A few years ago I was going to start a line of thick notebooks, 5mm lines on the right, and 5mm grid on the right. There were some other simple features --- and

A few years ago I was going to start a line of thick notebooks, 5mm lines on the right, and 5mm grid on the right. There were some other simple features --- and if all went to plan it would have been nice. After a few months of chatting with different manufacturers it became clear that I had to be on-site to properly verify the materials used. Something as simple as 'light grey linen' would yield completely unpredictable results from the various agents. The run I was going to do was fairly small -- about 3000 or so --- so it didn't make sense for me to travel. Instead I shelved the project. Regardless, for items with any sort of customization, I can only imagine that its nightmare after nightmare as the client (me) aims to get the ideal product, while the manufacturer tries to maximize profit (etc.) Prior to this experience I never considered backing a Kickstarter project, but now that I've gone through the most basic level, I'm not surprised with the amount of projects that fail due to location and language barriers.