Best shirt supplier - BlueMoonStuff! by BWare42

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Best shirt supplier - BlueMoonStuff!

POSTED BY: BWARE42
UPDATED: Thursday, March 30, 2006 15:45
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:55 AM

Just wanted to give well deserved kudos to BlueMoonStuff as the best t-shirt supplier I've interacted with!

Great communication, quick delivery! I ordered an Independents tee from him on Monday (yes, two days ago) and got it TODAY!!

It's nice to see a supplier living in the 21st century!! Thanks for the shirt, I love it!

So far I've ordered tees from 3 shirt sellers, here's the breakdown:

Blue Sun Shirts.com - 2 tees (Blue Sun and Fighting Elves) ordered in November '05, received January '06. Slow to ship but the shirts were excellent

SSdesigner tees - I was grumpy...Sorry about my comments here. Taken down.

BlueMoonStuff.com - Ordered 1 tee (brown Independents tee) Ordered 3/20/06, received 3/22/06. 2 days, freaking fantastic!!!!!!!

Thanks BlueMoonStuff! You are awesome!!!

Time for some thrilling heroics.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:05 PM

BLUEMOONSTUFF

Yer makin' me blush. Thanks for the praise, it's much apprieciated. I can't remeber which thread it was a few weeks ago but I was thanking another fellow Browncoat for callin' me (and a few others) out in public and sending a little love our way. I mentioned that there wasn't a real central place for tellin' the rest of the Verse 'bout who is shiny and who isn't when it comes to our Community of Sellers. Then I remembered Serenitystuff.com and how he has a nice list of folk and the ability to post comments.

I dug around a bit and there are also a few others (lost in the bookmarks otherwise I would post 'em) out there that offer the same format. Still, nothing beats going to your favorite waterin' hole and seeing a thread with your name on it. Oh, and I suppose having the word "best" in the title also helps. I suppose I should qualify that with best "supplier" as opposed to Best Monkey Smellin' butt like person.. gone.. wild.. thing. or somethin' on them lines.

All in all I will have to quote one of my favorite Jayneisms, "We're just happy to be doin' good works". I do belive in an honest days work for an honest days pay. If you decide to drop your hard earned coin at my place I'm going to try to get your goods to you in less time than it took you to earn that coin. Seem's only fair. There are times when I get a little behind in my work (and not the fun kind) but I try to make up for the late shipping (when I'm the one to blame) by tossin' in an extra goodie or two if I have somethin' layin around that I can part with.

Ok, time to make the donuts. I need to get back to printing stuff. This week is all about printing Blue Sun panties and bras. I'm trying to fill my gallery page so I can take my ugly mug off there. (that was a blatant lie, I'm not ugly)

Keep on flyin'

An Original Browncoat - Member since September 20, 2002

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:45 AM

DEANTJEEP

Just have to put my 2 cents worth in as well on some sellers that I have dealt with:

1. BlueMoonStuff: Excellent products and excellent service. Great communications and fast shipping. Perfect in every regard and very consistent.

2. Blue Sun Shirts: Again a great experience with this seller. Shirts are really nice and shipping was quick. Never experienced any delays.

3. FidoCat: Excellent shirts and great communications. Listens to fan suggestions. Had some fun email exchanges with this seller.

4. SSDesigner: Been real fun communicating ideas to this seller on the Jayne Yellow Gun Shirt. Great listener and really wants to get things right. It may be taking some time, but the process had been fun and the shirt will be a winner.

Actually, each of these sellers has been great to deal with, all provide great communications and as fans they have the same expectations as the rest of us. I trust them all and appreciate their drive to put out some great products. I for one am sure glad that they are out there for us!

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:57 PM

MOHRSTOUTBEARD

Before I rant a little more, I just want to say deantjeep provided a great, balanced overview of the various "Jayne shirt" providers. That being said. . .

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Originally posted by BWare42:
SSdesigner tees - Ordered 2 tees (Jayne's yellow troublemaker tee and the original Blue Sun version) Ordered 1/12/06 (paid $50.00 for both) and have not received them yet! And today is 3/23/06...They have damaged my calm!

Why don't you just e-mail him about it? Like I posted in the other thread, he has been nothing but prompt, courteous, and helpful with any and all inquiries. Could the reason they have not shipped be that there might have been some confusion due to ordering one completed shirt and pre-ordering one uncompleted shirt in the same order?

I am also eagerly awaiting the Troublemaker shirt's completion. I pre-ordered two back in January, like yourself, and was planning on giving one to my friend as a birthday present. Yes, it's a bit disappointing that it's taken so long, but I'm willing to wait for what is sure to be an awesome shirt. You seem to think that he's pulling some kind of scam or something, but I ordered another design from him recently, and not only did I get it promptly, I'm wearing it right now and it's awesome.

