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Why would you agree to let another shop produce the work? sounds like you made your own bed, now you have to sleep in it. You can try a certified letter, to see if you can scare them, but don't expect this to go anywhere legally. Also, by not charging for the logo design, you are telling your...

I have, quite often actually.

We have a sign at the front of our shop we made when we first got our laminator, almost 3 years ago, it was printed on 3651 and laminated with 3651 clear gloss printing vinyl. I can't notice any fading at all in the print, so i'm not sure what advantages using a lower end laminate like 210...

Really? I wouldn't have thought Magic Sculpt would taste very good! j/k great job!

I really like the graphics on the bed of the truck! i'm not convinced by the angled sign on the door, but I think you are on to a great start!

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I've never seen that before! looks like when you leave a receipt on the dash of your car! DSM might be on to something, but i've never seen it before, maybe someone from Florida or Australia can chime in on weather they have seen this before with all the sun they get? Also, what is around the...

We have a 1212 of about the same vintage, it runs off windows, ours came with it's own software called Vision Pro, it's basically re-branded Sign Lab. If you have any questions, you can PM me or call. Scott

for $99 including the print, do you even have to ask? it looks like it is the same banner stand you can buy from rainbow signs or YMS for $19.99. We used the YMS stand once for a customer who didn't want to pay much, we got a phone call from her saturday morning from Calgary, she went to put...

LOL, we get this too! unless you are opening up a bar selling cheaper beer, the village drunks aren't gonna buy anything!

This has to be what happened, even if he found the vinyl & plotter in a dumpster somewhere, the time it takes is worth more than $10! Curiosity would have already gotten the best of me by now, I would have called this other shop from my cell phone and asked for a price, if they come back with...

why would someone even bother getting a second price if they are paying $10?!? for $10 I can guarentee you he is getting shinerite vinyl, that wouldn't even pay material for decent 2mil cast vinyl

We usually apply transfer tape to the vinyl to give it a bit more rigidity. than apply wet using rapid tac II.

Yeah we get this sometimes as well, I blame all the stores advertising "buy direct from the manufacturer and save!!!" If you think that lying to the customer would work in your favour, I see no problem in doing it, I tell customers that "our designer" will do a layout, but I hire a freelance...

We have found most customers to be understanding that we can't make every type of sign out there in house. Stacy's approach sounds very reasonable to me! i think people assume they are going to be paying more unless they buy direct from the manufacturer, they don't realize that we can buy for...

i agree, but I think that having your business name delivered to tens of thousands of inboxes everyday can only be a good thing. Like I said, I think it's an amazingly effective marketing tool, just not for custom shops. if anyone can think of a way to successfully use groupon for a sign shop...

Groupon is great for certain businesses, I have been introduced to a few restaurants that i would have never gone to before, and i have gone back after without the Groupon and paid full price. My wife found a great hairdresser through Groupon that she goes to regularly now. Like I said in my...

no, groupon gets 50% for example if you normally sell car magnetics for $100 a pair, and you put a groupon up for 50% off ($50) groupon gets 50% of that ($25) before you do anything, leaving you making $25 for the set. Don't get me wrong, i think it's an amazing way to reach potential customers...

I have thought about it, i've spoken to a few ppl that have done it, and they tell me that groupon takes 50% of your price right off the bat, so if you are offering something for half price, you are only getting 25%. I've always thought that groupon was great for retail type businesses, it...

Yeah, this seems to be targeted towards the young/student crowd, which also happens to be the group with the least amount of disposable income (except for beer, there is always money for beer!)