Cheap quality of Elite Dangerous merchandise

[Patrick_68000]

Check the temperature of the water and the type of washing powder

 

[2chill]

So im kinda shocked that my Elite dangerous t-shirts did loose the printings after just one wash.

Personally, if I were you I would fire the housemaid. I am still sporting some 00's printed t-shirts from Primark and they still look like new and they get washed weekly.

p.s. I do my own laundry

 

[yibble]

I have multiple t-shirts and hoodies from the Eliteangerous shop. And I have to disagree with the OP, the merchandise is excellent quality, and I've washed it multiple times and the print and colours have remained awesome. The fabric and stitching is so excellent.

 

[Zeeman]

What sort of printing? Ink or that idiot vinyl/rubber type junk?

Makes you wonder where they got them printed. All of my ME2 and DAO/2 shirts are still pretty bright even after many washes, and they were around the same price, but Bioware wasn't using them to fund a Kickstarter either.

Oddly enough I've just started up a T-shirt printing business, and apart from the quality of the shirts (which I am extremely about), the quality of the printing has been top priority, and, not as easy to ensure as one thinks.

Direct to garment printing is the way we plan to go in the long term (currently screen printing while orders are small, and designs fairly simple)), though it certainly has it's issues (as all methods do).

Anyway, my point is, it's not always as easy as one thinks, and may be worth getting in touch with Frontier, as it may be a batch issue, and they may offer to replace your shirts, or come to some other agreement.

ALso, I presume they have contracted a third party to print the shirts, if there are issues, I'm sure Frontier would love to know, so they can rectify the situation with the supplier.

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