{"id":5174,"date":"2016-08-14T10:57:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T15:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=5174"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:10:14","slug":"the-crusade-against-the-recent-rash-of-fake-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=5174","title":{"rendered":"The Crusade Against The Recent Rash Of FAKE Merchandise."},"content":{"rendered":"

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You know folks I have been an avid collector of Country Music merchandise like posters and shirts, in fact my entire home is adorned with most of my collection. I bought stuff at auctions and estate sales, E Bay and other various outlets and every time I have  paid for the items honestly and to my best ability to further benefit whomever I bought it from. There is a admirable quality of the public from me if they honestly hunger for items with Country Stars on them, especially in the last 8-10 years where many people my age (43) are infatuated with Waylon Jennings and many of the other artists from the 1970’s Outlaw era.<\/p>\n

BUT let me tell you folks there are right ways and wrong ways of doing the right thing, and you see many people of that general public group don’t even truly realize how much damage they are doing to the very entity their precious shirt emulates. Folks I’ll spell it out for you in the easiest way possible….It’s FAKE. It’s NOT officially licensed merchandise from ANY of the bands or artists featured on the clothing and the artist-estate-or family of said person is NOT benefiting from the money generated buy this mostly low cost cheap merchandise. In fact many times when you place an order it gets miss shipped or NOT shipped outright. Also, your attempts to call their 1-800 number will not efficiently go through.<\/p>\n