They wouldn't remove Fabio

Bought my daughter a shirt in the Club shop with Fabio on it (Doyle was last year's unfortunate choice!).....before his transfer, obviously . On this forum someone suggested I could take it back and they'd remove it, but no way. They said we were warned not to get named shirts before the deadline (we weren't) and also that they couldn't remove it.My daughter was really upset. Any ideas which don't include violence?

Personally I keep it,nothing wrong with having your favourite players on your back even tho they have left

Go back in, buy 3 shirts and ask for Le Fondre, Macheda and Dickachoi to be printed on them.

If it works, we'll have a forum whip around.

Club Shop and Club Office run by a bunch of clowns who wouldn't look out of place at the Moscow State Circus.

Keep it and tell her to wear it with pride. Wont be long before we'll be dreaming of having such players as Fabio at CCFC.

Sadly it shows again how much the Club dont give a f**k for its fans.

I very much doubt the Club have sold to many shirts with Fabio on the back.

In the grand scheme of things how hard would it be for the Club to say dont worry to your daughter and replace the shirt.

Even if they had to replace 200 it would cost them 8k out of the £2 million transfer fee ffs.

The club has lost all identity and connection to the fans. Heartbreaking to read that even the club shop staff are behaving disgracefully.

I got Gounongbe on the back of mine, think how I feel

Where has the rest of this thread gone, including the op's full post and my reply?

Tweet Fabio and see if he'll pay for a new one.

This is just a case of tough luck. Not the fault of anyone at the club shop on this one. It happens every season.

Yeah, it happened with Doyle last season. Point is, they didn't give any warning, even though they said they had. Don't know if their machine can actually remove it mind.

Do you need a warning? Isn't the obvious players may be sold until the window closes.

As others said if you like Fabio then wear it doesn't matter.

Yeah, it happened with Doyle last season. Point is, they didn't give any warning, even though they said they had. Don't know if their machine can actually remove it mind.

Their did used to be some small print that said jerseys printed on could not be returned. I don't believe these machines can remove the printing, I could be wrong though.

They wouldn't be able to remove it as neatly as you want/expect

It's just a heat activated adhesive basically, they could put it back in the press and try and lift the letters, but it will have to be scraped off ruining the shirt

You're better off keeping it on the shirt

Source: I work for a sports shop and do shirt prints myself

Yeah, it happened with Doyle last season. Point is, they didn't give any warning, even though they said they had. Don't know if their machine can actually remove it mind.

If this happened to you before then why does the club need to warn you again? Not only that the transfer window is hardly a new phenomenon we all know players can be sold before the 31st August.

To put things in black and white you entered into a contract with the shop to purchase a CCFC top with Fabio on the back. They upheld their end of the bargain.

As pointed out even if no warning was given it was perfectly reasonable to expect you to understand the risk associated with making that purchase. The club shop are under no obligation to correct this.

The club shop have done nothing wrong and this is a classic case of someone looking to blame someone or something else for their own mistake.

That's fair enough, but I don't know why they talked about a warning when there wasn't one. Also, they were very brusque. Suppose I read on these boards that removable is possible, so was expecting a different outcome.

That's fair enough, but I don't know why they talked about a warning when there wasn't one. Also, they were very brusque. Suppose I read on these boards that removable is possible, so was expecting a different outcome.

I read the reply about the possibility of removing the name and thought at the time that couldn't be done. But there again new technology is available all the time so I assumed there must be some kind of new machine capable of doing the process.

Unfortunately my initial instincts were correct leaving your daughter with a CCFC Fabio top

I can't believe some of the responses on here along the 'tough luck' attitude.

It's no wonder Football 'CLUBS' treat their fans like shit when we just accept these things as par for the course, with the amount of money that is around in Football its about time fans got treated with a bit of respect.

Put into context this gentleman probably pays a fair whack into Cardiff City year on year and his Daughter is the future of the Club.

The CLUB, not a random shop sold the shirt and yes the gentleman's daughter chose to have FABIO on the back, sadly, but not completely unexpectedly Fabio was sold before the window was shut.

If it was a random shop in town or if the club had sold 10 million shirts with Fabio on the back I could understand the stance but what we are talking about here is probably no more than a couple of 100 shirts at most.

