Messier Rangers jersey w/Gretsky sewn inside

[Sylvester71]

I just bought a Starter Rangers Messier jersey. It has the fighting strap, double sewn elbows, white laces at neck, all stitched letters/numbers. But inside at the neck it has a stitched "GRETSKY" patch sewn in, and at the inside bottom it has the NHL patch with "Wayne Gretsky Set 2 98/99" patch sewn in. Messier was with the Canucks for the 98/99 season, not the Rangers. I've seen the identical jersey on eBay but with "Messier" instead of "Gretsky" on the patches. Why would my jersey have the wrong name inside?

[hatryk]

Well it should be gretZky but you got a fake jersey

[HockeyMusic]

it is a fake jersey......return it if you can....

[akteon]

As everyone else said it's fake.

It's based on this fake Gretzky jersey that's pretty common: http://r.ebay.com/dW45qj

Here's an old post that lists many of the problems with those jerseys.

[BPerkins]

The fakes are based on tags used in 1998-99 ... similar to the all too common "Meigray Groop" tags in the Pens fakes. Here's a link to what the Gretzky tagged liberty looked like.

http://www.meigray.com/edealinv/servlet/ExecMacro?nurl=control/StoreItem.vm&ctl_nbr=2381&siId=6020996&catLevel=1&scLevel=1&thisCatLevel=&oldParentID=&catParentID=4544&scId=4544

The fact the counterfeiters made a Messier with Gretzky internal tagging is not surprising. They aren't known for their accuracy.

[Sylvester71]

That stinks. I only paid $15 for it at a thrift store, so I don't feel too bad that its fake! Thanks for all the info everyone.

[DropkickMurphy8]

You still paid $15 too much.