[plug] T-Shirts and PLUGgers

[Konrad Rubin]

HI all,
why doing business with some guys in the US?
I'm running a business dealing in promotional products. I had a bit of a 
learning curve to do as i made
quite a bit of shirts for another group and thought i would sell them easily.
Talk about making a loss and still sitting on unsold T's.
I would do it again but i would have to have definitive orders and the 
money as Cafe express does.
Then i would produce them at a cost to cover mine.
Don't get me wrong i do work for free but the prospect of sitting on 
another batch of
'nice' shirts is not appealing.

What do i propose;
Somebody sets up a site containing all the possible  designs and all the 
interested people do vote and state
if they are willing to buy tTs. Then they leave their contact details and 
if the thing goes ahead i would have to
ask everybody to send me a cheque or cash to do the run.
No pay - no shirt.
Seems harsh but experience teaches you.

Always willing work for a good cause.

Any comments???

Konrad




Anyway i got to say  At 10:26 PM 10/01/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:47, Jacqueline McNally wrote:
>
> > [jacqueline] I have had some recent experience wrt T-shirts for another
> > organisation and I can honestly say - not again :-P Hurdles: MOQ (financial
> > commitment), sizes, agreeing on a style, agreeing on the artwork.
>
>You gave people a choice?  I think I see the problem =).  What we've done in
>the past (for the CIA and Swancon) was establish a design (usually one person
>responsible for multiple options and then have the committee choose the best
>design(s)), and then print off a number we think we can sell (say 20).  We
>initially take a financial hit but we've always come out on top and sold
>every shirt we've printed.  Cafepress does look very interesting tho and
>worth investigating as an option.
>
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