Dazshell Posted October 29, 2013 Share Just got an email from Amashova offering a post-event T-shirt for R285.00. Isn't that a bit steep? I good quality, printed T-shirt from Woolies is less than R100 - R125. Add R25 for postage. Someone is making a lot of money here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomo Posted October 29, 2013 Share Agree.Price obviously quality dependent, but > 150 puts a T-shirt on the steep side I'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted October 29, 2013 Share Then dont buy it! When did we all of a sudden decide we are allowed to tell people how much THEY charge for THEIR products.This is becoming a daily hub thing... Go print your own one, and while you are at it, print me one too. DIPSLICK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabes Posted October 29, 2013 Share Then dont buy it! When did we all of a sudden decide we are allowed to tell people how much THEY charge for THEIR products.This is becoming a daily hub thing... Go print your own one, and while you are at it, print me one too.When did Matt sell the hub to you? I agree don't buy the shirt if costs too much but if people want to start a thread and discuss it they are entitled to do that. Abercrombie, tunariaan, CASSIE1975 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomo Posted October 29, 2013 Share Monday = bash a club dayTuesday = T-shirt dayCan't wait for the rest of the week. Pusher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazshell Posted October 29, 2013 Share Then dont buy it! When did we all of a sudden decide we are allowed to tell people how much THEY charge for THEIR products.This is becoming a daily hub thing... Go print your own one, and while you are at it, print me one too.With pleasure. R285.00 please. And don't complain, after all, you said you can't tell people how much to charge! I am not saying what I think they should charge, I am just asking what other Hubbers think is a fair price for an event T-shirt. Hopefully if consensus can be reached, then we will be offered fairly priced stuff in future by organizers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Low Posted October 29, 2013 Share Just got an email from Amashova offering a post-event T-shirt for R285.00. Isn't that a bit steep? I good quality, printed T-shirt from Woolies is less than R100 - R125. Add R25 for postage. Someone is making a lot of money here. The economics of the rag trade is a scary subject - cost to retail are massive mark-ups with plenty of players and pitfalls in-between. Just to say - Woolworths and Amashova selling T-shirts are effectively two different products & both organizations will be making their money; and each has different risks. You want the shirt at the price, then buy. Or buy one from WW and one from 'shova and average your cost down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted October 29, 2013 Share When did Matt sell the hub to you? I agree don't buy the shirt if costs too much but if people want to start a thread and discuss it they are entitled to do that. Yes, and I am entitled to reply.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkie 2 Posted October 29, 2013 Share I reckon a lot of things are overpriced which is cycling related but the guys must obviously know that people are willing to pay that price. Think back how many of us bought cycling t-shirts from events with your first couple of events ichops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazshell Posted October 29, 2013 Share The economics of the rag trade is a scary subject - cost to retail are massive mark-ups with plenty of players and pitfalls in-between. Just to say - Woolworths and Amashova selling T-shirts are effectively two different products & both organizations will be making their money; and each has different risks. You want the shirt at the price, then buy. Or buy one from WW and one from 'shova and average your cost down.There are no economic risks here. They are taking pre-orders by 8 November and delivering only on 9 December so they will know exactly how many and what sizes to print and will not be stuck with overruns. Quite clever actually as they are dated 2013 so could be a problem if they print too many. Pants Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunariaan Posted October 29, 2013 Share Way to steepmore than R200 for a short sleeve with a bit of printing on there seems like someone is pocketing tooooo much ichops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabes Posted October 29, 2013 Share Yes, and I am entitled to reply....You can hardly call that a reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranswurm Posted October 29, 2013 Share Just got an email from Amashova offering a post-event T-shirt for R285.00. Isn't that a bit steep? I good quality, printed T-shirt from Woolies is less than R100 - R125. Add R25 for postage. Someone is making a lot of money here. That is very steepThe shirt prob cost R110 to make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted October 29, 2013 Share With pleasure. R285.00 please. And don't complain, after all, you said you can't tell people how much to charge! I am not saying what I think they should charge, I am just asking what other Hubbers think is a fair price for an event T-shirt. Hopefully if consensus can be reached, then we will be offered fairly priced stuff in future by organizers. You are right, but at that price I simply would not buy. You clearly missed my point. To be honest, very few of the hubbers run events as a profession, so asking them what we should be charged for shirts is like asking them what they should be charged for a car.... you will get lots of opinions, but very few that are actually based on sound economics. If you believe that these guys sit around a table thinking of how they can screw consumers, then there is a slight detachment from reality. They are simply trying to make money like any other business. Like any other business, if they price their product too high, they will not sell it...... clearly they believe that R285 is the value they need to get to go through the trouble of creating the shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted October 29, 2013 Share i would not pay R285 for a tshirt TK-Sp3cialiSt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_biker Posted October 29, 2013 Share I stopped buying Events shirts years ago. Total rip-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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