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Living in Victoria, BC it's not so easy to get your hands on some shirts from the…",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},"3519006","jscherm","I think this is a great idea. I have a bunch of civilian friends ask me to \"steal\" a shirt for them when I'm at a hackathon or a meeting. Now i can just point them here. Thanks…",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Consumers and fans of startups","maker",[63],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"3518852","Hey HN! I put together Startup Threads Monthly to be a service that sends out startup merchandise (t-shirts, stickers, trinkets, discounts, etc) every month to consumers. It has…",{"value":67,"source":49,"evidence":68},"About $20\u002Fmonth: $14.95 plus $5 shipping",[69,73],{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"3519119","sachingulaya","Great product Frank. It took me less than 10 seconds to decide to sign up. Group the $14.95 and the $5.00 shipping in to a flat $20\u002Fmo quote. There's no need for the breakdown.",{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"3519136","vaksel","so I'm supposed to pay money to promote some random startup? in order to get a shirt, that they give away for free at their booths all over the place? + $20\u002Fmo to get a shirt is…",{"value":78,"source":61,"evidence":79},"Bring back the startup swag service after Startup Schwag shut down in 2010",[80],{"id":81,"by":11,"text":82},"3518929","Yep, it is similar, but we print most of the merchandise ourselves. Valleyschwag shut down and Startup Schwag ended up being the next in line, and I hope Startup Threads picks up…",[],"unknown","beta",{"praise":87,"objections":111,"requests":127,"questions":150,"alternatives":162},[88,104],{"value":89,"source":49,"evidence":90},"Good idea that fills a gap for startup swag fans",[91,95,99,103],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"3518891","shakes","I could see this being very popular. Whenever I wear startup swag (especially Twilio or Foursquare) I have people ask me where they can get it. When I say I got it at a user…",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"3518897","MrAndyRosenberg","This is a great concept. Visibility is key for any startup's success and thoughtful, on-the-ground swag is a huge part of this!",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"3518939","mattangriffel","Great idea. I've been waiting fOr a sErvice like this.",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"value":105,"source":49,"evidence":106},"Mystery box concept is appealing",[107],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"3520561","EToS","Mystery box, who can resist! cant wait for my first :) Backordering could be a great addition if it goes well. All the best with this idea!",[112,116],{"value":113,"source":49,"evidence":114},"Price of about $20 a month seems high for a shirt",[115],{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},{"value":117,"source":49,"evidence":118},"Cannot opt out of months, and unsure about each month's shirt",[119,123],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"3518877","jordanmessina","Can you opt out of months if you don't want the particular schwag and not get charged $15?",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"3518960","excid3","I second this, the service could be awesome, but I don't necessarily know if I will like the tshirt each month.",[128,137,144],{"value":129,"source":61,"evidence":130},"Allow opting out of months",[131,134],{"id":132,"by":11,"text":133},"3519189","Good questions: 1) Right now we don't have the design for the month posted. Will do that soon, though. First month will be this Hipmunk design: http:\u002F\u002Fi.imgur.com\u002FbIL5v.jpg 2)…",{"id":135,"by":11,"text":136},"3518943","Hmm, I hadn't thought of this but you are the second person to mention this. Its something I'll definitely consider but havent added this functionality yet.",{"value":138,"source":49,"evidence":139},"Show shirt designs before shipping",[140],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"3519015","mcarrano","I have been looking for a service like this. Some questions I have: 1. Is there a way to view what the t-shirt will look like? 2. 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