Roast Membership pack

[jmac70]

Unfortunately people sacrifices were needed when we paid Clokey the big dollars, Would you swap your fridge magnet for Cloke is the big question

Yes.

 

[jmac70]

Star Athletic = crap

 

[jmac70]

THATSGOLD, you will be pleased to know that my fixture magnet arrived today. I can now rest easy that my wife won't book us into some meaningless social engagement when the mighty Pies are playing.

 

[Shellz]

That's the shittest quality magnet we have ever got. Not sure why we had to wait for it

 

[Nuffsaid]

AFL club pack was rubbish . Bumper stickers are match box sized and it didn't arrive before Fri so went to pick up my cap at the game and didn't have the voucher. Agree with this roast. Combined with the 20 min wait for food and the abortion of foot skills it was mainly a shit night until the last 4 seconds.

 

[jmac70]

AFL club pack was rubbish . Bumper stickers are match box sized and it didn't arrive before Fri so went to pick up my cap at the game and didn't have the voucher. Agree with this roast. Combined with the 20 min wait for food and the abortion of foot skills it was mainly a shit night until the last 4 seconds.

What about the two hours after those four seconds? Mine were awesome.

 

[jasonwilde]

They dicked up my son's membership pack. Twice.
My brother pays for my daughter's. He told me that they were of zero cares when he renewed. & I'm still waiting for hers.

 

[Vicky Park]

Fridge magnet is clinging perilously to the fridge. Could be on the floor by morning.

On a related topic, I recently bought a new scarf from the Pies shop at the Holden Centre, and it is of pure wool and made in Australia. Hard to believe I know. Very 1960s.

 

[ColinWood]

Still waiting for mine and my dad's (which I shout). Some bloody present, nothing received at all yet - email to club unanswered but $ taken quick enough.

How can this be getting worse every year? This is our bread and butter. The fan experience starts here, not at the game (geez I may never get to a game at this rate).

(I'm hoping Murphy's Law means it turns up tomorrow since I had this whinge.)

 

[76woodenspooners]

Agree. The polo's are disgraceful.

Poor fit and sub standard quality. Will be wearing the 2009 Addidas polo on Friday.

Yeah this new Star athletic is shit house.
Even their jerseys are crap, the only quality piece I've bought over the last season or so it's my hat, and that's new era.

Quality of club products has been in decline for the past 3 years.

The parent company of Star Athletic is TPF ("The Promotions Factory" ... Doesn't sound so sexy, huh?)

A looky on the TPF website reveals the key positions in this company ...

A CEO. Fair enough, every company needs one of them. Here's the blurb on this bloke: "An innovative, classic entrepreneur, ideas man and a passionate creative force. Since starting The Promotions Factory in 1988, Rob has always focused on building and maintaining strong client relationships."

An Executive Director. Seems like this guy is the company bean counter. I'm not gunna waste your time with the company blurb on this guy because nobody ain't gunna read beyond the word "accountant".

A General Manager of Melbourne and New Zealand. What does she do? Touch your heart apparently: "Marietjie connects brands with people by creating experiences that touch the hearts of consumers, and change buyer behaviour. With almost 10 years at TPF, she is an expert in Below The Line strategy and marketing." If you're wondering what "Below the line" (BTL) strategy is ... "Above the line" (ATL) is mass deployment stuff like TV, radio, Internet. BTL is more one-to-one, personal engagement stuff. If TPF put an Ad at the top of this page, that'd be ATL, whereas if they registered users to jump on here and engage with folks and talk up their product then that'd be BTL.

A General Manager of a bunch of other states. Here's his writeup: "Scott started with us 12 years ago and from day one he has been an incredible source of energy for our sales teams. Scott's industry experience, leadership and management skills make him a valuable asset."

A General Manager of TPF sports. This guy is interesting - "With 18 years experience at TPF, Craig has a contact list that is the envy of the industry. He is running Star and our Licensed Sports and Membership Fulfilment business units."

A General Manager of TPF Toys. "With more than 18 years working in the toy industry, now based in Hong Kong, Giles has been responsible for working with clients in over 60 countries in the ten years he's been working with us, and he is now responsible for all retail product strategy and worldwide sales and marketing."

A Chief Operating Officer. Yeah, need one of those. Let's find out about this guy ... "An expert problem solver with 20 years of experience in Promotions, Operations and Product Development provide a real focus for our manufacturing arm. Based in Hong Kong, Lincoln manages the entire product development, manufacturing and distribution side of the business."

