# Where is my Games t-shirt?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-games-t-shirt/600445>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 22, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-games-t-shirt/600445 "2011-10-22T13:59:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rotroha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rotroha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rotroha)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-games-t-shirt/600445/1 "2011-10-22T13:59:03Z")

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I have been a fan of Games Magazine for many years. I finally won a t-shirt in their “Laundry Basket” feature by having published not one, but two errors that I found in the March magazine. I received the order form for my t-shirt and promptly sent it in. That was in the spring of 2011. It’s almost November, and I have yet to receive my t-shirt. I have contacted them several times and the answer I keep getting is that the shirts are on back order. For 8 months??? Has anyone else won a Games t-shirt recently and received it or is anyone else getting the same runaround I am getting?

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-games-t-shirt/600445/2 "2011-10-22T14:31:10Z")

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I’d be very disappointed! A laundry basket tshirt is a huge coup! (keep calling and good for you!).

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**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-games-t-shirt/600445/3 "2011-10-23T02:28:42Z")

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Woohoo, congrats for earning the t-shirt in the first place. But boo for it not having arrived after all this time.

Actually I’m just delighted to know that _Games_ is still around!

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**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-games-t-shirt/600445/4 "2011-10-23T11:04:59Z")

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> [@choie](#):
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> Actually I’m just delighted to know that _Games_ is still around!

Damn, no kidding. I loved that magazine on the 1980s. I assumed the entire project was on permanent backorder.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-games-t-shirt/600445/5 "2011-10-23T14:02:43Z")

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> [@SleepyDuck](#):
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> Damn, no kidding. I loved that magazine on the 1980s. I assumed the entire project was on permanent backorder.

I’ve been getting the magazine still for ages. This year I let my subscription lapse, cause of all the back issues I hadn’t finished!