BENHECK CONTEST #3ish! Design an official T-shirt.

theelk · Post by **theelk** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:03 pm

khaag wrote:What do you think needs to be worked on?

The scissors part is too skinny and therefore forces the wider Atari to be too low. I'm not sure how to fix it, but I still really like it.

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:36 pm

http://www.cafepress.com/benhecktee

There's the link to the cafepress store if anyone is interested in them... I'm not quite sure how to rework it any more...

theelk · Post by **theelk** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:30 pm

khaag wrote:http://www.cafepress.com/benhecktee

There's the link to the cafepress store if anyone is interested in them... I'm not quite sure how to rework it any more...

Looks cool anyway. I'll probably get one eventually.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:05 pm

Khagg - the point of this whole thing was to raise funds for the site, not for you. We need to set up a Benheck.com Cafepress, not a whole bunch of individual ones.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:06 pm

plus i wouldnt pay more than 15-18$ for a teeshirt anyway!

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:54 pm

Kurt_- I know what the point of the contest is. Did you not see the name of the cafepress store? www.cafepress.com/benhecktee

And the base price is $18.99 and $24.99 is a $6 markup. If Ben wants to make an official store for the main site I'm down with that. It would probably make it easier to collect funds... Maybe $6 markup is a little too much... I guess we can let Ben decide on the price.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:14 pm

khaag wrote:the base price is $18.99

Could that be lowered at all? I'd rather just donate than spend a ton on a shirt, then I know that all my money is going to Ben. Kinda like those school fundraisers where they sell cheap crap for 10x its value, I'd rather just donate.

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:37 pm

Unfortunately not... There is a base price for all the products you can sell and for a dark t-shirt that's it. And also, what does Ben think about all this? I mean has he even expressed the desire to sell shirts or collect donations? And what's to guarentee that it goes to server costs? It all just seems rather unorganized. Maybe Ben can tell us what he thinks?

Riddlewire · Post by **Riddlewire** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:14 pm

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:31 am

ben said that you can't rely on donations, as there is no guarantee that you get enough money on a monthly basis

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:24 pm

Kyo wrote:ben said that you can't rely on donations, as there is no guarantee that you get enough money on a monthly basis

Ben also said the Wii sucks. Point is, he's been wrong before. Even if it doesn't cover the full cost of maintaining the site, who gives a crap? I'm sure he wouldn't mind a bit of extra dough on the side, even if it's just a little to help out. That being said, I would only donate if the site REALLY needed it (I donate enough of my time to the forums as it is!

), but I would totally be down with buying a tee. Hopefully Ben sees this and we can get this set up in the store. First shirts, next will be coffee mugs!

CTFan

Post by **benheck** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:30 pm

But the Wii DOES suck! If you'd like to point out me being wrong, I also said it wouldn't sell well. OK here's a new one: "If the Wii continues to be a big hit, it will depress (not crash) gaming and cause mass industry layoffs" Let's see how I do...

Anyway the shirt design is pretty decent but any "official" Benheck.com t-shirt would have to be approved / designed by me. As for markup maybe 3 bucks is doable... not sure how much shipping is.

You have to keep in mind that a dark shirt with a graphic probably needs a white "surface layer" to print upon, so it's a more complex process, including a die cut I'm sure. I'm actually surprized they're as cheap at 19 bucks.

Hats would be cool too.

Again I think donations are stupid but if we got more ads / merchandise I'm totally fine with that.

HazmatB · Post by **HazmatB** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:34 pm

Why not add a few unobtrusive ads around the forum here?

One or two on the main page wouldn't hurt too much either.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:57 pm

We already have those...

ZN13 · Post by **ZN13** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:45 pm

I would totally buy a BenHeck stein!!!

But, just so you know, you can get the shirts a lot cheaper if they're not black...

(Like $9 base price...)