OT: Michigan merchandise on Ebay. Do you ever or have you ever spent sometime on there searching for M gear?
i've gotten good stuff off of ebay. hockey jerseys, football jerseys, all kinds of stuff.
Got a Mike Hart era Nike Charles Woodson Jersey for $40. Was posted at $70, so I got a good deal on it. But I was upset it wasn't the jersey from the time he played.
There is never anything of any real value out there. Put your time toward something useful. Uh, trust me!
Its a decent place to look for baby stuff. I search often, bid rarely.
Ebay has some very unique stuff that you can't find elsewhere. I've decorated my entire home office with 8"x10" framed press photos of Michigan/Detroit - these are authentic originals used by the major newspapers (Free Press, News, now-defunct Detroit Times) and the photos actually ran in the papers. Often times they have editor marks showing how the photos were to be cropped for the printing and the original ideas for the captions written on the back. You wouldn't think a marked up photo would look all that great, but when framed and matted it actually adds to the uniqueness. If you're curious, an ebay search would be "Press Photo University of Michigan" or "Press Photo Detroit".
An example of what you can find - I have one of the all-UofM astronaut crew of Apollo 15 talking with Harlan Hatcher at a commencement in the Big House that was printed in the Detroit (edit: News, not Times). Just a neat thing that you'll never see on the shelves at M-Den.
I bought some stuff in the past, but I stopped after I was ripped off twice. Buyer beware, ebay's response to me was "my name is Paul and that's between y'all".
Got an authentic adidas #2 home football jersey (Regular price of $150) for $30 on ebay. Brand new with tags. $120 discount!!
I've gotten some really awesome vintage M gear off of Ebay. I have one of the cool knit hats the alumni wear (the cap with the knit ball on the top) and a 1998 RoseBowl champions sweater.
I was looking and still looking for any Orange Bowl memorabilia. That would kick ass.
In the past 2 weeks, I bought a Woodson bobblehead, a Desmond Howard "The Pose" poster, a license plate with the (fake) block M, and a sign that says "Michigan Avenue". I recently came into a little cash that my wife is oblivious to, and living in Utah, UM stuff is nowhere to be found. So I'm glad to peruse ebay.
I've searched far and wide to replace some of my favorite shirts that I bought while at U of M ('96-2000). My favorite was a faded green Columbia long sleeve with a faded white seal. Also had a faded maize (the actual, burnt yellow) t shirt with a faded M. I'd be forever grateful if any of those are still around and someone can help me track them down. It's been hard finding M gear lately that isn't highlighter yellow with an adidas logo or cheaply made like the New Era stuff.