A General Manager of the Vietnam office. "Sean has been running the Finance and IT side of the business for 23 years. His background and fluency in Vietnamese made Sean the obvious choice to oversee the transfer of our entire back office to Ho Chi Minh City 3 years ago."

A General Manager of Vietnam Support Services. FFS, how many General Managers does this company need? Alright let's have a look "Craig oversees our support division which includes Customer Support, Sales Support, Online Store Operations and Procurement. With 11 years at TPF, Craig’s wealth of experience, client relationship management and comprehensive approach strives to deliver the highest level of service."

An Art Director. Ah, finally! Somebody who has a role that actually generates value ... "Sharon heads up our creative team in our Vietnam office. With over 22 years of experience in the design industry, Sharon not only manages our Studio but keeps our Creative Heart beating." There's our heart being touched again.

And lastly ... A Head of digital and eCommerce. For completeness: "Henri heads up our Digital team in Vietnam. A hybrid analyst, strategist, creative and technical specialist, his Digital Team create Digital magic. Websites, e-commerce, Digital Marketing, apps and more."

And that's all folks.

Here's a test for you: how many times was the word "quality" mentioned? Zip, zilch, zero, nada.

Lots of "sales" and "innovation", an über long contact list, hearts beating and being touched.

But no Quality management representation on the executive team. They do have a "support services" guy who is the closest thing to it, but in reality he's a long way from it. His job profile looks to be of somebody who ensures that that the purchase orders are properly received by by the factory, rather than somebody who is running an effective V&V program (Verification and Validation ... Verification is the process of checking that the factory has made what the customer has specified; Validation is the process of checking that what is specified / supplied is fit-for-purpose)

They have no ISO9001 either. (That's the global quality management system standard).

Given the profile that this company portrays on its website, it's not so surprising that folks are complaining about products they're making.

 

[Kappa]

The parent company of Star Athletic is TPF ("The Promotions Factory" ... Doesn't sound so sexy, huh?)

A looky on the TPF website reveals the key positions in this company ...

A CEO. Fair enough, every company needs one of them. Here's the blurb on this bloke: "An innovative, classic entrepreneur, ideas man and a passionate creative force. Since starting The Promotions Factory in 1988, Rob has always focused on building and maintaining strong client relationships."

An Executive Director. Seems like this guy is the company bean counter. I'm not gunna waste your time with the company blurb on this guy because nobody ain't gunna read beyond the word "accountant".

A General Manager of Melbourne and New Zealand. What does she do? Touch your heart apparently: "Marietjie connects brands with people by creating experiences that touch the hearts of consumers, and change buyer behaviour. With almost 10 years at TPF, she is an expert in Below The Line strategy and marketing." If you're wondering what "Below the line" (BTL) strategy is ... "Above the line" (ATL) is mass deployment stuff like TV, radio, Internet. BTL is more one-to-one, personal engagement stuff. If TPF put an Ad at the top of this page, that'd be ATL, whereas if they registered users to jump on here and engage with folks and talk up their product then that'd be BTL.

A General Manager of a bunch of other states. Here's his writeup: "Scott started with us 12 years ago and from day one he has been an incredible source of energy for our sales teams. Scott's industry experience, leadership and management skills make him a valuable asset."

A General Manager of TPF sports. This guy is interesting - "With 18 years experience at TPF, Craig has a contact list that is the envy of the industry. He is running Star and our Licensed Sports and Membership Fulfilment business units."

A General Manager of TPF Toys. "With more than 18 years working in the toy industry, now based in Hong Kong, Giles has been responsible for working with clients in over 60 countries in the ten years he's been working with us, and he is now responsible for all retail product strategy and worldwide sales and marketing."

A Chief Operating Officer. Yeah, need one of those. Let's find out about this guy ... "An expert problem solver with 20 years of experience in Promotions, Operations and Product Development provide a real focus for our manufacturing arm. Based in Hong Kong, Lincoln manages the entire product development, manufacturing and distribution side of the business."

A General Manager of the Vietnam office. "Sean has been running the Finance and IT side of the business for 23 years. His background and fluency in Vietnamese made Sean the obvious choice to oversee the transfer of our entire back office to Ho Chi Minh City 3 years ago."

