From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
