Friday Night Ride To A Calendar

[velovoice]

Does Truprint offer an option to order a different type of calendar, using these same photos? From what I can see, it's a case of creating a new 'project' using their software - wondering if there's an easy way to do that.... ?

 

[mmmmartin]

Is it the wrong time to say that Vistaprint will do a calendar for £5.49 + postage..............

I have created one in Vistaprint, which I have to say is much smaller, doesn't have the font options and is generally nowhere near as good, and their website has no facility whatsoever for allowing friends to purchase their own calendar. I have emailed them to ask how that can be expedited.

 

[mmmmartin]

Is there an appetite for a 2013 calendar? I have ordered one for myself, with lots of pictures of er, me, from Vistaprint, but this calendar is smaller, and of course cheaper. You will recall that last year I did one using Truprint (I think) and the website was utterly rubbish of the highest order and took almost an hour to load. I am happy to put in the time as my contribution to The Fridays' hypnocratic organisation, but

• did people buy one last year?
• Is it worth aother go for next year?
• And do people have pictures they would want to put forward as possibilities for the calendar?

Discuss.

 

[swarm_catcher]

Is there an appetite for a 2013 calendar? I have ordered one for myself, with lots of pictures of er, me, from Vistaprint, but this calendar is smaller, and of course cheaper. You will recall that last year I did one using Truprint (I think) and the website was utterly rubbish of the highest order and took almost an hour to load. I am happy to put in the time as my contribution to The Fridays' hypnocratic organisation, but

• did people buy one last year?
• Is it worth aother go for next year?
• And do people have pictures they would want to put forward as possibilities for the calendar?

Discuss.

• I bought three
• Would love another one for 2013
• I don't have any eye catching picture myself this year. Just a couple of querky ones which would probably lose a democratic vote.

 

[mmmmartin]

we don't take querky pix. We do take quirky pix, though

 

[velovoice]

Is there an appetite for a 2013 calendar? I have ordered one for myself, with lots of pictures of er, me, from Vistaprint, but this calendar is smaller, and of course cheaper. You will recall that last year I did one using Truprint (I think) and the website was utterly rubbish of the highest order and took almost an hour to load. I am happy to put in the time as my contribution to The Fridays' hypnocratic organisation, but

• did people buy one last year?
• Is it worth aother go for next year?
• And do people have pictures they would want to put forward as possibilities for the calendar?

Discuss.

Last year's looked lovely but I didn't buy it as it was far too expensive. Instead, I created my own via Vistaprint for about 1/3 of the price (and, TBH, 1/3 of the quality ).

 

[Tim Hall]

Last year's was indeed a thing of beauty. I bought one. And acted as a frontman for CharlieB to buy one. I then used the same website to produce calendars for my family. V pleased with the quality. My pics are on my picasaweb.

 

[david1701]

I know I'm not a fnrttc'er but the idea just came to me that you could get 2013s printed up with the pics and the dates of the 2013 rides

(in my defence I have no train station so can' get to/home from anywhere with my bike)

 

[StuAff]

Martin,
Had an idea: Rather than going to the likes of Truprint again (with assorted website complications etc), how about someone (and I'd be happy to do this myself, though equally happy to pass it on to anyone more skilled in the graphic arts) produces the necessary artwork etc and...
(i)That artwork goes to one of the many companies that could do a small print run fairly cheaply and with good quality- once we had an idea of numbers, obviously.
(ii) With said artwork in (say) PDF format, people could use whatever printer they chose, or even run them off at home.

Apple's calendars are now £14.39 (plus shipping, plus VAT). Which is actually cheaper than Truprint, though still pricey. Really excellent quality, though.

 

[CharlieB]

I bought one and it is gracing my office wall. No more expensive than mainstream calendars and nice to have something more personal. Well done Martin.

Ditto. It graces the notice board above my desk, and usually gets a question from any visitor who's not seen it before.
Mind you, I'd had downloading issues from Truprint, hence as TimH says, he had to act on my behalf for that.

 

[velovoice]

Sorry if I sounded negative about the 2012 calendar - the quality was indeed excellent and my penny-pinching backfired on me in that regard! Point well taken about prices of commercial calendars, TMN.

Guess I should start saving up for the 2013 edition then!

 

[mmmmartin]

http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/vp/ns/my_account/doc_view.aspx?doc_id=2379784747&xnav=MyAccount

is a link that might - or might not - work so you could see a calendar made by my good self, which is full of pictures or er, um, my good self. The calendar took a week or so to arrive, and for two calendars it cost £25. Be aware that they are about two-thirds the size of last year, but the website worked as sweet as a nut for me and there were no problems loading it at all. The bit with the dates on is less shiny and plasticky than the bit with the photograph on so you can write on it more easily. I am not sure how the website will cope with the issue of different people ordering the same calendar that was created by someone else, but we could try.
Your thoughts?

EDIT looks like it doesn't work.

 

[StuAff]

http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/vp/ns/my_account/doc_view.aspx?doc_id=2379784747&xnav=MyAccount

is a link that might - or might not - work so you could see a calendar made by my good self, which is full of pictures or er, um, my good self. The calendar took a week or so to arrive, and for two calendars it cost £25. Be aware that they are about two-thirds the size of last year, but the website worked as sweet as a nut for me and there were no problems loading it at all. The bit with the dates on is less shiny and plasticky than the bit with the photograph on so you can write on it more easily. I am not sure how the website will cope with the issue of different people ordering the same calendar that was created by someone else, but we could try.
Your thoughts?

EDIT looks like it doesn't work.

Not working for me either.

 

[mmmmartin]

Thanks Stu. I am beginning to despair. I will bring my calendar on Friday and hand it round so peeps can have an idea of the quality, etc.

 

[srw]

Thanks Stu. I am beginning to despair. I will bring my calendar on Friday and hand it round so peeps can have an idea of the quality, etc.

Is this to demonstrate how waterproof it is?