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We focus mostly on wraps, displays and interior graphics, but every once in a while get a request for post/panel signs. Normally steer customers to the various vinyl post kits and sub the install. Have a customer that wants something more rustic. I know many of you might build that from...

Growing up - my best friend's night owl (alcoholic) mom objected to the ice cream driver's bell disturbing her daytime sleep.. She took a pan and spoon and followed him bangin it. Got too close and hit him with the spoon - got sued.

Do you also play loud rap music late at night? Who could possibly object to that?

and then there's those neighbors with wind chimes...

I'm a cyclist and a few years back had problems with an unleashed German Shepard coming at me in the road (up hill of course). Never bit me up to that point, but had me nervous. Went to the County Sheriffs office and asked about leash law (non in my mostly rural county once outside of town)...

Right move you standing up to her. But people like that frequently regress; so you need a plan 'B". I hear BB guns work well. Classic Pavlov's dog. After a while, just rattling the blinds will silence the dog.

Are you sure it isn't steam? With more humid spring weather, might just be excess humidity. We keep hygrometer at printer. Usually more humidity not bad unless getting condensate on print. Also, check your heater temps with an infrared to be sure you have even heating across curing area.

The OP was about use of credit cards (I think) so hopefully still on topic. Think of it this way. If you have $1 million in sales and 10% net profit (which is almost double the industry average of 5.2%) that's $100,000 net profit. As a seller, If you absorb 3% in credit card fees on half of...

Whether or not to use credit of any kind really gets down to self discipline. The numbers say that most don't have self-discipline. Issuing banks know that the vast majority of people will lapse a payment or carry a balance. Points are paid by processing fees charged to our vendors, who...

I've had good experience using their online pricing tools. You save the quote and then later turn it into an order. Not for every job, but works well for a surprising number of jobs.

Good advice. Will you accept credit card as payment?

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We do the same. You didn't mention charging; we charge our hourly design rate after 5-15 minutes depending on size of job.

Thanks Robert, something to think about. Did a little research on 'profit first' and the 'system' is not for me. This is a whole lot like the various debt-free personal finance systems. There are thousands of would-be entrepreneurs, many of whom don't have a clue about business fundamentals...

Both issues have been mentioned numerous times before but a couple of observations bear repeating: Flip your panels so that the bottom of panel one is followed by bottom of panel two etc. . Effect of subtle color shift less noticeable e.g. the like colors are next to each other when panels are...

Agree - we need to stay on top of it but there are tools that help. I really dislike the tech oligarchs, but unfortunately they have a growing monopoly on getting a message out, like it or not. Both Google and MS have tools for analysis - can even tell how many called you if they originated...

Time to get into the 21st century. I live in an area of approx. 60M population in the surrounding 30 miles. We have a daily newspaper with a 5,000 circulation and unknown online subscription. Not a great bang for the business-to-business buck and declining. I spend approx. $300/mo on...

...and what about those pesky speed limits, alcohol blood limits, trespassing, property destruction; people ignore those too. Heck, they don't need to defund the police if there are no laws to enforce. What's that you say? Oh yeah, forgot about Seattle, Portland, DC. Never mind.

Robert, I think you struggle with communicating your value as a consultant. That alone sends warning flags to anyone who might need help listening, which of course is one half of a two-way communication. But you don't deserve the mistreatment you get on this site, some of which has come from...

Bingo - that actually makes more sense than anything else I've heard short of cheating on taxes, which personally I'm not going to do regardless on how how I feel about paying them. Sort of like the rush my wife must feel when she comes home with a piece of junk from a yard sale telling me how...