I'm new to the list, but I don't see what the problem is. I may want a
hat. I'll let you know.
>From: LSheeley@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:45:34 EST
>To: datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
>Subject: List Hat
>Reply-To: LSheeley@aol.com
>
>I am sorry some on your list have a problem with my List Hat posting. I
did
>start it with the "I aplogize" line for that very reason. Most of the
Lists I
>have contacted have been very receptive to my idea. How else can I
communicate
>what I think and other car groups think is a good idea??
>
>It would be great if somebody on the list could do the hat or denim
shirt or
>fanny pack or whatever you might want done. To get a logo "digitized"
to be
>stiched involves a "tape charge" of $75 to $100 for most commercial
shops. I
>don't charge for the design and digitizing work. Than, most shops
require you
>order 3 or 4 dozen or more of anything in order to get a reasonable
unit cost.
>By the time you add the tape charge the $8 or $10 hat cost $13.
Somebody has
>to front this money to make the hat happen. Then somebody has to be
willing to
>mail them out to individual list members and be responsible for lost
hats.
>That's what I do. Also, the commercial shop won't put Bob's 75 Roadster
or
>your nickname on the back of the hat on a custom basis and charge $2 or
$3 for
>that.
>
>I do this on a part-time basis. I have a real day job (although
low-paying)
>and am a car enthusiast trying to finish my son's car. I also do car
shows.
>I've done the British Gathering in Townsend, Tn. for the last several
years. I
>am not some big company, corporate America thing trying to make a quick
buck.
>
>I was just trying to offer what I thought was a good idea at a
below-market
>price. While the message was spam, I thought the idea might be
discussed by
>the group. It really doesn't involve a great deal of money since the
average
>group only has 2 or 3 dozen hard-core members who order a hat anyway,
so I'll
>warn you in advance not to order 6 doz. hats unless this group is
different
>from the others.
>
>Again, I'm sorry for the spam.
>
>Lynn Sheeley
>Knoxville, Tn
>The List Hat Guy
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/6526
>
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