Comment by kawsper | Hacker News Reader

Comment by kawsper | Hacker News Reader

> Concerns about controlling quality make sense given that artists on Threadless’s forum complain that they’re unable to promote their work because the print quality has dropped to the point that designs flake off after a few washes. Reviewers say the sizing, feel, and weight of Threadless’s shirts is inconsistent and getting worse over time, with some customers reporting that shirts bought five to 10 years ago are still holding up better than those purchased this year.

This is exactly what happened to me, I used to wear a lot of their t-shirts, and needed a couple of new ones, so I did an order, and the fit had changed completely and they started loosing their print after a few washes.

I didn't bother contact them, since I did not want to get into a "ship items back, receive item again and pay import taxes again"-cycle and wrote them off.

They have been turning on their marketing emails a lot with me last couple of weeks, I think they are bleeding.

Same here. I have a couple of ancient (roughly ten years old) Threadless shirts that still look good, and I have a couple of recent ones (within the last two years) that never fit the same and have not held up.

Since many (most?) designs that are on Threadless are also on Society6, and since Society6 shirts are still relatively high quality, I order from them now instead.

Interesting. I haven't brought a shirt from them in a while, but was wearing an old one. Someone liked it and asked me where I got it. It was a Threadless shirt, they make a comment that the quality of the shirt seemed too high to be threadless...

I too made a comment about the huge drop in quality, https://www.threadless.com/forum/post/1009183/disappointing_... I even pointed out how they put a sizing sticker directly on the shirt print which pulls the design off when removed. No shirt I bought in that order survived more than 2 machines washes.

When I bought Threadless t-shirts (around 2006 I guess) they used to be printed on the inside with "Do not wash. Buy again from Threadless.com". I guess that was supposed to be "ha ha only serious".

> some customers reporting that shirts bought five to 10 years ago are still holding up better than those purchased this year.

This isn't just a Threadless problem. All T-shirts now seem to be made out of this thin stretchy garbage material--good if you are an Italian model, bad if you are a normal 40 year old.

I'd kill for a supplier that actually still uses nice solid cotton material that drapes rather than stretches.

Uniqlo.com has a good quality, but prints are less creative than from Threadless's artists.

The premium t-shirt from teefury is good. It's high quality cotton and the fit is fine for a fast b*d like me :) The print doesn't last forever though, about a year for the big prints (same as Threadless was back when they didn't suck).

>fast b*d

fat b∗∗∗∗∗d?

Check out American Giant, all their stuff is amazing quality.

Same. IMO last time I ordered from them the print quality seemed fine but the shirt itself was uncomfortable and fit poorly compared to years past.

Who would have thought that people stop coming back to your business if the quality of your products goes way downhill?

Yeah, I haven't bought a shirt from them in like 10 years (high school?) and I just started getting literally dozen+ emails from them over the course of a day or two. Unsubscribed immediately.

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