SSDesigner seems really dedicated to getting things right, and it bothers me to see you slagging him off in the forum. I don't want people to be dissuaded from checking his stuff out, because I honestly think he's the best chance for getting some highly accurate, quality replica Jayne shirts done. Yes, other people are doing some of them, and they're doing a pretty good job, but I don't think they're going to the lengths that this guy is. Furthermore, I've seen none of the others tackling the yellow Troublemaker shirt like he is, which is probably one of the most difficult designs to get right.

If SSDesigner is guilty of anything, it's being too optimistic in his estimates. Other than that, I think you should wait and give him the benefit of the doubt.

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"Remember, there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over."

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:18 PM

BELUGASMOM

I have also had an excellent consumer experience with BlueMoonStuff. Based on my initial, timid foray into online purchasing, I will do more with them. (him?)

Life is short, brutal, and unpredictable. EAT DESSERT FIRST.

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Monday, March 27, 2006 8:06 AM

SSDESIGNER

Thanks guys for all the kind words! I appreciate it very much! :)

And yes, I am 100% dedicated to making my shirts (not just the Firefly/Serenity tee either) as accurate to what was used on screen as humanly possible.

The yellow gun tee is a labor of love for me. It started out as me wanting to simply get as close as I could with the artwork but the limited (at the time) photos had me holding off....then I received an email from a fellow friend and fan that had the artwork from the original designer attatched, then I knew I had to go all the way with this baby! :)

The big delay is with the dye company. I could have had this shirt done MONTHS ago had I just went with the commercially available yellow tee with the navy blue ringers, but that's not what they used on screen....the ringers need to be BLACK. So, we are dying white tees with black ringers to match the screen used yellow color.

These tees PROMISE to be absolutely incredible. I'm to receive the blank tees from the dye shop TODAY or TOMMOROW and I will begin screening them up immediately. Here is a photo of the mockup (this shirt is all yellow, but the final product WILL have the correct black ringers on the neck and sleeves) we did, just to show you the level of accuracy we are providing our fans:

If you have any questions please feel free to send me an email at: ssdesigner@yahoo.com or stop on by our forum to see the progress of any of our upcoming projects:

http://www.ssdesigner.com/forum/

If you're considering ordering anything from me and have any questions about my standard shipping times and or business practices, please feel free to check out my feedback on Ebay here:

http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=ssdesigner

Thanks everyone for your continued patience and support!!!

-Ss

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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:25 PM

INDYBLUES

I'm waiting on one of these babies. I have full confidence in ssdesigner to come through with flying colors on this one. I have several of his other shirts, and they are top notch. Very good quality t-shirts, and the artwork holds up in the wash.
'Blues

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:19 AM

BLUEMOONSTUFF

You know what, I knew this was going to turn into some kinda pissin’ contest. Pull up your panties and take the criticism like a man. Yadda yadda yadda you’re an artist. You are striving for perfection. Well, good for you, but when you take someone's money you are a businessman first. In one of BWARE42’s posts he said that I made a comment on your lack of customer service. My comment was on the general lack of customer service in today’s business climate. Pick and choose what you care to read and you will not get the whole picture.

In replying to BWARE42’s 3/22/06 post where he states that I made comment on your CS, I made it a point that I never called you out DIRECT! Did you read that? No, I’m sure you did not. I CLEARLY STATED that I have never had dealings with you so I would keep my comments to myself. I went on to reply that “my general gripe is.....” and yes, I’ll say it now, I think you do fall into that category. But like I said, it is TODAY'S GENERAL BUSINESS CLIMATE that I have a problem with, not you in particular. I’ve been in this industry for 25 years, fourteen of those as my own boss. Today's trend of little or no personal customer contact after a sale has been made is a product of the electronic age. There are benefits and disadvantages to all “improvements” in today’s electronic commerce but I will leave that to be discussed elsewhere in the Verse and try to stay on topic here.

I called out one company in particular in my post, not you. I’m not going to rehash that one because I don’t want to get into a pissing contest with them also, I just want the product that I paid for. The reason I responded to BWARE42’s post is that my situation is almost identical to his in the fact that I plunked down some coin for a PRE-ORDER that was promised in a general time frame and I have yet to receive any form of communication from them in regards to my purchase. If I want to know what is up with MY money I have to go to their site and hunt down the details.

I suppose that the brunt of my rage s/b directed toward them but now that you feel as though I am personally blasting you, I’ll will post my comments here.

BWARE42 was unhappy with the wait for his shirt and I don’t blame him. You started this thread in November ‘05. After checking your web site today (3-29-06) in regards to this shirt, you state, and I’m quoting you here, “Available early January ‘06 • PRE-ORDER yours today”.

BWARE42 claims to have ordered and PAID for his shirts on January 23rd. Seems a bit LATE in January to me. I not going to say that I know what BWARE42 was thinking when he plunked down his hard earned coin but if I were looking to buy and saw that “Available in early January ‘06” was printed right above the PayPal buttons, I would think that they were ready at the time of purchase (late Jan. ‘06) not to mention still seeing it today at the END of March.

