T DAY IS HERE! The greatest skeptics t-shirts in the universe!

[tkingdoll]

Yes folks, it's the day you've all been waiting for!

Get your cool skeptic slogans and UK Skeptics merchandise here, and support a good cause in the process!

All proceeds go towards UK Skeptics projects.

www.comboutique.com/ukskeptics


Note: for USA customers, there is also www.cafepress.com/ukskeptics, you can buy from there too but it takes much longer to ship and the colours of the t-shirts aren't as nice in my opinion.

[tkingdoll]

I bought the Skeptick: The Next Generation tee shirt and it looks totally ace! I'll post a photo tomorrow.

[Mongrel]

Ordered a couple

Will now patiently await for them to arrive :)

[Admin]

I got some UK-Skeptics branded ones - they take about a week to arrive.

We've already sold quite a few apparently :D I'm not sure how many (Tracy's running it) but it's a great start.

Thanks to all who buy. O0

All proceeds wil be used for UKS purposes.

[tkingdoll]

Hopefully John will put this pic up on the shop page, but here it is anyway just cause the t-shirt looks so damn fab:

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/6783/ukskepticstshirtpromo3gw.jpg

[Admin]

See: http://www.ukskeptics.com/shop.php O0

We'll be adding more bits and pieces in time.

[Blue Bubble]

I vote for the mugs. We really really need mugs.

[Aardvark]

Sleaze alert sleaze alert sleaze alert sleaze alert >:D

Perhaps we could charge more for the one that Tracy has actually worn!!!!

This seems to work in Japan in relation to nether garments of young ladies from educational establishments :-X

I am starting to wish I hadn't said this now

Serously though, nice pic, ( in a non sleazy, non threatening, old enough to be your Dad kind of way)

[Jocky]

She's older than she looks you know Aardvark - she remembers Mary, Mungo and Midge ;)

Still, the picture did the trick for me. Off I go to order ...

Oh yes, and I second BB about the mugs

[tkingdoll]

We're working on the mugs folks, I'm currently investigating the options - if we have them pre-printed it's much cheaper for you but we'd need to order 100 and we have to make sure there's enough demand. If we get them on a per-person basis, it is likely to cost you anwhere from £12 - £20 per mug, which personally I think is silly.

So, when we've found a solution that fits everyone's needs, we'll let you know - it won't be too long now.

Thanks to everyone who has bought a t-shirt - my Star Trek parody one has really garnered a lot of attention, it's great for starting conversations.

[Dr B]

Ardvark - quite simply the funniest post i have read in a long time..."sleaze alert...."

I would buy mugs - proper 'up north' man-sized mugs and not those riduculous (only room for the sugar) small ones....

[Dr B]

btw a brilliant car sticker saying "Dont follow me, follow Darwin" got a car fire-bombed in the USA recently.....lets get um....go on...lets get um...... O0

[tkingdoll]

btw a brilliant car sticker saying "Dont follow me, follow Darwin" got a car fire-bombed in the USA recently.....lets get um....go on...lets get um...... O0


I can believe that. Although I'm sure no-one here is afraid of the big bad creationists, it's now also a Muslim issue and personally I wouldn't want my car vandalised - which in Birmingham is a risk. I have a Darwin fish but I haven't put it on my classic BMW (namedrop) because frankly the car means more to me than making the political comment publicly. I'd wear it on a t-shirt though, because I don't leave my torso parked on the street while I pop into the shops for a Cornetto.

[Admin]

btw a brilliant car sticker saying "Dont follow me, follow Darwin" got a car fire-bombed in the USA recently.


Damn >:( I've just ordered 5,000 of those. ;D

Seriously though, merchandise is going to have to be a bit more expensive than standard items as both the company supplying them and UKS need to make a profit on them.

I don't think people mind paying a few extra quid knowing that the money is going to a good cause, but if we ask £20 for a mug we're not going to sell many - if any.

