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  • Alternatively/additionally, if there is enough interest I will set up a group order for one design with portland cyclewear, which will work out at about half the price (ish). There were concerns over how ethical they might be, but if theres enough demand for a cheaper product and you can cope with the blood on your hands its an option... Don't want to step on ben's toes though!

    Don't worry about my toes, I just want a jersey, however I seriously doubt you could get Portland for half the price for a number of reasons. They are in the US and therefore will incur large import taxes (try and avoid that on a couple of boxes full of jerseys), shipping costs and also, if using Portland, quality issues that others have mentioned. Also, when I looked into it the cost was half the Woolistic price if we had a bunch of PLAIN jerseys, start getting embroidery on there and cost rises significantly. I would not be surprised if the total price was very similar to what Woolistic have said they can do for us from inside the EU.

    Personally I don't care that much about the ethics behind them being made in China, I don't think it has been proven that Portland use sweat shop labour, although I'm happy to be corrected here if I'm wrong.

    Anyone who want's to change a design please feel free to do so. I've only tried to get them out of people in the first place and then corrale (sp) all of them into one place for people to choose. None of them are my work. I think that we could do with more to choose from and I can speak to Woolisitc about doing two designs if choosing one is too contentious.

    Anyway, if we want to get this done before winter we should try and reach agreement soonish. Part of me prefers going slightly more simplistic in designs and leaving out things like the 'spok, just for general cleaness and for something that will age well. I also love the design with the 'spok in. BTW You can vote for as many as you want.

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