Now as most of you know I am currently helping set up a hand painting business here in Philly. Now before I came here I had heard that you could get cheap clothes and knock off labels at very good prices. For the past few weeks we have been testing and are testing the quality of some shirts that we have o make sure they are up to standard for international sale, Pinoys just don't seem overly concerned about quality, thats all, more about the price :)
After testing 3 different suppliers and having them all fail on quality control, I decided to use my trusty old friend the t’internet and have a look for some other suppliers. A lot of people here say that China is the place to go now for all things textile but I couldn't really find any within our price range or they were just asking for a ridiculous minimum order(1 quoted 10000 pcs minimum per colour, per size!!) So after blowing out with China I just googled plain shirts and came across a site which had a very good price for bulk orders and the minimum order was just 1!! Here's the irony; This company has the best price and what looks like the best quality shirts cause they are actually branded, but unfortunately they are based in the UK! Hahaha, I had to laugh when I found out cause I came all the way over here and relied on the reputation of the clothing here and the best price is coming from England. And thats with the £ getting stronger against the Peso, if it was a couple of months ago it would be even cheaper… Now I'm in a bit of a catch 22 cause hey have the quality I want at the price I want but can I afford to wait the month or so it will take to manufacture the Tees and ship them here? Or do I just settle for paying more here for the same quality and getting the items sooner? Fun choice…
On a lighter note, a belated Happy Birthday to my Bro, who is now a year closer to 30 :) Take care and all the best, love to the family x
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