hi there
I'm not a sign guy, I don't make signs for a living and now very little about this whole scene. I do cut vinyl as a hobby/learning experience, screen printing too. I don't make money with this, not right now, I have a service business and that pay the bills and some more for now.
We are moving overseas by the end of the year and I'm taking all my equipment with me with hopes of starting my own shop there, and right now I still have a few things to buy but the "big stuff" is already here.
I know I can get away with cut vinyl and outsourcing my digital printing, but there are not a lot of printers in my area which leaves the door open for them to manage the pricing, and I'm sure I can manage to create the necessary customer base to justify a large printer, but is not a fact, it's a very strong speculation.
I've been looking for a older model because I'm not worried about speed, but I now the older model parts are cheap compared with the versacamms and printers in that range. If something dies I have to get the part here ins the States and get it shipped to me so that really adds up to the final price.
Not too long ago I was going to buy a FJ50 from a member here who I consulted about another printer I was watching and he offered his at a great price (needed to be converted) so I made the other guy a ridiculous offer which he obviously declined, but this guy then chickened out and I was left with nothing
Now I'm looking at a CJ-500 already converted with both heaters and the whole think with a complete set of 440ml inks for $6K , what do you guys think about that?
I'd rather buy a print/cut, because I have a 30" Roland cutter but I don't want to buy a 30" versacamm knowing I;m going to need something bigger sooner than later, and the KEY here is that I have to buy while we still living here, once we move I'll be screwed with importing fees and other stuff. In case the business doesn't go as expected or something better comes up I can always sell it and I might get aroun $10K for something like that over there.
I apologies for the rant, but in order to make my situation clear I had to tell you about the whole background situation
thanks and please let me know what you think, I'm new and I read as much as I can here every day, but sometimes is not enough with just theory, and you guys doing this every single day are the right people to ask about this stuff :signs101:
I'm not a sign guy, I don't make signs for a living and now very little about this whole scene. I do cut vinyl as a hobby/learning experience, screen printing too. I don't make money with this, not right now, I have a service business and that pay the bills and some more for now.
We are moving overseas by the end of the year and I'm taking all my equipment with me with hopes of starting my own shop there, and right now I still have a few things to buy but the "big stuff" is already here.
I know I can get away with cut vinyl and outsourcing my digital printing, but there are not a lot of printers in my area which leaves the door open for them to manage the pricing, and I'm sure I can manage to create the necessary customer base to justify a large printer, but is not a fact, it's a very strong speculation.
I've been looking for a older model because I'm not worried about speed, but I now the older model parts are cheap compared with the versacamms and printers in that range. If something dies I have to get the part here ins the States and get it shipped to me so that really adds up to the final price.
Not too long ago I was going to buy a FJ50 from a member here who I consulted about another printer I was watching and he offered his at a great price (needed to be converted) so I made the other guy a ridiculous offer which he obviously declined, but this guy then chickened out and I was left with nothing
Now I'm looking at a CJ-500 already converted with both heaters and the whole think with a complete set of 440ml inks for $6K , what do you guys think about that?
I'd rather buy a print/cut, because I have a 30" Roland cutter but I don't want to buy a 30" versacamm knowing I;m going to need something bigger sooner than later, and the KEY here is that I have to buy while we still living here, once we move I'll be screwed with importing fees and other stuff. In case the business doesn't go as expected or something better comes up I can always sell it and I might get aroun $10K for something like that over there.
I apologies for the rant, but in order to make my situation clear I had to tell you about the whole background situation
thanks and please let me know what you think, I'm new and I read as much as I can here every day, but sometimes is not enough with just theory, and you guys doing this every single day are the right people to ask about this stuff :signs101: