Re: [AGA SC] T-shirts

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

What color goes with baby spittle on the shoulder?

I have 6 of the DFWAPC shirts and wouldn't mind balancing
things out. Of course, if Karen and Cheryl have the
artwork, anyone could put it up to Cafe Press at anytime
and order a shirt, or sweatshirt, etc. 

he he he he

sh





--- Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com> wrote:
> The old T shirts were cool, Erik is doing video tape
> stuff in the last 2 
> days and saw Charlene in one of the AGA shirts.  They
> were cool, I thought 
> it would be nice to do some again.  (Maybe not on a white
> shirt)  :)
> 
> K
> 
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Karen Randall wrote:
> 
> > I took this to the SC list, because I didn't think it
> was something to be
> > decided in public.  But actually, I don't think it's a
> bad idea at all.  The
> > reason we haven't done T-shirts or pins again is not
> because people didn't
> > like/want them, but because no one wanted to handle the
> production, sales,
> > inventory and shipping.  The one time we did t-shirts,
> I did all the
> > production work, and still have the last few remaining
> "collectors item"<g>
> > shirts.  Dorothy did the pins, and likewise, I think if
> there are any left,
> > she has them.  When I looked at the prices this place
> was charging, they
> > were just about the same as what we needed to charge
> whn we did them, simply
> > because we had a relatively small order, and needed to
> be sure to get our
> > money back out of them.
> > 
> > I don't see any harm in doing this, and it might bring
> in a little money.
> > Between Cheryl and me, we have the "design team" in
> place already.  If we
> > did a new design annually, people could keep buying
> updates. Even if we
> > didn't sell THAT many, if there is no up-front cost, it
> seems to me that
> > ANYTHING that adds to the bottom line might be a good
> idea.  In this case,
> > it's also something that people enjoy, and promote a
> sense of community.
> > T-shirts are a big part of the "aquarium hobby culture"
> here in the U.S.
> > 
> > Any thoughts from the rest of you?
> > 
> > Karen
> > 
> > > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 12:22:42 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [AGA Member] AGA t-shirts and other
> stuff
> > >
> > > Thanks, Shireen.
> > >
> > > We already have an AGA store on the AGA website.
> Products
> > > are limited to those items of special interest to
> aquatic
> > > gardeners that might not be so easy to get elsewhere.
> > >
> > > I don't think AGA has been in the T-shirt biz for a
> while.
> > > But I suppose that if we did sell non-gardening
> products,
> > > we'd do it right off the AGA website.
> > >
> > > There are a few reasons for this, one of them being
> the
> > > markup on some items when using an intermediary for
> the
> > > sales and fullfillment processes.
> > >
> > > Scott H.
> > 
> > 
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