This is some sort of sick joke, right?

[mousepod]

Zapppop,

I think we're arguing semantics here.

If you bought it thinking it was one thing and it turned out to be something different, it's a rip off.

I'm fairly certain that the people who spend this kind of money on clothing know enough to understand what they're paying for.

If the thread was about how ugly the new shirts were, I would understand. I think that lots of things are ugly and I'm not shy about sharing my opinion.

I think I bristle at the comparison of a "fashion" shirt to a "souvenir" shirt or even a "Target" shirt in the terms of construction or utility. When someone uses those terms, it's a cheap argument (forgive the pun), as was my post above which questions the value of a $400 piece of paper with a reproduction of a drawing that's readily viewable for free on the internet.

I see it as reverse-snobbism in the guise of consumer advocacy. But that's me.