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#48
Anonymous Coward December 21, 2008 at 12:29pm.
Abdi is amazing
#47
TnRunnerGuy August 15, 2008 at 9:41am.
Should have made Black Cactus singlets!
#46
Eric Hunt August 14, 2008 at 9:20am.
Just think of the extra cost as a donation to flotrack. This is a FREE site that has amazing content. How long did it take to receive your shirt? I ordered mine a week or so ago and haven't seen it yet.
#45
Thomas Stevenson August 3, 2008 at 5:49pm.
Dear Mark,

I understand the need to recoup the promotional costs of spreading the original t-shirts at the trials. However, some of your members have enough t-shirt selling experience to help you get the price down and tap into the $15-20 crowd. This would further help your revenue stream and allow you to invest in extra server space and better video editing equipment and better mikes. These t-shirts would be a big seller at a lower price.
#44
Peppers179 August 2, 2008 at 2:09pm.
got mine today in the mail finally and it was worth the money and the wait, i would have paid like a hundred dollars for this thing now hopefully runs like crazy in beijing
#43
OMG August 2, 2008 at 1:10am.
THESE SHIRTS ARE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE.... COTTON!?! COME ON.... i love abdi but get SERIOUS please
#42
C'mon Y'all August 1, 2008 at 11:15pm.
Too many folks takin' this issue too seriously. Buy a shirt if you want one, don't if you don't. No big deal. Thanks for makin' 'em availible Mark.
#41
Come On August 1, 2008 at 7:15pm.
I think this is a prime example of how much money Flotrack is making. Mark can't afford to buy a bunch of shirts in bulk because it is way to expensive. He would have to take out a loan just to make shirts that he isn't even sure would sell. I think its great he is selling them now. If you don't have the money thats to bad. I know that I already ordered one and I don't care of the cost cause it is to support something worth while. OUR SPORT.
#40
Go Black Cactus August 1, 2008 at 7:03pm.
I love how everyone is complaining about this even if the shirt was $20 I be that half the people complaining wouldn't even order it.
#39
Mark From Flotrack August 1, 2008 at 5:42pm.
Man oh man.....
I can hear some of your points but we are not selling in bulk so we do not get a deal in shirt prices. It is actually on demand. When someone orders one the company prints it. We do not have time to send them out so we have to pay for that service as well.
Me or the this site will never be PC and when I have to stop making stupid comments like my WCSN crack or have to disclose that I am embezzling the millions of dollars from the T-shirts sales to my off shore betting that will be the day that we shut the site down.

At the end of the day if you add in the loss form the first batch, the shirts we give away, the up front costs, the time spent dealing with shirt companies and the printing, and this batch we will still be in the red by a good deal on Black Cactus Shirts but I will not loose any sleep over it, so I suggest you don't either.
#38
About That.. August 1, 2008 at 5:21pm.
unfortunately not everyone has the ability to leave their lives of working to go to a week of track in oregon. and if u think all you have to do is work for a couple hours and its no big deal then clearly you don't have to work or understand the value of money.
#37
Uh Ha August 1, 2008 at 12:22pm.
If yall wanted a shirt you should come to the Trials. Mark was passing those things out like hot cakes. Everyone complains about wanting a shirt. Well here you go, this your chance so stop complaining
#36
Nathan Z. July 31, 2008 at 11:23pm.
Cold easily sell hundreds of shirts for $15-20 and make a decent profit. Honestly, how many do you have to sell to pay for a $50 WCSN account? You did a good job getting the word out on the T-shirts this time, and there are tons of us willing to buy shirts as the word spreads that a new batch is out. But a more reasonable price is what it's going to take for the majority of us lined up here to buy one. We still love you and your site regardless, Mark Floreani.
#35
Anonymous Coward July 31, 2008 at 10:35pm.
yo suck it up, 35 dollars is steep but its for a good cause (supporting Abdi and Flotrack). When you think about it we get a pretty good deal, all this behind the scenes footage, meet coverage, athlete interviews that were non-existent prior to this site, and it doesn't cost anything. I'm willing to "pay" 35 dollars if it goes to making the site better. Christ, get a job at stop n shop, work for one day, quit, get your check for 35 dollars and buy the damn shirt, .
#34
Zak Roshdy July 31, 2008 at 10:11pm.
"Black Cactus shirts on Sale." on sale???
#33
Anonymous Coward July 31, 2008 at 7:44pm.
ryan hall t-shirt? where
#32
Ryan July 31, 2008 at 7:13pm.
that is still an unbelievable price for the shirts. I get hundreds of shirts two or three times per year for road races we put on and we pay under 4 dollars/shirt for 2 colors. That is cool if you want a better quality shirt but making $30 per shirt is a little excessive...especially when you say that you are just trying to pay for a WSCN account. At least tell us that you are funding the white pearl or gas money or something...but a $50 annual fee? Come one, you pay that in two shirts!
#31
Screenprinting Willy July 31, 2008 at 5:34pm.
Why not just use cafepress or a similar site if you are concerned about losing money?
#30
Mark From Flotrack July 31, 2008 at 3:51pm.
Hey Hey ez there.
The price was decided by me and not Abdi. And all the money goes to me to fund my WSCN account which puts me back $4.95 at Track Meet or $50.00 a year.

