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JenDupre wrote:Well, since I sent a message about it and got no reply, I might have to bust out my nice camera and try contacting them again. 8(
Check your junk mail. Woot tends to get caught in the Spam filters a lot.
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■(1:40 PM, 7/27/2012) bounty42 quips, "Forget Guest Editor, what we need is a Guest Rejectionator."
■(10:40 AM, 6/21/2012 ) bounty42 inquires, "Is it just me, or do we not typically get this many Editors Choice shirts?"
■(2:02 PM, 6/15/2012) bounty42 runs numbers.
■(10:40 AM, 6/7/2012) bounty42 dispenses wisdom for all those 'too late' naysayers, "A woot shirt is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."
■(3:20 PM, 5/18/2012) bounty42 states, "The turtle is very cute, and I love the smug look he's got."
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starbies wrote:If you didn't even get an automated reply, then they either didn't receive it, or their response got trapped in spam. So if it's not in spam, send again! Also, they always prefer pictures.
Cards on table,I bought 2 Glow in the Dark Carrot shirts - K6 and M3XL. K6 was perfect, M3XL didn't have glow ink on 70% of the design. It looks AWESOME until the lights go out.
I sent a message, they had a new one to me in 4 days. Exact same issue. *head desk* They refunded the cost, which was just as good because I feel bad asking for shirt after shirt until I get one that glows.
Numquam minoris aestimo potentia stultis, maxime in magna coetus
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■(1:40 PM, 7/27/2012) bounty42 quips, "Forget Guest Editor, what we need is a Guest Rejectionator."
■(10:40 AM, 6/21/2012 ) bounty42 inquires, "Is it just me, or do we not typically get this many Editors Choice shirts?"
■(2:02 PM, 6/15/2012) bounty42 runs numbers.
■(10:40 AM, 6/7/2012) bounty42 dispenses wisdom for all those 'too late' naysayers, "A woot shirt is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."
■(3:20 PM, 5/18/2012) bounty42 states, "The turtle is very cute, and I love the smug look he's got."
bounty42
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j5 wrote:"Registration" just means lining everything up so all the colors print in the right place.
That's the tl;dr version
The other bit you mentioned has more to do with production, and it varies from company to company. Some places do just that, print what was ordered. Woot prints predictively based on either advanced statistical analysis, or casting bones, whichever works best.
Yeah, if you've ever seen anything like this:
or THIS 
Those are registration marks. Best place to find them is on Cardboard boxes on the flaps.
neuropsychosocial wrote:When I ordered my first shirt from woot in December 2010, I assumed that someone looked at orders every few days, decided they needed 1 WS, 2 WM, 10 MM, and 3 MXL of Artichokey, and went over to a machine and printed just those shirts, no standing inventory. Yup, I've learned a lot about shirt printing (and the business of selling shirts) in the past 18 months!
When I was helping my brother run a printshop out of his garage that is actually how we did it. The two reasons woot doesn't do this are likely 1) woot runs VOLUME. A big order for us was 100 shirts, a slow day for woot is 1,000. 2) Cleanup between designs is more time consuming that the actual printing most of the time.
Numquam minoris aestimo potentia stultis, maxime in magna coetus
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■(1:40 PM, 7/27/2012) bounty42 quips, "Forget Guest Editor, what we need is a Guest Rejectionator."
■(10:40 AM, 6/21/2012 ) bounty42 inquires, "Is it just me, or do we not typically get this many Editors Choice shirts?"
■(2:02 PM, 6/15/2012) bounty42 runs numbers.
■(10:40 AM, 6/7/2012) bounty42 dispenses wisdom for all those 'too late' naysayers, "A woot shirt is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."
■(3:20 PM, 5/18/2012) bounty42 states, "The turtle is very cute, and I love the smug look he's got."
