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    Bottom falling off mugs!

    A couple of customers have contacted me about the bottom falling off their mugs! It's only 2 out of a few hundred, but it's a bit worrying considering the sort of accident that could happen with hot liquids!
    Any ideas what could be causing this? I don't dunk them after printing, just let them cool naturally.

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    Could be a manufacturers fault maybe? What mugs are they?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin View Post
    Could be a manufacturers fault maybe? What mugs are they?
    Bottomless ones

    I must admit that I have never ever had any mug with the bottom fall off, handle maybe, cracks maybe but the whole bottom falling off is worrying.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin View Post
    Could be a manufacturers fault maybe? ?
    The trouble being is if a accident had happen then it would have been Gelert that paid the price, hence the importance of having public liability insurance. We should all have it, even if its just a :hobby:

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    Quote Originally Posted by jennywren View Post
    The trouble being is if a accident had happen then it would have been Gelert that paid the price, hence the importance of having public liability insurance. We should all have it, even if its just a :hobby:
    its been said before jenny and it deserves to be repeated , theres too many chancing it out there not just insurances but tax nat ins etc thats whats killing this trade and thats why the legit amongst us struggle to make a living while those that make and sell mugs for £3.00 a pop disregarding insurances copyright laws tax etc etc it does get annoying
    sorry rant over

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    is it possible that the customers mugs have had a heavy impact of some kind ? that may have fractured them enough that with the hot liquid they have popped,
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    Just seems odd that the only mugs I've made that have broken have been the same way - a crack around the edge and then the bottom falling off. I'd almost expected to lose a few handles! They're both European RN mugs, weeks apart so from different batches. They always get mailed in poly boxes inside a double walled cardboard box. Can't send them any safer than that surely?
    They certainly don;t get knocked around here. But this hasn't happened to anyone else, which is quite intriguing.

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    I always used to prefer the smash proof card boxes to polys as I had a few get smashed to pieces in polys.
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    Where can I get them Justin?
    Did tweet the Royal Mail telling them that the fragile tape and stickers were there expressly for THEIR benefit:-)

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    Fragile just means "Please throw under-hand"

    They've been discussed here
    http://www.dyesubforum.co.uk/vbforum...ht=smash+boxes

    subli.co.uk sell them, direct link is
    http://www.subli.co.uk/shop/dye-subl.../prod_719.html
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