Future WISH Shirt Orders

[wtpclc]

I have been thinking abotu and discussing with DH when the best tim eis to do another order.

I cannot do this more than twice a year. I also thing that twice a year is best for getting the best prices on teh printing. JMO. If poeple feel otherwise and want to volunteer, I will gladly help them.

No matter when we order shirts, people join WISH just after and want them. There's no way I can please everybody. I think we're all in agreement that the biggest event of the year is marathon. So, we probably need a fall order. Late or early? If we do it early for ToT, that will be the last one of the year. My personal opinion is that I do not want to have to ship shirts past mid November. Once we hit Thanksgiving, it gets tough for me. Plus, that gives people time to wear tehm for LRs, although not great timing for those in cold climates.

The dates in the poll are for delivery. We need at least 6 weeks delivery, 2 weeks to collect money and 2 to 3 weeks to take orders. So, things have to start darn near 3 months out. Which means, if we start now, we could do late August shipping.

Let me know what you think. Sorry for the ramble, I just want to let everyone know where things stand adn it will help if we can set a precedence and follow it. Isn't it awesome that in 05 they didn't even have shirts and now it doesn't seem like we can order them often enough?

I am picking mid month shipments just to make it easier, if you prefer early, middle or end of month, please put tha tin your post. Also, I've kept them every six months, just to keep the work even. If you have a strong feeing fo rnot doing this, post that too.

 

[wtpclc]

FYI - I voted for October and April. This gives people more time to test their shirts out pre-marathon and gets shirts to people before the big spring race rush hits. September seems early to me. November seems a long time out right now, but lets more people join in pre-marathon.

 

[Honeibee]

Carrie - You're so good about doing this for us. I KNOW this is a lot of work. Thank you so much!

To be honest, I didn't vote because, well, I have an entire wardrobe of WISH shirts, for every season!

But I agree, that January is the time we need them the most. So I'd say October and April works.

 

[gatorphipps]

Even though I don't need a shirt...I put Sept...March...
March is not really an issue, but I think Sept gives people a chance to run in the warm weather with the shirt...I was only able to run in the cool weather in my shirt, so did not know it would not be that great for hot weather. Well and as we all know, WDW 07 was HOT!
JMO though.

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Carrie- I too want to say thanks for all your work on ordering the WISH shirts. I'm not going to vote on the timing either because I stocked up on 2 shirts of every type: tank, short sleeve, and long sleeve. My family also has shirts for the Scream Team. So we're all set. Thanks again though. I really appreciate all your work on this, and I love my WISH shirts. I do agree though - whenever we do the order we can't catch everyone. It seems like January is the critical time to have them.

 

[nucpharm29]

I voted for Sept and March/April. Would definitely give the WISHers plenty of time to try them out pre-marathon, but those not doing the marathons would have them in time for whatever is replacing the Minnie, RFTT, and ToT.

Thanks Carrie for all your hard work on the shirt orders. If you need any help, let me know!

 

[Big Vic]

I voted for October and April. I'm pretty well set, but like Carrie said, it will give folks time to wear their shirts pre-marthon.

Thanks again, Carrie.

 

[wtpclc]

You guys are too nice!

Just wanted to add that if we do a Sept mailing, orders are taken late July-ish. We seem to get a lot of new people when the "real" trainign starts in August Sept. JMO, not trying to sway the vote.

 

[DreamBeliever]

Carrie ~ Thanks for taking the time to gathering all this information and organizing the orders. We all appreciate the effort you're making.

I voted for September and March/April.

 

[Jen117]

Even tho I think I am set with shirts, you never know so I voted. I agree with Carrie that making a decision in July may not be the best timing for those Fall joiners. I remember last year that Wendy worked with Carrie and did a last minute order because we had so many people that missed the early fall order.

 

[jimmduck]

April and October sound great Carrie - I am looking forward to it and thanks for doing this.

Linda

 

[Lexxiefern]

Thank you Carrie in advance for doing this! I can't wait to get my real WISH shirt. (remember, I was the one who made my own for the minnie )

I voted for September so I can have mine for RFTT and ToT.


Becky

 

[getnthinr]

I'm all set for WISH shirts, but I had to cast a vote for November and May. Jen is correct, by the time I found the WISH group last year, the shirt order had been placed. I was so fortunate that Carrie was willing to teach me how to place another order. Sadly, there were only enough orders to barely meet the minimum -- and we paid premium prices because our order was so small. Volume means discounts -- and we just didn't have enough shirts to get a good discount.

Also, as Carrie said, no more than a day or two after it was too late to add to the order, I got an email from someone wanting to order a shirt. That's going to happen.

Like Carrie, I agree we need to make certain the shirts can be shipped prior to Thanksgiving. And it's not just a matter of how busy things may get for Carrie -- which is certainly a consideration with all she does for us -- but also because I think it's more likely that the shirts may get delayed or lost during the high-mail holiday season. So we're really only talking a couple of weeks more, but it might give a few more folks time to find us before Disney Marathon Weekend.

Just my opinion. (And Carrie already knows she's a saint in my book.)

 

[chimera]

I voted for Oct/April. I know I'll be ordering another for DH since he's doing the half and I'm thinking about getting an additional tank.

Someone asked awhile back about getting polyester tech shirts printed for warm weather. Was/is there any interest in that? I know we'd love it for training down here and for warm races like the Minnie (or whatever it evolves into), CDC, and possibly marathon weekend.

 

[kareneast]

I voted for November to give as many new WISHers as possible a chance to get shirts before Marathon Weekend since that seems to be the races most WISHers attend. October would probably work well too since many seem to be doing TOT.

 

[solotraveler]

I voted October and March because..... that's what's easiest for our shirt diva!!


Kevin

 

[wtpclc]

OK, have done more serious thinking after looking at the votes and a few other things. Yes, most votes for September. However, I still worry about people not getting in on time. Plus, there's my availability to think about.

I also looked at when things were ordered last year. Orders were due June 11. We had people who were posting that they missed out early August and a new shirt order thread started by Wendy Aug 29.

Here's what I came up with.

Orders taken - July 9 to 28. Almost 3 weeks to catch those who may take a 2 week vacation. (Plus, this is about 6 weeks later than last year to catch more people)

Payments Due - August 11

Orders Arrive to me - Sept 24. Will go out no later than October 8.

Now, they *should* arrive to me earlier. If so, I will get them out earlier. I really want to get them to RFTT people on time. I looked at my schedule and just cannot promise it earlier, though.

So, it will be late Sept, early October for arrival. Kind of a compromise for the top two vote getters and my personal schedule. We'll see how that goes and re-evaluate next year if need be. Thanks for your input everyone!

 

[DreamBeliever]

Hi Carrie,

Thanks for the update and for organizing the WISH shirt order. I look forward to placing my order next month

Have a great day!

 

[Goofyin08forErica]

Carrie Thank you thank you thank you

I have to talk to DH to see what kind of shirts we want. I know you had pics of what shirts were available to buy the last time shirts were ordered. Could you post the link to it again so that it would make it easier on people who want to order?

Erica

 

[wtpclc]

Erica - I'd rather not re-post, as prices and styles may have changed. The shirts come from alertshirt.com. So, if you want to see what they have in ANSII Lime, that's what will be available. Prices do not include printing or shipping, though. There'll be 3 weeks to place orders after I put up all the info, so there shoudl be plenty of time to decide with all the facts.