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Judging by the comments already, I would like to clear up some things. First, the items I mention are used for budgeting purposes and calculating my overhead. The actual business expenses and/or contributions vary depending on how good (or bad) the business does. I let my CPA worry about that...

In another recent post, someone commented about having to charge so much per hour even though I'm a home based business. Well, since it's that "tax" time of year again, I thought it would be good to share some of the cost/expenses of running a home based business that I have "budgeted" into my...

Steve, I see you posted while I was replying. I sincerely wish you the best of luck with this situation and hope it works out for you. Checkers

Man, this is going to be one helluva education for the infringer! Ignorance is not an excuse for breaking the law and we, as professionals, should know better. Just do a search here and see how many times this has been discussed. If the photographer actually registered the photo in question...

Dan Antonelli posted a link to his logo design agreement a while back... http://www.graphicd-signs.com/logo_agreement.htm It's simple, straight forward and would be worth a read to try to modify your existing contract to read more like his. I (almost) never include design/artwork in the cost...

Nash pointed you in the right direction, but dropped the ball when he qualified his hourly rate statement with "unless you work out of your home". Well, I am home based and I need to charge more than $70 an hour to make a profit. And don't listen to Mosh. Although he appears to know what he's...

Vinyl probably isn't the best way to go. Although just about any HP, cast vinyl can handle the temperature change, it probably can't handle the contamination. Most adhesive removers are citrus based and are designed to ease the removal of graphics. Checkers

Although printers have an ideal operating range, the printer itself should be fine in very cold weather. The real concern would be the ink and media. The most important part of any printing is consistency. If you're down to the 40's or 50's at night and expect to print the next morning at...

off the top of my head, I would check Abex, Nimlok & Expand display companies. Actually, I quick check turned up this... http://www.expandmedia.com/web/products5us.aspx Checkers

Is it windowless? Design is everything because the design will make the difference between a 4 & 10. Checkers

Something needs to be said about loyalty, ask some of the old-timers here. I've been using Fellers since American Banner, when I started in the biz many years ago and they've always been a good vendor. No, they're not the cheapest nor do they offer the fastest delivery, but they've always...

Heck, if I'm "paying" for the clients error or "oversight", it will be completed in the most cost effective way possible - patch the bugger. Before I work for free, I would, at least, offer to split the difference on the re-do. Checkers

No, especially because of the Vegas/Southwest sun. Several years ago, I printed a bunch of exterior panels for Conexpo in Vegas using pigmented inks and UV laminate and they showed significant fading within a week. Checkers

I figure my hourly rate for a minimum charge. So, if your hourly rate is $65 an hour, that should be your minimum charge. A while back, I timed myself to see how long it would take to make one of the simplest of signs - a real estate sign. Without interruptions or distractions, I believe it...

"In the end I still can't figure out why she would go to such lengths" Two reasons... 1) there's a sucker born every minute, and 2) Most people don't have the tenacity to go through the collections hassles. Checkers

With much worse being said and shown in public and on TV/radio/internet, a cuss word on a vehicle would be the least of my worries. Yes, as Craig S. pointed out, there are laws, but those laws, morally right or wrong, would be overturned if challenged. Checkers

When I first started out, working for someone else, we relied upon it a lot - especially when dealing with clients (like auto dealers) who also use book pricing. Now that I've been making signs for a while, I switched to estimating software that I tailored to fit my company's needs. Business is...

Like Brian said, use the search feature at the top of the page. There's a lot of good info previously discussed. Also, if possible, don't bother trying to connect your heaters to the back-up. In order to be effective as a back-up, the back-up probably would end up costing as much as the...

I'll probably get bashed for this but what the heck... Since you're union, how much seniority do you have? Do you see layoffs in the near future? And, if layoffs start happening, will you be one of the first to go? With our current POTUS and congress spending like a drunken sailor home on...

Hiya Bob, It looks like Foga or similar brand of extrusion. There's another Brand, but the name escapes me at the moment. If you know the measurements/radius, you can email the drawing to Outwater Plastics and they could fabricate it for you. All you would have to do is assemble and install...