I was shocked that our public schools do business with a company that does something similar, which is also illegal:
Kids draw a picture in art class, and come home a week later with a magnet that has been printed with their drawing. They also have an invoice saying you can order these other things (mugs, shirts, etc), and we've included a sample magnet so you can see what the printing looks like.
But the magnet isn't free — if you want to keep it, you're supposed to pay 6 bucks, or you can return it to the basket where the order slips go.
Now of course no kid wants their artwork to be sent back and destroyed, so they want you to keep it. And since that forces you to fill out the order form, perhaps you'll order something else while you're at it.
Of course, the prices are terrible compared to vistaprint/costco/etc. And since you have the original art (that your kid made), if you want to have a shirt printed up, you can do so for half the price elsewhere.
This practice is totally illegal (where I am, in California). You can't send someone a thing and then charge them if they don't send it back. I was surprised and disappointed that our public school would partner with a company that literally breaks the law, to the detriment of students and their families.
Kids draw a picture in art class, and come home a week later with a magnet that has been printed with their drawing. They also have an invoice saying you can order these other things (mugs, shirts, etc), and we've included a sample magnet so you can see what the printing looks like.
But the magnet isn't free — if you want to keep it, you're supposed to pay 6 bucks, or you can return it to the basket where the order slips go.
Now of course no kid wants their artwork to be sent back and destroyed, so they want you to keep it. And since that forces you to fill out the order form, perhaps you'll order something else while you're at it.
Of course, the prices are terrible compared to vistaprint/costco/etc. And since you have the original art (that your kid made), if you want to have a shirt printed up, you can do so for half the price elsewhere.
This practice is totally illegal (where I am, in California). You can't send someone a thing and then charge them if they don't send it back. I was surprised and disappointed that our public school would partner with a company that literally breaks the law, to the detriment of students and their families.