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Cut Lettering On Box Truck
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OldPaint
New Member
SQUARE FOOT pricing:
when you do this, dont just figure the amount of lettering you have. this is good for the client BUT NOT FOR YOU.
reason being, you are charging for the VINYL USED ONLY. what about all that VINYL WASTE YOU WEEDED AWAY? what about all that TRANSFER TAPE, you put in the trash can?
on box trucks, enclosed trailers, big flat windows/walls/boards......USE THE FULL SQ. FT. of the area where the vinyl is being applied. this now will account for the stuff in your trash can.
EXAMPLE: say you got a box truck, the whole sq.ft. of one side is 12 ft long X 7 ft tall.
when your done lettering it, you may use 9 ft X 5 ft. so you see where you are not chraging for wasted material? your vinyl is say 2 ft tall no matter hw tall the letter is. what you dont put on the truck, GOES IN THE TRASH. either the customer pays for it or you lose money by not covering the cost of it.
when you do this, dont just figure the amount of lettering you have. this is good for the client BUT NOT FOR YOU.
reason being, you are charging for the VINYL USED ONLY. what about all that VINYL WASTE YOU WEEDED AWAY? what about all that TRANSFER TAPE, you put in the trash can?
on box trucks, enclosed trailers, big flat windows/walls/boards......USE THE FULL SQ. FT. of the area where the vinyl is being applied. this now will account for the stuff in your trash can.
EXAMPLE: say you got a box truck, the whole sq.ft. of one side is 12 ft long X 7 ft tall.
when your done lettering it, you may use 9 ft X 5 ft. so you see where you are not chraging for wasted material? your vinyl is say 2 ft tall no matter hw tall the letter is. what you dont put on the truck, GOES IN THE TRASH. either the customer pays for it or you lose money by not covering the cost of it.
boxerbay
New Member
winning a bid is all in the presentation. if you just give one price without providing detailed material 951 specs and also offer alternatives on other materials 751 or 651 the client will only look at the number you have presented and he is comparing just that number. you have to ask the client if he is looking for a number or a quality job.
Speedsterbeast
New Member
Not sure if it was said, but 751 IS cast vinyl.
And odds are if they are coming back to you and telling where you need to be (unless you have an exceptionally good relationship with them) then you are already the lowest bid and they are trying to save some money
And odds are if they are coming back to you and telling where you need to be (unless you have an exceptionally good relationship with them) then you are already the lowest bid and they are trying to save some money
TedNes
New Member
Good for you. You just know that when a customer comes back to you and says you're $100 too high, that he will also be the type of customer to complain about longevity down the road, and will have long forgotten about that $100 he saved when he bought the job.....
FYI, I always put "Quoted using XX High Performance Cast Vinyl" on a quote like that, giving the customer a bit of ammo to ask questions of the other guys quoting the job, are they using high-perf cast, etc.....
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john1
Guest
I'd be at $2400 installed. Cast vinyl btw for 2 15x7' sides plus layout design.
$1700 using calendered.
$1700 using calendered.
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Sign Works
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Mud ... Another thing noone is taking into consideration is that the invasion of new sign/wrap experts continuing to flood this industry are more than willing to wrap these box trucks at 5-6 bucks a square foot all day long and boast about how amazingly busy they are, how in the F are you gonna compete with that doing cut vinyl. In the customers mind now you are the bad guy charging too much for a lessor product, so many willing to drive this industry right into the toilet.
What really irks me is the overall decline in percieved value and quality. I still take great pride in my vehicle graphic jobs especially when I see them rolling down the road 10+ years later still looking great, this WAS the customer's expected longevity of the jobs once done within this industry. Now, how long is the warranty on these God awful eyesore wraps? One year? How in the hell do you sell that load of crap to the customer? Saw a plumbing van yesterday done about 6 months ago by the local wrap expert and vinyl was popping up out of all the recesses/grooves. Won't this lack of quality come back bite him in the ***? Quantity over quality? Me Never!
What really irks me is the overall decline in percieved value and quality. I still take great pride in my vehicle graphic jobs especially when I see them rolling down the road 10+ years later still looking great, this WAS the customer's expected longevity of the jobs once done within this industry. Now, how long is the warranty on these God awful eyesore wraps? One year? How in the hell do you sell that load of crap to the customer? Saw a plumbing van yesterday done about 6 months ago by the local wrap expert and vinyl was popping up out of all the recesses/grooves. Won't this lack of quality come back bite him in the ***? Quantity over quality? Me Never!
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