$50,000 T-Shirt at Zappos.com
I’m pretty sure that this was just created to drive more traffic to Zappos.com, an online clothing store. Well, it is working. I visited there for possibly the first and probably the last time. Anyway, they are selling this t-shirt for $50,00o. The t-shirt is pretty plain as you can see below and the message of the t-shirt tells all what they money really pays for: It only cost me $50,000 to stop my wife shopping at Zappos.com.
Zappos.com $50,000 T-Shirt
They are available in five different flavors, wife (black), husband (red), boyfriend (pink), girlfriend (blue) and well, it’s complicated (white).
There are a few comments by satisfied and unsatisfied customers below. Here is one woman who is not happy with her husbands purchase.
You know what really kills me? The betrayal. And I am not talking about from my soon to be ex-husband. Zappos how could you do this to me? I have spent so much money with your company and this is the thanks I get? The passion and joy that we have shared over the years… the business I’ve helped you to grow by raving about you to anyone who will listen… obviously it meant so much more to me than to you. Am I hurt? Am I mad? You better believe it! I won’t be calling your Customer Loyalty Team because they have been like family to me over the years and I don’t want to pull them in the middle of this “divorce” we are going through. I WILL be calling your legal team.
I would take it all with a grain of salt but here is the product information. I marked the parts I liked in bold.
- Buy this rare collector’s t-shirt and we’ll make sure your significant other never shops at Zappos.com again! When you purchase this limited edition t-shirt, we will permanently disable your significant other’s Zappos.com account for the rest of his/her life.
- Within 30 days of purchase, a Customer Loyalty Team (“CLT”) representative from Zappos.com will arrive to the location of your choosing in the United States to break the news in person to your significant other.
- The CLT rep will also be a shoulder to cry on for up to 1 hour (60
minutes) for your significant other. As time permits, the CLT rep will also be available to share tears of joy with you. - The CLT rep will be happy to frolic in a field of daisies with you or do anything that is mutually agreed upon to not be morally or ethically objectionable.
- Should you exceed your 1-hour time limit, additional time is available, billable to your credit card or PayPal at $3.99/minute. The CLT rep may elect at his/her discretion to barter his/her time, such as in exchange for a home-cooked meal or for permission to borrow your cat for up to 24 hours provided that the feline is returned in the condition it was received.
- Certain restrictions and disclaimers apply:
- Disclaimer 1: Zappos.com, Inc. is not responsible or liable if your significant other creates or uses another account using a different email address. It is your responsibility to monitor how many email accounts your significant other creates or uses.
- Disclaimer 2: Due to the incredible lifetime benefit of this product and service, we are unable to honor our standard 365-day return policy. Our 365-day return policy is valid only if you are permanently divorced or separated within 365 days. Any separation of less than 15 days, “taking a break”, or equivalent does not count. Should you remarry, get back together, or “realize that you made a mistake and can’t live without him/her”, you are no longer eligible for a refund. If you have already been refunded, we will hunt you down for the $50,000 that you owe “the company”. Also, in the event you are eligible for a refund, please note that our free return shipping applies only to the t-shirt. (For example, please do not ship us your wife.)
- Disclaimer 3: Some people like to shop because they like nice things.
Some people like to shop because they want to be fashionable. And some people like to shop because they like to shop. We like all these people and will generally help them in any way possible. However, we can be bought for a price to make the shopping stop.
If you are worried about the cost don’t forget to factor in free overnight shipping on clothing.
15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers
The good folks over at GoMediaZine have just completed their three part series entitled 15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry. These articles are essential reading, as is most of their website, for wannabe designers. They interviewed respected t-shirt designers such as Jimiyo and shared the wisdom borne from their own past experiences. If you study these articles you are sure to save yourself money and time as well as reducing potential stress.
Link: Awful Mistakes Part 1
Link: Awful Mistakes Part 2
Link: Awful Mistakes Part 3
New T-Shirt Store: TorsoPants.com
It looks like the guys from T-Shirt Hell are trying to expand their market a little by including people who are not so easily offended. This new t-shirt store is called TorsoPants.com. On the left here is the face of TorsoPants – the inappropriately named Torso Ted. As you can see he is torso free. My belly button lint has more torso than this dude.
If you sign up as a free member of the Church of TorsoPants right now, they’ll drop $8 TorsoWashingtons in your account. They work just like cash towards anything you purchase on the new site. It’s a great way to get a discount on your first TorsoPants.com tee shirt. The web site is very similar to T-Shirt Hell but has more flash and therefore can take a bit of time to load. It is worth the wait though.
Below you can see a selection of t-shirts available at the store.
Another great thing about becoming a member is that you are automatically in with a chance to win free t-shirts in their ridiculously easy “Buy None Get One Free Contest”.
Just sign up to be a member, which is free, and agree to receive our monthly newsletter and you’ll automatically be entered in the 3x a day drawing. As a member you’ll be eligible for even more free stuff, member’s only benefits, discounts/sales, and other really cool junk. And the newsletter is great because unlike the typical, annoying newsletter, our newsletter is chock full of fun, and excitement. In effect we will be paying you: with laughter.
So, sign up to be a free member below for your chance to win Torsopants 3x a day, each and every day! That’s over 1000 chances to win per year! It’s so easy, that five people have won simply by trying to find a good chili recipe.
Major League Baseball verses Obama
In the t-shirt business many people tread a fine line when it comes to copyright and trademark infringements. There is a definite gray area … can you say that. Maybe that’s an oxymoron but you probably get the picture.
One person who was treading that line was Morris Levin who was running a business selling Obama T-shirt’s that were based on MLB team designs. It seems the MLB wasn’t impressed and had his store, Obama of Dreams, closed down. I wonder if the MLB are Republicans or perhaps they are going to vote for Hillary.
ObamaOfDreams is closed and offline. We are no longer selling any t-shirts. We can be reached with any questions at [deleted].
We are currently working to resolve all outstanding orders. We are not taking any more orders. All outstanding orders will be addressed and we appreciate your understanding and patience as we work through this.
This is a lesson for t-shirt designers though. Beware of the MLB. Don’t step on their toes. You can find out more information over at the Smoking Gun.
No Bitch Ass-ness T-Shirt
Sean John Combs or Diddy or whatever he wants to be called these days is one smart man. There is no doubt about it. He was able to capitalize on being an ass (see video below) by selling t-shirts celebrating the fact.
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Apparently they will be available only at his store in New York and will be limited editions. It is a pretty cool t-shirt though and the message is good even though it is less than eloquent.
Threadless Sale – Great Value
Threadless is currently having a sale with great, and I mean great, t-shirts from as little as $9. Just click on the link to find out more. Just click on the image for more details but don’t forget to scroll down to take a look at my favorites from the Threadless Spring Cleaning Sale.
What makes a good t-shirt? (Part 1)
How do you judge if a t-shirt is good or not? Some might say it is the quality of the design. Others claim it is the saleability. Yet other might say that the message is important. Perhaps the quality of the material is important or even where it’s made or who it’s made by.
I regularly see comments on how terrible, boring, old etc. that a particular design is and to be honest I am guilty of it myself. Recently I came across this t-shirt at T-Shirt Hell. I thought it was quite funny and a cool comment on the state of the t-shirt industry at the moment. Not that I am criticizing this trend as that would be the pot calling the kettle black.
Then I came across this blog where the author shows clear disdain for people engaged in such practices, criticizing people for not using their imagination and encouraging them to think for themselves instead of leeching off the creativity of others. To be honest, I see his point and, in part, I agree with the sentiment.
In this blog he talks about his discovery of a t-shirt (see right) very similar to the above mentioned t-shirt and how it was making a bold statement. He seems to be saying that this t-shirt is a rallying cry against the exploitation of other people’s work. But, I disagree. I believe that this t-shirt, like the one above, was created with one main purpose – to sell t-shirts. Also, the idea is not so original. “Recent popular movie quote” and the verbose “Hilarious joke from a film and or television program we are both familiar with” can easily be put into the same category as “witty one liner”, “insert political quote here” and “your name here” t-shirts.
In fact, aren’t these t-shirts exploiting the facts that some people hate and other people love these “quote” t-shirts. And they are probably selling to both camps too. I did also notice that the second t-shirt mentioned (from dieselsweeties.com) comes with a free “Less Cowbell” button. Again, this can be seen as a criticism of the use of pop culture quotes (Google “more cowbell”) but isn’t it, in fact, an exploitation of pop culture itself. “Less Cowbell” wouldn’t exist without “More Cowbell”. It would have no meaning and therefore would be no use in attracting people to purchasing the t-shirt. I’m sure the people at dieselsweeties.com are aware of the irony though.
In conclusion, I guess what I am saying is that the t-shirts with pop culture phrases and those that criticize them are both relying on the exploitation pop culture. One is no better or smarter than the other.
In Part 2 I will talk about design.
Vintage Style Guinness T-Shirts
I came across these Guinness T-Shirts at ChoiceShirts and thought they were pretty cool. Of course I much prefer drinking the stuff than promoting it on my t-shirt. But Guinness is more than just a damned fine beer, it is a symbol of Ireland and these t-shirts are therefor perfect for wearing on Saint Patrick’s Day. The top shirt has a very hip vintage style and I would actually wear it myself. It actually reminds me of Abercrombie and Fitch.
Zazzle.com Gift Certificates
Zazzle.com is a well known t-shirt vendor. Actually it is a POD vendor, POD meaning Print on Demand. It not only sells t-shirts, but caps, stickers, posters and a host of other things. Recently they have introduced gift certificates and they are available in 4 denominations – $25, $50, $75 and for the generous $100.
I’m sure I am not the only one who received an unwanted tee shirt and these gift certificates are a great way to avoid that mistake. Of course they are not as thoughtful as actually knowing what the other person wants.
Pi Day T-Shirts
There seems to be a day for everything these days. It’s getting pretty ridiculous. It kind of takes away from the other days. Today is Pi Day. Yes, that’s right … Pi Day. March 14 was chosen for obvious reasons and if you can’t get it I suggest you either go back to school or ask a school kid. This worries me a little though, as it is so close to Paddy’s Day. What if all those math nerds party too hard and then there is nobody left to rock on the 17th?
So I came up with this plan. I will display a bunch of pi t-shirts here and hopefully they will be so caught up trying to choose the perfect pi t-shirt that they will forget to go out on a Pi Night Bender and the’ll be all refreshed and ready for drunken Paddy’s Day revelry.
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