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I got mine today. I was really excited about getting this shirt but ended up being extremely disappointed. The placement is strange, the letters are significantly smaller than I expected them to be, and the print quality is terrible. Because of the size of the lettering and the quality of the print it is really hard to make out what most of the references are. The kind of ink used and the quality of print makes it feel like after a few wears and washes the design is going to start cracking apart and chipping off, like a $5.00 shirt you get from a garage band.

The back hem of the shirt is also about two inches longer than the front.

I had defended shirt.woots decision to change their shirt provider, but if this is what the quality is going to be like from now on, these will probably be my last purchases. I'm also going to be making an official complaint and hope other people will to in the hopes they do a significantly better quality reprint.

dominanefret wrote:I got mine today. I was really excited about getting this shirt but ended up being extremely disappointed. The placement is strange, the letters are significantly smaller than I expected them to be, and the print quality is terrible. Because of the size of the lettering and the quality of the print it is really hard to make out what most of the references are. The kind of ink used and the quality of print makes it feel like after a few wears and washes the design is going to start cracking apart and chipping off, like a $5.00 shirt you get from a garage band.

The back hem of the shirt is also about two inches longer than the front.

I had defended shirt.woots decision to change their shirt provider, but if this is what the quality is going to be like from now on, these will probably be my last purchases. I'm also going to be making an official complaint and hope other people will to in the hopes they do a significantly better quality reprint.

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed the shoddy quality of the print. It's the first shirt I've bought for someone else and I'm sad it wasn't as nice as it could have been.

goldenthorn wrote:Hello! Woot has changed their shirt blanks. For more information, please check out the following threads:
Main Anvil Thread
Lady Sizes
American Apparel and Anvil: A comparison
New shirt blanks - active testing from community folks

Unless I just got two defects, none of the measurements on the sizing chart are true, so directing people to them doesn't actually do any good.
The American Apparel women's sizes were clearly wonky.
I'm 38" at the bust, so when ordering my first of these new shirts I bought one medium and one small, to see which would fit better.
According to the sizing chart, the medium should be 38" at the chest, and the small 34". So, theoretically, the medium should be the same size as my bust at the chest, and the small 4" smaller.
This is called ease. Ease is the amount of tension a garment has around a body, how taut it is stretched.
*Positive ease is when there is room to spare, when the circumference of the body is smaller than the circumference of the garment, the garment will be loose and baggy.
*No ease is when the circumference of the body and the garment are the same, this should be a close fit that shows the shape of the body, but isn't quite as form fitting and still moves easily.
*Negative ease is when tension is created by fabric being stretched over an area that is larger than it's circumference. A good example of this is knit camisole tank tops and form fitting t-shirts. This doesn't mean a garment is too small.

Based on the sizing charts provided, the women's medium should have been a reasonably close fit with a bit of extra room in the arms and waist. What I'd call a "casual women's fit". And the small should have been fairly form fitting.

Instead the Medium is GIGANTIC. I'd estimate there is at least 6" of positive ease in the chest and the shaping at the waist is minimal, so it is so big in the waist that it looks like a tent. The small probably has 1-2" of positive ease in the chest and again, minimal shaping in the waist.

These women's sizes are approximately 6" larger than the sizing chart claims. If you want a really big, baggy shirt then buy the size it says you should be. If you want a casual fit buy a size smaller. If you want a fitted shirt, but two sizes smaller.

So basically anyone who is a size small and actually wants a fitted shirt is screwed.

I really hope this shirt situation is fixed.

I too would like to throw out there that I was quite disappointed when I opened up this shirt today. I am well aware of the change in the shirts themselves and I now know I still need to go down one more size. However, the print itself is definitely smaller than what I expected and so high up by the neck! I work in a bookstore and I had been excited to wear this to work but now if people try to see what they are it is going to be awkward for everyone. BUMMER! This would have made for a better poster to hang in my library. :/

Wore mine yesterday. New fit suits me fine. Shirts seem softer, maybe longer staple cotton than before. No complaints.

I would love to buy this as a poster - and I am sure many elementary school teachers would too!! Any chance you could offer that?

I'm really bummed about this shirt. I was rooting for it in the derby, and I was sooo excited when it turned up.

I ordered a WL and the print is just too small. No one will be able to see that I have anything but a shirt that says READ in funny looking letters. Unless they put their face in my chest, which I really wouldn't prefer.

