Order extra blanks?

[Frog]

First off, since they comprise such a large part of my work, I keep full stock of white, black and ash T's. I also keep stock of youth and ladies white, mostly for my digital transfers.

If an odd color order has 36 or so of a particular size, I will order an extra. Experience shows however, that the defect will be on one of the three smalls rather than the 36 larges.

On a simple one color especially, I'll stay set up while a replacement is sent if needed. Sometimes, if the order seems to include extras, I will give the client the option of credit or replacement, but as mentioned by others, smallish jobs often have no leeway for MIA's.

Over the years, I have accumulated a few boxes of odd colors and styles which have saved my butt more than once. Otherwise, I just consider them part of my COG, and also, use them up in other orders when possible to use up old stock.




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[mooseman]

if it is a common color shirt like navy or black we order extras because we know we will get to use them on another job somewhere.
Odd colors we will order careful extras, by that I mean shirts have holes, or get burned, or dropped or such so we tend to order some extras. The major problem with extras is it is relatively costly on a small qty order. On a big qty order it is a no brainer we order extras and throw them to our cust at no charge.
Looking past the cost of the shirt what is the cost of resetting the job or keeping the screen up until you can get one more shirt. Big PITA

mooseman

[mk162]

A lot of times I will even order a few dozen extras if I need to get free shipping.  I like to be able to pull extras if needed.

[Screened Gear]

I don't order extras of colored shirts. I used to but I end up with hundreds of shirts in differant colors. Now I just order shirts if I mess up. I do keep white and black shirts around if I mess any of them up.

[inkydinky]

For me it depends on the print, shirt type/color, and the time constraints I am under.  My blank shirt orders are usually large enough that I don't have shipping charges, and I get everything next day, and I order at least twice a week, so covering for my rare mistakes is usually not a problem.  There have been a couple times when I needed the shirts the same day and had to run down to another printer in town and give them $6.50 per shirt so I could complete the order on time. 

With that in mind, if I have a touchy multi-color print I might order 1 extra per size.  If it is something I use a lot of (black for instance) I keep a few extra on hand but not a lot. 

Since I only have one press, I try to schedule so that if I do screw something up on a multi-color print, I don't have to set-up again when the replacements come in if I have messed something up. 

Early on, most of my rejects were because I got ink on the shirt from my hands or rushing.  A spot remover solved most of those issues. 

It should be noted though that, I am a one man operation, so I have better control over what happens to my pocketbook! 

All of that to say that you need to consider what are the chances you are going to mess something up, and what is the cost to get replacements.  If you have to pay $10 shipping for a $2.67 shirt that you will make $3.00 on it might pay to have a few extras.   

[JayzTeez]

does a spot remover work alot better that a can of sprayway c60?  i notice with it sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt.    should i invest in one?

[Frog]

Even a gun doesn't always work, but its high pressure and pinpoint stream can really help.