So what happened to the pricing? It used to be $10 for 1 and $15 for 2. Now itās $12 and $18. As a self-proclaimed cheapskate, I donāt approve of the price increase.
Is that because youāll donate $2 or $3 to charity for each purchase? If so, thatās increasing the price for the donations making the consumer pay for the donation instead of the profits of the company pay for it.
@MrMikenIkes Yeah, thanks, this was my discovery that those numbers are hard-coded in the email. Weāll get that fixed moving forward but unfortunately nothing to do about it for this one.
@ACraigL@dave I love the design so much, but have 0% interest in having a CNET logo on a shirt. I donāt even dislike them or anything, itās just tacky.
The Mediocritee weekly email shows incorrect pricing for the shirts. Iāve already been eyeing them, so I knew about the price bump for charity (which I agree with), but some may not be so forgiving. Just a heads upā¦
I know exactly how this went down with the artist:
Artist: Shows cool designs to CNET
CNET: OMG! Looks amazing! We love it!
Artist:
CNET - can you add our logo?
Artist - ok.
CNET - A little bigger?
Artist- sighs and makes logo a little bigger.
CNET - thatās not big enough - make my logo BIGGER!
Artist - grumbles and makes logo bigger.
Cool t-shirt design gets weighed down by corporate ego.
@jenbailey Ha, that makes sense but not this time. In fact, the artist originally pitched to have the second design be almost entirely the logo with just small illustrations around it and we decided against it.
@grubesicgirl Since weā¦almost alwaysā¦sell things for money rather than giving them away, we coded the checkout process to require a credit card. This is definitely an exception. Of course, it wonāt charge you anything if your total is $0.
I didnāt get a box, and thatās probably for the best, but I feel like a dumbass when I buy āmehā branded products and pay for the right to advertise for them, but at least it often sums up my mood, and my doctor really likes my āmehā shirts and I get lots of positive comments (though never from a fellow meh-er). I canāt bring myself to pay for a shirt to advertise for a site I never visit. And I have WAY too many black t-shirts. Not that anyone cared, but heck, thatās what forums are for, right?
@pathfinder1001 I am so glad I do not limit my payments to just PayPal. I would never be able to make payments to the majority of companies I do business with. Hardly any store in the mall accept paypal and my preferred grocery stores dont take it either. It would be a sad life to not ever use my credit card for any purchases ā that is what it was designed for and I use it the way it was intended.
I did get the box (and it has shipped) & kept expecting a separate email with the code for the t-shirt as had been indicated. I have scoured my email though & I donāt see anything. I also tried my Daily Steals order number as the coupon code on the off chance that was it, but nope, so not sure where to find it.
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So what happened to the pricing? It used to be $10 for 1 and $15 for 2. Now itās $12 and $18. As a self-proclaimed cheapskate, I donāt approve of the price increase.
Is that because youāll donate $2 or $3 to charity for each purchase? If so, thatās increasing the price for the donations making the consumer pay for the donation instead of the profits of the company pay for it.
@cengland0 Yes, this is just for this week because of the charity donation.
@cengland0 All that work on a mighty fine description and you just ignore it like an unpopular girl at a school dance. Youāre so heartless!
@yakkoTDI Huh, what? Can you show me what I missed in the description that shows this price increase is only temporary?
@cengland0 @dave just a heads up, the email that went out just now has the normal pricing (one for $10, both for $15) not the other pricing
@MrMikenIkes Yeah, thanks, this was my discovery that those numbers are hard-coded in the email. Weāll get that fixed moving forward but unfortunately nothing to do about it for this one.
I havenāt been to cnet in years, so this cross-platform synergetic jazziness at least got it to cross my mind. Soā¦good job there!
You can enter your coupon code at checkout by clicking the link on the checkout page that says āgot a coupon code?ā
Hereās a screengrab of where youāll spot that:
@Thumperchick
What if you won one of these (and paid for it - even have a shipping notification) but havenāt gotten a coupon yet?
@stinks I would check your spam folder in case it went in there.
@cengland0 Nope. Michael Kors bag for 80% off (looks suspect) but no redemption code.
@stinks can you reply to me via whisper with the email address you used when you bought the box?
