Buffalo Soldiers driving me crazy

[Andy D]

They just bought the newest $30,000 62" Roland with all the bells and whistles in order to do more underpriced EVERYTHING like usual. When the words "LOW COST" and "BUDGET" are actually in your company name, its no surprise where your business model takes you.

That's good for you, you can buy it for next to nothing when they fold.

 

[TimToad]

That's good for you, you can buy it for next to nothing when they fold.

I concur on that point and the Marley tune.

 

[Fred Weiss]

I thought he stated that if he had to pay $50, he'd only break even?

I would assume that meant that he had $50 worth of profit built in which on a slightly bigger than average set of magnetics is pretty good.

Our local market is being driven down so hard that we just lost an $84 pair of 12"x 18" magnetics that needed to have a logo recreated and they didn't want to spend the extra $37.50 for that work to be done. So, the fools up the road can have it. They just bought the newest $30,000 62" Roland with all the bells and whistles in order to do more underpriced EVERYTHING like usual. When the words "LOW COST" and "BUDGET" are actually in your company name, its no surprise where your business model takes you.

Either way you interpret his post, $50 for the pair or $65, he's still not earning a living. It's a classic example of quoting what one thinks sounds good without knowing one's costs or calculating what one's shop rate has to be. I'd be at $125 to $150 for the job or I wouldn't be doing it.

There's been a saying around for years that fits: "I bought a $ fill in the amount machine so I could make cheap signs". I don't play the lowball game. While someone else spends their two to three hours making those mags, I will be spending that time making signs that are priced high enough to cover costs and make a profit.

 

[Jacob Singer]

Came for the Bob Marley, leaving satisfied.

 

[derekw13029]

Tracing stuff with the pen tool is a pain, but it's not impossible.

 

[ams]

$50 for a set for 16x24 mags.... here we go again

I didn't say $50 for a set of magnets. I said that is probably what it'd cost to vectorize it. The magnets are like $40 each

 

[ams]

So if everyone is done with the high school drama. The customer is working on getting me a better image.
Also I never asked for a freebie or asked for someone to do it for me. I was hoping you all knew a place that may have a better image I could trace or a site that has a vector such as brands of the world.

 

[rossmosh]

That's a $15 trace from my guy. I also was a bit bored this afternoon and threw it into Inkscape and found it very possible to do a 90% job in about 20ish minutes.

My recommendation is to find a cheap vector guy. I've yet to have a customer complain about the $20 cleanup charge when I explain why it's necessary. I also provide the vector files included in the charge.