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Hi

Today my new manchester united home shirt has come however it is quite big on me such as the chest and the end of the sleaves

is they any way to make them a bit smaller such as washing at a certain temperture ect ?

Thanks

Did you buy it from a shop or online?

Because if so, I would just go back with your receipt to the shop you bought it from and ask for a different size - you have approximately 7days to do this in, providing the shirt was not sold 'sold as seen' so has visible errors on it, these do not have returns guarantees always, and will be refused.

Or send it back with printable certificate of sale and order number, with request of a new size...
And you shall get sent a further shirt. Exemptions again to occur with eBay being the main source of non refundable items in the UK, however if you have bought of someone reputable they will have a returns policy, and SHOULD allow you up to 7 days from delivery to return the item

Both of these methods of course do rely on you not physically altering the condition of the shirt, ie making it 'used'... in essence taking of the tags etc.

If you have taken of the tags, its probably best to try and re sell it rather than try and make it smaller, as you will probably just wreck the shirt... so much that it becomes to small, or the seems become taught... when it is in this condition even charities will refuse it as a donation.

hi thanks for responce

i brought it from jjb sports (UK) and i got printing on so they dont refund unless faulty. i have even kept tags on
the thing is large shirts feels to tight and xl quite baggy so its hard to find a balance between the both

i will proberly sell it on ebay

cheers

ah, I completely forgot about printing... that's a bit of a bummer...
Yes I would definitely advise selling it, especially if the tags are still on, as it will be a lot easier to sell : ) and if it is a hero printed shirt, you'll have lots of punters wanting to get a brand new Man U shirt.
My advice is to probably sell on eBay like you indicated mate, However I would go about it this way...

I'll tell you why;

- If you open in to international bidders, and offer postage to many of the jurisdictions in the East, you will allow recently football crazy chaps from Hong Kong and Japan and Korea for example to access it.
They are spending more and more on football as the Premier League expands globally into a truly internationally recognised league, because players such as Park, Ki and Nakamura begin to get into massive clubs such as United and Glasgow Celtic (where interest is worldwide and games are beamed from the UK, to the US, from Arabia to Zimbabwe... And as a lot of the shirts they have out there are extremely expensive to buy, just check the price of the average Premier League jersey in Japan, its extortionate!
These guys are also quite brand happy, and are extremely keen to be able to prove that their shirts are the real deal, so are far more likely to bid and buy shirts with official tags : ) so you should be all right there... One of the best examples of this was when Shunsuke Nakamura came to Celtic, there was stories of people buying Celtic jerseys direct from Glasgow to ensure the authenticity of the shirt, at great expense, and even wearing the shirt with the tags left on to show others that the were official!
- Also a lot of their jerseys made outside of Europe are different to the ones made for the UK market , ie. different quality, slight variations in design (smaller sponsor for example) So buying a kit from the UK can pose quite a plus point for many buyers in the East... As these are 'the ones you get in Manchester' for example
- Another thing that will make your shirt quite sell-able online is the printing, fans love to have big players on the back of the shirts, especially those from the East, again. However many of the football fans out their actually don't have the official name and numbers on the back like we do, as they get sold an awful lot of imitation goods... which we thankfully aren't subjected to in the UK. So official EPL printing will be a good plus for you shirt

Hopefuly this helps,
Cheers,

And P.S

And also in that case (as you have printing)
It really wouldnt have been advisable to get it shrunk as the nameset and number might be damaged by any variation in the material. Which would leave it crinkled and looking rather naff to say the least.

thanks i will put it on ebay

thanks for info