RARE A&F "Two Wongs" T-Shirts for $250

[Tiggerbaby]

A few of these shirts have already started appearing on eBay. One ended today for $250!!! [link deleted]

A hot deal if you love rare clothes!!

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seems a bit crazy to me

Here's the story behind the shirt
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20020418_1526.html

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[Hanpan]

Please clarify the deal here.

 

[goodoptics]

<< Please clarify the deal here. >>

 

[MrCodeDude]

The eBay link does not work anymore (it was taken off their servers). And $250 for a shirt is idiotic, only trolls would pay for that (and then not pay).. I'd give you at most, $25 +tax for it.
-- mrcodedude

 

[WarSong]

:disgust:

 

[XFreebie]

http://www.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/asia/04/19/sanfran.abercrombie.reut/index.html

me and my friend were laffing hilarious. how could it NOT offend? oh, they be down in ohio, where the only opinions are...

 

[cheeto]

It's not a deal IMO, BUT the story behind it is: ANF came out with a line of t-shirts that were supposed to be funny. But asian groups said that the humor was making fun of asian americans, so they pullled them off teh shelves.

 

[ehong]

"But asian groups said that the humor was making fun of asian americans, so they pullled them off teh shelves."

That's cuz they were making fun of asian americans. Simple as that. It was a stupid idea.

 

[DonBlack]

It's not really that cut and dry. Sure, I can see that people might find them offensive. But I don't see how it's any worse than some of the clothing lines targetted at African Americans.

 

[MrCodeDude]

<< It's not really that cut and dry. Sure, I can see that people might find them offensive. But I don't see how it's any worse than some of the clothing lines targetted at African Americans. >>


Yeah, I mean, FUBU = For Us, By Us.
-- mrcodedude

 

[drewdogg808]

did a&f already pull all the tshirts nationwide? i was gonna go see if any were still available in the stores.

 

[NeoZGeo]

Bottom line........ It?s a stupid business strategy aiming at stupid consumers who would actually pay $250 for a stupid t-shirt.

read my lips.....S.. T....U...P...I...D
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[riceb0y]

<< It's not really that cut and dry. Sure, I can see that people might find them offensive. But I don't see how it's any worse than some of the clothing lines targetted at African Americans. >>



Right. And I guess the following slogans for A&F's next campagin I've thought up "aren't any worse" either, no doubt.

- Despite any MTV blacker lacquer, if you're a dirty fudge packer, odds are you're another white-ass cracker.
- two saltines can't even make a sh`it sandwich.
- if you shoot at presidents, kill your schoolmates, murder and eat people, or make racist shirts... you must be white.
- not all white people are ignorant, just most of 'em.
- i despise those i'm better than, resent those i'm worse than, but i claim to believe in equality

 

[treemonkey]

I thought the "2 Wongs" tshirt was funny.

 

[UncleWai]

lock this thread. A&F will lose so much customers because of this ignorant tshirt.
i bet if they put a trailer park, a white guy next to it using a computer and have a slogan "i guess everyone can use a computer", then it will be offensive right? I don't get how a big company can make such a mistake.

 

[The_Dude8]

i think all three t-shirts got pulled from all a&f stores across the nation yesterday.

 

[iwearnosox]

I really don't see anything wong with it.

 

[mslug]

ppl are just too damn sensitive, man. i wanted to get one of them shirts too.

and before anyone thinks i'm a white racist. let it be known that i'm chinese, except without the inferiority complex.




"Wong's Laundry Service. Two wongs can make it white."