Bid Large Fleet Job using 100 told of vinyl

Did you mean 100 "yards" of vinyl in your title? Are you applying them or just supplying?
I guess figure out a good hourly rate that you would not regret, plus machine wear, blades etc.

 

If installing add in a lot of time for cleaning - you can bet they'll show you their cleanest vehicle if you ask to see one for estimate purposes.

 

what vinyl are you using? what width are you cutting?

 

Assuming the job is legitimate (more on that later) it looks as if you have the bases covered if you factor jburns advice.

You didn't ask, but if you were my sealesrep and came to me with this, I would ask several questions:

Can it be done with clear substrate and printed? (If you cannot do that, then consider sub-contracting to someone like Stouse)

Does the application require the substrate color to show through? If not, it would be way more cost effective to provide a solid decal with just a contour cut shape and no weeding.

Is the deal even legitimate? Hopefully not one of those 'opportunities' we get from some scammer in Nigeria that needs 1000 of this or that and is ready to order now.

Finally, I hope you take this in the spirit intended, which is constructive criticism to help you get better and more responses on this forum. Could you slow down and write legible questions, use punctuation, and generally think through your question before writing a stream of consciousness? I had to read through your question several times to be sure I understood it and as pointed out, even the title had a spelling error. Hopefully you don't communicate with customers that way. Best of luck to you, and welcome to Signs 101.

 

Can't decipher the original post. Are we talking inches or feet? What is "100 told"? What is "smaller good"? Transfer Rite decals? So you're making decals out of transfer tape?

If you're asking for help please be clear on exactly what you're trying to accomplish.

 

As above... "...500 5x12plotter cut and transfer rite decals 250 2x5...", is that 5 x 12 feet, inches, centimetre, cubits, or what? If you don't learn to specify units of measurement, then expect to get badly burned every time.

'Decals' - please define: do you mean a rectangular vinyl substrate with you applying your plotted vinyl to it, and you supplying them the rectangles,
or do you mean you just supply weeded letters alone, with app tape?

The specifics and accurate detail is vital to any quote. Start allowing for assumptions and you'll be left high and dry.

 

No problem, sounds like you have your hands full. Nice equipment to work with though!

 

Maybe it's just me, but that seems awfully cheap for two 5ft x 12ft decals and one 2ft x 5ft decal cut out of a high performance vinyl. Even at the quantity of 500.