Is their any Boards.ie merchandise ?

netwhizkid

I was just wondering, as with many public sites like this is there any boards.ie merchnadise ? the likes of t-shirts, mugs, mousemats etc. ? I just thought i would be kinda cool to wear say for instance a t-shirt or baseball cap with boards.ie and maybe a sort of customized one with my username for instance, i am not sure or not was this sort of thing there before or not. It would be nice to wear the logo i think as many other websites have got merchandise available.
Think about it.

Regards netwhizkid

Jim

There was at one stage a shop selling tshirts, mugs etc....all that ****e.
Can't find the link now (if it still exists)

memphis

That'd be cool ok. Good idea. I wouldn't mind wearing a boards.ie t-shirt or baseball cap.... it'd also be good advertising for the site.

Rabies

There used to be a shop link on the front page. Went ages ago. Think mugs, mouse mats and t-shirts were available. If I remember correctly there may have been a t-shirt design comp before

memphis

Rabies wrote:

There used to be a shop link on the front page. Went ages ago. Think mugs, mouse mats and t-shirts were available. If I remember correctly there may have been a t-shirt design comp before

So why is it gone then? Just ran its course or what?

Rabies

Presume it just wasn't bringing in the revenue that was expected. Tried to search for a thread about the closure of the shop but the search function is gone for coffee, back when it feels like it

memphis

FAO DeVore and the Administration team

Guys, any chance that we can have a shop for buying merchandise again? I'd love to buy a t-shirt!

Gone West

Indeed, it would be interesting to wear a boardsie tshirt around and see if people stop you and ask you what your nick is...

/me wanders off into a dreamworld

steveland?

"at least it detracts from my t-shirt...

C:\DOS
C:\DOS Run
Run DOS Run"

Dr. Dre

FuzzyLogic wrote:

Indeed, it would be interesting to wear a boardsie tshirt around and see if people stop you and ask you what your nick is...

/me wanders off into a dreamworld

It's not good, people usually stare at you as if you had two heads

mycroft

FuzzyLogic wrote:

Indeed, it would be interesting to wear a boardsie tshirt around and see if people stop you and ask you what your nick is...

/me wanders off into a dreamworld

My "I am ecksor's bitch" t-shirt drew stares wherever I was in Morocco.

monkeyfudge

I'd happily use a boards.ie branded suppository.

DeVore

Believe it or not I contacted a supplier only 3 days ago about reinvestigating this.

The fact is that we used to do this but we used a supplier who basically ripped off the community with bogus bullsh*t delivery charges (about half the cost of the item in some cases) and we just told them to shove it. Then we used a t-shirt supplier who just didnt seem to give a crap. So we ditched them too.

We're all for letting people wear Boards designs with pride but I'm not about to let greedy ****s rip us off either. This new supplier seems on the ball and has good quality gear so we might well set something up. Its also a lot easy to set up a shop now then it used to be and online transactions are a little more integrated so we'll see where it goes.
Ideally we'll have a range of Boards stuff stitched and on hoodies, t-s and other garments (kinda Fruit of the Loom quality) and then community submitted t-shirts that are one-offs and printed onto blank t-shirts to order.

Like a lot of the areas we have looked into, its either our way or no way, paying 20 quid for a t-shirt and 8 quid delivery is taking the mick.

DeV.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Yeah funny that, I was only thinking the other day how I'd like a Boards.ie mug.
But of course one where the logo doesn't just flake off little by little every time you wash it, like those cheap-ass tourist "I love where-ever" mugs
I wonder can you get samples of this merchandise first, and give it the dev stamp of approval.

WhiteWashMan

i want a half gallon mug for my coffee
boards.ie logo optional.

i <heart> whitewashman would be nice though

nesf

DeVore wrote:

Believe it or not I contacted a supplier only 3 days ago about reinvestigating this.

The fact is that we used to do this but we used a supplier who basically ripped off the community with bogus bullsh*t delivery charges (about half the cost of the item in some cases) and we just told them to shove it. Then we used a t-shirt supplier who just didnt seem to give a crap. So we ditched them too.

We're all for letting people wear Boards designs with pride but I'm not about to let greedy ****s rip us off either. This new supplier seems on the ball and has good quality gear so we might well set something up. Its also a lot easy to set up a shop now then it used to be and online transactions are a little more integrated so we'll see where it goes.
Ideally we'll have a range of Boards stuff stitched and on hoodies, t-s and other garments (kinda Fruit of the Loom quality) and then community submitted t-shirts that are one-offs and printed onto blank t-shirts to order.

Like a lot of the areas we have looked into, its either our way or no way, paying 20 quid for a t-shirt and 8 quid delivery is taking the mick.

DeV.

Hmmm.

Camden Clothing are good for doing up custom t-shirt prints and embriodery(sp?) on hoodies/caps etc. They do the stuff for Warpcon and Gaelcon

Problem is I don't think they'd distribute it for you. So you'd have to have someone to package and send off the stuff according to orders on the site. Considering people would be paying for the stuff, it's doeable, just find someone who's trustworthy and give them some stipend for doing it.

memphis

DeV what cost would you have in mind for a boards.ie t-shirt... roughly? i think €15 or so would be reasonable enough, plus the additional p&p of course.

By the way, what payment method have you in mind? I will only use my credit card online over a secure network (obvious really), however, i'm sure paying by cheque would be acceptable too?

Berger

steveland? wrote:

"at least it detracts from my t-shirt...

C:\DOS
C:\DOS Run
Run DOS Run"

I thought it was Wang Computers?

I for one would never ever wear a boards.ie t-shirt, nor would I ever talk to anyone wearing one!

billy the squid

you could have a boards.ie calander with submissions from users i.e. photographs, photoshoppage, paintings etc.

maybe a calandar based upont the boards movie posters or something like that.

irishgeo

How about some car stickers!

gandalf

Hmmm I can just see the "WWM ate my Hamster" tee-shirts now

LegacyUser

Lads are you serious, would you actually wear a boards.ie t-shirt or baseball cap??? Or are you all just joking? Seriously...?

Gone West

yeah, I would. Ive worn various cryptic tshirts over the years. (in jokes regarding atari, binary, slashdot, hhgttg, linux and so on)
Sometimes people will "get" what you have on your tshirt and comment on it.
For exmaple I have one that says "?=42", which lots of people understand.
A boardsie one would be a welcome addition to my collection.

LegacyUser

hmmm fair enough...whatever your into i suppose.

gandalf

LOL I have one of the older ones. The Boards guy done Che style with a very small boards.ie on it.

flogen

I think a t-shirt or hoody with the boards.ie eyes would be nice. Wouldn't be too blatent, would be recognisable by any members and would look better than just plain text.

LegacyUser

Would you not find it weird if some random, dodgy looking punter on the street came up to you saying "hi whats your nickname?". *cringe...*

aidan_walsh

cheesedude wrote:

Would you not find it weird if some random, dodgy looking punter on the street came up to you saying "hi whats your nickname?". *cringe...*

Personally, not really

As for "What ever you're into" I don't really see the difference between wearing a shirt with the logo of your favourite website, or your band, movie, TV show, whatever else people wear them for.

Gordon

ehhh cheesedude:



tbh

gandalf

cheesedude wrote:

Would you not find it weird if some random, dodgy looking punter on the street came up to you saying "hi whats your nickname?". *cringe...*

Naw thats what Boards Beers are for

Berger

Gordon wrote:

ehhh cheesedude:



tbh

Not really. You can post away on forums all you want blah blah, but buying clothing from that website and proudly wearing it around the place is really bent.

Also Fuzzylogic, I hate people like you :P