Comments on: Threadless: The $10 Thriftee http://hideyourarms.com/2007/10/29/threadless-the-10-thriftee/ A blog about hoodies & t-shirts Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:15:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: dire http://hideyourarms.com/2007/10/29/threadless-the-10-thriftee/#comment-24964 dire Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:02:35 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/2007/10/29/threadless-the-10-thriftee/#comment-24964 very much agreed. i got the email and thought it was a semi-brilliant idea until i realized -- $10? they have frequent $10 sales. this could mean that a shirt is going to be up there, indefinitely; "random size" sounds more like "size that no one wants". after all, the first thriftee is a girly XL? those are rarely, if ever, sold out. what would be a better idea is getting a rarer tee, say, one that's sold out and won't be reprinted for a while (if ever). although i guess that may cost more to produce, but it certainly would move the shirts a lot quicker. good in concept, not so good in execution. very much agreed. i got the email and thought it was a semi-brilliant idea until i realized — $10? they have frequent $10 sales. this could mean that a shirt is going to be up there, indefinitely; “random size” sounds more like “size that no one wants”. after all, the first thriftee is a girly XL? those are rarely, if ever, sold out.

what would be a better idea is getting a rarer tee, say, one that’s sold out and won’t be reprinted for a while (if ever). although i guess that may cost more to produce, but it certainly would move the shirts a lot quicker.

good in concept, not so good in execution.

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