A General Manager of Vietnam Support Services. FFS, how many General Managers does this company need? Alright let's have a look "Craig oversees our support division which includes Customer Support, Sales Support, Online Store Operations and Procurement. With 11 years at TPF, Craig’s wealth of experience, client relationship management and comprehensive approach strives to deliver the highest level of service."

An Art Director. Ah, finally! Somebody who has a role that actually generates value ... "Sharon heads up our creative team in our Vietnam office. With over 22 years of experience in the design industry, Sharon not only manages our Studio but keeps our Creative Heart beating." There's our heart being touched again.

And lastly ... A Head of digital and eCommerce. For completeness: "Henri heads up our Digital team in Vietnam. A hybrid analyst, strategist, creative and technical specialist, his Digital Team create Digital magic. Websites, e-commerce, Digital Marketing, apps and more."

And that's all folks.

Here's a test for you: how many times was the word "quality" mentioned? Zip, zilch, zero, nada.

Lots of "sales" and "innovation", an über long contact list, hearts beating and being touched.

But no Quality management representation on the executive team. They do have a "support services" guy who is the closest thing to it, but in reality he's a long way from it. His job profile looks to be of somebody who ensures that that the purchase orders are properly received by by the factory, rather than somebody who is running an effective V&V program (Verification and Validation ... Verification is the process of checking that the factory has made what the customer has specified; Validation is the process of checking that what is specified / supplied is fit-for-purpose)

They have no ISO9001 either. (That's the global quality management system standard).

Given the profile that this company portrays on its website, it's not so surprising that folks are complaining about products they're making.

 

[Fuzzy Happy Poo]

haha and the magnet is terrible, keeps falling off, they may have gone lets try and get slightly better (heavier) paper. without realising the magnet won't hold it

 

[Bard]

I like the guernseys but yeah, gee, the rest isn't great...

 

[THATSGOLD]

That's the shittest quality magnet we have ever got. Not sure why we had to wait for it

Yeh it's a shocker compared to what we've had in the past. This is just a paper one. Huge thumbs down Collingwood FC.

 

[THATSGOLD]

THATSGOLD, you will be pleased to know that my fixture magnet arrived today. I can now rest easy that my wife won't book us into some meaningless social engagement when the mighty Pies are playing.

Pity about the quality mate. It's just paper this year.

 

[jmac70]

The parent company of Star Athletic is TPF ("The Promotions Factory" ... Doesn't sound so sexy, huh?)

A looky on the TPF website reveals the key positions in this company ...

A CEO. Fair enough, every company needs one of them. Here's the blurb on this bloke: "An innovative, classic entrepreneur, ideas man and a passionate creative force. Since starting The Promotions Factory in 1988, Rob has always focused on building and maintaining strong client relationships."

An Executive Director. Seems like this guy is the company bean counter. I'm not gunna waste your time with the company blurb on this guy because nobody ain't gunna read beyond the word "accountant".

A General Manager of Melbourne and New Zealand. What does she do? Touch your heart apparently: "Marietjie connects brands with people by creating experiences that touch the hearts of consumers, and change buyer behaviour. With almost 10 years at TPF, she is an expert in Below The Line strategy and marketing." If you're wondering what "Below the line" (BTL) strategy is ... "Above the line" (ATL) is mass deployment stuff like TV, radio, Internet. BTL is more one-to-one, personal engagement stuff. If TPF put an Ad at the top of this page, that'd be ATL, whereas if they registered users to jump on here and engage with folks and talk up their product then that'd be BTL.

A General Manager of a bunch of other states. Here's his writeup: "Scott started with us 12 years ago and from day one he has been an incredible source of energy for our sales teams. Scott's industry experience, leadership and management skills make him a valuable asset."

A General Manager of TPF sports. This guy is interesting - "With 18 years experience at TPF, Craig has a contact list that is the envy of the industry. He is running Star and our Licensed Sports and Membership Fulfilment business units."

A General Manager of TPF Toys. "With more than 18 years working in the toy industry, now based in Hong Kong, Giles has been responsible for working with clients in over 60 countries in the ten years he's been working with us, and he is now responsible for all retail product strategy and worldwide sales and marketing."

A Chief Operating Officer. Yeah, need one of those. Let's find out about this guy ... "An expert problem solver with 20 years of experience in Promotions, Operations and Product Development provide a real focus for our manufacturing arm. Based in Hong Kong, Lincoln manages the entire product development, manufacturing and distribution side of the business."

