@opivp99 I have, and they’re a relative bargain compared to tour shirts. Even one of my favorite podcasts, whose listeners ketch about their pricey merch, only charges $25-30 for a t-shirt. When I went to a concert in 2019, the shirts were $40-50.
@lisagd Then maybe you haven’t bought one from mediocritee or meh or… I don’t know. All I’m saying is that $20 for a shirt on this site, given what I know about their quality and past pricing practices, is too much. I understand that you can pay more for a shirt someplace else. But then… that’s someplace else and not here.
@mcanavino Yeah I don’t understand how shirt.woot and these guys do it. Seems like everything uses licensed material without obvious parody (except that awesome Pac Man ghost story shirt, which is somewhat parodic) and I just want good original stuff.
But yes, same question. Why isn’t there a cease and desist? I mean heck, if the toothbrush people sue, you’d think Disney would.
@mcanavino@stinks Welcome to the wild wild west of “fair use” and parodies – which are defences, not a legality, but if the original IP holder gets too sue happy, it can backfire and give themselves a perspective of being negative towards their own fans. So it’s a “don’t be 100% blatant, and you might be okay”.
Threadless, the original crowd sourced shirt site, notes the following:
(FWIW, I’ve stopped buying from them ever since they fucked over the artists with 25 cent commissions. Also everything has since gone DTG and the base shirts are about as soft as a burlap sack and double as sand paper.)
@yakkoTDI I mean there’s the straight up Ghostbusters logo on there. Not to mention the other vehicle designs which I’m sure are protected six ways from Sunday by their respective owners.
@ponagathos@yakkoTDI To pull out my double-barrel sawed-off but not realize the guy walking backwards is backing me into a Tommy gun trap where I’ll die clutching my saint medal waiting for Kevin Costner to find my bleeding husk.
@datruandi Meh no longer embraces its name. Now it just sucks.
I did buy one random shirt for $9 during the mehrathon. Still feel the need justify my VMP.
Woot shirt sales occasionally go down to $5-$6 per shirt if you buy multiples. The good thing is they let you pick the shirts. Sometimes from a curated selection but sometimes also includes the entire catalog, although the catalog shirts are usually a few bucks higher before they take the % off. I usually make note of the designs I like and wait for a sale.
Specs
Product: Mediocritee Shirts
Model: Next Level brand 3600/3900
Condition: New
Inks
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
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Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Wednesday, Apr 12 - Friday, Apr 14
Oh goodie. The product so popular, its dedicated website crashed and burnt.
Odd. When I go to order the second shirt, it shows as full price, $19.99.
@squishybrain the discount is reflected in the total at the bottom.
Oh goodie. Way overpriced t-shirts. Can I get a $50 IRK with that?
@opivp99 I guess you haven’t been to a rock concert before.
@lisagd I guess you haven’t bought t-shirts off the internet before.
@opivp99 I have, and they’re a relative bargain compared to tour shirts. Even one of my favorite podcasts, whose listeners ketch about their pricey merch, only charges $25-30 for a t-shirt. When I went to a concert in 2019, the shirts were $40-50.
@lisagd Then maybe you haven’t bought one from mediocritee or meh or… I don’t know. All I’m saying is that $20 for a shirt on this site, given what I know about their quality and past pricing practices, is too much. I understand that you can pay more for a shirt someplace else. But then… that’s someplace else and not here.
/showme overpriced artisanal t-shirts
I got the x wing one as a cheap rando once
Out of this world, man. The price, man.
Those models must have itchy heads.
At another time, in a galaxy far, far away, with the marshmallow man, these are a good deal
I don’t care what you Debbie Downers have to say… I’m in for a DeLorean and Ecto.
Mediocritee is dead?
These are not the margaritas you are looking for
/showme the licensing fees that were paid for these designs.
The /showme command is a member feature. Join membership to try it out.
@mcanavino Licensing fees? For what?
@mcanavino Yeah I don’t understand how shirt.woot and these guys do it. Seems like everything uses licensed material without obvious parody (except that awesome Pac Man ghost story shirt, which is somewhat parodic) and I just want good original stuff.
But yes, same question. Why isn’t there a cease and desist? I mean heck, if the toothbrush people sue, you’d think Disney would.
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
@mcanavino @stinks Welcome to the wild wild west of “fair use” and parodies – which are defences, not a legality, but if the original IP holder gets too sue happy, it can backfire and give themselves a perspective of being negative towards their own fans. So it’s a “don’t be 100% blatant, and you might be okay”.
Threadless, the original crowd sourced shirt site, notes the following:
https://www.threadless.com/info/parody/
(FWIW, I’ve stopped buying from them ever since they fucked over the artists with 25 cent commissions. Also everything has since gone DTG and the base shirts are about as soft as a burlap sack and double as sand paper.)
@yakkoTDI I mean there’s the straight up Ghostbusters logo on there. Not to mention the other vehicle designs which I’m sure are protected six ways from Sunday by their respective owners.
You want how much for t shirts?
$what? Swap meet quality shirt for trendy shop prices. Maybe the site wasn’t the problem? Would you say if they were Hanes Beefy-T or similar quality?
/showme the licensing fees that were paid for these designs @mcanavino
@MattDaemon Licensing fees? For what?
A deal site charging $20 for a t-shirt is just criminal.
A nine ounce bag of potato chips is $5 now.
The beat up van to live in down by the river is too costly.
I am being priced out of America.
@ponagathos
To quote Jim Malone “What are you prepared to do?”
@ponagathos @yakkoTDI To pull out my double-barrel sawed-off but not realize the guy walking backwards is backing me into a Tommy gun trap where I’ll die clutching my saint medal waiting for Kevin Costner to find my bleeding husk.
@ponagathos @stinks @yakkoTDI I should watch that again.
Why is Back to the Future listed as est. 1981: The movie is from 1985. Time travel is too complicated.
@Konraden According to Wikipedia, the first draft was finished in 1981, so maybe that’s why? Seems like a hella deep cut trivia fact.
What, did Meh and Woot! coordinate today?
No thanks. I already have 3 of them and don’t like Star Wars. Got them back when mediocritee was 2 for $21.
I see the picture and price; I instantly think 4 for $20 fire-sale of mediocritee overstock this week? Hell yea.
Read BOGOHO and snorted my coffee. WTF, meh? You’ll are crazy.
buy 1 at regular price, buy 2 get 25% off. buy none save $.
/giphy money
So the site shuts down and the prices go…up??
What happened to the $12 T-Shirts and the random-T-Shirts 3 for $10 deals?
@datruandi Meh no longer embraces its name. Now it just sucks.
I did buy one random shirt for $9 during the mehrathon. Still feel the need justify my VMP.
Woot shirt sales occasionally go down to $5-$6 per shirt if you buy multiples. The good thing is they let you pick the shirts. Sometimes from a curated selection but sometimes also includes the entire catalog, although the catalog shirts are usually a few bucks higher before they take the % off. I usually make note of the designs I like and wait for a sale.
“Plastisol is very durable”
Would someone please tell Woot about this miracle product so I can wear shirts with designs that don’t flake off?
@lisagd It’s been 7 years since they screened anything. Amazon is running the print operations anyway, so it’s not up to Woot.
I’m a sucker, since I have the opening construction shirts I had to get the closed deconstruction ones…