Threadless T-Shirts - Profile for AndrewLB - Another few shirts ruined in the wash, what's up?

AndrewLB aka lb has been a member since March 21, 2007, has scored 1064 submissions, giving an average score of 1.41.

Jun 07 '07 by AndrewLB

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Another few shirts ruined in the wash, what's up?

about Poet-Trees

Anyway, I washed all the shirts I got today, six in total.
Of the six, a few turned out okay, two turned out wearable, and fucking Poet-tree is completely useless, unless I get a free pair of maternity pants and an extra 40 inches to my waist.

They were all washed in cold water with Tide cold water wash and dried on low heat. It was the shirts (turned inside out, six total), socks, and a pair of jeans.
So yeah, I dunno what's up. I'm thinking that if I have to deal with this gamble every time I buy threadless, I'm just not going to bother anymore. The shirts are too expensive as it is, but having to deal with "duds" is too much.

What I don't get is why they're so damn random in the sizing. The Green fairy one fits perfectly, thin 'round the waist and comfortable up top, but a same color one, the music one with the rainbows playing different instruments from a door handle key, dried with the top right, but the waist too wide.

Anyway, I'm kinda pissed, while being absolutely certain Threadless won't do anything, not that they're really obliged to. Ah well, $60 out of $90 spent on this order down the drain.

sonmi on Jun 07 '07 at 8:17pm

this is more fotl/aa's problem. it should be fixed once threadless starts releasing their own custom made tees.

sonmi on Jun 07 '07 at 8:17pm

and are you kidding about them being too expensive? if you got them today, i'm guessing you most likely got them during the sale? for $10 each?

AndrewLB on Jun 08 '07 at 5:39am

Canadian Customs charge tacks on a lot, though yeah, the shirts this time around with the sale were a lot less and pretty reasonable. I'm just livid because since half the shirts are more or less ruined, I ended up paying about $30 per shirt, if you don't count the ruined ones.

Either way, I don't understand what the hell happened. They seem to have shrunk and bulged randomly, and I can't percieve of any possible way to fix the shirts. And I know Threadless doesn't accept shirts that have been washed, so I'm basically screwed.

NYC on Jun 08 '07 at 5:41am

Driers are the problem. I never use them.

mllesatine on Jun 08 '07 at 9:57am

Yeah, sizing is definitely the FOTL/AA problem - some of my girly smalls are all different sizes.

And I concur 100% with NYC: never use the drier if you can help it. I only dry my girly shirts the first time, and that's because I want them to shrink a little. Other than that they never see a drier!

41 days later

kristinaks on Jul 19 '07 at 12:52pm

This shirt shrunk a little weird for me, too. It's wider and shorter than my other girly larges. I think it's because it's basically a tube with sleeves (to accommodate the side printing), where the other shirts I've bought have seams up the sides.

roboroller on Jul 19 '07 at 12:55pm

all i know is that all of my shirts...fotl guys...the sizes are always different...no matter what...

some of them are smaller and fit perfect and some of them (espechilly Satans Little Helper, The Leftover and Adorable Disaster) end up fitting like a tent...i don't get it, but...hopefully...these new shirts coming out soon will fix all of these woes.

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