Yeah, but if you take shipping and junk into account, you're usually going to spend the same or very close to the same amount anyway. I guess I just don't care where I get my clothes as long as I like them. Hmm, I was about to say I'm positive that I've never bought a band t-shirt from Hot-Topic, simply because I don't like any of them enough to buy, but I did buy this weird little thin shirt that just had blocks of the Ramones' heads repeating. It was on clearance, so why not?
Again, the whole trendy store garbage applies to all clothing. That's just how things go. Don't wet your un-trendy pants over it.
Buying a slightly over-priced and ugly band t-shirt is far better than people who spend over $100 on a pair of pants that already has holes in it or buys a purse for $300. Heh, I have at least one friend who does that and I find her rather silly.