A General Manager of the Vietnam office. "Sean has been running the Finance and IT side of the business for 23 years. His background and fluency in Vietnamese made Sean the obvious choice to oversee the transfer of our entire back office to Ho Chi Minh City 3 years ago."

A General Manager of Vietnam Support Services. FFS, how many General Managers does this company need? Alright let's have a look "Craig oversees our support division which includes Customer Support, Sales Support, Online Store Operations and Procurement. With 11 years at TPF, Craig’s wealth of experience, client relationship management and comprehensive approach strives to deliver the highest level of service."

An Art Director. Ah, finally! Somebody who has a role that actually generates value ... "Sharon heads up our creative team in our Vietnam office. With over 22 years of experience in the design industry, Sharon not only manages our Studio but keeps our Creative Heart beating." There's our heart being touched again.

And lastly ... A Head of digital and eCommerce. For completeness: "Henri heads up our Digital team in Vietnam. A hybrid analyst, strategist, creative and technical specialist, his Digital Team create Digital magic. Websites, e-commerce, Digital Marketing, apps and more."

And that's all folks.

Here's a test for you: how many times was the word "quality" mentioned? Zip, zilch, zero, nada.

Lots of "sales" and "innovation", an über long contact list, hearts beating and being touched.

But no Quality management representation on the executive team. They do have a "support services" guy who is the closest thing to it, but in reality he's a long way from it. His job profile looks to be of somebody who ensures that that the purchase orders are properly received by by the factory, rather than somebody who is running an effective V&V program (Verification and Validation ... Verification is the process of checking that the factory has made what the customer has specified; Validation is the process of checking that what is specified / supplied is fit-for-purpose)

They have no ISO9001 either. (That's the global quality management system standard).

Given the profile that this company portrays on its website, it's not so surprising that folks are complaining about products they're making.

They sound pretty dodgy.

 

[jmac70]

Pity about the quality mate. It's just paper this year.

I think it was paper last year too. Could have probably just made my own.

 

[CFC2010]

They sound pretty dodgy.

If this years polo survives 22 games I would be very surprised.

I think next year I will not get it automatically until I have seen it first

I still use some of the adidas stuff in the garden and they have lasted the test of time.

 

[Vicky Park]

I think it was paper last year too. Could have probably just made my own.

Yeah it was paper last year. I know because I put a cross through every game we lost. Too many crosses.

 

[Gungadin]

I received my membership pack 7 days after paying for it, back in December. Shit, that was quick I said to my wife. On opening it, I scratched my head in disbelief. It was a 2015 pack.
The 2016 pack arrived a month later.

 

[Bart99]

I received my membership pack 7 days after paying for it, back in December. Shit, that was quick I said to my wife. On opening it, I scratched my head in disbelief. It was a 2015 pack.
The 2016 pack arrived a month later.

That might be my 2015 membership package I'm still waiting for it to arrive.

 

[mattys123]

Bought a new guernsey from the MCG store the other day (had a $60 MCG voucher so was cheaper than buying it from the club) and the quality is ok I guess, but nothing like the Adidas jumper I have from 2011 (the one with the gold AFL logo).

It's all about making money now at Collingwood, nothing more, nothing less, and I've accepted that, we aren't a football club any more, just a business with a football team as a marketing tool.

No fridge magnet either, yet, and not really expecting one.

Yet Gary Pert called those who didn't re-sign as members "disloyal", I'd call them smart.

 

[Mkcaptain]

Bought a new guernsey from the MCG store the other day (had a $60 MCG voucher so was cheaper than buying it from the club) and the quality is ok I guess, but nothing like the Adidas jumper I have from 2011 (the one with the gold AFL logo).

It's all about making money now at Collingwood, nothing more, nothing less, and I've accepted that, we aren't a football club any more, just a business with a football team as a marketing tool.

The 2011 Gold AFL logo guernsey is still the one I wear to games.

I remember Pert saying that their affiliation with Star was so that the club could control the cost for supporters. What a joke. More like control their profit margins.

 

[WatsamattaU]

The quality of Star Athletic used to be good but it seems to be diminishing every year.

Maybe if enough of us E-mail Pert he will address it at the end of year forum?

 

[Pera]

AFL member pack isnt much better. Get a shitty quality key chain and a couple of stickers. 600$ a year and thats all they can dish out.

Hawthorn seem to have it right. They get a scarf with how many years they've been a member. Its great for distinguishing the fair weather fans at games.