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I am getting my premium membership RIGHT now. :)

I dont want to abuse this privilege, so I wont use it too often, BUT would you guys mind if I did this when the next big job comes up? BEFORE I SEND AN ESTIMATE! Seems like there should be a "what should I charge" section somewhere on this board :)

No, I just got an email :)

Thank you! I will absolutely keep this in mind for future reference :) We'll see if they email me back :doh:

Lol, here's the email I just sent.. I am so sorry. It appears that I have grossly miscalculated the estimate. I did not add in the cost of the special translucent vinyl or my cost for applying the graphics to the signs. My new estimate is much more and I certainly understand if you decide not to...

LOL, Thats great! :) THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Wow! Thats what I am talking about!!! Thank you Jeff, for taking the time and effort to help. Thanks JhillDesigns for your pricing guide. I have under priced myself for sure. I am going to call them back and tell them that I am sorry but I will either have to raise the price to $2200.00 or...

Oh and this is not very relevant but to give you an idea how silly pricing is around here. I started out charging $8 SF for banners with hem and grommets. I was just out priced yesterday by some idiot doing them for $2.00 a SF So now I do banners for $4.00 SF. :(

So $2336.00 is what I get for all four signs delivered. Thats $22.00 a SF

Well I am pretty new to signs. I started doing them about 2 years ago. Alot of jobs I have done just for experience and made the customer pay for materials. I DO wish that I had some way to price correctly. Its very frustrating not knowing what to charge. I try to add all my costs in and...

No I was too busy finding my "skateboard". JK You would charge $700.00 per sign minimum???

I realize that the other estimate given was not accurate. My estimate was 8 foot x 3 foot on the building signs. I will have them climb up and take off one side to measure the actual polycarbonate. I have done about 5 light box signs now. Nothing this far up in the air before though. Everyone in...

My supplier is Sabic Polymershapes in San Diego. Ask for Michael. He's a great friend and I have been a customer for many years. He will always get you the best price. :)

Everyone around here is used to getting labor cheap. I am 45 miles from the mexican boarder.

The poly is a quote from my supplier so that is a solid price and yes its 3/16. He did the math so that the cuts will be optimal. My profit is the labor I guess... I did an initial measurement on the monument sign at 7 x4 foot since I could easily reach that. The signs on the building I...

OK here's my pricing Polycarbonate cut buy my supplier, I just cut the corners round with a jig saw $391.40 Vinyl I over estimated (I think) at $400.00 Design and apply graphics $500.00 Now I of course figured that I would be doing the sign making at this price. I realize that subbed work will...

Ah OK As I said I AM NOT INSTALLING THIS :) I am designing, manufacturing and delivering to the door. Thats it. OK so if you were going to do the design and buy the polycarbonate and apply the vinyl and then drop it off. Lets see YOUR prices. I need to learn obviously, so lets have it. What...

I could not afford a laminator and I love my BS! :) Its a great help for applying vinyl to almost any job and I have used it for lamination as well!

First of all THANK YOU SO MUCH for your replies! Let me clear things up a little. 1. I am not installing the signs. I dont have a contractors lic and I am not getting one any time soon apparently. I am delivering the signs and the client will be installing them or hiring an installer. :) 2. I...