Nobody said this would be easy. It’s a rather long story that I won’t delve into too much. But basically when I received the shirts from the screen printer they had some problems. Some shirts had a color misaligned, there were blemishes in certain spots, things like that. The screen printer apologized profusely and agreed to reprint the shirts. Unfortunately when I got the reprints there were still some designs that had problems. This was rather surprising since the screen printer I used had a good reputation. I was really looking forward to getting the t-shirts and it was immensely disappointing to keep getting stuff that didn’t look right. These problems were totally unacceptable and I’m never going to skimp on quality. I had to box up all the shirts and UPS them all back to the screen printer so I could get my money back.  I had to pay for that out of my own pocket which sucked.

So while all this was going on I started looking for a new screen printer.  I contacted a lot of places and asked a lot of questions to make sure I found the right place. One screen printer that’s pretty close to where I am simply said “we won’t be doing business with your company” as soon as they saw some of the artwork I wanted printed.  I thought that was pretty funny. I guess some people lack a sense of humor.

I’m getting the shirts reprinted at another company right now.  I’ve talked to the owner directly and asked plenty of questions. I’m much more comfortable with this new screen printer. Unfortunately this has caused a major delay in being able to launch the site and start selling t-shirts. I should have the shirts in the next couple of weeks and then I can open the store.

On the plus side I’ll be offering the Bert & Ernie shirt in both brown and asphalt since I know some people aren’t big fans of brown t-shirts.