I think mugs will be quite popular - I certainly would love a branded one - but we have to get the right balance between buying in bulk for cheapness and being able to sell the quantity we buy.

There's not a great deal of mark up on these things so buying 100 mugs means we'd probably have to sell 80+ before breaking even.

[Mongrel]

What a lot of the web comics seem to so (being run on a shoestring and all) is take cash pre-orders. When they've got enough for a full run they order them, if they don't get enough money it's a full refund.

Doable?

[Aardvark]

btw a brilliant car sticker saying "Dont follow me, follow Darwin" got a car fire-bombed in the USA recently.....lets get um....go on...lets get um...... O0


I can believe that. Although I'm sure no-one here is afraid of the big bad creationists,



Did you mean Big Bad Cremationists ;D after all they did torch the mans car

See a program tonight on Chanel 4 about the rise of Christian Fundamentalism in US politics and the White House

[Admin]

What a lot of the web comics seem to so (being run on a shoestring and all) is take cash pre-orders. When they've got enough for a full run they order them, if they don't get enough money it's a full refund.

Doable?


It's a possibility but I'm not sure it's feasible in a business environment (which this has to be run as) with tangible goods.

We're looking at a couple of other possibilities; we will come up with a solution.

[tkingdoll]

OK, I have a solution:

I will purchase some plain white mugs from Tesco, for 50p each. I will draw the UK Skeptics logo on them in biro or perhaps permanent marker although that will set me back another 99p so perhaps not.

Then you can all pop round and pick up your mugs whenever you like. Sound good?

And look! I've just had a practice go in Paint and frankly I think it's easily as good as a printed version. Yes?

http://img330.imageshack.us/img330/6066/uksbytk4ym.jpg

So, who wants the first one? >:D

[Aardvark]

I bet your sceptisism disappears as soon as the mug is baptised >:D

[Admin]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Brilliant :D

They'd probably sell really well!

[tkingdoll]

They'd probably sell really well!


If I signed them "by Tracy Skepchick, aged 6 and a half".

[Mongrel]

Recieved my order today and as you can see they got the seal of approval O0

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/Mongrel01/Cat2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/Mongrel01/cat1.jpg

[tkingdoll]

Excellent! Are you happy with the quality and stuff? Do let me know if there are any issues, we're not tied to any particular supplier.

[Jessie]

Mine arrived this morning :wnw: :wnw: 8)

Actually, I am mighty impressed with the quality of the t-shirt.... O0 O0 O0

I will get back to this once it has been washed ;D ;D :D

You can tell the cheap ones...the logo ends up on the back ::) ::) ;D ;D

[tkingdoll]

Yeah, I'm worried about the washing aspect. I have a 'hand wash' setting on my funky washing machine, I might use that or actually wash it by hand the first time.

[Jessie]

I have a new washing machine that I am just getting to grips with so chances are it will fit Barbie when I am done ;D ;D ;D :-[

[Admin]

My T-shirt didn't come with a cat. >:(

Mine was washed in the machine - normal 400 cycle and it survived just fine. O0

It's the logo I was worried about but it looks just the same.

[Jessie]

May have been a different story if the cat was included :o :o :o

[Admin]

It could be in the washing machine!!! :o ;D

[Jessie]

:o :o The cleaning of the pump could be a messy job :-X :-X ;D ;D

The t-shirt is great...must get a photo O0 O0

[Admin]

Panic over - I've found it:

http://www.ukskeptics.com/graphics/cat.jpg

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[vbloke]

that reminds me of this
http://www.spice.co.uk/images/large/HUD_sayaahh_lrg.jpg
from here (http://www.spice.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=29)

I've had my tshirts for a week or so now and they've both survived the washing machine 100% intact.
And they feel silky smooth against my skin.
*goes for lie down*

[Admin]

Good God!!! ;D ;D ;D

Is that a woodpecker who's beak came off? ;D

[Jessie]

:o :o ;D

Is there a dentist in the house?????