Wow! 1000 Pathtags! Curious to know who it was? So was I! So I looked it up and… it was Rusty. Totally luck of the draw, we promise! Rusty submitted his order for his next Pathtag today and it just happened to be the 1000th design!
posted by Mike : 3:28 PM
Or “what does that button do?”. This is a live trial of a site performance enhancement. It may bring the site down, but never fear – I will get it back quickly. But if you experience some bounce today, my apologies and hopefully the result will be a snappier experience on the web site.
posted by Mike : 11:39 AM
Chinese New Year that is. You can learn more about Chinese New Year at Wikipedia. Of course for most of us, Chinese New Year does not come into play. However, it’s a very important holiday for the people who work with us overseas on Pathtags production.
The result is a slowdown in the creation of Blueprints. So many of us (myself included) have blueprints tied up in this holiday shutdown. Soon our friends at the factory will be returning to work and the backlog will be clearing up quickly. We consulted the factory and they indicated that the break would not impact our 4–6 week production targets for new kits. It might be realistically a few days over for some but we still expect speedy production at the factory as soon as they resume.
The largest impact is that for us repeat customers who are accustomed to the two day turnaround on blueprints we are looking more at 5–10 days in some cases. We expect the jam to break up soon so be on the lookout for those blueprint review emails.
posted by Mike : 9:14 AM
Geowoodstock takes place in late May. We would suggest anyone interested in using Pathtags as signature items at the event place your order by April 5 to help ensure on time delivery. Remember that if your design needs any back and forth to get production art ready, it could delay the start of production and put your on time delivery at risk. We would suggest placing orders as far ahead of time as you feel comfortable to ensure you do not miss out on having your tags ready for the big event!
We are checking into whether the use of the name of Geowoodstock will be permitted on Pathtags created for personal use and will post that information here when available.
posted by Mike : 2:33 PM
Hello all, it’s a brand new year and we’d like to welcome all the new Pathtag owners that were surprised with gifts of tags over the holiday season!
We’ve been clicking away with some site updates from time to time, the best place to keep up with site improvements is in the forums. Look for a pinned thread in the general discussions area.
We’re looking forward to continuing serving you throughout the new year and beyond!
posted by Mike : 6:37 AM
Starting immediately, we have changed our International shipping options to USPS Express Mail International.
While more expensive, it is the most reasonably priced shipping option which provides tracking and insurnace for packages shipped to international destinations. The change means faster, more reliable shipping to international customers.
Customers will receive the following benefits:
- Faster delivery, 3–5 days average delivery time vs. 6–10 with international priority and international first class.
- Package tracking and delivery confirmation, if a package is taking an unusually long time to arrive (as happens on occasion) we can use the provided tracking number to inquire on package status with USPS.
- Insured shipping, if your package is lost or damaged – you will not be responsible for the order replacement costs.
We continue to try to improve our shipping programs and reliability to protect your custom projects at all stages of production and delivery.
posted by Mike : 4:11 PM
Going to a 7 digit code mechanism to eliminate possible confusion with travel bug codes. Will not affect existing tags/codes, only future editions.
