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Old March 28th, 2008 Mar 28, 2008 8:02:40 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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Im kinda in a jam...Well Im waiting for 200 shirts to arrive it's gonna take almost a month to get here....Is there any way i could get these shirts faster in the future??? I donot want my customers to be waiting for a shirt in the future....Ok should buy another bulk of shirts when i've sold 100 or should i wait till i sold them all what should i do to where i have shirts constantly for sale.....right now i have no money to buy more shirts???I'm pretty sure i have 100 shirts sold already to friends and family...CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME ADVICE!!!! THANK YOU......................
 
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Im kinda in a jam...Well Im waiting for 200 shirts to arrive it's gonna take almost a month to get here....Is there any way i could get these shirts faster in the future??? I donot want my customers to be waiting for a shirt in the future....Ok should buy another bulk of shirts when i've sold 100 or should i wait till i sold them all what should i do to where i have shirts constantly for sale.....right now i have no money to buy more shirts???I'm pretty sure i have 100 shirts sold already to friends and family...CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME ADVICE!!!! THANK YOU......................
You need to tell us what kind of shirts you ordered, where they came, and what you're using them for before we can offer you suggestions.
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Old March 28th, 2008 Mar 28, 2008 8:19:31 AM -   #3 (permalink)
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Ok, There 200 American Apparel #2001 shirts 7 different colors with my design on them, there tagless and going to come folded and polybagged.....There for my up an coming clothing business....
 
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Are they coming from China? Seems like any US printer could deliver 200 shirts much faster than a month.
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I can order 200 AA's from TSC apparel and get them in 2 days and then fold and bag them myself in a day. So yeah, I'd rethink that next time. I guess you're not printing them yourself, but you could find a good contract screen printer close by that can give you a 6 day turnaround usually.

Whether or not you buy more at this point is only a question that you can answer. You already said that you have no more money right now for more shirts. If it were me, I'd just use this as a lesson learned. Take your time and do it right. Don't borrow money or use money you don't have to spend for more shirts at this point. Your family and friends will still buy them if they were serious about buy them in the first place. More debt usually never solves problems.
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Old March 28th, 2008 Mar 28, 2008 9:16:29 AM -   #6 (permalink)
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You should be asking the people who provided the t-shirts and printing this. That's the only one that can answer it for you.

It may be that they can't turn them around any faster and you'll need to find another vendor if the turnaround time isn't acceptable for you.
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Are they coming from China? Seems like any US printer could deliver 200 shirts much faster than a month.
No there not from china It's here in the US
 
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Old March 28th, 2008 Mar 28, 2008 10:37:48 PM -   #8 (permalink)
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I can order 200 AA's from TSC apparel and get them in 2 days and then fold and bag them myself in a day. So yeah, I'd rethink that next time. I guess you're not printing them yourself, but you could find a good contract screen printer close by that can give you a 6 day turnaround usually.

Whether or not you buy more at this point is only a question that you can answer. You already said that you have no more money right now for more shirts. If it were me, I'd just use this as a lesson learned. Take your time and do it right. Don't borrow money or use money you don't have to spend for more shirts at this point. Your family and friends will still buy them if they were serious about buy them in the first place. More debt usually never solves problems.
Your telling me you can order 200 AA shirts from small to 2x with a design printed on the shirt and get them in 2 days? NO WAY...Are you serious???no i'm not priting them myself..
 
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You should be asking the people who provided the t-shirts and printing this. That's the only one that can answer it for you.

It may be that they can't turn them around any faster and you'll need to find another vendor if the turnaround time isn't acceptable for you.
Yeah your right, since its my first time ordering i thought they would take that long, but i also thought it was too long for a wait.....
 
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Old March 28th, 2008 Mar 28, 2008 11:44:36 PM -   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: Bought 200 shirts, the thing is........

Not to ask you to slander anyone, but would you mind letting us know who you are using, so if we decide to use a fulfillment like that I won't get stuck waiting a month for my product.
 
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Your telling me you can order 200 AA shirts from small to 2x with a design printed on the shirt and get them in 2 days? NO WAY...Are you serious???no i'm not priting them myself..
No, I'm telling you that I could get 200 shirts from tsc apparel, send them to my contract screen printer in 2 days, he prints them in six, ships them to me in two more which is 10 days. Then I fold and bag them myself in one more day. So I'm saying that I could do it all in 11 days.
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Not to ask you to slander anyone, but would you mind letting us know who you are using, so if we decide to use a fulfillment like that I won't get stuck waiting a month for my product.
It really wouldn't be slandering. The company probably gave a due date to begin with. Patience is a virtue. Next time, you know that you could get it done sooner. But for now, the best thing to do is just wait. I'm sure that your customers aren't going anywhere. If they were serious about buying your designs on paper, they'll be even more excited when they see it on a shirt. It will be awesome in due time young grasshopper.
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2 days from order to our shop....1 day print....1 day fold and bag..and 4 days shipped to Texas....hmmm...8 days....what to do with the other 20 or so?......cause id shuffle or add a graveyard crew for 200 shirts...LOL
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Old March 30th, 2008 Mar 30, 2008 11:07:46 AM -   #14 (permalink)
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Lol...Naw I dont think i should say who im going with, first of all i already have a month to wait i dont the design on my shirts to be messed up...lol.....Yeah i messed up, i'll learn from this....thanks
 
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Lol...Naw I dont think i should say who im going with, first of all i already have a month to wait i dont the design on my shirts to be messed up...lol.....Yeah i messed up, i'll learn from this....thanks
why would your design get messed up! what kind of an outfit are you using.
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