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Excellent idea

Hi Jeff,
the polo shirt is an excellent idea. I have a number of suggestions for you.

- i would prefer to pay a bit more and have a really quality made shirt in terms of materials
- the OTD balance sheet has (as you pointed out) had only an expenditure for many years. Dont sell your shirts at pure cost, add in some margin so you can recoop some of your years of goodwill.
- I would love to see a shirt with both the Heuer Chronograph badge & the On the Dash symbol displayed. Maybe one prominant on the left breast and the 2nd one more subtlely by the cuff on the left sleeve.
- sizes - well just as our watches vary so do we collectors. Personally i'm a XL-XXL guy as all those i meet in London will see - 195cm / 6 foot 5 - and strong build.
- the first series of shirts should be more exclusive - maybe they could be the "Chronomatic" series
- colours should be classic rather than bold
- maybe a smart long sleeve business/casual version as well

Well these were just a few first thought suggestions for you to add to the melting pot of ideas. Best of luck with the mission Jeff - no matter what i will want at least one of these shirts.
- Darren
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-: In a message posted below --
: http://chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/index.cgi?page=1;md=read;id=38750
: -- Ron suggests that we might want to have some polo shirts
: made for the group.

:

Jeff, while OntheDash is prospering so much and so many are
: reading and enjoying it, wouldn't it be a great idea to
: introduce an official OnTheDash Polo Shirt?? I am sure many are
: willing to pay for something that exclusive and would love to
: have one or more. Or am I getting too sentimental now?

: I think that this is a great idea, so I wanted to start this new
: thread on the subject, so that others can chime in with their
: thoughts. Maybe the objective would be to have them in time for
: distribution before the London gathering? [I should add that
: others have suggested the polo shirts previously, but we never
: had full follow through by the group (and I will take some of
: the blame for that).] So it would be great if others can express
: their enthusiasm / preferences, and even volunteer to help on
: the project.

: In terms of the "prosperity" of OnTheDash, let me just go
: on record as saying that while we are certainly enjoying
: incredible prosperity in terms of our "social
: capital", in terms of the actual "business
: model", it remains as it always has, with the monthly
: income statement being as follows: $60 per month expenses (for
: hosting and forum technical support); $0 per month in revenue. I
: continue to be approached about advertising and sponsors, but
: prefer to keep it entirely non-commercial. Of course, in terms
: of the "social capital" and goodwill that we have
: generated, we are all millionaires many times over, with the
: enormous success of OnTheDash and Chronocentric (and the other
: websites and blog that are part of our community)!!

: Jeff

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