I understand you are sick to death of reading about the shirts but I have been asked, via PM, about the order date of the shirts. Risht now we have 75 shirts preordered, the highest priced category. It makes sense to have the final payment date for the shirts to be in sync wtih the final payment date of the cruise, 12-31-11. The problem this poses is the risk of not having the shirts in the timely fashion. The shirts will take about 8 weeks from the order date. The factory is closed the first 2 weeks in January, so about 10 weeks if we order 12-31-11, getting them to me second half of March.
That might work ok except for people who wanted material to make dresses, larger size shirts or whatever. I have received pre-orders of about 40 yards of material. So I wrote to the shirt company asking about placing an order for just material, separate from the shirt order. Here is their response:
"Hi Val:
Getting back to your questions in the email.
Here are the options we can offer you:
1. You can order 100 yards of fabric now with a set up fee of $400.00. Once you place the order, we will give you credit for the set up fee. The price of the fabric is $15.00 per yard as stated earlier. Lead time is about 4-5weeks once you give us the ok and send in the deposit.
2. Place an exact quantity for the fabric at the same time you order shirts. We have to print the fabric first and can send you as soon as it is completed. With this option, you would have the fabric in about 4 weeks after placing the shirt order.
I hope this helps you out somewhat and can answer your questions.
Thanks again,
Becky"
So, If we order the fabric, with the shirts, we should have it back second half of February. By the time I cut it and mail it to you, I would say you should have it by the first week in March (depending on the mails). Does this work for everyone?