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2010 Buttons Remaining: 3198 as of: June 29, 2009
Summer is in the air, which means that the summer Highland Games season is beginning soon. And summer Games are a great time to start getting people excited about Tartan Day! I'm pleased to announce that the 2010 Tartan Day buttons are now available to order! This year's buttons feature a red-and-gold color scheme meant to suggest the Rampant Lion, the Scottish Coat of Arms. Just click on over to the "ordering information" page to download your order form.
I'm also pleased to announce that even though this year's buttons are bigger than last year's, and despite the Post Office's recent rate increase, prices for 2010 buttons are unchanged! However, as you may have figured out from the red number above, I have much fewer buttons this year than I did last year. Once they sell out, there will be no more! So order today to make sure your organization has plenty!
Quite a number of people seemed to enjoy the "Tartan Day Button" T-shirts, so the new button design is also available as a t-shirt. As in previous years, I've made them available through the good folks at zazzle.com. Just click on the "control panel" below to be taken to their site, where you'll be able to buy them in whatever size, color, and amounts you want!
FAQ (aka. Frequently-Asked Questions) Who are you? This site is owned and operated by Jack Barker of the Tartan Day Cooperative of Wisconsin. Those of you who have purchased buttons in the past may remember getting them from Babs Humphrey in Minnesota. Well, Babs is my mother and together, we decided in 2006 that I would take over the button-selling responsibilities and let her have a well-deserved rest. How do I order 2010 Tartan Day Buttons? Easy as pie—just click here for step-by-step instructions on how to download and mail in your 2009 Tartan Day Button order. How much do the 2010 Tartan Day Buttons cost? Click here to jump to the listing showing the prices for buttons (it gets lower the more you order!). Please note that the button prices and shipping costs are unchanged from last year! Who designed the Tartan Day 2010 Button? That would be me, Jack! I've designed the official Tartan Day Button since the 2001 button. "Official, authorized" buttons? Says who? The buttons are distributed under the auspices of The Scottish Coalition, the organization that has spearheaded the recognition of Tartan Day since 1997. They played an instrumental part in lobbying the Senate to pass U.S. Senate Resolution 155, as well as the House of Representatives' Resolution H.R. 41 (passed on March 9, 2005). The Coalition has helped to organize and encourage Tartan Day celebrations across the U.S.A. and Canada, and is dedicated to the preservation and strengthening of the traditional bonds between Scotland, the U.S. and Canada. The Tartan Day Buttons are part of the Coalition's efforts to spread a unified message about Tartan Day all across North America. Hey, what's with this memo that came with my button order? Economics. Starting next year (2011 buttons), I will be switching from the current system (where I buy a bunch of buttons up front) to an online fulfillment system (where you'll be able to buy buttons directly from the manufacturer). The main advantage of this is that everyone who wants a button can get one, without me having to peer into my crystal ball to try to guess how many I'm going to need each year. Plus, it means that all orders will get shipped out within days of the order being placed, and not dependent on how often I can get to the post office! The exact details are being worked out, but check back to this page in May 2010 for the specifics! Is it possible to order previous years' Tartan Day Buttons? I'm afraid not, unless you want a 2003 or 2009 button. Every year except 2003 and 2009 we have completely sold out of all our buttons. If you have a burning desire for a 2003 or a 2009 button, drop me an e-mail at tartandaybuttons@charter.net, and we'll work something out. How many buttons are there? We typically order around 4,000 each year (this year we ordered only 3,500 due to overruns last year), although demand in 2002 was so high, than an additional order was made (that's how we ended up with leftovers in 2003). I'd love nothing more than to sell out of my initial order of buttons early enough to warrant an additional supply. What does the money you get from the buttons get used for? Currently, the goal is to make the buttons self-sustaining. Up until now, we've had to order the buttons using our own money and hope to be reimbursed later. So the "profits" (what little they are) go towards the expense of ordering next year's buttons! How are the buttons shipped? We send all orders via the U.S. Postal Service in order to minimize shipping costs. Small orders generally go via first class mail; larger orders are shipped by Priority Mail. Orders to Canada are sent by Global Priority Mail regardless of size. Have the shipping prices gone up? Yes, due to the recent increase in pricing at the United States Post Office. Click here to jump to the listing showing the prices for buttons, as well as the shipping & handling costs. If you received an order form for 2009 buttons in the mail with your 2008 buttons, we will honor the pricing printed on that form (you must use the form that was sent). The pricing on those forms was based on a guesstimate of how much postage was going up, but unfortunately, it went up considerably more than I expected, especially for the flat-rate boxes I use to ship the buttons. So I had to raise the shipping and handling costs. Sorry! Can I order buttons online? Sort of. I don't yet have an online order form (and I can't take credit card payments), but we do have a PayPal account for rush orders. The ordering information page has details on how you can use PayPal to place an order for 2010 Tartan Day Buttons. What's the deal with the T-shirts? After many successful years of selling buttons, I am tentatively beginning to test the market to see if there is a demand for other products, such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, and so on. I've had good luck in the past using zazzle for similar projects, so I decided to use them for the t-shirts for the time being. If you'd like to see other Tartan Day Button products on zazzle, let me know! Can I order buttons and t-shirts together? No. Buttons are processed by us personally here at the Tartan Day Cooperative of Wisconsin; the shirts are processed by zazzle. Because these are two utterly separate entities, combined orders are impossible. I have a different question! Feel free to e-mail me at tartandaybuttons@charter.net and I will be happy to answer as best I can! This web site is ©2007–2009 by the Tartan Day Cooperative of Wisconsin. All Rights Reserved. Last updated: June 29, 2009.
