I designed a t shirt, It has 2 small swastikas on it, I paid set up fees but they wont print it, this normal?

Question

have a design for a t shirt, It has 2 small swastikas on it, the company refuses to print it.

The boss ladie helped design it, she had it digitalized, had screens made for it but the guy that runs the printer is Jewish and says he wont run it.

But I am still being charged for all the work

they are not used in a racist way at all, like I said the Boss ladie helped design the prints, If I was Indian or Buddist Im sure they would print them for me/

WOW talk about ignorant, look up swastika and tell me how it originated, i see it every day on the reservation and in history books and nOt used by the Nazis. People who have used it for thousands of years still do and people only want to think of the way it was used for 10 years.....Get a clue

Answer 1

I used to work for a lady whose mother and uncle in the Netherlands had to hide from the Nazis for a year. When they were children. And they weren't Jewish.

About 45 years later, some dingbat twit of a girl walked into our shop wearing a big pair of swastika earrings as some retarded "fashion statement", and my boss threw her out.

You can't NOT have a Nazi association with a swastika anymore. Buddhists and Indians know it, I don't know why you don't. I can't imagine how you thought this symbol could be used in a benign way today.

That said, if they're not going to do the work, they should refund your setup fee.

Answer 2

He has a right to refuse to print anything as the owner of the business. I am a t-shirt printer myself and most of the work is in the job set up. Did he set the job up and then tell you this or was it a third party? I'm a little confused. If someone that worked for his company set the job up and he won't print it then he is in the wrong. If the screens were set up by a third party not associated with his company, then that is different. If that's the case, you should be able to take teh screens to another shop. It's on him if he allowed the job set up to commence and then decided he wouldn't do your job. You should report this to the Better Business Bereau and/or the state attorney general if he doesn't give you a full refund. There is a definate legal issue here. He can't refuse to do the job AND keep the set up money.

Answer 3

You may have to go to a different printer unless they have a second guy who works on the equipment--if you can get the second guy to do it for you then problem's solved.

But you're due a refund of the printing charges if they don't print it. Your contract with them included printing, which they did not do. You'd owe for the digitalization, the screens, etc. If you need to go someplace else, the screens are yours and would come with you. Really, the boss should have apologized and handed the raw materials over to you so you can get the job done elsewhere, and refund the part of the money that would have covered the printing.

You're owed something--they didn't finish with their part of the contract.

(Guys, historically swastickas were symbols of peace for a good thousand years, Hitler took them and twisted the meaning. Learn some history.)

Answer 4

Yes, this is normal. Many printers will not print something that they feel is "controversial"....and a swastika is certainly controversial. Whether he is Jewish or not, he has the right to decline any printing job.

As an artist and graphic designer, I have often been asked to produce something that is controversial, or erotic. One patron wanted a painting of a religious figure behaving in a demeaning manner, another wanted babies with "hooker" type clothing on. And frankly, if I don't want my name attached to something, I decline. This printer evidently feels the same and is expressing his right to do so.

Answer 5

He won't run it because Swastika was the symbol for Hitler and his asshole Nazis. Read up on your history.

The Swastika is not 'cool' or 'pretty' or 'nice'. It symbolizes death, evil, hatred, and racism. Too bad if you don't want to use it that way. That's exactly what it means.

Try creating your own symbol. Maybe THEN you'll get to sell something.

Answer 6

I can understand someone not wanting to do something that is against their principles but that sign is used in other religions and doesnt mean anything derrogatory. Was there any other wording that would make him feel that is was racist? If not, perhaps the boss could ask someone else to run it. I cant imagine that she would help you design something that would offend her employee.

Answer 7

you know why It has 2 small swastikas on it. thats why

its their meaning and what it stands for is why they will not print it

Answer 8

principles are principles. more power to him for standing his ground. i don't blame him one bit, and shame on you for continuing to use such a wretched mark... go back to the drawing board and come up with something original.