Feeling lucky? Go ahead and try to get one of the T-shirts being given away online from Feb. 15 through Feb. 28. The "My Starbucks" T-shirt is designed by Mychael Knight, a finalist from the Bravo TV show "Project Runway." A "very limited" number of shirts -- 1? 5? 50? 50,000? -- will be free of charge while quantities last. I checked at 8:45 a.m. Friday and the shirts allotted for the day were already "sold out." (Starbucks press release)
> Be upfront with customers, please: Starbucks refuses to say how many shirts will be given away, but says it's a fixed amount each day.
February 16, 2007
Checking at 8:45 isn't your best choice, considering that a "new day" starts t 10 AM PST
Posted by: becca | February 16, 2007 at 08:57 AM
"limited number"
lol!!
I bet they've produced many, many of them. If they were SOLD they'd probably end up in the clearance bin, however Starbucks is going to dole them out 'free' knowing that the law of scarcity makes something more appealing and will get people revisiting each day :)
Posted by: | February 16, 2007 at 09:42 AM
...oops, my mistake..seems these are "special order' (PERSONALIZED) T-shirts!
Posted by: | February 16, 2007 at 09:47 AM
There are 200,000 t-shirts it says it in the promo workbook
Posted by: | February 16, 2007 at 09:52 AM
I thought "iced" came before the size when ordering? The celebrity drink list is wrong?
Posted by: | February 16, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Well, I can't add Mocha Syrup.
..But I can make a Short Iced Decaf Quad Peppermint Soy XHot Dry Foamy Frappuccino (R) Blended Coffee.
"What do you mean you don't make that? But it's on *your* T-Shirt!"
Limited is good.
Posted by: BaristaGirl | February 16, 2007 at 11:53 AM
I've been trying to get a t-shirt and the minute my clock hit 10 I clicked the 'get a shirt' button and they were already gone. I've been clicking over and over again since then (it's now 10:06) and still nothing.
The shirt is totally ugly and yet I feel the need to try to get one. I am such a loser!
Posted by: h | February 16, 2007 at 12:07 PM
The shirt is definitely ugly.
Posted by: J | February 16, 2007 at 12:45 PM
H: Yeah, I tried just for the hell of it too.. got to the address part, but no further. You might have better luck if you go ahead and make your shirt, then wait until 10am to click the Preview Final Cup - it'd save a few steps.
Of course you could always do something like this http://www.dyoapparel.com/cink/r.jsp?E=chem0008%40unf.edu&F=wtffrapp if you really want one. I mainly just wanted to play with Photoshop..
Posted by: BaristaGirl | February 16, 2007 at 01:45 PM
it goes iced then decaf/half-caf, the # of shots, then size, etc.
Oh, and Mychael Knight, there are already 2 shots in a Grande.
Posted by: | February 16, 2007 at 01:51 PM
Where is the Pumpkin Spice Latte option??? Come on Starbucks!
Posted by: Princess of Power | February 16, 2007 at 02:04 PM
I just want to know when he started spelling his name with a Y:
http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/3/bio/Michael_Knight
Posted by: Hirayuki | February 16, 2007 at 02:47 PM
I wanted to make a grande two bag non-fat foamy Chai tea misto, but no dice. :/ Grande non-fat foamy Chai tea latte it is.
Posted by: K | February 16, 2007 at 04:51 PM
Everyone please run out and show the world who your corporate slaveowner/daddy really is. Identify yourself by your incredibly particular sugarmilk concoction that you can only get at the 12000 worldwide locations.
On a side note, if anyone comes into my store wearing one of them and points to it instead of actually ordering, I might jump over the counter and throttle him/her.
Posted by: sbuxmanager | February 16, 2007 at 08:04 PM
Gotta have one!!!
Posted by: Eddie | February 16, 2007 at 09:00 PM
I read a blurb somewhere online where he addressed the "new" spelling of his name. Apparently he's always gone by "Mychael," but for the show he put his legal name, so that's how it was used on the show.
Posted by: corianderstem | February 16, 2007 at 09:32 PM
it's 75
Posted by: mgr | February 17, 2007 at 08:31 AM
This is lame. I get one I'll use it to wash my car.
Posted by: | February 17, 2007 at 11:43 AM
I'm waiting right now to get one. Hopefully I can grab one today. Got the shirt made out just gotta wait till 10!
Posted by: pepperminthotchocolategirl | February 17, 2007 at 11:50 AM
I GOT ONE!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: pepperminthotchocolategirl | February 17, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Me too. Mine's not exactly a looker (Tall 2 shot [yes I know it comes with 2 shots, but it looked better- slave to fashion triumphs over knowledge] no room americano), but the ProjRun/Sbux combo is geeking me out. God, I'm a sucker.
When the hell am I going to wear this?
Posted by: PunkyBrewster | February 17, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Mine is Grande Peppermint 2% Milk Whip Cream Hot Chocolate (basically a Peppermint Hot Chocolate) I wanted to add 3 shots cause that's what I get in mine, but it was like no you can't have that.
And I think I'm not really going to wear mine since only so many where given away. I'm going to keep it and try and get it autographed by my fav band. I won a starbucks apron off of ebay that they autographed, so I'm going to try and add the shirt to the collection.
