If you’re looking to have logo clothing made – or even just customized clothing or gear, prices can add up quickly. I remember how hard it was to decide where to have team clothing made for my volleyball team in high school, and even having custom t-shirts made for a one day use for something like the powder puff football game could get expensive quickly. So I was really impressed with the sales and deals available through Queensboro. For example, on their main page today they mention how they have Fine Pima Jersey polo’s for $2.95. This isn’t a deal where you have to buy a ton either, that’s the price if you buy just 1. They are also offering 25% off on over 500 items for first time buyers.
So, the prices immediately drew me in. I was also impressed with their large selection of Embroidered Apparel. For clothing or gear that you’ll only wear once like a powder puff game or a charity walk, printed t-shirts are fine. However, if you’re looking for clothing for your business and plan to wear them a lot, Embroidery seems like a better option to me because it’s never going to crack or flake off like printed apparel can do over time. I was happily surprised at the low prices of some of the embroidered clothing and was able to have three items sent to me for review using the Giveaway Tools logo.
Seems how the background of the GT logo is a bright blue, I opted to look at garments that were available in what they call Royal, as it is really close in color to the GT logo. Then when designing my logo, I opted to have the embroidered part be just the text instead of the background. This worked really nicely. For Ryan’s t-shirt, I went with the Embroidered Classic Value Tagless Tee which sells for $10.95. As you can probably guess from the name, the shirt is tagless and is a pretty basic, 100% cotton t-shirt. The embroidery is nicely done and sits on the right side of the chest. The logo is pretty small, but I like how it is nice and subtle.
Ryan was also sent a Harrington Fleece-Lined Nylon Jacket that is great for the weather this time of year. I was again happy with the price at $29.95 and the embroidery was the same as on the shirt and well done. The inside is fleece so it’ll keep you warm on a mild spring or fall day and the outside is nylon so it’s weather resistant if it starts to rain.
Last but not least, I was sent a sweater for review. It is the Embroidered Youth Hooded Sweatshirt. It has a rather tight and high neckline so it feels bulky around the neck – I think this is the result of the front of the hood overlapping slightly in an “x” pattern in the front instead of just meeting in the middle. I think this also results in the hood being forced to stay pretty high up on the back so it bunches really thick behind the neck and upper shoulders instead of laying more flat. The tag says it is “Heavy Blend” which might be part of that reasoning as well. I had requested a zip up hoodie instead which I feel would have been a better option for me because of the neckline that this one has, but it does fit me. There was only one sweater or jacket available for women in the Royal color which is why we went with a youth option instead. It is fleece on the inside which is really soft and has elastic around the wrists and at the bottom so that it will stay snug against your body to keep heat in. It is listed for $21.92
Overall, we were happy with the quality of the items we received from Queensboro and felt that they were at great prices for being customized and of quality. I wouldn’t hesitate to order from them again.
You can connect with Queensboro on Facebook or Twitter.
Hi there! I am Emily Evert, the owner of Emily Reviews. I am 28 and live in a small town in Michigan with my boyfriend Ryan and our two pugs. I have a large family and I adore my nieces and nephews. I love reading memoirs, and learning about child development and psychology. I love watching The Game of Thrones, Teen Mom, Sister Wives and Veep. I like listening to Jason Isbell, John Prine, and other alt-country or Americana music. I created Emily Reviews as a creative outlet to share my life and the products that I love with others.
This post currently has 5 responses.
-
daisy
Very cool! I love the vivid hue of the shirt and the nice and simple logo. I want to get something like this too.
-
Those look great! I have been thinking of getting something like this for my blog. (I LOVE Giveaway Tools, BTW) 😉
-
These look very nice. I also keep thinking I should get some tees with my blogs name on them.
-
Well, I wasn’t conducting a review for free product they sent me, I was purchasing staff clothing for an important promo event. And here’s my review, which everyone should be entitled to see because of the inhumane treatment I’ve received.
It’s very risky to order from Queensboro and you could easily get into a HUGE mess with your business plans by investing your trust in this company. In short, they failed to deliver, sold something that is out of stock, and refused to do the right thing. Here’s the important details:
First, the order didn’t arrive on time because apparently the company was out of stock on ONE PARTICULAR item in the order, which could have been fine and a fixable situation if I knew about the problem in a reasonable time, however, nobody called me to tell me that the order wasn’t being delivered. I had several different items ordered, and they held the entire order back because of their own internal stocking issue, which is strange because their website tells whether something is in stock or not BEFORE you can purchase it, because it’s an inventory software, so really I don’t know if that “out of stock” excuse was legit anyway…
So, it’s a week past the worse case delivery date I was given, and I have a promotion schedule for the upcoming week and naturally I need my promo gear that I ordered 3 weeks ago, so i call them. They tell me this reason for non-delivery (one item out of stock) and after I tell them my situation, they still won’t rush out the rest of my order to me so I can have all the other items. Instead, they ask ME what they want ME to do about it, as if I’M running their business and customer service department.
I ask them to ship the rest asap. They say No, it will all be shipped to you on July 6th (which would be 34 days from the day I ordered it all, which is also 20 days past their promised shipping date, AND which is over a week past MY SCHEDULED PROMO event that requires uniform (logo’d) gear to work it).
UNBELIEVABLE, right? Well believe it, because it gets worse.
So, I email the founder, Fred Meyers. He gets all the emails on his cell phone. Yeah, how do i know that? His staff told me. The same staff that basically told me “tough cookies” on my entire order. So, I know Fred got my email(s). Fred doesn’t respond to me though, he has his assistant EMAIL ME telling me that they are refunding my money but they still won’t ship me my other items i need, and they ask me to give them a chance to make up for it better in the future! Ha, seriously? In the future? They could make up for it right now!
I end up having to miss the entire weeks scheduled promo because I don’t have the logo’d clothing, and i look like a total unprofessional flake to the venues and staff. Because I actually care about people and my reputation (unlike Fred Meyers and Queensboro obviously), I will end up paying staff for their troubles of missed day, and I’ll have to order a lot more swag to give away and make it a big blowout event so I redeem my reputation as someone who delivers like they say they will. This will cost me a lot of money to make up for Queensboro’s neglectful business standards by not letting me know that they decided to hold hostage my entire order because one piece need to be restocked, which shouldn’t even have that problem since they have inventory control in their software!!!
So when I get the email from the assistant telling me they are refunding my money, I tell them that the money is not the issue! The huge nightmare that their neglectful business practice has caused me is the problem. And I ask them to help me redeem my situation as it has caused a huge snowball nightmare for multiple people and left me in a bad reputation situation. And what answer did I get from this request to do what’s right?? I GET TOTALLY IGNORED.
I emailed the assistant twice and I even emailed Fred Meyers directly again. NO RESPONSE. But the very next two days in a row I get emails from Fred promoting sales he is having.
You can imagine the frustration here. Save yourself the hassle. There’s not a dollar amount you could pay me to go through that again. My first impression reputation was crushed with these clients and Queensboro deserves to pay restitution on that. Which sounds like a good next step actually.
I love this! I would love to get a shirt with my logo!