The print is also really grungy looking. The blue is showing through instead of being a solid white.

Considering I'm used to buying $5 shirts from the clearance rack at Old Navy, this was not $12 I'm happy about spending.

This was my test women's anvil shirt. It was so cute I had to order one (and figured I should try the anvil once anyhow.)I even told a really good friend of mine to get this shirt.

I got mine today and I have to agree with everyone else here. The print is too high, too small, and kind of blotchy/clumpy looking. All the clever little shapes are just too small. I can tell I'll be doing some explaining on what's wrong with the letters if I wear it anyplace. The shirt also feels a bit stiff.

It's just dawned on me that every single shirt that I've bought that's an Anvil has had something I didn't like about it. The asphalt color on my husband's shirts, plus the ridiculously long sleeves and the weird pleating at the shoulders. Then, the print and fabric on mine, and the size on the kids' shirts. Otherwise, I've only ever complained about one shirt.

This is making me sad.

I got this one today and am REALLY disappointed in it. The letters are SO small (that the awesome characters that make up the letters are indistinguishable) and the quality just seems really below standard. The graphic/print on the shirt looks faded or smudged (it's hard to describe) and honestly it looks like a shirt that's been run through the wash like 20 times.

I have loved all my woot shirts so far, but this one is just awful

On the upside I just got my random shirt and love it, just wish this one was of that quality.

Really not too happy about this

I'm surprised to hear all these complaints about how this shirt printed, because I was actually very happy when I got mine in the mail. I got 2 mens sizes plus a kids size 12, and all 3 looked great.

Here are a couple of photos (sorry about the bad photo quality, I took them on my phone so the colors/quality are a little off, but you can still see how the printing came out. I know the shirt looks like black here but it is definitely navy irl)- If I can get a hold of a better camera later, I'll take more pictures of the design.






The colors are all uniform and the printing is crisp on mine. I'm wondering if some of the shirts that were sent out were just defective. I know I've received some shirts before where the white underbase was offset, or the registration of the colors was off, which left weird gaps and discoloration in areas. that would also make the print look muddled. As for the size of the letters, woot doesn't generally print much bigger than this, but the letters are definitely bigger and more visible on the men's sizes. If you like the design but are disappointed in the sizing, it might be worth buying a men's small and shrinking it down (woot shirts easily shrink by 2 sizes if you machine wash and dry on permanent press, and the new anvil blanks aren't that different between men's and women's sizes anyway). Very sorry to those of you who are unsatisfied with the print, hopefully the issue can be resolved. If it really is completely off, it might be worth taking pictures and sending to service@woot and see if they can send a better replacement.

ramyb wrote:I'm surprised to hear all these complaints about how this shirt printed, because I was actually very happy when I got mine in the mail. I got 2 mens sizes plus a kids size 12, and all 3 looked great.


The colors are all uniform and the printing is crisp on mine. I'm wondering if some of the shirts that were sent out were just defective. I know I've received some shirts before where the white underbase was offset, or the registration of the colors was off, which left weird gaps and discoloration in areas. that would also make the print look muddled. As for the size of the letters, woot doesn't generally print much bigger than this, but the letters are definitely bigger and more visible on the men's sizes. If you like the design but are disappointed in the sizing, it might be worth buying a men's small and shrinking it down (woot shirts easily shrink by 2 sizes if you machine wash and dry on permanent press, and the new anvil blanks aren't that different between men's and women's sizes anyway). Very sorry to those of you who are unsatisfied with the print, hopefully the issue can be resolved. If it really is completely off, it might be worth taking pictures and sending to service@woot and see if they can send a better replacement.

My shirt looks NOTHING like that. Those pictures alone had me taking pictures and writing to Woot. Those details are really sharp and nice. I didn't even realize there were supposed to be wood panel lines on the Trojan Horse. My horse is solid "white," though it's really baby blue.

I'd post pictures here, but it's been years since I've hosted pictures anywhere that's not facebook and I wouldn't know where to start.

goldenthorn wrote:Imgur is pretty great. Register (obviously you don't have to, but I like being able to control/delete my uploaded media), drag the selected file(s) onto the webpage and it uploads and hosts it for you. They even provide a bbcode for you to copypasta directly into your comment here.

