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can anyone help me with a mug problem please?
i have been reprimanded at my Uni for using all the mugs, i might add i didn’t steal them, they are still in the room i used them in, thing is because of the problems i’ve had, i have used more than i ought to have. I have been told to replace them, I need to order some but to be honest i don’t have an awful lot of money 😥 I need to buy about 60 to replace the ones i used.
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Best get on the phone to mum or dad then….70-80 quid should do it.
How did u manage to trash 60 mugs? :o…… not all fun and games this business malarkey 😉
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lol, yeah phoned them, dad was none to pleased, i didn’t really trash them, but i have had serious issues with flamming and the paper being poor standard, something i tried to argue with the tutor, but she was having none of it, lol and said i want them replaced.
so i am currently searching online, just looking at listawood
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there not trash really.
we use the non perfect prints for our own use and customer refreshments can be fun when you offer the customer a drink with his competitors mug.
try selling them as art.
joking aside i think its unfair to ask for you to replace them when the tutor can’t teach you how to do it properly.
best of luck
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i know, thanks Chris and Neil, haven’t ordered yet as listawood only do 10oz and are very expensive, i’m after 110z and cheap as chips, don’t see why i should be buying the best for them. (:) (:) 😛
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Emily, get your Dad to ring the Head of Department….that’s ridiculous and I daresay against the law. Chris is right, the tutor should be telling you what to do. Tell him to point the Head of Department to the thread on here, and see that you made a genuine effort to do them right. And I would tell Dad to be at his angry best! 😀
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ok will give it a go, but to be honest i can see her point to a degree, i did waste quite a few because she said why carry on with the problems when you should have waited until i came back to uni, so to a degree i can see her side, but it don’t help me none, lol
anyone wanna buy some mugs with pictures of me on , hahahaha
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At the risk of being unpopular here but 60 mugs is a lot to go through when you are experiencing problems.
I would imagine the tutor has taken the tack of "you should of stopped when you couldnt get a good result" They are probably wondering why you didnt stop after 10 maybe?
As I say I may be unpopular here but just trying to see it from another angle.
On a lighter note – try ebay for sub mugs if you arent fussed what the quality is like.
Andy
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Sorry to repeat your thoughts there Emily, must of been typing at the same time 😉
Andy
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I’d be careful about buying cheap ones, the tutor may turn around and say replace like for like after you have spent your money, unfortunately I don’t think a phone call from your parents will help as you are in Uni not school. It seems harsh but you have to take responsibility for this and bite the bullet. Can the tutor in the worst case scenario stop you progressing because of this?
It’s quite a contentious issue.
Good luck.
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yeah it’s my fault, i take the responsibility for this, i should have stopped, but i got carried away because i was showing some uni friends how to do it, this is when i started having issues. she can’t really stop me progressing, but like she said to me, Emily you need to do the decent thing here and replace what in effect is damaged stock.
hey bet you all didn’t think you’d get a dozy like me on here, lol :lol1:
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Well done, if your stuck I have a spare 30 mugs you can have.
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Just swallow it and try to get the replacements as close to what you used as possible. Getting ones of lesser quality isn’t really fair to the school.
Part of working in the big world is learning from your mistakes and taking responsibility for your own actions.
Next time you will be more careful and probably learn faster.
(I can’t help lecturing as I have kids your age, it’s the Mum in me)
Can you look at some sort of commercial restaurant supply store?
Just a suggestion.
I hope it all works out OK for you.
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thats kind of you Jason, but i couldn’t possibly take those. Just rang me dad, he wasn’t bothered about the cost just how late it was…lol he’s going to lend me the money then i will get the other replaced with some like for like, like Jill said, will pop into see the tutor tomorrow and ask her. 🙄
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Where did the Uni get them from in the first place Emily?
Do they not get any kind of discount on them?………I think I would be offering the money for them but at the end of the day they have to take some responsibility for the situation and order some more
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quote :anyone wanna buy some mugs with pictures of me on , hahahahayeah ill buy one – if we all do that ie you sell the lot youll be in profit 😉
sorry to hear your woes, i read the other thread with interest as mugs are somthing iv been considering
John
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60 does seem a lot to have botched. You need to start making some decent ones now to try and sell and make your money back.
If you are struggling to find decent cheap mugs I could probably sell you some. £50 for 60 inclusive of delivery/vat etc. They’ll be straighter than the ones you previously had from the sound of it. Rhino coated 10oz (I only use 10 not 11). Not ebay rubbish.
