the fact that you pay attention to this scares me.
where i buy my merchandise affects how big of a fan i am??? darn, i guess i really don't like half the bands i thought i did. i was only pretending to like them because lord knows that my clothes speak more volumes than my record collection.
again, why is this important? stop letting your clothes speak for you, and stop assuming people's clothes ultimately speak for them. who cares where i get my shirt from? fuck fashion. i think its more important to know where your clothes are made and whether or not the person who made them can afford to put food on the table for their family. "real" fans don't buy shitty merch made in honduras.
you're still missing the point. you're not a 15-year-old girl who buys a ramones shirt because it's on display in her favourite trend store and is therefore trendy to wear.