

Arnt we among the clubs taking most for letting kids be mascots for games too? I read somewhere the price was shocking.

no theyre free, something one of the papers made up, they got a price on a package deal in which all the money went to EITC

 

[Nyhus]

no theyre free, something one of the papers made up, they got a price on a package deal in which all the money went to EITC

Thats great to hear!

 

[Groucho]

Missing the point. The club shouldn't be shafting kids.

It’s a sad reflection of football in general that we’ll probably be one of the cheaper ones too.

£75 is a very unfunny joke though yeah. I wouldn’t pay it. I get them EFC T-shirts from the club shop, my dad’s bought them the shirt but I personally wouldn’t.

 

[Pabbers]

I had this issue when my lad wanted kits....frustrating but its a choice we make. I just got the shirt for him instead, and got the rest when on sale.

 

[Harryflashman]

I buy a few kids kits for and yeah they’re not cheap but they’re the same price as every other kit from sports direct or whatever and they also quite regularly have offers on so can work out ok. Also usually kids wear them to death and saves on buying a lot of other stuff , ultimately it’s the price across the board . As far as stuff goes Everton are pretty decent to be honest .

If it’s too dear though mate the training tops are usually significantly cheaper and anything from last year the same.

 

[BlueToff]

Missing the point. The club shouldn't be shafting kids.

Unfortunately that's the way it is.

They know the demand is there and if people pay it then they aren't going to change it.

Only solution is not to pay the full price, and if enough people do it then maybe they'll lower them.

 

[chrismpw]

Missing the point. The club shouldn't be shafting kids.

Shafting parents via their kids 'gimme' culture is standard industry practice across loads of fields. Look at the sweets by a supermarket checkout. The implication is that if you don't spend big then it clearly means you don't love your kids enough.

The solution (and I'm not saying it's easy) is to train the gimme culture out of them and train them to appreciate value.

I was about 5 when I had my last Easter egg (I traded the same value for solid ordinary chocolate - eggs being hollow) and around 6 when I last pestered for fireworks (I got a toy car instead - which lasted much longer and saved my parents a floomin fortune.

Such thinking about value turned me into an utter tight-wad though.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Was talking to a mate about this recently, the price of kits isn’t the best; but £95 for a kids ST is amazing. If you factor in that, then £170 for a ST and a kit is a bargain.

The club have to make money somewhere.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Things cost a lot of money these days. Just the way it is.