moopfmerising musings

OK, got my replacement t-shirt today from redbubble, after the original one was less than acceptable in terms of print quality. Well I had to go and check my t-shirt drawer after I’d opened the package to see if they hadn’t snuck in and just re-sent me the original one again. It’s exactly the same, so dark that they’re printing black where there should be colour, and so speckled that you have to pretend you can see solid colours.

They’d said they’d try to get closer to the original but this just looks like they’re printed it without even checking. It doesn’t surprise me, however, as during the conversations I had with them it turned out that, whilst they’re in Australia, the print place is actually in the United States so I have to wonder if they’re just farming it out or what level of quality control they really have in place.

So my redbubble offerings won’t be re-appearing. I’m just glad that nobody purchased one whilst they were available as they’d have been pretty disappointed. I’m now looking at biting the bullet and going the screen printing route. I’ve found a neat screen printing company that use water based inks as well, so much more environmentally friendly. Now to save up the moolah so I can afford to get a design printed in different sizes! And, of course, do the design itself