mattramone Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I order basically as much as I can from No Idea because they are my gods and I worship them with my credit card. But what is up with certain pre-orders only being available with a shirt? There are a ton of pressings I've passed on order just because I don't want to pay for yet another shirt (I have boxes and boxes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deville Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 t-shirts are cheap to make and have a high profit margin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slymer Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 you can never have too many t-shirts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericxthexred Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 you can mail me some of those shirts.... ill pay for postage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 just to make sure i get this straight: unlike VC, you don't have the option to preorder something along with buy something that's in stock and just wait until the preorders done to have them shipped together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vardcore Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Addressing a few different comments: "I order basically as much as I can from No Idea because they are my gods" To badly quote, "What poor gods we make." But what is up with certain pre-orders only being available with a shirt? There are a ton of pressings I've passed on order just because I don't want to pay for yet another shirt (I have boxes and boxes). We only did five pre-orders that came with shirts, as I recall (and that includes doing Ampere/Ringers twice). We kept the pre-orders open for a pre-set amount of time and when that time passed, the records became available separately. We have not done any of these combos recently. It can be fun to mix it up. If we did the exact same thing every time, WE would get bored. And we are doing this for ourselves first. We want to make the records WE want, as music dorks. Then it goes from there. But screw it, if it irritates you so much, maybe we'll do it for an entire pressing next time. Ha. I think everyone else gets it and was excited. Or they waited. It all works out. OWTH actually wanted us to do that again for FTB, but we simply had no time. And we were slammed already. Profit margin on shirts is not huge when you do a small run and pay $5 to make them and sell them for $10, giving the band a cut, losing a bite to Credit Card fees . And especially not when you package them together with a record at a lower price. Dunno. Are you speaking in generalities? If so, then you are correct. If you make 5,000 of a shirt (getting a really good price break) and sell it for $20, then cash abounds. But that is a different scenario. You can order whatever you want along with a pre-order and wait if you want to. Or not. Your call. I like raisins. Do you like raisins too? Sure. But does it ever freak you out that they look like little shriveled scrotums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattramone Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Addressing a few different comments:"I order basically as much as I can from No Idea because they are my gods" To badly quote, "What poor gods we make." But what is up with certain pre-orders only being available with a shirt? There are a ton of pressings I've passed on order just because I don't want to pay for yet another shirt (I have boxes and boxes). We only did five pre-orders that came with shirts, as I recall (and that includes doing Ampere/Ringers twice). We kept the pre-orders open for a pre-set amount of time and when that time passed, the records became available separately. We have not done any of these combos recently. It can be fun to mix it up. If we did the exact same thing every time, WE would get bored. And we are doing this for ourselves first. We want to make the records WE want, as music dorks. Then it goes from there. But screw it, if it irritates you so much, maybe we'll do it for an entire pressing next time. Ha. I think everyone else gets it and was excited. Or they waited. It all works out. OWTH actually wanted us to do that again for FTB, but we simply had no time. And we were slammed already. Profit margin on shirts is not huge when you do a small run and pay $5 to make them and sell them for $10, giving the band a cut, losing a bite to Credit Card fees . And especially not when you package them together with a record at a lower price. Dunno. Are you speaking in generalities? If so, then you are correct. If you make 5,000 of a shirt (getting a really good price break) and sell it for $20, then cash abounds. But that is a different scenario. You can order whatever you want along with a pre-order and wait if you want to. Or not. Your call. I like raisins. Do you like raisins too? Sure. But does it ever freak you out that they look like little shriveled scrotums? I wasn't trying to pick a fight. I'm just an impatient little thing. I just like to order records before my girlfriend makes me spend the money on "food" or "the electric bill" or an "anniversary gift." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hey Var. Up up an off with their heads shirt on the site. I need one and the fucks never seem to play around me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vardcore Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hey Var. Up up an off with their heads shirt on the site. I need one and the fucks never seem to play around me. it's on the list... or rather THEY are on the list. as in several. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 several shirts? wonderful. also do a hoodie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 The Tim Version deserve a shirt on the No Idea site... And on my body... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vardcore Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 several shirts? wonderful. also do a hoodie. Fine by me. What do you want on your hoodie, sir? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vardcore Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I wasn't trying to pick a fight. I'm just an impatient little thing. I just like to order records before my girlfriend makes me spend the money on "food" or "the electric bill" or an "anniversary gift." I'm not as funny as you think I'm not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncingsoles123 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I need hoodies. The twenty dollar HWM hoodie may be mine... I need to do some shopping. Also I have two OWTH shirts from preorders where were you!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Yes, they still make Compact Discs. i love your message,vardcore. will you press any pmfs stuff soon ? ha.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 several shirts? wonderful. also do a hoodie. Fine by me. What do you want on your hoodie, sir? If you're serious put the lyrics to Theme Song on the back of a zip up w/ Off With Their Heads over the heart on the front w/ that crest logo they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swank Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hey Var, While your fielding questions, I know the site specifically says "No Pestering!" but I just wondered if there was any updates on the progress of the second Swarm collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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