Been to Eminem, bought the T-shirt . . . now it’s ruined
A Whanga¯ rei woman says her $60 souvenir T-shirt from the Wellington Eminem concert is beginning to disintegrate before she’s worn it.
Selene Campbell and her partner decided to splash out on VIP tickets to see their favourite rapper among 45,000 others in Saturday’s sell-out crowd at Westpac Stadium.
Campbell said she and her partner bought five items of clothing from the VIP merchandise store, including T-shirts, a hoodie and singlet.
But while hanging it on the clothes line she was horrified to notice some of the writing on one of the T-shirts had come off. More continued to fall off when she touched it.
“I thought I would give them all a delicate wash in case the ink ran before we wore them. I was just pissed off when I saw it hanging it out on the washing line.
“We paid $700 for our tickets, flights and accommodation to Wellington, so we ended up spending about $4000 to go down and come back with a T-shirt that does that, it rips you, seriously. It’s $60 for a T-shirt you would think that they would have decent quality. Like, come on.
“I’ve got $15 T-shirts from Kmart that have been through the wash 50 million times and they’re fine,” Campbell posted on the rapper’s tour page on Facebook. She said the gig itself was “awesome” but she was gutted for it to be tarnished by the musician’s merchandise. Eminem’s tour team have been approached for comment.