Also the other shirts were cheaper and people complained so I had to get better shirts and better logos. We lost money on the last batch and I am not willing to loose more on this one.
Mark
#29
I'm Sorry July 31, 2008 at 3:39pm.
Abdi seemed like a great guy but I've lost some respect for him, and all this promotional stuff. And like everyone has said, WAY too expensive.
#28
Rex July 31, 2008 at 3:05pm.
Lower the price we know it only cost you like 5 bucks to make them. Why are you trying to make such a big profit off it?
#27
Rex July 31, 2008 at 3:05pm.
Lower the price we know it only cost you like 5 bucks to make them. Why are you trying to make such a big profit off it?
#26
Gabe July 31, 2008 at 3:00pm.
one more voice perhaps....YES LOWER THE PRICE!!! No one buy until they do?
#25
David Patton July 31, 2008 at 1:55pm.
agreed....too expensive.

the ryan hall shirt is only $15...and a portion of the proceeds go to World Vision & the Ryan Shay Memorial Fund
#24
Ryan Hammill July 31, 2008 at 12:24pm.
In case one more voice helps... LOWER THE PRICE!
#23
Anonymous Coward July 31, 2008 at 10:08am.
love abid, love flotrack, and love the shirts...was looking to buy one, but then i saw the price..holy cow...the most ive ever spent on a t-shirt is $20
#22
Peter Gilmore July 31, 2008 at 7:33am.
I agree with most of the people in here. Love Abdi, love the shirt, but 45$ is way too much for me to dish out right now... even 35$. Where is my money going Mark?! Any chance of the price being lowered?

I'm just a broke college distance runner :-(
#21
O Ya July 31, 2008 at 7:30am.
i got my black cactus t signed by abdi at the Trials!!
#20
Anonymous Coward July 31, 2008 at 1:17am.
re*
#19
Anonymous Coward July 31, 2008 at 1:17am.
YEAH the your right the price is re
#18
Mark From Flotrack July 31, 2008 at 12:12am.
I guess that it takes 10-12 biz days. If you have not received it after 10-12 days then let us know at .
#17
Yeah July 30, 2008 at 8:41pm.
ur dreaming if u think us grounded runners are gonna drop that much dough on a tee. even w/ abdi bein the man
#16
Brandon Boyer July 30, 2008 at 8:37pm.
lower the price and i'll get one
#15
Mitchell Straub July 30, 2008 at 8:16pm.
slowmo, i repeat your words
#14
Slowmo July 30, 2008 at 8:06pm.
i love him, i love the shirt, but i'm not paying all that money. make it cheaper!
#13
Nathan Z. July 30, 2008 at 7:22pm.
$35 for gold black cactus tee + $9 for Shipping and Handling? I love Abdi and I love Flotrack, but there's no way I'm paying $45 for a plain cotton-polyester T-shirt. Unless there was some explanation as to where the money was going... like a good charity.
#12
Chase Wade July 30, 2008 at 6:50pm.
haha, Ya... For real I wore mine to the Club two weeks ago..
#11
Alex July 30, 2008 at 6:45pm.
I would get one to support Abdi if they were cheaper. He's one of my favorite guys out there!

Does anyone know where the money is going?
#10
Anonymous July 30, 2008 at 6:44pm.
I don't get why its so expensive. if it was 10 or 15 dollars cheaper, so many more people would buy it. They would make more money if it was cheaper.
#9
Anonymous Coward July 30, 2008 at 6:24pm.
i ordered my shirt like two weeks ago and still have not received it. help??
#8
Moneybags July 30, 2008 at 6:16pm.
These prices are loopy. Better check yourself before you wreck yourself.
#7
David Cohen July 30, 2008 at 5:36pm.
I don't like promotional videos but Adbi is the man and I love everything he has to say.

I agree with Gilmore though--I can't afford the shirt.
#6
Nathaniel Burrell July 30, 2008 at 5:35pm.
Could'nt you lower the price a little bit?
#5
Kilmer July 30, 2008 at 5:14pm.
mark where is my shirt i order it two weeks ago.
#4
Asdf July 30, 2008 at 5:01pm.
why is the black one more expensive?
#3
Peter Gilmore July 30, 2008 at 4:52pm.
they're so expensive!!!
#2
??? July 30, 2008 at 2:17pm.
where is all this money going? charity?
#1
Bc Fan July 30, 2008 at 12:03pm.
I already have the white black cactus shirt - but I'm thinking getting the black one is in order.

Good Luck Abdi.

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Abdi Abdirahman


Black Cactus wearing the T

July 30, 2008
The Black Cactus Sports his shirt outside of the McMillaim house in Flagstaff, AZ. Sales of the Black Cactus T are from July 17th to Aug 17th, which is the day of his race in Beijing.


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