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Pittsburgh UNLICENSED Cotton Ball Cap by City Stuff
Pittsburgh UNLICENSED Cotton Ball Cap by City Stuff
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In the late '90s, there was a strike (or some other equally daunting issue) that shut off -- albeit briefly -- the supply of licensed merchandise for Steelers games. If memory serves, it was only a game or two. City Stuff, we're pretty sure, came on the scene solely as a result of the cap shortage. Vendors, in the quest to offer something (anything) new for fans, bought these caps as an interim, "stop-gap" measure. These were marketed as suitable for baseball, football, or hockey since the three teams all shared similar team colors.
Whatever was causing the original cap shortage was resolved fairly quickly, and City Stuff soon faded back into obscurity (as far as we know). The hats are really not bad, actually -- you just won't find a team logo anywhere.
Regardless, they are a (tiny) piece of history for the collector, and we offer these UNLICENSED caps for that reason. Even the tags on the caps make it clear that they are not licensed. Check them out and grab an unusual piece of the past.
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A few things to know about Jeff's Curiosity Shoppe:
Welcome aboard! We're delighted you stopped in. But first, a brief history lesson:
We began with a single store -- Jeff's Vintage Treasure in 2018 -- with Shopify and sold mostly vintage sports products. Because some customers wanted newer items as well, that same year we added a second web site
-- Jeff's Treasure Chest -- to the mix.
The second store did well, and we became obsessed with other "niche" stores and began to accumulate inventory for them. The desire to add these other options led us to the decision in 2022 to eventually consolidate everything under one roof, which also resulted in the new name. You'll notice some of them on our home page, and that's only about half of what we have planned (unless we come to our senses first).
It will probably take quite a while to list everything we have, so check back often, and we're always open to your suggestions -- really!
As far as store operations go, some key points:
1) Shipping: Right now, it's U.S. only. Unless it's the holidays, or a weather situation (as we recently experienced) we always try to ship within 24 hours, but we officially ask for a 2-day window.
2) Returns: Our policy is we don't accept returns, and here's why: In the six years when running both of our original stores, we had 2 -- count 'em, 2 -- returns: One was for a Oakland A's hat that the manufacturer tagged "adult" but turned out to be a youth, and we also shipped a White Rose replica St. Louis Cardinals T-Bird instead of a nearly identical Indians model... yep, that one was our mistake. The point being that to date there has not been a single complaint over the quality of what we sell. And with people getting what seems to be an "Amazon" mentality when it comes to returns, we really don't want to travel down that road. However, know that if you have an issue with anything we sell, let us know and we'll do our best to make it right. Fair enough? (See our Policy and/or Contact Pages in the footer at the bottom of any
page for more detailed information).
Enjoy your visit!