Wow! Thank you! That was easier than photobucket circa 2004, which I think is my last point of reference.

OK, so here is my D and its panel-less Trojan horse (and poor, blurred Deathly Hallows), a picture of how blue the print really looks, and a shot just for fun to show how huge my women's large is.

My husband's looks great - nice clear print, large letters. Mine looks awful and the sizing is way off from what it used to be. I'm really disappointed as this was such a great design. You can't even depict it now. :/

I agree! I'm an English teacher and I was so excited to get this shirt, but the placement is weird. The images are hard to make out unless you are very close to my chest, and that's not something we want to encourage in middle school. Also, the new shirts are HUGE and shaped funny, flaring out at the bottom. I'm going to try washing in hot water, but I'm afraid that it will make it even harder to read (which would be sort of ironic).

Please Woot, at least make this one a poster for those of us love who the design, but not the shirt.

The design placement on my shirt is off, too- I sent an email to service@woot.com to see if they're willing and able to do anything.

I definitely add my vote to the suggestion that this be printed as a poster and/or tote. I absolutely love the concept, even if it seems to be having trouble finding success as a shirt.

While this is a great design and looks great on the monitor it is way too small on the shirt and barely visible. I am very disappointed.

I can vouch for a prompt reply and resolution from servicewoot. Wootservice?

Either way.

Fyreforged wrote:I can vouch for a prompt reply and resolution from servicewoot. Wootservice?

Either way.

Call 'em what you like but don't call 'em late for dinner. Or however that saying goes.

I usually just call them service@woot, myself.

Can we get a poster of this? Please???

ramyb wrote:Very sorry to those of you who are unsatisfied with the print, hopefully the issue can be resolved. If it really is completely off, it might be worth taking pictures and sending to service@woot and see if they can send a better replacement.

I'm going to take pictures of the shirt the next time I get over to my mother in law's house... I was actually pretty embarrassed that it was her first woot shirt because the printing quality was really poor.

inkycatz wrote:Call 'em what you like but don't call 'em late for dinner. Or however that saying goes.

I usually just call them service@woot, myself.

I sent in an email ages ago about this shirt (same date as my post) and haven't received any emails except the generic "we've received your email"...

**Mar 29, 2012 1:10 PM**

Anyways, it's not worth the hassle to try to get a new shirt, the design was great, the printing was horrible and faded, and meh, not jumping through hoops for 12 bucks.

tman2088 wrote:Found your email! Sorry. Somehow it was hung up in our system. I just sent you a response.

Thanks man I just checked it, and like always you guys rock!

READ! Read everything you can while it's still legal in your income bracket! THEY aren't coming for your guns -
THEY are coming for your BOOKS™!

Doubt the truity of these truthyisms, you? Well, have they not already COME for your bright warmy light bulbs? Ho!

Now our sacred pages of truthylore handed down again and again, history not coverupstory, Tomes des SCIENCE FÂCT not Wishymepedias™: if you still have your bound copies, they are painful and annoying to the eye beneath the not ready for prime time $9 light bulb of orangey murk, ze bzzzzzing, fl-fli-flicky sneezing piggytail bulb.

Above all, the end is nigh for me, I know for this one simple fact: I look horrible in NAVY.

I shall click the (Lo! Pantone Hue & Cry Feelin' Blue 19-3953) button that says post and dash straight back to the safety of my FORT, made from all living room furniture and house blankies; lantern, books, helmet, kettle corn, kittens.

Eh, should this wondrous message READ -as such-Yay ramyb -ever be seen again, a second edition in t-cloth richlike as book-page ivorycream and the design atop in Shakespearean Walnut? or so? I'm in for three!!!

Hrm, gets tape, lamp... at window

Wow I had no idea so many people were also unsatisfied with their print of this shirt. I had no idea the objects on the shirt were gonna be soooo tiny. Had I known, I would not have bought it because if you can't make out the objects it just looks like a shirt in some random font that says 'Read'.

I guess I will also take pics of my shirt and email woot in hopes that they will send me a better print. Such a cool ceoncept shirt, just bad execution.

I can not support this artist. Here is why.

Please read and decide for yourself if this type of behavior is something you want to fund.

I love this shirt, and am happy I bought it. BUT I wish the design was bigger. The intricate detail is beautiful, and I wish it was easier to see. Someone would have to be right up against my chest to tell what the pictures are.