If we're talking (essentially free) advertising, this is it -- logo'd polo shirts. Here's my idea:

1) Pick a couple nice base polo shirt styles (not just bland one-color models).
2) All logos are embroidered.
3) Mercedes Star on left breast.
4) MercedesShop Wrench just below the Star.
5) Left and/or right sleeves -- "tirerack.com" logo, "Meguiars's" logo, "Flitz" logo.
6)"MercedesShop.com" font embroidered on back just below the collar (maybe 3/8" high font).

To offset the embroidery setup costs (i.e.- digitizing corporate/company logos; usually around $50 to $100 each), you can get the sponsors to front the fees. There are a "ton" of companies out there who do corporate logo items. Lucent Technologies uses Osterman API (1-800-624-8637), Motorola uses Pro-Mac (1-800-859-8856).

I have many sponsor logo'd polo shirts from F1 and Indy Car race teams. Let me tell you, they get a lot of attention.

I'd be willing to spend $40 or so for a nicely-done MercedesShop.com polo shirt . What say the rest of you? Let's make this the best dang Mercedes forum site ever (not that it isn't already ). I think the polo shirts will be a great start (can you imagine the looks on your MBZ tech's face when he sees you in a MercedesShop.com polo -- right, Benzmac?) In the near future, I'd like to see my MBZ technician (and ALL techs for that matter) use this forum as an information exchange/database. Medical doctors do it now, why not for cars (seems like we pay more to maintain our cars than our bodies ).

Anyways, gotta get off my dang soapbox -- over and out . . .

Brian

Why go to an outside vendor instead of one of your own members? I can embroider any design on anything you guys want (caps, shirts, robes, etc.) Let me know what you want and we'll work out the pricing. I'll deal exclusively with the Webmasters for mercedesshop.com items, but I'll take work from anyone else who want personalized items.

Edwin
1979 280CE, 96k mi

Brian-
We're already talking to MANN filters about shirts. How about a nice blue denim shirt with the MANN logo and the MercedesShop logo?

Edwin-
Send me an e-mail with more info about your capabilities. (webmaster@peachparts.com)



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Bill Wood - Webmaster
MercedesShop.com, LLC

I'd be all over a MANN/MercedesShop.com shirt like, well . . . like a shirt on ME! Let us know if/when they become available (summer's coming; a nice style polo shirt with the same logos would be an excellent addition to my wardrobe). Gotta explain that one -- being an engineer here in California's Silicon Valley, our standard dress code is polo shirts and jeans

Keep us informed!

Brian

I think this would be a great idea. If I remember correctly someone else already posted such a suggestion last year in June

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Sounds like a great idea.
I would like a pocket on mine