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What does "authentic" mean here? Isn't company swag just the company emailing a logo to 3rd parties who print it on shirts/whatever?

VWWHFSfQ 5y ago
This is some of the scammiest markets of all time. Hey OP, I got a Theranos-branded mug I can drop-ship you from Alibaba. $800 OBO
- miohtama 5y ago
  What you do not have is called provenance :)
  - brandall10 5y ago
    Just out of curiosity, how does one prove provenance? I’d think the only way is to be the original owner (ie proof of employment at the company), but even then, given such a hot marketplace it would be super easy to just purchase and resell knockoffs.
    - hyperbovine 5y ago
      > Just out of curiosity, how does one prove provenance? The same way they do it with art ... research.
      - brandall10 5y ago
        But with art there is only one work produced by an artist, or if a series, probably some way to properly id it based on a number of factors. With say a sweatshirt produced by a third party based on some digital stencil art, do you know for sure the one you're receiving was printed by the company and given to an employee/customer? Literally hundreds, possibly thousands would be in circulation. How would you be able to distinguish that from say something a former employee w/ access to the original art data having it reprinted?
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rbobby 5y ago
Shhhhhh! You'll disturb the market!
sharkweek 5y ago
I try my best to only procure swag that was actually distributed by the company at time of operation. As an example, you can buy "joke" Enron t-shirts, which I wouldn't be interested in, but some authentic team building event-specific shirt distributed to 50ish people? Oh baby, I'm all ears. I think that's part of the fun, hunting for the original stuff.
- F_J_H 5y ago
  Former Enron employee here - I have some swag I was given when I first started (lunch kit, values booklet, etc. Also have some golf shirts and baseball caps. Worth anything?
  - threwawasy1228 5y ago
    Absolutely, you could get some great value for that on ebay, or grailed.com
  - dylan604 5y ago
    >values booklet Very very very curious of the text contained within.
    - celticninja 5y ago
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- ghostbrainalpha 5y ago
  Can you guys share your collection? I'm not a part of this hobby yet, but I'm immediately on board. Would you be interested in an unreleased "Cosby Show" lego set that was supposed to come out right before he got cancelled?
  - k12sosse 5y ago
    Is that where we are today? Admitting[0] to drugging women, and then sexually assaulting them under the influence qualifies as 'cancelling'? Weird. 0: https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/07/us/bill-cosby-quaaludes-sexual-assault-allegations/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/07/us/bill-cosby-quaaludes-sexua...
rot13xor 5y ago
I assume you could buy the stuff from the company's bankruptcy auction or when it gets auctioned off by the Feds like in the case of Martin Shkreli's exclusive Wu Tang album.

VWWHFSfQ 5y ago

This is some of the scammiest markets of all time. Hey OP, I got a Theranos-branded mug I can drop-ship you from Alibaba. $800 OBO

miohtama 5y ago
What you do not have is called provenance :)
- brandall10 5y ago
  Just out of curiosity, how does one prove provenance? I’d think the only way is to be the original owner (ie proof of employment at the company), but even then, given such a hot marketplace it would be super easy to just purchase and resell knockoffs.
  - hyperbovine 5y ago
    > Just out of curiosity, how does one prove provenance? The same way they do it with art ... research.
    - brandall10 5y ago
      But with art there is only one work produced by an artist, or if a series, probably some way to properly id it based on a number of factors. With say a sweatshirt produced by a third party based on some digital stencil art, do you know for sure the one you're receiving was printed by the company and given to an employee/customer? Literally hundreds, possibly thousands would be in circulation. How would you be able to distinguish that from say something a former employee w/ access to the original art data having it reprinted?
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rbobby 5y ago

Shhhhhh! You'll disturb the market!

sharkweek 5y ago

I try my best to only procure swag that was actually distributed by the company at time of operation. As an example, you can buy "joke" Enron t-shirts, which I wouldn't be interested in, but some authentic team building event-specific shirt distributed to 50ish people? Oh baby, I'm all ears. I think that's part of the fun, hunting for the original stuff.

F_J_H 5y ago
Former Enron employee here - I have some swag I was given when I first started (lunch kit, values booklet, etc. Also have some golf shirts and baseball caps. Worth anything?
- threwawasy1228 5y ago
  Absolutely, you could get some great value for that on ebay, or grailed.com
- dylan604 5y ago
  >values booklet Very very very curious of the text contained within.
  - celticninja 5y ago
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ghostbrainalpha 5y ago
Can you guys share your collection? I'm not a part of this hobby yet, but I'm immediately on board. Would you be interested in an unreleased "Cosby Show" lego set that was supposed to come out right before he got cancelled?
- k12sosse 5y ago
  Is that where we are today? Admitting[0] to drugging women, and then sexually assaulting them under the influence qualifies as 'cancelling'? Weird. 0: https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/07/us/bill-cosby-quaaludes-sexual-assault-allegations/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/07/us/bill-cosby-quaaludes-sexua...

rot13xor 5y ago

I assume you could buy the stuff from the company's bankruptcy auction or when it gets auctioned off by the Feds like in the case of Martin Shkreli's exclusive Wu Tang album.