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As far as I’m aware, no seed money has come from teams to help fund Hoser. Polo is funding it all himself and on the scale that it is currently, I very much doubt he’ll be able to retire just yet.
Personally, I think the price per tee is justifiable based on the garment quality and that all printing is done by hand.
Polo approached teams which have an iconic identity. With the idea is to help make each team design more widely available in the community, through one centralised source and at no cost to the teams involved.
For every tee sold, the relevant team gets a little bit of commission, which IMO is a nice way for Hosor to give back to the team.
For Cosmic, we saw it more as an opportunity to collaborate with a friend than rake in loads of money.
We were able to offer a different design that we wouldn’t have been in a position to have done previously. And of course, we wanted to show support for Polo’s new start up venture. After all, it’s good to support those doing good things within the scene.