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Old September 20th, 2007 -   #31 (permalink)
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Default Re: Relabeling American Apparel t-shirt

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Originally Posted by Liefde-Chance
A screenprinter informed me that is you relabel t-shirts then that means you are liable if a customer's tee doesn't wash correctly or something of that nature. He even told me that if you don't relabel them then the originator (Hanes, Gildan, etc.) would be liable and not you.

Is this correct?
Hmm. Probably/kind of. Bearing in mind this is just one person's opinion, not legal advice, but...

If you relabel the shirts, you are responsible for them. So yes, you're liable. If you don't... you're still liable (the customer comes to you with a complaint, you fix it), but you can then pass on that complaint to the manufacturer. Thing is, best case scenario they will replace the blank shirts (and I do mean best case), you'll still be out printing costs, good will, etc. So liable may not quite be the word.
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