Update on Win 38-55's 2011 old gun calendar

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Boys, I have some good news, followed by some bad news, followed by some good news.

I ordered three calendars to give to some friends of mine. I got them two days ago.

The Good News: The pages are printed on nice, thick card stock and they are coil bound with a steel coil spring. That is nice

The Bad News: All the photos were off center. For two calendars, they were about 1/8" off center to the left and for the other calendar they were off center to the right. The result is that the border is not the same thickness on either side of the photos. Also, all photos were shifted down from the 'safe' area that their template shows. The result is that the coil holes cut into some of the captions that are two lines.

The Good News: I contacted the folks at CafePress yesterday about this. This morning, I got an email telling me that they are re-printing my three calendars for me and will ship them out right away. To save postage, they told me to simply dispose of the defective three.

I've been in the saddle long enough to not stake the farm that these next three replacement calendars will be perfect, but at least they are giving it a try. If I make up another calendar in the future, I won't be putting a border around the photos, but will have the photos bleed off the page, but it is too late for this year. My 2009 calendar had no borders and only one-line captions, so there was a lot of tolerance on the centering.

I'm pretty sure that any folks that have ordered this calendar may have the same problem. If so, you can contact them at ht---tp://help.cafepress.com/hc/s-74058960/cmd/kbresource/kb-9205303005674051412/escalate!PAGETYPE?VisitorProfile=cafepress and, hopefully, they will treat you the same.

I sure feel bad about this boys. When I make something for someone else, I want it to be of good quality. Some might think I'm a bit of a stickler for detail, but I want those photos to be centered. Here, in the 21st century, I don't see why it can't be done, so I'm really hoping they do right. My apologies for all this.

P.S. So far, I've sold 26 calendars. At $4 each (my cut of the pie), that means a bullet mould for my 45-70 is in the works :D
 
I'm surprised. That is a nice calendar you made. Most of the 26 calendars I've sold, however, are in the USA. I think only around half a dozen have been purchased here in Canada. I must say, though, that it was a lot of work for the few that get sold. I did it more out of enjoyment than any hope of making much dollars at it. There was a couple days spent driving and photographing and quite a few hours behind the camera .... too much work to make it worth the $70 to $100 that I've made total, so whenever I do a calendar like this, it is more for the enjoyment.

P.S. I got an update from a fellow in the USA who just received his calendar and he said all his photos were centered. Maybe, since my three calendars were the first to be printed, I've got the only off-center ones .... hopefully.
 
Mine arrived last week with no problems with the pics. Just wish the bottoms of a couple of the them would have been cropped a little higher to make room for the caption. Instead of the the binding going through the bottom line. All in all a great looking calendar.
Clint
 
m777 said:
Just wish the bottoms of a couple of the them would have been cropped a little higher to make room for the caption. Instead of the the binding going through the bottom line. All in all a great looking calendar.
Clint
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I've moved the photos higher into the 'safe' area on those. According to them, the captions were already in the safe area, but that didn't turn out to be the case; all the photos and captions were shifted down slightly, giving a larger top border and cutting into the second line of some of the captions. Hopefully, with the move upwards for some of them, the two-line captions should be good.
 
I did it more out of enjoyment than any hope of making much dollars at it.
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Me too, I was just surprised at the amount you sold. I have actually since sold two. :)
 
Yesterday, I received three more of my calendars. All of them are perfectly centered. I've also got word from a few others who ordered them and theirs were perfectly centered as well. If any of you receive any that are not centered, let them know and they should replace them, as they did for me. Hope you all enjoy your calendars. At the end of the year, you might even wish to cut out a page or two to put in a frame and hang up in your re-loading room. If anyone wants to order one here is the link http://ww****w.cafepress.com/KirkD . Wish you all a very blessed Christmas.:) Here's a Christmas photo for you (the December page in the calendar) ...

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