Ahh, I see what you mean..... wasn't sure where you were going with that comment.
I will not be doing any screen printing on my own for a while. I do not use zazzle or anything of those rip-off sites that make a shirt for you either and take most of your profits.
I take my designs to a local printer for contract pricing, and I buy my own blank shirts at the best prices possible. Among a few other ways I have come up with to make these actually worth selling.
I've figured a way to make these shirts at a less cost and labor productive rate, which helps me alot. It also helps that I do not have to hire a designer, I can do my own stuff.
As far as selling online, that's only a small part of what I am planning. I plan to go to events, just as your buddies you mentioned.....
I am not being negative saying this, but I am not sure I would ever reach anything close to what they do... There is a lot to doing this, and some of the shirts they (Hustlin) sell, I am sure required lots of capital to start producing.