If there is one thing I love almost as much as football, that’s cartography, so the jerseys with maps have a special-er than special spot in my heart… As for that “9/10”, as someone who has sold almost 1000 jerseys to CFS, and has spent an impossible to calculate time on their website, my guess is the size details on the neck have slightly faded? Or maybe the inside tags (usually down on the left, as you wear the jersey) show signs that the jersey has been washed repeatedly. Or maybe one of the sponsors has a smaaaall crack, or a tip or two (of the sponsors, or the chevrons) have sliiightly peeled off, you know, imperfections that you really need to scrutinize a jersey in order to spot them. I’ve bought a “mint” from them, using website credit, a 25-year-old Benfica jersey, and it was mint indeed, it felt like it came out of an Adidas factory last week. Then again, I’ve bought a couple of “Excellent”, again, using website credit, and I wasn’t convinced, personally I would have given them maximum a “Very Good”. Bottom line, it depends, I guess, on who decides on the mark a jersey is given just before they post it online. It’s only human. Sometimes they are spot on, sometimes they underrate, sometimes they overrate. At the end of the day, it’s subjective. Three people can look at the same shirt and come up with three different “verdicts” regarding its condition.
What a jersey!! Cant wait for the full collection showcase :)
Congratulations on the 50 shirts. Good to see what they consider a 9/10, being basically new and saving money is a massive plus
If there is one thing I love almost as much as football, that’s cartography, so the jerseys with maps have a special-er than special spot in my heart…
As for that “9/10”, as someone who has sold almost 1000 jerseys to CFS, and has spent an impossible to calculate time on their website, my guess is the size details on the neck have slightly faded? Or maybe the inside tags (usually down on the left, as you wear the jersey) show signs that the jersey has been washed repeatedly. Or maybe one of the sponsors has a smaaaall crack, or a tip or two (of the sponsors, or the chevrons) have sliiightly peeled off, you know, imperfections that you really need to scrutinize a jersey in order to spot them.
I’ve bought a “mint” from them, using website credit, a 25-year-old Benfica jersey, and it was mint indeed, it felt like it came out of an Adidas factory last week. Then again, I’ve bought a couple of “Excellent”, again, using website credit, and I wasn’t convinced, personally I would have given them maximum a “Very Good”. Bottom line, it depends, I guess, on who decides on the mark a jersey is given just before they post it online. It’s only human. Sometimes they are spot on, sometimes they underrate, sometimes they overrate. At the end of the day, it’s subjective. Three people can look at the same shirt and come up with three different “verdicts” regarding its condition.
I recently started my collection and already have 5 (two are fakes but it’s whatever)