Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: chipper
  • Music: Brooke Lunderville, "My Time Again."

Wicked Girls shirt update.

Here's the sitch:

It took us a LOT longer than expected to track down payment from everyone, and some people still haven't made good on their orders. These orders will be canceled as of Sunday, so that I can proceed with submitting the spreadsheet to the T-shirt manufacturers. I don't know how long printing will take, but will let you know once I have an estimate.

After shirts exist, they'll need to be shipped. This is going to mean a MASSIVE shipping party, probably at my house; volunteers will be solicited. Because we'll be doing it all by hand, I expect that mailing everything may take two to three weeks. Again, I'll keep you posted.

But that's the situation. Next time I do something like this, I may require payment immediately, to prevent a few absences from delaying the whole field trip.

Shirts!
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paksenarrion2

August 6 2011, 20:56:36 UTC 5 years ago

No worries. This is a pretty massive undertaking and you are a human being with a life. This was not a business undertaking but something nice you were doing for your fans. If I lived even remotely nearby I would volunteer to help with the shipping party.

And add my vote for payment with order next time.

Personally, I'll expect my shirt when you can get it here and not before.

seanan_mcguire

August 7 2011, 15:30:40 UTC 5 years ago

The main issue with pay-with-order is refunds. Since if we didn't get enough orders to go to press, I'd need to give the money back...and PayPal charges a fee every time the money is sent (I don't receive $20 when you send it to me, so do I refund you what I got, or what you sent?).

alyska

August 7 2011, 20:51:27 UTC 5 years ago

You'd refund what the person sent, and paypal refunds the fees as well (so long as it's within their refund deadlines, etc.)