Surfers, Members and Visitors,,,
For those of you who have ordered a t-shirt, many thanks. I say thanks as its nice to be involved in such a good web forum and its a privilage to be involved....
But...
This time last year i put in the first order for shirts.... And i had over 150 paid for by now.
This year, i have 54 orders for t shirts and aout 15 other items plus a few stickers.
I say I, as its me whose co-ordinating it, but i dont make a penny( the accounts are available via e mail should you want to check ) . Last year i actually lost £2.74 ( i hadnt paid for one last order shirt - my mistake )
I am a little worried ( yes i know its still 6 months to go ) as the costs to get the new screen made wont even be covered at this rate.
I know people wanted / enquired about other items, and their costs have been swallowed by myself. The only good bit about these costs are that they will never be incured again if the design remains the same.
I have put this post in to see if anyone is genuinly interested or if the ordering process / time scales / trust issues / any other thing may mean YOU arent interested.
I will also have to re-think the included lanyard bit too as we needed 160 orders to make it viable. Should this be the case, the extra monies involved will go into the shampoo bar on the saturday night, or you may get a car sticker instead.
Should the design have been changed from the 2004 version ?
I would be genuinly interested. I have asked Dave davies on a few occasions for help ( not financial ), but he is a busy man with his day job too. I know he hasnt been able to get Rhownea ( his friend and model ) into the studio for the shots for a bulk e-mail like last year.
I dont want to sound mella-dramatic but i will have to thing very seriously about doing this much further.
Those of you who have ordered and paid will get the items you want should i decide to bin the t-shirts and bits.