Well, I finally got the T-Shirts delivered. Kind of a process which took about a month but personally I am happy with them. I used a small business owner which I prefer as I like to keep things local, guess I am old school. I am putting this out to all that I walked into with the idea of doing something for this website as I thought it would be good for all. I never touched money from the fundraiser, that is sacred and is only for the up keep of the site and any IT issues. I did this out of pocket as I thought it was important to havea try at this and hopefully generate enough cash down the road to order more and maybe, just maybe put some towards the upkeep of the site. Maybe a stupid idea but some days I'm not the brightest guy!
Anyway, here's pics of the T-shirt. (I must have taken 30 pics but decided on these) I know it would have looked better on my studly 140 pd torso but thought I'd spare you all that! The logo is the one that Robin came up with and I've always liked. It's a front and back image, canoe in the front, CT logo on the back and the T's are Hane's cotton, short sleeve. I know from the first thread a lot of you wanted long sleeve, hats and other things but as a first try I had to go simple. The color, which was a real chore deciding on, is a tan/sand color to accent the darkish font of the paddler and logo.
Using the local guy the minimum order was 38 shirts which I broke down into this:
10 X Large
21 Large
9 Medium
One he said had a smudge on it and so he added two for free, a small and a large. I kept the small, I'm a runt. The spare Large went to Robin for making this site what it is. I will check for the smudge as I look through them and if someone is OK with it will give a discount.
So I guess I need to let you know what the cost is. Taking into account shipping, out of pocket costs I am thinking $24 per shirt. This will get some cash back in my pocket, not a rich guy, and provide enough to order another round if the interest is there. I know other sites charge more and less but I'm thinking this is a fair price.
Canadian members: I have been looking into a way not to charge extra but shipping would add more to the cost by almost 10 dollars. How the hell can that be? I want to be up front on that for those of you over the border! dang international lines!
Now here's the problem, I have 40 shirts so I am thinking it will be a first come (email) first serve thing. I've racked my brain out on how to do this better but can't and as I said this is/was experiment, trail and error attempt. If you are interested please email me at this email address, I had to set this up to access certain parts of the website in the beginning and won't bog down my personal email:
nepaddlepoler@gmail.com
PLEASE use the header T-SHIRT so I know as that email gets clogged with other stuff as well. Please do in Cap Letters! Once I have the 40 orders in I will contact all who have interest and let you know about paying. Details on that to come depending on outcome.
If this is successful I will order more down the road. Thanks all.
dougd
Anyway, here's pics of the T-shirt. (I must have taken 30 pics but decided on these) I know it would have looked better on my studly 140 pd torso but thought I'd spare you all that! The logo is the one that Robin came up with and I've always liked. It's a front and back image, canoe in the front, CT logo on the back and the T's are Hane's cotton, short sleeve. I know from the first thread a lot of you wanted long sleeve, hats and other things but as a first try I had to go simple. The color, which was a real chore deciding on, is a tan/sand color to accent the darkish font of the paddler and logo.
Using the local guy the minimum order was 38 shirts which I broke down into this:
10 X Large
21 Large
9 Medium
One he said had a smudge on it and so he added two for free, a small and a large. I kept the small, I'm a runt. The spare Large went to Robin for making this site what it is. I will check for the smudge as I look through them and if someone is OK with it will give a discount.
So I guess I need to let you know what the cost is. Taking into account shipping, out of pocket costs I am thinking $24 per shirt. This will get some cash back in my pocket, not a rich guy, and provide enough to order another round if the interest is there. I know other sites charge more and less but I'm thinking this is a fair price.
Canadian members: I have been looking into a way not to charge extra but shipping would add more to the cost by almost 10 dollars. How the hell can that be? I want to be up front on that for those of you over the border! dang international lines!
Now here's the problem, I have 40 shirts so I am thinking it will be a first come (email) first serve thing. I've racked my brain out on how to do this better but can't and as I said this is/was experiment, trail and error attempt. If you are interested please email me at this email address, I had to set this up to access certain parts of the website in the beginning and won't bog down my personal email:
nepaddlepoler@gmail.com
PLEASE use the header T-SHIRT so I know as that email gets clogged with other stuff as well. Please do in Cap Letters! Once I have the 40 orders in I will contact all who have interest and let you know about paying. Details on that to come depending on outcome.
If this is successful I will order more down the road. Thanks all.
dougd
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