Bootlegs suck. I’m pretty much against them 90% of the time. Here’s where I don’t mind them. When you screen up a few for you and your boys. Or when you give them to friends. I’m cool with that. Print up 6-12, have fun with it. But you know what sucks? When you screen up a bunch of boots and sell them on ebay. And then don’t mention they are bootlegs. You just sell them and let the bidder figure it out. That’s usually what keepitclearmtl seems to do. That seller has a slew of weirdo boots normally. But oddly, not today. Today, he appears to be selling two legit Mental crew tshirts. We’ve seen a few of these boots pop up in the past, but the letters on these look correct. That’s usually the telltale sign of a bad Mental Crew tshirt: wonky letters. These are appropriate. But here’s the thing. Who’s to say this dude hasn’t made a better boot? Fuck, so annoying. And his description doesn’t fill me with confidence either, “Here’s the deal: I bought this shirt and the other one I have for sale, off a guy from the B9, but I have no idea if it’s an original or boot. What you see is what you get.” Ugh. Before bidding, I’d suggest you ask him what brand of tshirt they are printed on. My green one is on Jerzees Heavyweight Cotton. That green one (and likely the blue one) should be the same.


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