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quote John Harding:quote :anyone wanna buy some mugs with pictures of me on , hahahahayeah ill buy one – if we all do that ie you sell the lot youll be in profit 😉
sorry to hear your woes, i read the other thread with interest as mugs are somthing iv been considering
John
Yeah I’ll buy one too
Peter
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you serious, you’d buy a mug with my mug on it…lol
your too kind in here, haha
mugs have been ordered and i have to say i was pretty pleased because my tutor said if i bought 36 that would do, have got 72 though and she’s going to take me step by step through it all. so on tuesday or wednesday. i should be a professional mug girl, ha 🙄
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Emily let us know how you get on ie what you do differently to resolve the issues you had
John
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yes i certainly will, 😳
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🙄 would you believe it, someone must have taken deliveryof my mugs on saturday uni and smashed them:-( or done something with them…sheesh, i must be cursed or summat, luckily the company have agreed to replace them. fairplay 😀
does anyone know wherei could purchase some mugs already boxed, like a gift box, as i would like to give a few mugs as gifts.
thanks Emily
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quote Emily:🙄 would you believe it, someone must have taken deliveryof my mugs on saturday uni and smashed them:-( or done something with them…sheesh, i must be cursed or summat, luckily the company have agreed to replace them. fairplay 😀
does anyone know wherei could purchase some mugs already boxed, like a gift box, as i would like to give a few mugs as gifts.
thanks Emily
😮 😮 have you been walking under ladders Emily? 😀
I used one of those cardboard wine carriers dickied up with ribbon to give a client a gift of a set of mugs….looked good. -
must have, lol, just counted out the mug, out of 72 ordered i have 59, lol
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Most mug suppliers sell gift boxes separately, try BMS
Gordon
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thanks Gordon
hey i have been given an old mug machine this morning by someone that supplied the uni, it’s old though but works because i used it this morning, it requires a new heat blanket. i think it measures 23cms by 10.5 cms
or 230 mm by 105mm
anyone know where i can get that size from??
😀
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What make is it?
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it ain’t no make, i can take a photo of it if you like..lol
to be honest after todays efforts which i may add were abysmal i am considering giving up a career printing mugs!! :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
i’ll stick to my graphic design , hahahah
seriously though i knew as much as the tutor. mainly due to being on here
first we had issues with the printer, it was printing purple instead of Blue, i knew instantly it was down to the ICC profile, which bemused the tutor and she looked at me amazed…LMAO Even then though i was a little lost, they had desings in adobe photoshop done with RGB 1998, but some were with a Rotech ICC, myway round it and it was amazing was to change the blue slighty, import the design and change it to the rotech ICC profile and then put the designs into Microsoft word
what the hell for you may ask…. the screen was saying the design was all these bright colours but it printed perfectly, and here’s the best bit, that design and word file can now be printed on any computer with the rotech printer profile without the need to worry about the ICC profile in adobe, which means you never need to worry about it in the future.
i am now Offically an SUB-ANOrak.hahahahaha
thing is i know i am looking for a heatblanket but seriously if i was doing this in business i’d be looking round for a mug machine to do the job with perfect results every time, it’s very hit and miss in my opinion
paper, ink, condition of the mug, heat, time, pressure
but what kind of machines are there that would do this, bet there isn’t any.
anyway rambled on enough
enjoy the essay , i’m off to my bed…night xx
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before i go though, how do you guys get access to other parts of this site, there are some amazing designing going on here, would love to see some of the other work from people, but can’t see 🙄
oh well night
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quote Emily:before i go though, how do you guys get access to other parts of this site, there are some amazing designing going on here, would love to see some of the other work from people, but can’t see 🙄oh well night
pay for membership!
Peter
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really, oh i didn’t know, sorry. oh well i can understand that, there are amazing designs
edit
£74.00!!!!
jaysus :lol1:
Night
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Or you could buy Phil’s book
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … 469#329095
its a bit cheaper
Peter
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i brought me mug machine home this weekend to show my dad, thing is i bought a mug blanket for it and my dad put it on, it’s crap, worse than uni’s one,leave a weird blur at the end of the image on one of the sides. so we put the old one back on and now thats worse than it was, god this sublimation stuff is hard work!! that mugblanket cost me £30 and feel ripped off. now i need another, its 105 mm by 230mm maybe a bit more as i can’t straighten it.
the £30 one is knackered now:-( so my question where can i get one that good, not cheap and rubbish, dad is going to pay i think…lol
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had that problem with my new one , i found that the push rod that goes bolts to the heater edge should not be tight to allow the heater to self center as it clamps.
chris
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ahh chris explain a little, showed my dad your post and he’s now got the thing in pieces hahahaha (:)
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trying to find a picture ?
the rod that goes from the Handel to the blanket edge.
making a T shape the bar which the blanket is screwed to should not be tightened right up. so that the bar can even up the pressure as pressure is applied to the mug.
as not all mugs are straight unfortunately.chris
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mine must be different, i don’t have a t shaped bar 🙁
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