Once again, another merchant that charges more for “fat” sizes using the excuse of the article being larger. Hmmm… have you ever seen a merchant charge more for L vs M vs S vs XS? Discrimination is not ok in almost everything else but body size.
Yeah, I get it @duodecm but any premium just isn’t right. I have had some success contacting the company and saying I’d like to buy the item, but at the price for the smaller sizes and they’ve said ok.
@ItalianScallion To point out, they could charge less for smaller sizes, but that’s a “small person’s tax” as much as increasing costs for larger sizes is a “large person’s tax”.
@pakopako Indeed it would be. Here’s an idea: sell all sizes for the same amount, calculated from some sort of weighted average based on actual or predicted sales for each size.
I don’t know the specifics, but these t-shirts aren’t a tessellation pattern being cut from an infinite plane of woven cotton. A “yard” of cotton also has a certain width that I believe is pretty standard. You reach a point where the amount of cotton needed to cut a size jumps considerably. I’d wager than S-XL can all get something around two cuts in a yard with some amount of wastage.
At some point, you can’t get two cuts from the yard and have to jump to just getting one.
@Limewater I understand all this since I sew my own historical clothing. (The standard widths at retailers, by the way, are 54 and 60 inches, but I’ve bought wider bolts for my historical group back when I was quartermaster.) Yes, laying out patterns on fabric for most efficient use can be a challenge, especially when you’re paying for expensive fabric out of your own pocket , but I’d be surprised if software wouldn’t be able to figure that out with minimal waste.
Once again, another merchant that charges more for “fat” sizes using the excuse of the article being larger. Hmmm… have you ever seen a merchant charge more for L vs M vs S vs XS? Discrimination is not ok in almost everything else but body size.
@ItalianScallion Happens to us taller than average folks too. Just try to buy a tall size Meh shirt…
The premiums for the large sizes are at least fairly reasonable, at least for the t-shirts
Yeah, I get it @duodecm but any premium just isn’t right. I have had some success contacting the company and saying I’d like to buy the item, but at the price for the smaller sizes and they’ve said ok.
Oops, I didn’t mean the company as in this particular case. I meant other companies that have done the discriminatory pricing.
@ItalianScallion To point out, they could charge less for smaller sizes, but that’s a “small person’s tax” as much as increasing costs for larger sizes is a “large person’s tax”.
@pakopako Indeed it would be. Here’s an idea: sell all sizes for the same amount, calculated from some sort of weighted average based on actual or predicted sales for each size.
@ItalianScallion @pakopako One vendor I’ve thrown a lot of money at says it’s as simple as the bigger blanks cost them more.
@blaineg @pakopako Funny how the bigger blanks issue never comes up regarding the difference between XS and L.
@blaineg @ItalianScallion @pakopako Here’s a company that sells blanks.
https://www.blankshirts.com/t-shirts/short-sleeve-t-shirts/hanes/5250t-authentic-t-shirt
Note that they charge the same up to XL.
I don’t know the specifics, but these t-shirts aren’t a tessellation pattern being cut from an infinite plane of woven cotton. A “yard” of cotton also has a certain width that I believe is pretty standard. You reach a point where the amount of cotton needed to cut a size jumps considerably. I’d wager than S-XL can all get something around two cuts in a yard with some amount of wastage.
At some point, you can’t get two cuts from the yard and have to jump to just getting one.
@Limewater I understand all this since I sew my own historical clothing. (The standard widths at retailers, by the way, are 54 and 60 inches, but I’ve bought wider bolts for my historical group back when I was quartermaster.) Yes, laying out patterns on fabric for most efficient use can be a challenge, especially when you’re paying for expensive fabric out of your own pocket
, but I’d be surprised if software wouldn’t be able to figure that out with minimal waste.
I see I was a little late and duped someone else on this, sorry.
As I said the the other thread on this:
@stolicat Ah yes, the three musketeers: Trump, Musk, Ramaswamy.
Vivek bailed. Smart move.
@stolicat Is there an echo in here?
@blaineg @stolicat
There’s a topic for that.