Discuss the various finishing services that can help showcase your brand. Topics include custom neck tag labels, hang tags, garment washes, folding, bagging and even shipment/packaging options.
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.
Although I did see a couple of Threadless shirts being sold in Notting Hill, at about GBP35 a pop. I have a sneaky feeling they bought them for $15 from the site, and are reselling them (at a nice GBP28 profit....or $US50). That would mean they weren't ever intended for retail bricks & mortar stores.
I've seen quite a few Threadless shirts on sale in London, usually in places like Camden Market. The people who sell them are obviously getting them from Threadless and then selling them for a large markup to those ignorant about the whole Threadless thing. And as they are just market stalls, they are hard to track down again.
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?
You need to make sure that you match what the original label says so that all the legal requirements are met.
If you read the FAQ at the top of this section of the forum, you will see a few posts that lay out the legal requirements.
I'm about to launch my tee line on just American Apparel shirts too and for the time being I'm only selling the shirts online, not in the stores yet. Having said that, my shirt supplier said that if my business is only online and if cost is a concern as far as relabeling is concerned, then it's absolutely ok to sell the screened tees with the American Apparel tags on them without relabeling. He said that people know American Apparel very well and trust their quality and fit so it can also be a selling point to have their original tag on too.
I'm about to launch my tee line on just American Apparel shirts too and for the time being I'm only selling the shirts online, not in the stores yet. Having said that, my shirt supplier said that if my business is only online and if cost is a concern as far as relabeling is concerned, then it's absolutely ok to sell the screened tees with the American Apparel tags on them without relabeling. He said that people know American Apparel very well and trust their quality and fit so it can also be a selling point to have their original tag on too.
This is true. I've purchased from several online stores that use American Apparel for their designs and many of them don't relabel and just leave the aa tags in there.
I was wondering for those who are screen printing their lables what mesh count are you using. I'm guessing a high mesh count but what and are you thining your ink?
I'm about to launch my tee line on just American Apparel shirts too and for the time being I'm only selling the shirts online, not in the stores yet. Having said that, my shirt supplier said that if my business is only online and if cost is a concern as far as relabeling is concerned, then it's absolutely ok to sell the screened tees with the American Apparel tags on them without relabeling. He said that people know American Apparel very well and trust their quality and fit so it can also be a selling point to have their original tag on too.
I sell online and use Gildan shirts. So far I've never relabeled, and a lot of people don't from what I can gather. It's not a requirement, if AA gets more of their shirts out there they're gonna get more business - no skin off their nose.
This thread is great, fantastic info. I screen print so I think I'll experiment with just putting my info inside as a screenprint.
As far as mesh count goes, I would just use a standard mesh for textile printing. 110 would work I think. If you're doing something simple, like pure text you could use a lot of different sizes, but if you're going to get into fine line art or a logo or something you might want to find the best mesh to match the size of your image.
I'm new to the forum tonight, glad to see such helpful advice.
Ok that is what I thought but I wanted to make sure. Like I mentioned before this thread was full of information on American Apparel blanks but not much else.
I'm big into the Jerzee blanks and prefer to use them. Though I'm not sure if I'm set on relabeling or not its good to know! Thanks again.
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