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20.00 to buy something made in USA , 20.50 to buy comparable item that comes from China .

Here in my part of the USA I have been making signs from 8 am to 10;30 pm all week . No time to waste to discuss politics.

Learn from 9-11 Never Forget what happened .

Consider charging more for banner and throw in artwork and set up fee. .

Goal : Get quicker or a new way to send problem people down the street . Including problem new customers .

This is great ! A customer could order an 4 x 8 banner and prepay . When he comes to pick it up , I hand him a 4" x 8 " "Banner " .

A 3% material price increase = a 25% increase in your finished product price ? Bahh Humbug

I would have to do 10,000 banners to pay for a machine like this. I buy premade banners and keep them in stock

Fred ? Real name or user name

Ebay insisted to my wife that if she offered free shipping, she would sell more and her business would grow.! So just offer free shipping and you and the customer will win ... or...... do you think there is a ups ,/ fed ex forum that asks. How can I get signs cheaper ? I wonder...?

I Agree.. lowest price is not the way to run a business ! But what I said was I dont want to price " myself" out of the market . Good quality product at a fair price = enough for us to handle. I do not negotiate on price. Also I will not use trash materials that won't last. (Even if the...

I am always careful not to price myself out if the market. There is a lot if competition out there, ready willing and able to do the job. I never let anyone other than an employee or myself pick up product from my source. But thats just my policy.

make that while drinking coffee and talking on the phone in 15 min tops, weeded, transferred in a bag. Have 20-25.00 in your hand.

What size boxes ? I dont, but another shop here does boxes all the time.

If you just tell the customer that you are charging 150.00 to 200.00 per hour to hang the sign that he just paid 1000 00 for, he says "Thanks anyway , I'll have someone take care if that" Problem Solved..

Our local mechanic shop charges 55.00 per hour , and no rounding up. My neighbor charges 55.00 per hour, be is a licensed electrician. But he charges a slight trip charge. Just a skilled worker comparison for this thread.

I just got this phone and can not click and save image of that fish. Then I tried on my kids computer, same thing. Is it the picture or the computer ? Just as a joke novelty. Not to use it.

Thanks, I'm going Graphtec and have it shipped out to me, instead of hauling ut out there this winter. Support is important because it Is 150 miles to any big town.

Wow, that is an interesting take on me with only the shirt on my back, working out of the trunk of a car. We could dream a little more.. in a backpack, riding a bicycle across the USA with my pitbull "fred" making signs in trade for a beer. My business is very busy and we have a complete...