EXTREMELY disappointed!! there are some things that you just cannot do with DD! even fashion brands use flex and flock, often in addition to silk screening or DD. i LOVED the metallic flex! i have a butterfly design that my mother LOVES! i get a gray LS tee and the butterflies "fly" over the front going diagonally from one side to the other. i use the silver metallic flex and it is just lovely! she has had several of these shirts over the years. i also love combining the metallic bronze and metallic silver flex. i also have a zazzle shop and i can't do this type of thing with zazzle.

i wish you would reconsider! switching out flex and flock will make you just like every other POD company out there. why not continue to offer both? charge a little more, but keep the option? it would be different if no one were using flex. i don't know how many times i've seen tees and sweats in stores with flex and flock--metallic, glitter, etc.--either exclusively or with another method of printing and, because of SP, i knew what they were doing. i knew why these products looked different from the others. why throw away SP's uniqueness?

yes, i've had plot printed designs peel off over time, but not with certain products. my family members have tote bags--often black ones--printed with flex that are probably 8 years old and still look good! the colors are still bright and eye-catching.

companies like zazzle offer a LOT more products. if SP is hellbent on switching to only DD, then it might make more sense to go with a company that does a lot more.

very sad news indeed! SP was my first foray into graphic designs for apparel. now i'm not sure if it will make sense to continue. guess i'll have to see how sales go. i've got designs that were specific created for plot printing and they may lose their uniqueness when converted to DD. but i guess that doesn't matter to SP.