From what I can tell here, in order for BWARE42 to check on the status of his purchase he has to first REGISTER with your forum and then log in and try to find updates on this particular shirt. I could find no reference to this shirt on your public forum pages. What is in the private section of your forum I have no clue but there is no link or direction as to what is happening on this item from your order page other than the buttons to give you money. To me, that is poor customer service. But like I said before, that is the way that commerce has moved in this electronic age. I don’t like it and I don’t do business like that and that is my opinion. Get on board or get left behind, more than likely I will be left behind but I sleep better at night knowing that my customers get what they want when they want it and don’t have to cry in public about where they’re money went.

So, with all that ranting done I have some nice things to say and my final words also.

I clearly stated that I could sympathize with your ordeal on this shirt. It is a piece of work. This one will be a keeper for all that have purchased. All in all, your reputation in the community is quite solid and when this shirt is done I’m sure that you will be known as THE source from which to get authentic looking goods. Kudos to you. A labor of love indeed and, for most out there, they don’t fully understand the process involved in making this thing but I do. I am in the same business as you and I do know what it takes to make a shirt like this and for only 18 bucks to boot. I couldn’t do it, and certainly not at that price.

Now, with the sweet also comes the bitter. If you think that I made my comments to BWARE42’s post to boost my sales you are seriously delusional. I don’t need your sorry ass to boost my sales. In another thread on this board, I made the comment that I wasn’t looking to get rich, nor could I, off of making Firefly shirts. Retail is a bitch ain’t it. All it takes is one person to be pissed and you are under the microscope. I don’t need to soil up this forum to keep the rent paid and food in my belly. I have regular sales from direct mail programs and local customers to do that for me. I’m a business entity that has an owner that just happens to love Firefly. If I really needed the 100+ views that this thread has garnered (since my post on 3/21/06) to boost my sales, then we should all feel sorry for poor old bluemoonstuff because I would be printing out of a van down by the river if that were the case. Hmmm, maybe that would make me an “artist” instead of a businessman.

With all that said, I am through talking about this topic. I’ll keep my opinions to my own self from here on out. You can go ahead and make all the claims about my intentions that you want. Hell, you can tell the Verse that I showed up at your house in a drunken stupor and sodomized your Lawn Gnome and I won’t reply to it. This subject is tiresome to me.

An Original Browncoat - Member since September 20, 2002

Wearables • Writeables • Stickables
Fancible shiny goods made by a Browncoat for Browncoats
www.bluemoonstuff.com/fireflyserenitym.html

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:35 AM

SSDESIGNER

"This one will be a keeper for all that have purchased. All in all, your reputation in the community is quite solid and when this shirt is done I’m sure that you will be known as THE source from which to get authentic looking goods. Kudos to you. A labor of love indeed and, for most out there, they don’t fully understand the process involved in making this thing but I do. I am in the same business as you and I do know what it takes to make a shirt like this and for only 18 bucks to boot. I couldn’t do it, and certainly not at that price."

Thanks!!

With that said...pics of the dyed shirts!! They are ready to be silkscreened fellow Browncoats!!!

BEHOLD!!

-Ss

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:11 PM

INDYBLUES

WOW, where did THAT post come from?? Maybe I missed something, but where did it turn into a pissing contest?? ssdesigner explained the wait times in his post, regarding the Jayne Troublemaker Tee, and you blasted him for it.

I'm all about buying t-shirts, and would love to own a few of yours as well, BlueMoonStuff, but man that showed bad form.

Again, I'm new, and maybe this stems from another thread somewhere, but it just seemed really odd to me. My post above wasn't intended to start any trouble, but just a comment on MY dealings with ssdesigner. I wasn't DISAGREEING with the threadstarter either, he has a right to his opinion. Sorry to hear it was a bad experience for him.

I'm hoping when I order from BlueMoonStuff, I will be shown the same courtesy as I received from ssdesigner.
'Blues

P.S If I were ssdesigner, I would just refund the dude his cash for the Troublemaker Tee,..hell, I'll buy it if no one else does.
'B

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Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:39 AM

SSDESIGNER

Thanks Indy, always been a pleasure dealing with you as well!

Full refund has been sent to BWARE42 as well, no hard feelings on my end.

-Ss

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Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:04 PM

BWARE42

No hard feelings here either. I was a little cranky about waiting, and I don't think I knew it was a pre-order. I apologize for the bad press and my reactionary posts. Communications have been good, and you did refund my money when I asked about it. Thanks and sorry.

The shirts do look awesome!

Time for some thrilling heroics.

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Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:45 PM

MALACHITE

I bought the Independent's Flag T shirt from Bluemoonstuff and it is awesome. (Anyone who hasn't seen the shirt should check it out. It is under the "other firefly/serenity related stuff" section) I've gotten several compliments on it -- even from people who don't know what it means. Which, of course, opens the door for me to introduce them to my favorite 'verse...

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