Now considering the Club received reportedly a £2 million transfer fee for Fabio and is saving reportedly £20,000 a WEEK in wages would it not have been a nice gesture if they said they would put aside a measly £10,000 out of it and replace any Fabio shirts as a gesture of good will to its loyal supporters.

I can't believe some of the responses on here along the 'tough luck' attitude.

It's no wonder Football 'CLUBS' treat their fans like shit when we just accept these things as par for the course, with the amount of money that is around in Football its about time fans got treated with a bit of respect.

Put into context this gentleman probably pays a fair whack into Cardiff City year on year and his Daughter is the future of the Club.

The CLUB, not a random shop sold the shirt and yes the gentleman's daughter chose to have FABIO on the back, sadly, but not completely unexpectedly Fabio was sold before the window was shut.

If it was a random shop in town or if the club had sold 10 million shirts with Fabio on the back I could understand the stance but what we are talking about here is probably no more than a couple of 100 shirts at most.

Now considering the Club received reportedly a £2 million transfer fee for Fabio and is saving reportedly £20,000 a WEEK in wages would it not have been a nice gesture if they said they would put aside a measly £10,000 out of it and replace any Fabio shirts as a gesture of good will to its loyal supporters.

Wouldn't it be a lot more sensible to buy a shirt and have a name put on it once the transfer window closes?

The club shop are doing nothing wrong and are completely compliant with consumer law. Frankly your suggestion is ridiculous as no shop anywhere will exchange goods once they have been personalised i.e. had a name put on the back (that's any name)

Did you even read my post, I alluded to the fact that if it had been bought at another shop then I would understand the stance as a shop would not have just received £2 million and got £20,000 a week off the wage bill.

Neither did I say the Club Shop had done anything wrong in the eyes of the law.

My point is, and seems to have been completely missed by you is that we are talking about a 'gesture' here which in the grand scheme of things would have cost the Club peanuts in comparison and would have been a positive in a time of negativity surrounding the Club.

Unfortunately, as is the case in Football these days, you are looking at it purely from a business angle and are not seeing the bigger picture, which of course is your prerogative.

Personally, if I was running a Football Club, as a gesture of goodwill I would have replaced the shirt for the little girl.

Your opinion obviously differs to mine so we will have to agree to disagree

Yes like £10k is nothing when we are cost saving, this statement of yours is incredible, we have just come out an embargo, so lets keep spending

Do me a favour

Keep spending ffs? we are talking about replacing a shirt for a kid.

If you are suggesting that would be to big a strain on the club's financed then we truly are fucked.

£10k is loose change to our club btw.

I would order another shirt online to be delivered with the name she wants on it then return the fabio one saying it came with the wrong name printed on asking for a refund. They have to take it back if its within 14 days of purchase

Lets face it ALL Cardiff City players, should have their names fixed with Velcro, so that when they leave we can reuse their shirts and save money ! sorry for the sarcasum

Do me a favour

Keep spending ffs? we are talking about replacing a shirt for a kid.

If you are suggesting that would be to big a strain on the club's financed then we truly are fucked.

£10k is loose change to our club btw.

Excuse me we are not talking about a £30 shirt for one kid, I am replying to one of the posters who say we should replace all the shirts and take it out of our transfer monies received, even if it's £10k or more and no I am not suggesting it would be a drain on the club, read my post again, we should not throw ANY money away that we do not have to where do you think it would stop?

Classic minority of city fans using this to slate the club, god it's embarrassing.

If you have common sense then you should realise any player can be sold in the window so just wait until the end of the window and they do warn every supporter that does it they ain't hold accountable yet some fans are still having a dig holding them accountable.

I don't see why the club should do anything about it, don't get a name on the back, simple.

Go back in, buy 3 shirts and ask for Le Fondre, Macheda and Dickachoi to be printed on them.

If it works, we'll have a forum whip around.

Brilliant! lol

It is unfortunate but i agree its not for the club to replace shirts that have been personalised, I have been in this same boat countless times over the years.

If the club do this for one, they would need to do it for everyone now and in the future, this would equate too a lot more than 10k.

That's football and the risk you take, now i just buy the shirts with no personalisation.

thats why i always get whitts hes not going anywhere and hes a living legend