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At least I'm capable of doing a "twirly" sign. I'm not bragging on anything. I'm sincerely interested in KCollins take on what a sign like that would cost to be completely outsourced. If ANYBODY else had posted a photo of a nice looking sign, you'd be complimenting it. Of course, you'd find a...

I'll concede your point that on many low end, mass produced, no brainer sign products a person in your model can outsource everything and make a decent living at it. But what about the kind of custom, fully fabricated projects many of us aspire to do on a regular basis? Okey dokey......... I...

You are aware that anyone advocating for a basic income is suggesting an amount so low that it would only augment one's earned income in the face of the coming transformation of our economy due to AI, automation and other job killing factors, not replace the need to work at all? Or are you just...

Or you could just mind your own business and skip over all of my posts..

The only thing we ever "expect" is to have the process of how to choose a vendor for anything needed be straight up, transparent to all and have ALL four member shops be able to quote on every project being ordered and let the best combination of price, quality and service rule. It would be nice...

"Everybody wins, and everybody goes home happy!" I'm not sure how "everybody" in your local community wins as long time vendors dramatically downsize, cut their workforce, send local tax revenues plummeting, minimize local employment opportunities, etc.. The economies in the cities where all...

I think you first have to determine whether it is a hardware or software issue. Does the printer produce good test prints from its front controls? If so, does your RIP software offer additional options for color enhancement beyond a specific material profile? We use Versaworks on our Roland...

I don't want to get hammered over going off topic, so I'll make this my last comment on this subject. It isn't working for "free", its to help better my community and make it a nicer, more friendly place to live, work and play. I have an altruistic personality and most large scale public...

My biggest gripe with the "broker" and outsourcer types besides the damage they do to a local market pricewise is the deception being perpetrated upon the clients who really don't know any better. Nowhere on their websites or marketing materials does it state that they are doing 5% in house and...

Like most signmakers with some experience, you probably also factor in the intrinsic value of the advertising involved as well. Something that the "commodification", pro-broker and race to the bottom crowd never seem to incorporate.

When I first guessed at it, I was just on my phone in "my library". LOL They are pretty close. Can you guess which one is which?

Bodoni Condensed?

Yup, another 100,000 orders like that and its retirement time. If you were to mention issues like the intrinsic value of the advertising involved or respecting local market rates so people can pay a living wage and these type's eyes glaze over.

If its gone off topic which I don't think it has, you're as responsible for it doing so as anyone else. We're all just adding thoughts and opinions as the discussion evolves. When a person repeats the same opinion or assertion multiple times, I interpret it the way it keeps being reiterated...

At least you didn't use a very stereotypical and denigrating name in your depiction. As well as adding some water or lube and things move easier. I don't know where the video is but folks have documented big rocks appearing to move across the dry beds of salt lakes in places around Death VAlley...

You're hung up on this idea that in order for a client to ever use someone else or shop around, it has to be a failing on our part. So you've never had a customer replace their purchasing agent or office manager and had them go elsewhere just out of not knowing that you even existed let alone...

Just like the mystery of how all those rocks move themselves across the "dry" lake beds in Death Valley, if one digs in to the science, physics and history of something, you can find all sorts of answers. As with the enormous pyramids and towers in the Mayan, Toltec and Aztec world, slave labor...

You are right, there is a ton of it happening and just because signmakers don't do anything about it or resent graphic designers who protect their intellectual property rights and think it's silly to do so, doesn't mean it's not a legitimate practice to do. Go ask Dan Antonelli of KickCharge...

Again, thanks for reinforcing my points. As if you know anything about "setting limits" on your own behavior here. As if you are entitled to speak for "just about all the other members here at s101". You don't see other members taking polls over whether or not I should be banned forever like...

Thanks for reinforcing my point.