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  1. Where can I find aluminum sign blanks

    I buy all my blanks from Hall Signs.
  2. Customer left large deposit, went MIA

    Generally, I'll take anyone's money and don't really care about where it came from or why. If it were my company, the $1500 would stay on the customer's account for a year then go into the Christmas party fund.
  3. Squeegee marks on lamimated vinyl

    Apart from using RapidTac and water, I have these felt squeegee covers that work very well. Additionally, we often give a finished sign surface a good wipe down with 90% ipa as others have suggested.
  4. advice to have my foot in the door to the printing business. equipment/supplies etc..

    If it were me, I'd start selling first and farm out my orders to wholesalers before I started to worry about equipment. You might make a bit less profit but you can grow at your own pace and acquire equipment as you go. As for me, I'm going the other route. I'm closing my 10,000 sq ft plant and...
  5. Reflective Vinyl Banner Materials

    That's were I got my reflective banner material too. Weirdly, it never took off and only one customer has ever ordered a reflective banner since I bought it.
  6. Artificial Intelligence Art Generation

    I'm already using ChatGPT to write blog posts for my commercial printing website. I also used it extensively to write the descriptions for each product and category. It writes great stuff and in a fraction of the time it takes me to compoise the same thing. I've used Dall-e a few times and have...
  7. A new level of creepy

    I stopped using Facebook and Instagram about a year ago. I deleted both apps from my phone and blocked them from my desktop computer at the "hosts" level. Now, I rarely ever get targeted ads. Also, I'm so happy to not have to see everyone's posts about politics and whatever else is irritating...
  8. Real Estate - Residential - not sign related

    One of my kids lives in Melbourne and is a Permanent Resident. Its doubtful that he'll ever own a home there unless I chip in a significant amount for the down payment. Hopefully the exchange rate will stay around the $0.73 AUS range for a few more years. Meanwhile, my daughter lives in Toronto...
  9. Who do you use for Promotional Products

    We've been ASI members for well over a decade. I never wanted to get into promotional products but now I'm really glad we did. After about 10 years in the promo business, it generates more growth, revenue and profit than our commercial printing business (which declines a bit every year). The...
  10. Question Discontinued - Quickbooks Premier Desktop -

    I switched from Desktop to Online a while back. I find it much better for many reasons. The days of actually "owning" software are over, which I understand from a business prospective completely.
  11. Credit Cards

    Fellow Canuck here (dual citizen). I never criticize other businesses for doing stuff that I do at my own business. I'm in business to legally make as much money as possible and I don't care where it comes from. In Canada, you have to suck every penny you can out of a transaction just to afford...
  12. Credit Cards

    I add a hidden 3% to every invoice to cover credit card transaction fees. As a business owner, I try to pay for everything I can with my Citi AA Mastercard because I love the air miles. I'm a AA Executive Platinum level and use my points to travel extensively and often get seat upgrades and...
  13. Outsourcing!

    Hall Signs is my #1 US supplier for MUTCD road signs. I have another company in India that I deal with for other signs that has lower prices than any USA supplier and ships incredibly fast via Fedex. I'm doing more and more with them. India is the new China!
  14. LOADED question: What do you charge for printing?

    Lol...I charge $16.56 per square foot of laminated, printed vinyl plus the substrate. But, I'm in the Caribbean and everyting costs more here.
  15. How do you advertise / promote your business to get more business?

    I've never advertised. We've been in the same location for 45 years and are always super busy. But, now we're about to semi-retire, closing the shop and moving to our home office where we'll transition into a 100% online entity. We've already completed the transition for our commercial printing...
  16. Anybody use Mac?

    I have never owned an Apple product and never will. My custom build Win 10 PC works extremely well and is a graphic design powerhouse. I've never had an issue with it.
  17. Sign Hardware

    Wow...great resources. Thanks for posting these vendors!
  18. Fellers ordering anxiety

    I stopped buying from Fellers long ago. They were just a giant PITA. I get all my large format supplies and vinyl from MAC Papers in Miami.
  19. Outsourcing!

    After 45 years as a commercial printer and 10 in the sign and banner biz, we recently closed our plant and are outsourcing almost everything now. I'm still making some vinyl signs and banners in-house because I enjoy making them, but, I am outsourcing larger sign orders. I recently bid on a...
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