Re: Cafepress, or?

elein wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 05:57:00PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 10:23:48PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Now that we have an official place to collect money, and some t-shirt designs,
>>> I wanted to set up something like a CafePress site for PG paraphenalia.
>>>
>>> However, I've heard some grumbles about CafePress quality.  Are there real
>>> complaints?  If so, are there alternatives?
>> I've had issues with cafepress quality. The shirts tend to fade pretty
>> quickly.
>>
>> I've got http://lnk.nu/spreadshirt.com/9ul.php and it's held up well.
>> One issue is there's some glitch where the front graphic shows up wrong
>> in the detail section (the inside is actually white, not red). Also, the
>> process used is more like an iron-on, whereas cafepress uses some kind
>> of screen printing process. The upside is a lot more color options; the
>> downside is the shirt doesn't breath through the graphic.
>
> Iron-ons also are tacky and get cracked and wrinkled in the wash.  Screen
> printing is better.  I have no opinions on cafepress, etc.--just on the
> iron-ons.  Ugh!
>

I have used cafe press for years. I have never gotten a t-shirt but I
can say that the tote bags and coffee mugs were very good.

Joshua D. Drake


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