@Thumperchick I bugged DailySteals and Alberto got the code for me.
Thanks for the follow-up!
@stinks Great! Let me know if you need anything else.
Do we know who designed these? Or do we not care?
@ACraigL I care! Dan Zettwoch designed these.
@dave Awesome. His stuff is so good. Fun that he got to partner in this.
PANS! GLANDS! CRAYONS! AWESOME!
@ACraigL @dave I love the design so much, but have 0% interest in having a CNET logo on a shirt. I donāt even dislike them or anything, itās just tacky.
I missed the donation days
@DrLysergic You can still donate directly!
Should I already know if I was chosen to buy a box?
What person in their right mind wants anything CNet-branded?
More t-shirt design disappointment.
Why would I buy this when I can buy a white T-shirt from Michaelās for $3 and write āIām a cheapskateā on it with a permanent marker?
The Mediocritee weekly email shows incorrect pricing for the shirts. Iāve already been eyeing them, so I knew about the price bump for charity (which I agree with), but some may not be so forgiving. Just a heads upā¦
@marvelljones Thanks for the headās up. Looks like @dave replied earlier in the thread..
@dave @Thumperchick Well, now I look even dumber than I normally do.
I know exactly how this went down with the artist:
Artist: Shows cool designs to CNET
CNET: OMG! Looks amazing! We love it!
Artist:
CNET - can you add our logo?
Artist - ok.
CNET - A little bigger?
Artist- sighs and makes logo a little bigger.
CNET - thatās not big enough - make my logo BIGGER!
Artist - grumbles and makes logo bigger.
Cool t-shirt design gets weighed down by corporate ego.
@jenbailey Ha, that makes sense but not this time. In fact, the artist originally pitched to have the second design be almost entirely the logo with just small illustrations around it and we decided against it.
c|no
@Ray21104 c|nyet?
@pmarin @Ray21104 I want to grumble about people being so quick to negativity but honestly c|nyet is pretty great.
Ha! Ok fine. I guess Iām just jaded.
Why does it want my credit card if it is free with the Mystery Box purchase?
@grubesicgirl Since weā¦almost alwaysā¦sell things for money rather than giving them away, we coded the checkout process to require a credit card. This is definitely an exception. Of course, it wonāt charge you anything if your total is $0.
I didnāt get a box, and thatās probably for the best, but I feel like a dumbass when I buy āmehā branded products and pay for the right to advertise for them, but at least it often sums up my mood, and my doctor really likes my āmehā shirts and I get lots of positive comments (though never from a fellow meh-er). I canāt bring myself to pay for a shirt to advertise for a site I never visit. And I have WAY too many black t-shirts. Not that anyone cared, but heck, thatās what forums are for, right?
Not a fan of the CNET logo being so prominent in the design but āfreeā is āfreeā right?
Letās hope the mystery box is less disappointing.
Credit card for a free tee? I guess you can keep it. I only use PayPal. Thanks!
@pathfinder1001 Refer to @daveās post above.
https://mediocritee.com/forum/topics/cheapskate-and-proud-of-it#5d570cd8661d41099c70b095
@pathfinder1001 I am so glad I do not limit my payments to just PayPal. I would never be able to make payments to the majority of companies I do business with. Hardly any store in the mall accept paypal and my preferred grocery stores dont take it either. It would be a sad life to not ever use my credit card for any purchases ā that is what it was designed for and I use it the way it was intended.
@cengland0 @pathfinder1001 Luckily Home Depot does (did?), and they have a surprising amount of food for sale.
How/when did people receive the coupon code?
I did get the box (and it has shipped) & kept expecting a separate email with the code for the t-shirt as had been indicated. I have scoured my email though & I donāt see anything. I also tried my Daily Steals order number as the coupon code on the off chance that was it, but nope, so not sure where to find it.
@rrichmon It came via email from DailySteals. I donāt believe itās still available for purchase, even with the coupon code.
@theonlybuster thanks - itās available until tomorrow, so Iāll contact Daily Steals
Why does the preview picture only change the shirt on the dude, not the woman, yet womenās sizes are available in both designs?
/giphy thinking
