I completely understand and agree with you. I can assure you that the money did go towards the site and its content, as we pay to retain the domain name, as well as put money into improving our audio/video content, as well as storing all the stuff we've worked on and archive it in case of a potential site-wide crash. However, the shirts were the promised reward and I will try my hardest to make sure everybody gets the reward they were promised.
Two podcasts ago I mentioned shipping the shirts to George, and he has told me he will send them out, but then he didn't. It wasn't until the next podcast that I had the chance to talk to him, and he apologized and said he would ship them out. Honestly, I think it might be a case of him being busy and forgetting, or it ended up being that the shipping cost was higher than he expected. I thought the $13-$16 price per shirt was incredibly low, given he was making them himself by screen printing, and buying both the shirts and the inks, plus he was shipping them himself AND was open to international orders.
Despite all of this, it's no excuse for the wait following the shirt's completion. I will bring it up again to him tonight and seriously push him to send the shirts out. Again, I completely understand any hesitations you may have in the future. All I can do is try my hardest to remind and pressure George.