MrWoodson

June 27th, 2010 at 8:11 AM ^

Brandon should get props for this decision. Instead of trying to paper over the problems, the Athletic Dept effectively admitted they made a mistake and corrected it. And they didn't take 3-5 years to do so.

maizenbluenc

June 27th, 2010 at 8:29 AM ^

As I recal (1983-'87), mDen was out at Briarwood, and wasn't really that great. Moe's was the place to get your Michigan stuff.

That said, clearly having a clicks and mortar based official partner in Ann Arbor makes sense in so many ways. We all knew a Texas based .com supplier (insert French car horn sound here) was just not right. An Ann Arbor based business is going to be way more in tune with the market, and the market is going to be willing to pay a few dollars more because they are buying from an Ann Arbor based business.

I live in North Carolina, and I bought from mDen over mgoblueshop.com for those very reasons. In fact the only time I bought from mgoblueshop.com is during the recent firesale, and frankly the ordering, shipping, and customer service experience sucked. (Just some Joe in Texas cheaply selling to just another fan of a team he doesn't care about from somewhere else ...)