The most common way a reunion shirt order goes wrong is not the design. It is the calendar. Print-to-order shirts do not ship from a shelf, and people underestimate how long collecting sizes takes.
The real numbers
| Printing | 3–5 business days |
|---|---|
| Transit from China | 8–12 business days |
| Total | 11–17 business days |
Business days exclude weekends and U.S. federal holidays. An order placed on a Monday is realistically at the door somewhere between two and a half and three and a half calendar weeks later. Your shirts are printed to order by our production partner in China and shipped from there; the duties are paid by us and nothing is charged on delivery.
Count backwards, not forwards
- Reunion day. Mark it.
- Minus one week. This is your safety buffer. Something will go wrong somewhere, and a week absorbs it.
- Minus 17 business days. This is your order deadline — roughly three and a half calendar weeks before the buffer.
- Minus one to two weeks more. This is when you start collecting sizes. It always takes longer than you think.
In practice: for a reunion in the first week of July, start collecting sizes in the middle of May and place the order by the end of May.
Collecting sizes without chasing people
Send the size guide with your request rather than just asking for a size. Two things to include:
- The shirt runs relaxed and unisex. Their usual size gives a roomy fit; one size down gives something closer to the body.
- Black and white run S through 4XL. Other colors have a narrower range, so pick the color first.
Ask for a size and a second choice. It saves a round of messages when someone is between sizes.
One color or several
Two approaches work. One color for everyone reads cleanest in a group photograph. Alternatively, pick a family of shades — Bay, Blue Spruce and Seafoam sit together well, as do Blossom, Orchid and Violet.
What we would avoid is expecting exact color matching across a large order. Dyed cotton shifts between production runs, so two shirts in the same color will be close but not identical. If matching matters more than anything else, say so before you order and we will tell you whether this is the right shirt for the job.
What shipping costs for a group
Shipping is a flat $7.95, and free on orders of $60 or more. Any reunion order of two shirts or more clears that threshold, so group orders ship free. Ordering as one order rather than several separate ones is the cheaper route.
If something is wrong when the box arrives
Check the order the day it lands, not the night before the reunion. Misprints and transit damage are on us — prepaid label, replacement or full refund — but that only helps if there is time to act. The full policy is in returns.