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This client company is the reason that my company requires signatures for deliveries. They have a history of losing things (a large package of 5000 labels was the last straw). Now they have to sign for everything. Also, there's a reason that companies like UPS and FedEx require delivery...

One department of the company I work for does product design. Mostly adjustable height desks, but some other stuff as well. The prototyping phase is really freaking expensive. You have to produce a bunch of one-offs, hope the parts manufacturer does them right, revise the prototype when you...

On a partial wrap like the one you showed, I'd leave the handle on, but remove the emblem. Be sure to cut and tuck the vinyl underneath. I check with the customers beforehand to see if they want to keep the letters, but they never have so far.

I didn't know they had come out with the Max 3 inks. I guess they had to develop something that could compete with non-solvent based ink.

So, follow up to this encounter. I deliver the reprinted product today, placing it on the designated table per standard procedure with them. Walk to client's office, hand over delivery slip for signature, which is for exactly one item. Client says "Do I need to verify this, or do I just take...

Have to keep working with them. We have an ongoing printing contract with them, and they are our biggest customer. Plus, my boss has some sort of strong investment in their company. So I'm stuck working with them. Good news, though, is that they're stuck with us too, because of the arrangement...

In Texas, you just contact the company and tell them you're a reseller and therefore exempt from the sales tax. You fill out and return the appropriate form, and you're done. Unless it's not simply sales tax, I'd assume you should be able to do the same. Here it's considered double taxation when...

I live in Texas with killer sun. Every double-sided sign fades inconsistently between sides, especially on North/South facing signs like one I replaced recently. There's no reason to replace a perfectly good sign face just because a separate one was damaged. Correction: there is a good reason...

You may not be able to repo the sign, but you can put a lien on their business. Never had to do that myself, but from what I've heard, it typically gets you paid.

Today I had a customer email me to say that I didn't deliver a product, which I personally had delivered almost a week ago. So I went to my stack of delivery slips, found the correct date, verified the order number. Lo and behold! It was signed by the very individual telling me it wasn't...

I don't believe I ever got the sample. If it came in, it's since disappeared.

Especially if you're the only one. ;)

In the end, I'd go with what the customer is willing to pay for. But I'd be careful to hedge against liability. I've told customers before "Option A is the best, but most expensive. Option B is a middle option, but here are the limitations. Option C is the cheapest, but we give no warranty and...

I've just spent all weekend replacing an alternator on my car. Why? Because I don't have the money to pay a mechanic. If I had the money, I'd outsource this job to a mechanic so I can focus on my actual job and my family life. I've added tools to my collection, which will reduce my expenses for...

HEAVY emphasis on the words "PERFECTLY FLAT". Nothing worse that having to reprint a job because you hit a freakin dip in the table while cutting.

Fads make money if you know when to get in and when to get out.

Yep. I'm getting ready to start my own company. Starting it as a side gig and operating more as a broker at first since I don't have the capital for all the equipment. Not my ideal way to get going, but it's a way to start and see if I could even hack it in my local market. I'm in a position...

And don't forget about the designs that look good (if not great) and the client tells you to redo it in a way that looks like crap (e.g. "I wan't to put my entire brochure on the side of my van, even though you just told me that's not effective.")

I do over 70% of my printing/cutting on one material, but have some days/weeks where I'm doing frequent changes between printable material and cut-only material. I try to do all my printing in the morning and then use the afternoon for cutting. This typically works well. Next morning, I come in...

It's called "planned obsolescence". If you make a product that can last forever, people only buy 1 and you have to charge an arm and a leg to cover costs. If you give it an artificial lifespan, you can sell cheaper crap and they keep coming back for more. This idea has been around for a century...