I need to raise $$$ for bandwidth and ....

Originally posted by Talthyr Malkaviel: Sorry Magik, but that is just not the case, look at me and Epona, she said that this was a place where she could escape and not be singled out, and I, probably along with many others, do that also. Trust me, if I won the lottery I'd donate money to Ziroc without a second thought, and being young if I can scrape up some cash I will, but I'm really not bothered about having a special rank of any sort.

Talthyr, I see where you and Epona and Cloudy are coming from now, and I do understand needing to escape from some of the worlds more depressing aspects too. I would still like to see personalized Avatars, but won't fuss if they don't happen...I just hope we find some way to equitably fund our bandwidth habbit

[Larry_OHF]

Z, I remember a polls in the Polls forum aboutnthe T-shirt idea. I do not remember who actually made the shirts, but his name was mentioned in ones of those threads by you back then, and I am sure it is in the polls forum. There's not that many posts to sift through to find it, but I am busy at the moment.

Ziroc, with iron-on T-shirts you neeed to be careful how you wash them or the logo will wash out. my Jun Fan Jeet Kune DO instructor trtied those

you can wash them but you have to use the right stuff

[Talthyr Malkaviel]

Hmmm, the t-shirts are a good idea if you ask me, except (blame my pessimism) won't the cost of manufacture, unless bought specially made in a large bulk order make any profit from selling minimal?????

Originally posted by Talthyr Malkaviel: Hmmm, the t-shirts are a good idea if you ask me, except (blame my pessimism) won't the cost of manufacture, unless bought specially made in a large bulk order make any profit from selling minimal?????

*spank*

blank T-shirts don't cost that much, hence Z-man's iron-on idea

loony? I wanna be CUDDLY!!! :'(

[Talthyr Malkaviel]

Ahh, I didn't see that... well in that case I'm all for it!!
Unless of course Lord Shield has anything whatsoever to do with there making... I don't want an angry tentacle growing out of my T-shirt.

Washing a T-shirt?? Why would you ever do that?

[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Talthyr Malkaviel: Hmmm, the t-shirts are a good idea if you ask me, except (blame my pessimism) won't the cost of manufacture, unless bought specially made in a large bulk order make any profit from selling minimal?????

Not necessarily, Talthyr.

I had some T-shirts and sweatshirts made last year with the picture of the crying eagle super-imposed over the WTC. I took orders here at work and then told the company how many of each size I needed. My biggest order was only for about 30 shirts at one time.

The cost of the shirts and pressed-on logo were only about $8 each, regardless of quantity. Same for sweatshirts (about $12).

Unfortunately, as Lord Shield mentioned, these logos will eventually fade or wash out.

To make the logo's permanent, you have to do silk-screening. It's much more expensive, therefore, you have to sell more shirts to cover your cost (or raise the price or both).

With the potential market here, I think Ziroc could probably have the logo's silk-screened and still only charge $15-$20 per shirt. The problem is, HE will have to pay the set-up cost (around $200 or so) UP-FRONT, and then try to recover his money.

That's why people who make T-shirts like that try to sell large quantities of them.

MOST places do not give a price break for quantity orders. There is a set-up fee and then the charge for the shirt. The more shirts you sell, the less "cost per shirt" you incur.

[Cloudbringer]

Silly MagiK! You'd have to at least shower while wearing it! Or uh.. eeeew... not tell us how long you'd had it on! [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]

Thanks for the sweet comments. [img]smile.gif[/img] I really hate to see us argue but heck, we can't always agree on everything! It'd make Memsy a bored genie and hehe.. who'd Choc have to keep a claw in?

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: Silly MagiK! You'd have to at least shower while wearing it! Or uh.. eeeew... not tell us how long you'd had it on! [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img] Thanks for the sweet comments. [img]smile.gif[/img] I really hate to see us argue but heck, we can't always agree on everything! It'd make Memsy a bored genie and hehe.. who'd Choc have to keep a claw in?

if it wasn't for the arguments I wouldn't have much excuse to come in and be silly [img]tongue.gif[/img]

me likes confusing arguers with loonyism