I can help you guys order the shirts...Alpha Shirt Co., the distributor I use the most is located in Stafford, TX. I get case pricing for any quantity of shirts I order. I don't think I will have time to help with the printing because I am in the middle of moving for the next 2 weeks, but if you need help outputting the film positives or something let me know. What color of shirt do you guys want? Steve Print The Planet Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: phew i was getting worried about paying $60 for a t-shirt. have we all voted on a design? hmmmmm? >From: Mark Sawyer >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [tcb] Re: Psycobluooie t-shirts >Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:58:03 -0700 (PDT) > >I don't forsee the cost of the shirts being any more than they were last >year. We have a new supplier for shirts that let's us have last bracket >pricing no matter what quantity we order. I think the "pocket t's" cost >approx. $1.00 more. I just need the info to get started. > >"Gerald V. Livingston II" wrote: READ all of >this please. I got windy, but for a reason. We need to listen to >Denis next year and start this shirt stuff in April. > >OK, let me make sure everyone (including me) understands what's going >on here. > >Last year the company Mark works for owned the screen printing >equipment AND they had a custome place a LARGE order at just about >the same time that P.B shirts were coming up. So, Mark tagged our few >shirts onto their order and what we paid for in the end was the screen >set up and shirts as if we had ordered 5000+ shirts. Mark paid for the >shirts out of his own pocket, up front then waited to get his money back >from us as we bought them. > >THIS YEAR. Marks company no longer the screen printing equipment >BUT he can still use it. Not much chance of a perfectly timed lasrge >customer order so the shirts themselves will probably cost 3 or 4 times >more than last year. Discounts usually apply only when ordering a full >case of each size you want. > >AND -- Mark can't pay for that out of his own pocket. > >He's trying to get a COUNT together as quickly as possible so that he >can determine what the actual cost per shirt will be. Then we'll find out >if someone else can step up with the up-front costs and wait for the >shirts to sell to recoup their cash. > >So, he's taking orders but this is ONLY a "fact finding quest". If no-one >can front the money they may never be ordered. > >I have a suggestion for the up-front money and a question that >may reduce cost a bit. > >First the question: Pockets. There are several of us who insist on >Pocket T's (yes, we're smokers). Would anyone who orders a >non-pocket T object to having one with a pocket? By omitting the >non-pocket categories we increase the number of each size that is >requested with pockets and may reduce the price a bit. Maybe Mark >could screen the TCB logo on each pocket. > >Money: If Mark can tell us what the MAXIMUM cost per shirt would be >then perhaps we could each prepay NOW. I can add a column to the >web page table and Mark can let me know when each person's money >arrives. I add it to the table so he doesn't have to keep track of it. If >the price drops due to the size of the order then we make change. I'll >volunteer to bring small bills for change and Mark can write me a check >for the total. We can pre-package each person's change in the bag with >their shirt(s). If Mark says they may cost $20/shirt we send him that >now. If they end up costing $10 then you get half back at the campout. > >Anyway, food for thought, remember that order emails go to >gerald.psycoshirts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >The web page is up at: > >http://phorce1.com/shirts.htm > >After you've sent your email to gerald.psycoshirts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >wait until later that day or early the next and check that page to >make sure I've added you and it is correct. I'm updating the page >by hand so everyone that looks please check my math in the >*TOTAL* row every time you look. > >On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:14:27 -0500 "Gerald V. Livingston II" >wrote: > > > Last year I said I'd work on an "order web page" for shirts. Yeah, > > right, we know how fast I finish stuff. > > > > What I HAVE done is create an order address. DO NOT reply to > > the list with your shirt order. That just overloads the list members > > who read email on their PDAs and scares off new members when > > we have a 200+ message day. > > > > So that Mark will know how many shirts are needed and what sizes > > send an email to gerald.psycoshirts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In the message > > put your FULL (first/last) name and the quantity and sizes of shirts > > you would like to buy (and special requests like a Pocket T [me and > > Dan]). > > > > Mark will automatically get a copy of messages sent to that address > > and I will too. Once or twice a day I will go through the messages and > > create a web page that has "First name, last INITIAL, sizes and > > quantities so everyone that asks for shirts can verify that their email > > was received without sending 15 emails asking Mark if he got their >order. > > > > Graphic designers should probably just reply to the list with the final > > design/colors. > > > > I can add Steve (the new screen print guy) to the list of recipients if >he > > wants or he can get info from the web page I will create. > > > > Gerald > > > > Once again: > > > > Address: (copy to new email) gerald.psycoshirts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: (doesn't really matter) > > Body: > > > > First Name > > Last Name > > T-Shirt size/quantity requested (including special like Pocket-T) > > > > Gerald > > > > On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:36:58 -0700 (PDT) Mark Sawyer > > wrote: > > > > > As previously stated, I will print the shirts or we have a new > > member to the TCB that does screen printing as well. Before I > > can begin to set a price for the shirts I have to know number of > > colors in the design, front and back or just 1 sided, sizes and > > quantities. I must have all the info by June 15th. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Sawyer > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get a preview of Live Earth, the hottest event this summer - only on MSN http://liveearth.msn.com?source=msntaglineliveearthhm