Be aware when ordering the women's T-shirts for LAVA: they are extrordinarily small. We ordered a number of T-shirts as a group (to save on shipping). The two women's XL shirts *might* fit the average eighth grader. We sent back to the company to get the next size up in the hopes that it might fit better.

Thanks for the warning Stephen.

OK, so first Zazzle forgets to ship my Ladies shirt with our group shipment and Stephen has to contact them to get them to send it. Then it arrives and, as Stephen says, the thing is the smallest XL I have ever seen. I seriously think it might have been a child's shirt. So I exchange it for a 2X, hoping for the best, and they send me a 2X men's shirt! It looks like I'm wearing a tent.

There isn't enough time to exchange it again before next Tuesday, so I give up. I am never buying anything from Zazzle again, so please consider a CafePress alternative if you do t-shirts again next year.

I'm terribly sorry that zazzle screwed up your order (twice ). We used to use CafePress, but they limit each item type (eg: t-shirt) to one design (so if we design a new t-shirt, then we have to remove the old one before they'll allow the new one to be sold, unless we open a store and pay them a whole lot of money ). I understand your frustration, but I'm really hoping that you're the only person that is having issue with our zazzle store. If anyone else is having issues, please PM me (and, more importantly, call zazzle and let them know how you feel).

Christina: don't give up! I suggest you give zazzle a call, explain the situation, and they might be able to get you a new shirt before NI-Week. I've spoken to them on the phone previously, and found them very helpful and accomodating...

Excellent!! I purposefully didn't order one before because I'm tired of my closet full of shirts that are way too big. But if the shirts could actually fit...

My suggestion for the future is to order a mens size. Small would be good for Crystal and Medium probably for Christina. Of course I'm shooting myself in the foot by discussing body sizes with women

Also, I have 7 medium LAVA (superfunky) T-shirts from last year that I'm bringing. So I can gladly give some to you guys that need shirts and don't want to feel left out. It's probably cooler Christina since it has the secret ini key setting that you added to LabVIEW.

Also, it's probably too late to order a shirt now for niweek. For some reason dark shirts take up to 3 days for production.

Don't buy one. I have a spare you can try when you get here.

And why exactly is this a problem?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

OK... how many of us geeks thought of the exact same thing and wouldn't dare?

I'd be too frightened that Christina would slap me at the BBQ...

Lucky me, I won't be there... (Why do I feel ambivalent about this statement?)

Actually, they screwed up thrice which is why I gave up on them being able to handle this order correctly.
CafePress stores are free now, but if everyone else is happy with zazzle, then stick with what works.
Given the flimsy, under-sized ladies shirt that they sent me, I have no reason to believe they can make one of reasonable quality, especially with the remaining time. I might call them to ask for a refund. Just don't give me any crap for not having a shirt at the BBQ! I tried.

Ever since I saw this blog post about how tech shirts are all-too-often female-unfriendly, I decided I want women's shirts whenever I have a choice (although for me it's not a size issue as much as a fit issue).

You all are lucky I save my fiery wrath for coworkers who break user interface design rules.

addendum: Zazzle sent me an e-mail offering to print a shirt without waiting for the return, but they're all out of Ladies XXL shirts, so I'm going to pass.

This post has been edited by Christina Rogers: Jul 30 2008, 03:35 PM

Thanks!! Bring it to the BBQ if I don't see you before then.