On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:08 PM, sc <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 09 December 2009 04:40:25 pm Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > Toothpik wrote: > > > i had to struggle with a spanish only paypal screen, but > > > when i finally got to where i could see a bottom line it was > > > still in euros but they gave the current exchange rate to US > > > dollars and it stopped me short -- it was going to cost me > > > $42 for a single short sleeved XL t-shirt (and only $3 of > > > that goes to the kids in uganda!?!) > > > > > > call me cheap but i'm going to have to think about just how > > > badly i really want a vim t-shirt -- even one i helped > > > choose a font for > > > > The T-shirt is 16 euro. Shipping differs, you don't mention > > the country. In europe it's about 8 euro. 24 euro is about > > $35. Paypal may have a slighter higher exchange rate. > > > > Note that in the USA clothing is much, much cheaper than in > > Europe. By a factor of three to five. Guess what I'm doing > > when I visit the USA :-) 16 euro for a custom T-shirt is very > > reasonable here. > > i'm in the US of A, and with shipping the thing was 27 euros -- > no cheap shipping options are offered, only registered postal > service, one of the most expensive ways to ship > > i don't know what the current rate is for the real world, but the > conversion indicated by paypal was 1US dollar = .66 euros > > another thing that's holding me back is the weather -- winter has > just gotten up to speed here, dropping two inches of snow last > night and a high temp today of 14F -- that's -10C to you -- > anyway it's going to be a good 4 months at least before i start > wearing short-sleeved t-shirts again, so without a long-sleeved > choice, and without cheaper shipping options, i find my desire > for one of these shirts diminished > > sc
How about letting Cafe Press handle the printing/shipping? They are able to offer the logo(s) on mugs, tshirts, hoodies, long sleeve shirts, etc. It would be cheaper for everyone and we'd still be able to donate funds to Uganda. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
