26 bucks is nothing for a shirt. especially such a unique one. you'd pay 30-50 for some mass produced piece of branded crap in a store.

That's not really inflation economically speaking. Threadless just changed the price of their shirts according to the quality output. As Leon said, it's well worth it.

And plus, inflation is much more preferred than deflation.

its not so bad with a coupon and using mail innovations

No way guys! I totally agree with you bud. I mean $26 is about average tee price but then you know $10 for postage and three weeks for it to arrive? nah I wouldn't say it's worth it.

$26 is cheap.

jesus, you Americans are tight

Holy shit! A whole dollar?

I don't know where you guys shop that $26 for a t-shirt is reasonable O.o

Not to say it's not quality or anything, but still, that's quite a chunk.

sheesh, I'm not to hot on $26 for a shirt. I need to buy food....

Nobody's forcing anybone to buy anything. That's the price that the market will bear. When you sell things, you pretty much want to get the most you can for it. If nobdy was willing to pay $26 for a T-Shirt then they couldn't sell them for $26. It's one of the very basic foundations of a market economy. Sheesh, what are they teaching you in schools these days? Anyway, if you don't like it, blame the the peeps willing to spend the money for driving the price up(re:demand). Um, organize, try to get peeps not to buy it for $26, write your senator etc. You get to do that in America. Or just shop at Wal Mart with the rest of the peeps who think $26 bucks is crazy to spend on a T-shirt. Personally, I think even $5 is too much to spend on, oh, say a fishing pole, so I just don't buy them and I certainly don't call sporting goods complaining about peeps who are so jazzed on fishing that they are willing to spend it. Bye!

wasn't the whole pont of threadless to get really good shirts for a low(er) price (plus have a commmuntiy that participates on the designs, scoring etc...)?

So i understand where you are coming from? I love the designs but i'm sure i can go without the shirts...

Damn not being to edit comments on other ppl's post... Ignore second interrogation mark above...

I just noticed it's a select tee, which have all been $25. I guess it's only one more buck...

26 $ is 16.67 € !!! Yeahaa!! Can't wait flying to Chicago with my European bank account!! :)

I agree that if you don't want it, you don't need to buy it, but $26 is not "cheap" for a T-shirt. It may be cheaper than upscale places you shop, but it's not inexpensive according to the general market prices for garments that are supposed to be inexpensive.

Further, $21 as a "sale" price is a much smaller markdown than virtually everything else on threadless. I'm sure they have reasons for doing so, and they certainly are well within their rights for doing so. However, when I ended up with several items in my cart, all regularly priced at $25-26, all the others were marked down to $9 but this one.

It's not inherently wrong to say that something seems expensive, particularly when it's a fair observation. There's no need to be so rude.

Also, since everyone keeps saying that the price is driven by the quality, let me say this: I buy piles of t-shirts for about $2 in China. I don't really wear them because the cotton is too rough for me. However, Threadless has long used Hanes shirts for guys which are of lower quality than the shirts I buy in China. They have a poorer cut and fit, and frequently have flaws.

The American Apparel shirts are more comfortable, but frequently arrive with flaws as well. About 30% of the AA shirts I've bought have holes in the sleeve seams, and this appears to be a widespread problem based on similar complaints I've seen in the blogs. I've long suspected that Threadless gets a discount by buying irregulars from AA/Hanes, or their quality control department is truly abysmal. Threadless can get away with these quality problems more than other retailers because it's so impractical to return the shirts. In many if not most cases, you can return the shirt but cannot get a replacement because the design is sold out. Everyone just does their best to sew up the holes or live with them.

I've had lots of shirts with printing flaws as well. Again, I can't return them unless I want to forfeit having the shirt for months or possibly ever.

Before you even start with the cries of "if you don't like it, don't buy it!", I am well aware of this fact. I have indeed gradually shifted the bulk of my shirt business elsewhere.

My point is that the arguments of "they cost more because costs are higher" are completely unfounded. They might be true, but unless you have access to the inner business workings of Threadless, you don't know that's true at all. They couldn't afford to open a physical store and start their own supply chain without large piles of cash.

I first was attracted to Threadless because they offer an opportunity for unknown artists to get their work out there. While they do compensate artists whose work is printed, it's almost certainly not a fair cut. Threadless profits of the work that its customers generate, and that's fine, but you can't just assume that they're friendly and operating by perfect moral standards when their business model is right out there in the open. They're about making the maximum amount of money possible out of teenagers, and nothing else. They will charge as much as they can get, regardless of their costs.