promovilleshop.com— After almost a year of talking about it, and teasing us with talk of TWiT hoodies, caps, and more; Leo Laporte has at last made the TWiT store open to the public!
Sep 24, 2006View in Crawl 4
I'll take the liberty to post here what Leo Laporte himself posted in the TWiT forums, regarding the ads:"I don't know how many times I have to say this. Ads do not sustain us yet. Not even close. If the donations dry up, so does TWiT.It's kind of like a magazine. Your donation pays for the infrastructure: hosting, bandwidth, rent, and equipment.ALL ad revenue will go to paying the hosts, who up to now have been working for free. Unlike a magazine we don't require a subscription. 98% of our listeners do not, in fact, pay a penny.For those who do (and that's everyone reading this), thanks SO much. Your $2/month keeps TWiT on the air!"
After they upgraded the site a few months back, this kind of plain page is unacceptable. The home page and other pages look kickass, while I could have coded a better store = PGood find though, I always catch the security now podcast, and the odd time I'll listen to TWiT
There are portraits on that page just below thge buttons. I recognize Leo and Steve, I think the one girl is Amber MacArthur, and the other is Oprah Winfrey.
A few things from someone in the screen printing industryReflective ink is far more expensive than standard ink. (think like 2 to three times as much). It also has to be applied twice to get the desired effect. ) think two coats of white to paint a house that was blue, the first coat you will see some blue bleed through) Also, sweatshirts are tricky as hell to price. It all is based on ounce weight ( the heavier the ounce weight the warmer it is, but the more $ it costs), as well as hooded vs crew, the added fee for plus sizes ( any size bigger than XL) , and zip downs are always more than pull overs.I have sold plenty of the the heaviest for around that price, give or take a few dollars. With a zipper, this is a fair price for the heaviest weight.
Lets get things straight. Leo did say many times that he wouldn't take advertising (only donations). So, he did in essence go back on his word. I'll forgive him for that. However, I can't understand the Dell thing. Leo has always been a die hard Mac user - and now he is promoting underpowered Dell systems, WTF? Sorry, but that goes a little too far.
rodrigo74Sep 24, 2006
I'll take the liberty to post here what Leo Laporte himself posted in the TWiT forums, regarding the ads:"I don't know how many times I have to say this. Ads do not sustain us yet. Not even close. If the donations dry up, so does TWiT.It's kind of like a magazine. Your donation pays for the infrastructure: hosting, bandwidth, rent, and equipment.ALL ad revenue will go to paying the hosts, who up to now have been working for free. Unlike a magazine we don't require a subscription. 98% of our listeners do not, in fact, pay a penny.For those who do (and that's everyone reading this), thanks SO much. Your $2/month keeps TWiT on the air!"
garethsaxbySep 24, 2006
If I was wearing that, I can think of a different vowel that people would use. Almost as nasty as the old design of the TWiT website... What a shame.
wmhunterSep 24, 2006
After they upgraded the site a few months back, this kind of plain page is unacceptable. The home page and other pages look kickass, while I could have coded a better store = PGood find though, I always catch the security now podcast, and the odd time I'll listen to TWiT
prayerneederSep 24, 2006
he's excited about getting a shirt that says "twit" across the front. I wouldn't expect him to be too observant...
davetcgSep 24, 2006
There are portraits on that page just below thge buttons. I recognize Leo and Steve, I think the one girl is Amber MacArthur, and the other is Oprah Winfrey.
aznboi04kSep 25, 2006
i am sorry but that's a UGLY hoodie. i would never wear that. then again, i am not a hardcore geek.
slantyeyedSep 28, 2006
geez, leo's always been the one to try to hock cheap, trailer trash, found-on-the-boardwalk souvenirs.
krahzeeSep 30, 2006
A few things from someone in the screen printing industryReflective ink is far more expensive than standard ink. (think like 2 to three times as much). It also has to be applied twice to get the desired effect. ) think two coats of white to paint a house that was blue, the first coat you will see some blue bleed through) Also, sweatshirts are tricky as hell to price. It all is based on ounce weight ( the heavier the ounce weight the warmer it is, but the more $ it costs), as well as hooded vs crew, the added fee for plus sizes ( any size bigger than XL) , and zip downs are always more than pull overs.I have sold plenty of the the heaviest for around that price, give or take a few dollars. With a zipper, this is a fair price for the heaviest weight.
cfarmer8Oct 12, 2006
I just got mine in the mail today and love it... and i still haven't been charged prob email someone at leoville tonight.
shanmacOct 21, 2006
Lets get things straight. Leo did say many times that he wouldn't take advertising (only donations). So, he did in essence go back on his word. I'll forgive him for that. However, I can't understand the Dell thing. Leo has always been a die hard Mac user - and now he is promoting underpowered Dell systems, WTF? Sorry, but that goes a little too far.