Posted by: pepperminthotchocolategirl | February 17, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Um, a peppermint hot chocolate with shots would be a peppermint mocha. That may be why it didn't let you add shots to your drink.
Posted by: Sarah D. | February 17, 2007 at 01:02 PM
probably meant pumps...
Posted by: | February 17, 2007 at 01:23 PM
Well I got one.. not my favorite drink (grande 1/2 sweet non-fat no-water foamy like a dry cappuccino tazo chai) but my 2nd fave (double short non-fat dry cappuccino) (though i actually get tripple ristretto... but apparantly we can't get that on a shirt) I also had to have it sent to a friend's house since I live in Canada.
Posted by: layla | February 17, 2007 at 01:31 PM
What, no zebra mocha?
Posted by: Sparky | February 17, 2007 at 04:56 PM
The site isn't working for me at all; the "create" area brings up "Mychael's" drink, but no option to do anything.
Posted by: Kat | February 18, 2007 at 03:22 AM
Kt, what browser are you using? I had that problem with firefox, but it was fine with safari. Try a different browser.
Posted by: Becca | February 18, 2007 at 08:01 AM
It's competely ugly and they don't have coconut syrup. I also think that you should be able to add the number of pumps you like. But.... I'm such a slave to starbucks, I want one. lol.
Posted by: starbucks addict | February 18, 2007 at 08:24 AM
I got 2 shirts today. Sometimes I fit into Large and sometimes I'm an XL, depending on the maker of the shirt, so I got one of each.
Posted by: Howie Schultz | February 18, 2007 at 12:10 PM
I got one!!
It's 10 AM PACIFIC time, so I tried at exactly 1 o'clock here and it worked. Know what kind of drink you want ahead of time so you don't waste any time playing with the options.
The site is a bit wonky on Firefox, so either try a different browser or refresh it.
Posted by: starbuckswhr | February 18, 2007 at 01:11 PM
I myself tried to get a t-shirt but it wouldn't let me. So I guess I need to sit at my computer starting at 1100 EST and set it up to go and then I can get a t-shirt. Sad!
Posted by: BOSTON STARBUCKS REBEL | February 20, 2007 at 11:47 AM
exactly @ 1 pm est, it already says they do not have anymore. i tried for about 10 minutes.
Posted by: J | February 20, 2007 at 12:14 PM
just got mine about 5 minutes ago!
I played with the options a bit yesterday so I knew where to click everything..
Once I got to the shipping option.. filled that out, and clicked to choose a size it gave me a hard time.. I had to click "edit shipping" a few times to go back and forth but it finally went through and should be here in 2-4 weeks.
As a former barista I think it's a pretty cool idea.
I can't wait to see how much a "Grande Non-fat Xtra Hot Sugar Free Vanilla Latte" Tee will go for on Ebay. haha.
Iced Grande Vanilla 2% w/ whip chai tea latte. Close enough to my actual drink.
Posted by: Karen | February 20, 2007 at 12:31 PM
I actually managed to get one yesterday. I tried to go right back and make one for a friend of mine but at 1:02 est they were already gone. This is genius on Starbucks part. Cause a mass disire to grab one of these and then we advertise for them. Briiliant.
Posted by: starbucks addict | February 20, 2007 at 02:19 PM
Why can't partners or their families get a shirt? My daughter got one, although we "cheated" and it's being sent to another address. I think they're cute, and I want one.
Posted by: sbuxstar | February 21, 2007 at 09:57 AM
No dice on being one of the lucky ones to get a shirt though it doesn't bother me all that much since I would never really wear it. As one comment reads, I might wash my car with it, but then again I pay people to wash my car. It wouldn't do for me to interrupt their work and ask them to use my special Starbucks shammy...
It's more than clever marketing. It illustrates how Starbucks can make a craze out of almost anything w/ their branding on it, simply by limiting supplies.
If I were a decision maker in the organization, however, I would offer these things first to their "best" customers. It makes sense to publicize for instance that they "...due to limited supplies, the first shirts were offered to cardholders who spent more than $500 in the previous 12 months...". Putting this in a press release would not only create a crave for the shirts but also a mass signing up of customers for their card! The card is where the real money is for Starbucks and this is another way to add incremental value to the card!
Posted by: nicowens | February 21, 2007 at 01:05 PM
Finally, I was able to order shirts for both myself and my girlfriend today.
The trick is to have the drink entirely built and click "Preview" exactly at 10 AM PST. I opened two windows, built both drinks and clicked "Preview" seconds past 10 AM and was able to complete the order for both.
I attempted to order my roommate's favorite drink in a 3rd window but soon realized that the amount of time it takes to fill out the address and order form matters also. I had to call him for his address and by the time I had it entered and clicked "Submit", a message appeared that they were again out of shirts by 10:05 AM.
Posted by: nicowens | February 23, 2007 at 12:10 PM
Trying to get the free Starbucks T-Shirt-no luck!I love Starbucks and want a t-shirt so bad,so how can I get one.Every time I go into the site-says all out-try again later.Thank you!
Posted by: Brenda Jaffe | March 12, 2007 at 11:43 PM
Lots are up on ebay. For the previous poster, the giveway ended 2/28.
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