lost1

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  10. Posted

    I was running a business long before you,sonny boy. Very successfully. What you don't 'comprehend' is that you are the lone voice here. Nobody else thinks $25 is a fair price.

    Well lookie here, sonny boy, someone else here thinks the same:

    We also charge 25.00 for a custom shirt there not going to wall mart for a custom printed tee and yes they do come back for more prints if they want to save cash then we do screen print with a 24 min 

    If you don't believe your work is worth the money, your client won't either.

  12. Posted

       Hey , I'm going to follow your strategy & charge $1,000 per shirt so I can retire even younger . Having to work when 75 is better than sitting watching the phone , wishing a customer would call at 18 . This is a place where most are learning stuff & starting a business . That usually goes along with competitive prices in order to get a customer base . I can get a custom T-shirt cheaper than $25 at the Annapolis mall & recently bought embroidered pocket T-shirts for $12 each with a dozen minimum . Several members have already posted prices  much cheaper . I don't think your comments or attitude are what the OP asked for . I hope you stay busy enough making & selling $25 simple 1 color T-shirts to not have time for this forum . We are nice here , even when we disagree .

    A dozen minimum is not a 1 off.

  16. Posted

    How do you have them made before discussing price? You need to figure your overhead, pay & profit + cost of goods-COGs. What I get and you get can be very different numbers.

    Now if it is simple text layout it should be 15 minutes design + whatever material comes off the roll, marked up by needed profit margin + application time.

    So if your shop rate is $35 hr - $8.75 layout + 24" 0f 15" or 24" vinyl & app tape marked up by needed profit margin + the time it takes you to [travel] prep & install.

  19. Posted

    Vinyl is good for one offs or a half dozen as long as you get paid well. When you get up in order size and multi color it is better to use a well established company with extensive experience like http://www.transferfreedom.com/customproducts.html for transfers.

    Printed shirts are the way to go for me. I used to do transfers then screened my own but now use Dennis at http://www.wholesaleshirtsandsigns.com/ and profit without the mess.

  21. Posted

    Thanks Guys.

      My point is Simple. Will any of those 3rd Party companies buy from any of us. Yes you have the right to suggest a 3rd party. However, one thing you don't get is that they won't come back and return the favor.

    It's called Networking and some don't get that.

    I offered up a business that I know and is tried and true.

    You chastised me for it in an open forum so guess who will never get a shot at my business!

    Maybe you have no clue on how to properly network.

  22. Posted

    A Sign maker friend of mine cut a JOHN DEERE logo and had it pinedto the wall at the flea market

    where he had his set up.The local law enforcement here were searching for knock off merchandise

    and saw that logo on the wall...Guess what...they took his computer,vinyl cutter.all the money he had in his wallet.

    and took him to jail.Took him months to get out of this one and a lot of time to get his equipment back.

    Do you have actual knowledge of that or is that something that was told ? I would like to know the jurisdiction & case # to really believe that , no offense to anyone  :D . There is a criminal law , but it is the civil liability that I have heard about mostly . I would think it would be a very weak criminal case unless the guy gave all the " wrong " a.k.a. truthfull answers & did not give the elusive answers .

    It does happen. http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070716/NEWS/707160318

  23. Posted

    screenprintr-are you paying uscutter to peddle your services here? No? Well how rude of you to condemn me for not bowing to you as a 3rd party provider.

    I offered a company that provides quality work at a fair price with quick turn time around as an option.

  24. Posted

    See thing is I have been doing business with them for years just for the same purpose.  Buy quantity and save.

    Them I know, you I don't, their prices are public-yours are not.

    Sharing my knowledge here to "help us out".

    P.S. lost1 has nothing to do along the lines you are thinking.