Hat Update

I exchanged the hat today. The manager tried to feed me this and that about how they are hand made and that is how some of them come. Point is that for a $40 hat there should be some quality control involved and I expect an appreciable product. He still wasn't entirely convinced that it was offset, but he let me exchange it after a minute or so of debate, possibly just to get rid of me and move on.

I was doing to looking into the matter last night and had a short correspondence with Paul, who writes The Ballcap Blog and provided some useful info.

"Hi James,

This is a very common problem, especially with caps made during the season such as this World Series cap. The problem is mainly that the production is rushed. There was a time when (up until recently), New Era would repair defective caps for free, but they stopped last year. You're better off returning it. Always check to make sure the seams on the outside of the front panels are in the same place on each side of the visor (brim/bill) stitching.

Hope that helps,

Paul"

Does this hat look messed up?

I have been going through some sort of ordeal trying to get the right size of a Cards hat I got for Christmas. I wasn't expecting that I would get a fitted 59fifty, was just hoping for a $15 snap back, and got lucky. After exchanging it for a bigger size, I decided that the guy at Lids convinced me to get one a smudge too big. I went back and got a 7 3/8 instead of the size 7 1/2. Now, after looking it over at home, I have decided that the brim is off center, and am trying to figure out if I should again return it.

I wonder if it is normal for these hats to be this much off. Notice the how the seems on the hat line up to the seems at the left and right edge of the bill in visibly different places.

More pics here.