itsallgood
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Some of the hats at the Outlet are actually factory seconds caught by HatCo's QC dept. Between the dealer rejects & the QC rejects is the reason why most of the hats have the dealer names embossed on the sweats. The hole punch is so hats can not be purchased at the Outlet & returned to a retailer for full credit. No returns are allowed for hats with hole punched sweats.
So, I'm guessing a hat with a hole punched, but no dealer name embossed, was a factory reject caught by HatCo's QC people. I think the message here is the usual caveat emptor, the buyer is responsible for checking the suitability before purchase. I've not been to the outlet store, but have spoken to them a couple of times, and what I notice is that not everything has an asking price in the low numbers suggested in this thread and one can't just assume that because it's from there that it's a good deal.