Blues fan sues team for allegedly mislabeling merchandise

A huge fan of the St. Louis Blues has filed a lawsuit against the team claiming thousands of dollars worth of merchandise he purchased was mislabeled. Aaron Stock was in attendance for the Stanley Cup victory watch party at Enterprise Centre in 2019. After, he wanted to commemorate the moment, and purchased merchandise. Stock said he then began to notice issues.

Stock said he starting looking at pictures and noticed the supposedly game-used equipment he was purchasing didn't match the style, wear or markings from photos where that equipment would have been used. Stock said he brought the issue to the team's attention, and a spokesperson said the Blues were investigating. He was hoping the team would fix the problem, but said two years out and nothing has changed. He's never been offered a refund.

Stock said he bought a set of goalie pads that were supposedly used by Jordan Binnington in the Blues' Stanley Cup winning year. However, when he checked pictures of Binnington, the pads were actually used in 2019-20, the season after. Stock claims he then noticed several other issues while attending other auctions, which he outlined in a letter to Blues' general counsel Michael Lowenbaum. He would eventually meet with Lowenbaum, and Stock's lawsuit alleges Lowenbaum admitted to authentication and labeling problems. Still, Stock was never offered a refund. Later, he purchased three sets of "game-used gloves" that had "practice" stitched into the tag on them when he received them. The stitching also didn't match the gloves used by St. Louis players in games. Then came the final straw. Stock said he bought a helmet supposedly used by Carl Gunnarsson in game, but the helmet received didn't have the required logos and contained no wear whatsoever. That's when he filed his lawsuit.

"I don't know if the NHL needs to do something about this," Stock told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "But it's certainly a problem."

Stock said all he wants to do through the lawsuit is ensure the Blues, and other NHL teams if this is happening elsewhere, are doing right by fans.

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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