Only a Rag would be thick enough to do this!
Red-faced gran buys £80 shirt from Manchester United with ROONY printed on back
A gran was left red-faced after ordering an £80 Manchester United shirt with the name ‘Roony’ on the back.
Mother-of-two Dawn Harkins failed to spell out the striker’s name properly - missing out the ‘e’ - when ordering a shirt online as a birthday gift for her son.
It came back with ‘Roony’ across the back along with striker Wayne Rooney’s famous number ten.
Dawn, a retired nurse, only realised the mistake when her son in Australia, for whom it was a 47th birthday gift, opened the package and emailed her to say: “Thanks mum, it’s fabulous - but I can’t wear it!”
Dawn, who has six grandchildren, told the Manchester Evening News: “I’m absolutely gutted. I’m just so upset. I was so pleased when I sent it. I can’t tell you how thrilled I was.
"I could not wait for him to open it and then I got his email saying Rooney had been spelled wrong. I was so upset that I’d got it wrong.”
Dawn, now retired and living on Anglesey but originally from Droylsden, didn’t open the package when it arrived from United and just forwarded it to Australia where her son Glyn lives.
The shirt had cost £55 while the printing, packaging and postage had added £25 to the bill, making a total of £80.
“I wish I had opened it before sending it to Australia,” said Dawn.
She called United Direct, the club’s online store operated by Kitbag Ltd, but they insisted they couldn’t help as it was her fault.
They pointed out orders for all kinds of unusual names were made and they had to assume ‘Roony’ was correct.
The shop had a change of heart and sent her a replacement - with the correct spelling for Rooney - free of charge.
“I’m over the moon. That’s just wonderful,”
A spokeswoman for United Direct said an internal review was underway into how Dawn had been treated.
She added: “We have already spoken with the customer and arranged to send a new Rooney printed shirt, free of charge, along with a bonus item to make up for her son’s birthday disappointment. Mrs Harkins is thrilled with the solution.”
Husband Brian, 63, a retired welder formerly from Oldham, said the mistake reminded him of an episode of Only Fools and Horses when Del Boy hands brother a mis-spelled identity bracelet engraved with ‘Rooney’.
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Suppose the club get used to it with 99.9% of their 'fans' not speaking English as a first language!
