How much do you spend per t-shirt?

[chris31]

Originally Posted by teampronto

Oh also, do you require students to buy their own shirts, or does the club pay for them?

We pay like $15 for black shirts that have color on front and back but we only have like 20 shirts made. We use three colors (I know the number of colors affects the price at some places). We make the students pay for their shirts as I know they can afford them and it saves $300 of fund raising money. However, shirts are given free to the mentors.

[Andy L]

We have nice button up shirts, each with a custom patch with the members name, and we pay 20-30 a shirt. I think that's a little steep, but they aren't ordinary t-shirts.

We require members to pay for their own shirts.

[nat2]

wow, my dad prints shirts and he can probalby do a 2 color like that on a dark shirt for like 5 $

[Woody1458]

Originally Posted by Andy L

We have nice button up shirts, each with a custom patch with the members name, and we pay 20-30 a shirt. I think that's a little steep, but they aren't ordinary t-shirts.

We require members to pay for their own shirts.

That is the shirt that 1458 wears.

(the one he is talking about)

[teampronto]

Looks nice!

We found a good place to go with, but our problem is turnaround time (2 weeks). Is that normal?

[Andy L]

That sounds about right if you're doing it online, I'd recommend searching for local places though, you can probably get it done cheaper and faster that way

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by teampronto

Looks nice!

We found a good place to go with, but our problem is turnaround time (2 weeks). Is that normal?

In my experience, two weeks is normal or even speedy. If it's customInk you're talking about (they guarantee a two week turn around), I've dealt with them before, and have nothing but good things to say. They're very helpful, and very good at what they do. They took a very complicated hand drawing and made an excellent t-shirt.

[EDIT] I'll second to look for local places though. They may be willing to do your shirts for just materials if you ask really nice, or for a smaller surcharge than online dealers[/EDIT]

[teampronto]

The place I mentioned IS local. They won't give discounts because their primary source of income is from schools and their clubs.
$11.35 is the price per shirt S-XL.

[Andy L]

Two weeks turnaround for a local place seems a bit long to my knowledge. I'd say try online in that case. Maybe try the place iCurtis mentioned

[typharn91]

on spam we have 2 diff shirts one we get for free and the other the students can buy(the ones we buy are designed by use diff desgn every year) and we can buy any amount we want and they usually cost 8-10

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by teampronto

The place I mentioned IS local. They won't give discounts because their primary source of income is from schools and their clubs.
$11.35 is the price per shirt S-XL.

Looking back at the original post, I'd say you're getting a pretty darn good price. 3 colors on the front and 1 on the back makes for a lot of printing, and certainly drives your cost up. In order for customInk to beat that price you'll need to order at least 60 shirts! If cost is such a factor, I'd cut out a color or two, and consider changing to a non-black shirt.

[wendymom]

I work for a t-shirt company (when I'm not working for a robotics team). A two week turnaround is normal. Sometimes it can go faster if you don't have to have the shirts shipped in. It does cost more to print on a dark color as opposed to a light. Grey (on black) can be achieved by using less white so you may only be charged for one color. There is a screen fee cost per color used. Usually that runs 25.00 per screen so you must add that set up fee to the cost of the shirts. There may also be an additonal artwork charge depending on the company you are working with. The cost will also go down when the quanity of shirts goes up. Generally we have a minimum of 24 whenever we screen print.

For a basic black t-shirt with one color on two sides of the shirt with a minimum of 24 would run you about 12.50at my company without any discounts. I think you are getting a good deal.

[spc295]

we have two different shirts made, one for thursday and saturday, and one for friday. that way we dont have to worry about washing shirts friday night, only thursday. our team colors are red and black so naturally one shirt is red and the other black. we do not pay for our shirts because they are donated. also the people in the pits around us are always confused friday morning, when we change from red to black.