Who are you?
This site is owned and operated by Jack Barker of the Tartan Day Cooperative of Wisconsin. Those of you who have purchased buttons in the past may remember getting them from Babs Humphrey in Minnesota. Well, Babs is my mother and together, we decided in 2006 that I would take over the button-selling responsibilities and let her have a well-deserved rest.
How do I order 2010 Tartan Day Buttons?
Easy as pie—just click here for step-by-step instructions on how to download and mail in your 2009 Tartan Day Button order.
How much do the 2010 Tartan Day Buttons cost?
Click here to jump to the listing showing the prices for buttons (it gets lower the more you order!). Please note that the button prices and shipping costs are unchanged from last year!
Who designed the Tartan Day 2010 Button?
That would be me, Jack! I've designed the official Tartan Day Button since the 2001 button.
"Official, authorized" buttons? Says who?
The buttons are distributed under the auspices of The Scottish Coalition, the organization that has spearheaded the recognition of Tartan Day since 1997. They played an instrumental part in lobbying the Senate to pass U.S. Senate Resolution 155, as well as the House of Representatives' Resolution H.R. 41 (passed on March 9, 2005). The Coalition has helped to organize and encourage Tartan Day celebrations across the U.S.A. and Canada, and is dedicated to the preservation and strengthening of the traditional bonds between Scotland, the U.S. and Canada. The Tartan Day Buttons are part of the Coalition's efforts to spread a unified message about Tartan Day all across North America.
Hey, what's with this memo that came with my button order?
Economics. Starting next year (2011 buttons), I will be switching from the current system (where I buy a bunch of buttons up front) to an online fulfillment system (where you'll be able to buy buttons directly from the manufacturer). The main advantage of this is that everyone who wants a button can get one, without me having to peer into my crystal ball to try to guess how many I'm going to need each year. Plus, it means that all orders will get shipped out within days of the order being placed, and not dependent on how often I can get to the post office! The exact details are being worked out, but check back to this page in May 2010 for the specifics!
Is it possible to order previous years' Tartan Day Buttons?
I'm afraid not, unless you want a 2003 or 2009 button. Every year except 2003 and 2009 we have completely sold out of all our buttons. If you have a burning desire for a 2003 or a 2009 button, drop me an e-mail at tartandaybuttons@charter.net, and we'll work something out.
How many buttons are there?
We typically order around 4,000 each year (this year we ordered only 3,500 due to overruns last year), although demand in 2002 was so high, than an additional order was made (that's how we ended up with leftovers in 2003). I'd love nothing more than to sell out of my initial order of buttons early enough to warrant an additional supply.
What does the money you get from the buttons get used for?
Currently, the goal is to make the buttons self-sustaining. Up until now, we've had to order the buttons using our own money and hope to be reimbursed later. So the "profits" (what little they are) go towards the expense of ordering next year's buttons!
How are the buttons shipped?
We send all orders via the U.S. Postal Service in order to minimize shipping costs. Small orders generally go via first class mail; larger orders are shipped by Priority Mail. Orders to Canada are sent by Global Priority Mail regardless of size.
Have the shipping prices gone up?
Yes, due to the recent increase in pricing at the United States Post Office. Click here to jump to the listing showing the prices for buttons, as well as the shipping & handling costs. If you received an order form for 2009 buttons in the mail with your 2008 buttons, we will honor the pricing printed on that form (you must use the form that was sent). The pricing on those forms was based on a guesstimate of how much postage was going up, but unfortunately, it went up considerably more than I expected, especially for the flat-rate boxes I use to ship the buttons. So I had to raise the shipping and handling costs. Sorry!
Can I order buttons online?
Sort of. I don't yet have an online order form (and I can't take credit card payments), but we do have a PayPal account for rush orders. The ordering information page has details on how you can use PayPal to place an order for 2010 Tartan Day Buttons.
What's the deal with the T-shirts?
After many successful years of selling buttons, I am tentatively beginning to test the market to see if there is a demand for other products, such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, and so on. I've had good luck in the past using zazzle for similar projects, so I decided to use them for the t-shirts for the time being. If you'd like to see other Tartan Day Button products on zazzle, let me know!
Can I order buttons and t-shirts together?
No. Buttons are processed by us personally here at the Tartan Day Cooperative of Wisconsin; the shirts are processed by zazzle. Because these are two utterly separate entities, combined orders are impossible.
I have a different question!
Feel free to e-mail me at tartandaybuttons@charter.net and I will be happy to answer as best I can!
This web site is ©2007–2009 by the Tartan Day Cooperative of Wisconsin. All Rights Reserved. Last updated: June 29, 2009.
