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[deleted] t1_jbb369d wrote

Reply to comment by the_honeyman in Does Springfield have any good record shops? by iMissFrutopia

> Idk how they can get away printing other band's logos on their shirts without licensing fees,

Bootlegging t-shirts is easy and quite prevalent.

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the_honeyman t1_jbb58yb wrote

I guess if they're literally printing their own or ordering them online and reselling.

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[deleted] t1_jbb6kin wrote

>I guess if they're literally printing their own

Yes, that's how bootlegging works.

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the_honeyman t1_jbbaqlx wrote

Hey, thanks.

I was more confused on the how it makes financial sense for a hole in the wall record store to bootleg shirts. Seems like they'd barely sell enough to cover labor, plus there's no room in that place.

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[deleted] t1_jbbb4sl wrote

>I was more confused on the how it makes financial sense for a hole in the wall record store to bootleg shirts.

It's cheap to bootleg shirts. You sell them for more than you paid to have them printed. It's pretty simple.

The store is small but it has had shirts for years so it's not like it's suddenly taking up space. I'm pretty sure they were booting shirts back when Wes owned it.

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the_honeyman t1_jbbjsd8 wrote

Whoa, selling things for more than you bought them more is how you make a profit? Who knew???

Point is, nobody goes there to buy a shirt. I just don't see how they sell enough to cover costs. Obviously they do, if they've been doing it that long.

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[deleted] t1_jbblggu wrote

I don't know why you're getting sassy. You said you didn't understand something and I tried explained it as simple as possible.

Nobody may go there just to buy a shirt but clearly some people are buying shirts there otherwise they wouldn't keep them around.

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