Hometown Threads

UPDATE: JUST WENT HERE A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND THEY HAVE EITHER MOVED OR GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. I WILL TRY TO GET MORE INFO SOON.
pros…family run franchise store for embroidered clothing and other stuff. it is located inside the walmart store in chula vista. fun place and the people are nice and friendly, the work is usually good, and they prices are very reasonable. have been here some 3 times and only had one funny experience but it was corrected.
funny experience, happened about 3 months ago. going there this last time to get some shirts made for a local fair called Bonitafest, where we had a small stand for our Bonita Acupuncture and Massage Clinic (sorry shameless plug). we had gone here before and always no problems, fast, reliable and always accurate with the lettering. but this time was a bit different. instead of us filling out the sheet, the girl working there behind the counter filled it in for us. what we wanted on our shirts was «Bonita Acupuncture & Massage Clinic» in a nice white thread on our navy blue tee shirts.
what we got was not only funny but comical. i had gone there to pick up the shirts, they had finished 1 day earlier then expected, which was a good thing. when i arrived to pick up the shirts, i immediately looked at them and started to laugh. the guy working there asks if something is wrong. all who know me know i will let you know exactly how i feel. so i let him see for himself… the shirt had «Bonita Acupunchture & Massage Clinc». homeboy looks at the original receipt and then starts to fume, and curses the girl. ACUPUNCHTURE that’s great. i call my business partner and we laugh for the next 4 minutes on the phone.
well needless to say these shirts need to get fixed, we only have 3 days before the event. they guy says he will get all 7 shirts redone the next day, and is very apologetic about the mistake. he will need to buy new shirts. well next day my partner goes there to pick up the shirts with only 2 days before the event. and i receive a call from her, she is laughing, apparently they fixed the Acupuncture part, but have decided that we are not longer a MASSAGE clinic, but a MESSAGE clinic. so once again we bust out laughing for the next 5 minutes.
they have only 1 more day before the event. thankfully they get the job done correctly the night before the event. they didn’t have time to get new shirts but had to undue the mistake and stitch it again.
cons…don’t have the «girl» input your order on the machine. plan ahead and have plenty of time before your event to get things done. and always write the order yourself, clearly and neatly on the paper. otherwise just laugh at the results. it could have been worse, we could have just changed our professions and take messages instead of massages?! just kidding.