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stubby43 aka Phil is a 25.42 year old boy, has been a member since December 22, 2006, has scored 3,809 submissions, giving an average score of 2.65, helping 191 designs get printed.

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Jun 27 '07 by stubby43
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Serrious suggestions for threadless

Ok after reading the make the tee's more expensive blog I started to think about real ways that would improve threadless (bumping up the price is moronic, it is only justifable if the production costs have gone up).

So my suggestions are to number the shirts.

I like the fact that I've bought a tee the first time it came out and i like the idea of it saying first edition on it, then the reprints would each have a number for their addition.

I'd like to see limited runs of threadless tees, threadless prints 4000 of each design then more if its re printed. One of the big attractions of threadless is that its unique and not everyone has them so it would be cool to be able to buy a tee that was from a run of 200, 500 or will only be printed once.

tesco on Jun 27 '07 at 4:13pm

special k on Jun 27 '07 at 4:13pm

will only be printed once.

isnt that what happens with the selects, not reprinted ever, i mean?

stubby43 on Jun 27 '07 at 4:15pm

Nope the select tees can get reprinted its just that theres not been enough demand yet.

slothpirate on Jun 27 '07 at 4:15pm

i like the idea to number the edition

special k on Jun 27 '07 at 4:20pm

oh, i guess not then.

carry on.

;)

tesco on Jun 27 '07 at 4:20pm

One of the big attractions of threadless is that its unique and not everyone has them

only true in theory - there are lots of fakes available which greatly reduces the unique factor. you want dark side of the garden on dark grey? or blue? I see so many fakes, and the dudes wearing them (and probably even selling them) will never had heard of Threadless. To be honest, I bet 99% of folks couldnt give a shit where their tee shirt came from or how limited edition it is.

stubby43 on Jun 27 '07 at 4:29pm

Debateable, I mean you live in London Dan, but up in the north I 've only ever seen two people with threadless tees and the only time I saw fakes was when I went to london.

As for the issue of limited editions, by making them limited editions it has the ability to increase the value, people want to own the first one. When naked and angry released the ties they made the first 10 more expensive even though they were excatly the same as the rest and those were the first to go.

Whats more some companies have built their success on limited editions like johnny cupcakes.com, the fact that they can charge $20 for one tee and $45 for another shows that people are more likely to buy if its collectable.

tesco on Jun 27 '07 at 4:31pm

threadless shirts will only start having real monetry value and collectability after about 10-20 years.

xiv on Jun 27 '07 at 4:31pm

Ok after reading the make the tee's more expensive blog

can someone give a link.

xiv on Jun 27 '07 at 4:37pm

never mind i found it.

bananaphone on Jun 27 '07 at 4:40pm

"Nope the select tees can get reprinted its just that theres not been enough demand yet."

umm, no, actually they don't get reprinted. I like when people think they know what they are talking about.

maija on Jun 27 '07 at 4:42pm

Threadless should quilt the designs into jackets made from the finest hamster hides.

Bramish on Jun 27 '07 at 4:42pm

I see people wearing Threadless tees all the time, North or South. I reckon I see about 3 a week on average.

oa7mov on Jun 27 '07 at 4:44pm

I like the Numbering thing...just dont change the prices...haha if anything do more sales haha i sure do like them 10 dollar shirts haha

stubby43 on Jun 27 '07 at 4:45pm

It has a button to request a re print Matt.

fatheed on Jun 27 '07 at 4:55pm

It does, but Craig said not so long ago that despite that button they never have and never intend to reprint Selects.

stubby43 on Jun 27 '07 at 4:57pm

Right then fair enough.

31 days later

Verdana on Jul 29 '07 at 7:21am

On a different note, it would be a good idea to let the designer edit their original comment under their submission�that way they can address issues that come up later in the comments about sizing, placement, edits, etc., and have people actually see what they have to say.

Taylors_rad on Jul 29 '07 at 8:33am

i would like it if the girly tee's and the guy tee's the same price.

stubby43 on Jul 29 '07 at 8:40am

Cant be done, girly tees cost more to make.

deboraborialis on Jul 29 '07 at 8:48am

12 month clubs are quite exlusive, and don't get reprinted. I think other than that, from a business point of view, limited print runs would not make sense.

fatheed on Jul 29 '07 at 9:16am

That's a good suggestion Verdana.