For the price, the St. John's Bay from JC Penney (a.k.a. "JCP" now) tees cannot be beat (imo).
Here are a couple of examples to look at:
http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom.....Categories|Brand|Brand&dimComboVal=knit%20tops%20¤tDim=Brand¤tDimVal=st.%20john%27s%20bay&searchCount=54&sortType=Featured
http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom.....Categories|Brand|Brand&dimComboVal=knit%20tops%20¤tDim=Brand¤tDimVal=st.%20john%27s%20bay&searchCount=54&sortType=Featured
http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom.....Categories|Brand|Brand&dimComboVal=knit%20tops%20¤tDim=Brand¤tDimVal=st.%20john%27s%20bay&searchCount=54&sortType=Featured
Also...
Jones New York makes very nice tees:
---> editing to add: for some reason, the links to the various JNY tees I was wanting to mention below aren't working - I'll see if I can fix it. --> couldn't fix the links - you will have to go the the JNY site and search on tops to see their tees.
http://www.jny.com/Cotton-V-ne.....ny-catalog
http://www.jny.com/Cotton-Basi.....ny-catalog
http://www.jny.com/Long-Sleeve.....ny-catalog
http://www.jny.com/Ballet-Neck.....ny-catalog
In my experience, the JCP St. John's Bay and the JNY tees are thicker, wear well, wash up nicely and are much better than the usual 'tissue-weight' type tees that are so popular these days. The JNY is a bit better than the St. John's Bay from JCP - but like I said, the JCP St. John's Bay tees are very good - especially for the price. I think you can get the Jones New York tees at Macy's too, and probably other places as well.
Ack - can't get the links to work on JNY's site...I'm referring to:
JNY Sport Cotton V-Neck tee
JNY Cotton Basic Scoop Neck tee
Long Sleeved Scoop Neck tee
Ballet Neck tee
* just go to the JNY site and look up tops, and see the various tees available. Sorry - not sure why I can't get the correct links in here.
disclaimer: I haven't tried the Three Dots tees yet, or the 'favourite' tee from Eddie Bauer or what have you.