From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-06-14T23:29:00+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyStuff: The Ruby Shop for Ruby Programmers

kellan wrote:
> I know CafePress is easy, but the shirts look generic, the quality is
> poor, and most of the money goes to CafePress not to supporting Ruby.

True.  But CafePress is providing a service, and I am unaware of a 
better way to provide such goods.

BTW, CafePress offers a 30-day money back guarantee (minus shipping 
costs, sadly) if one feels they have been sold crap.

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/cpshipping.aspx#5


> 
> It really isn't that hard to get decent shirts printed up by a real
> print shop that will look better, sell better, and raise more $$.

Do you have details?  Anything to show that a print shop run of 4 coffee 
mugs and five shirts, with 3 different designs, will net me more than 
using CafePress?

Really, I'd be happier using a local business for this, but my limited 
experience with printing and such is that there is no way to get this 
sort of ease of manufacturing, variety of designs, on-line credit card 
processing, and distribution when dealing with sporadic demand.

Any specific information to the contrary is welcome.

> After all we're trying to convince people that Ruby is for real, yeah?

No, not really. At least, I don't think T-shirts and coffee mugs do that 
as well as the language itself, and that isn't the goal of the CafePress 
shops.


> 
> 
> Nothing says just another obscure vanity project like a CafePress
> shirt. :)


Can I put that on a shirt?


James


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