GB: Mazdaspeed3 T-Shirts- time to order!

[TurboColtGT]

well if you do have any extra i will gladly take a couple more from you

 

[BillTheCat]

Damn i just saw the thread! I want a couple!!!

Wow, sorry man. I knew there'd be a few people finding the thread a bit too late, but I had to cut off orders at some point or people might be opening Christmas gifts before they got these shirts.

 

[BillTheCat]

well if you do have any extra i will gladly take a couple more from you

I considered buying extra, especially of either design in XL/Charcoal, as those were the #1 sellers, but from a practical standpoint, I'm not in business, and this was more of a community service project than anything, so I didn't order any extras.

Does that add collectible value to the shirts we have ordered? (drive2)

 

[Moultese]

Limited editions, hells yea, lol.

And Bill, I know we've already discussed in the PMs about my situation. Fear not everything will be fine this Thursday.

 

[BillTheCat]

Limited editions, hells yea, lol.

And Bill, I know we've already discussed in the PMs about my situation. Fear not everything will be fine this Thursday.

Word to yo mama. (breakn)

Just sent off the absolute, final numbers to be printed. Spent hours literally quadruple checking forum posts, PM's, and e-mails versus my spreadsheet (found 3 errors & fixed them... new spreadsheet pics will load in a minute) and am praying I didn't go dyslexic or spastic & goof anything. LOL

 

[Babyface13]

Did we get this order placed?

 

[BillTheCat]

Order was indeed placed on Tuesday, July 14th. Craig said it usualy takes about 2 weeks, give or take a few days, for him to receive the shirts. Then another few days from him to me. I'll separate the individual orders, then pack & mail them out from here (Tampa). If no glitches, I hope to be mailing them out the weekend of August 7/8. If the shirts get to Craig & to me in record time, maybe July 31/August 1, but no guarantees.

I'll update this thread to acknowledge when I receive the shipment as well as when I get all the orders packed & ready to ship, and again to verify they have actually shipped. All will be shipped via USPS First Class mail. No tracking, but relatively quick delivery.

 

[Babyface13]

Sounds good to me, thank you for your efforts in putting this together.

 

[Sawce]

Bill, you're the man. Thanks for hooking us all up! (outie)

 

[Moultese]

Yes, a big +1 to Bill. Thank you for taking the time and money to do this for the Mazdaspeed3 community. I greatly appreciate it. Everything was very organized and you were more than willing to help me out. I'm looking forward to receiving this shirt and wearing it proudly

 

[djthom]

yeah bill cheers!!

 

[CincyMS3]

Thanks Bill!

 

[BillTheCat]

Just received an e-mail from Craig. The shirts are completed and ready to ship to me. So there's a slight chance I might get them out to you this weekend, but I'd say realistically, they should go out from me to you the weekend of August 1.

I'll update again when I actually have the shirts, and when I get them to the Post Office.

 

[ericrapp]

Hey Bill, i just wanted to thank you for all your hard work to bring this together for us. You have been nothing but a gentleman. I am also glad that everyone who has signed on has held up their end to make the whole project a success. Very enthusiastic. What is going to happen to the design after the first run of shirts? Again thanks to all involved!

 

[BillTheCat]

Hey Bill, i just wanted to thank you for all your hard work to bring this together for us. You have been nothing but a gentleman. I am also glad that everyone who has signed on has held up their end to make the whole project a success. Very enthusiastic. What is going to happen to the design after the first run of shirts? Again thanks to all involved!

I'm just glad we got so many folks participating. Makes it a lot more rewarding than if we had just barely eked out enough orders to get the project going.

No plans for the design after the shirt order is filled. I can't continue to run group buys unless I want to register as a vendor & pay the fees for that- and if I did that, the price of the shirts would have to go up, etc., etc.

If there is significant interest in the designs that did not make the cut, or in additional runs of the 2 that did, perhaps I can talk to Craig about putting the designs on Cafe Press. I am not a big fan of Cafe Press' quality, but they are affordable & make things simple.

 

[supergoose]

Thanks Bill for all your hard work. There isn't enough exposure for our cars and this will help some. I am tired of seeing Evo's and Subies in all the import mags. Our car is just as good and cheaper. I hope there are more sales of the shirts. They are awesome and can't wait to get them.

 

[BillTheCat]

Craig sent me a tracking number last night. Shirts went out via UPS on Wednesday, and are due for delivery to me tomorrow, Friday, July 24th. I live on the outskirts of suburbia, where subdivisions are only recently being built on all of the old cow pastures, so UPS tends to visit me late in the day. This means I most likely won't get to the Post Office until at least Saturday, possibly Monday, depending on how smoothly the packing process goes.

Address labels are printed. If you ordered more than 2 shirts, expect multiple padded mailing envelopes. Single shirts in 8.5"x11" and pairs in 10.5"x15". First Class USPS.

I'll post another notice, and probably some pics of me doing unspeakable and disgusting things to your new shirts, when they arrive tomorrow. Hehheh.

 

[BillTheCat]

Got all the envelopes, printed address labels, stuck 'em in place, and even put clear packing tape over 'em to be 110% sure they don't fall off during shipping.

Just gotta sort, fold & stuff tomorrow, then visit the Post Office on Saturday morning.

 

[ericrapp]

ohboyohboyohboy!!

 

[Saskatchewan17]

I just got that butterflies in the stomach feeling! I'm excited! These are coming way earlier than I expected! Ahhhh! Post up pics soon plz!