We were friends with a smaller shop than us (amazing, since we are pretty small.) But he moved and changed directions.. I think he is doing a lot of silk screening these days. We've helped each other out in the past, but honestly, it was more us helping him than vice versa. But whateves, he sends us his old customers, so it pays to be nice!
And we are willing to be friendly with other local shops, but honestly, out of the 5 in our immediate area, we only know one. It just dawned on me that I have a bigger shop than 4 out of those 5, and the one we know is the one that is bigger than us.
Finally, we used to use a local "wholesale printer", but that a$$hole stole a few of my customers AND charged retail customers his "wholesale" rate. He literally charged one of my clients $4sqft installed for window perf! And those bozos had to drive to 5 different locations to install these small advertising signs. So whatever, I figure he'll be out of business soon enough if he keeps that up. Needless to say, we aren't friendly with him anymore.
And we are willing to be friendly with other local shops, but honestly, out of the 5 in our immediate area, we only know one. It just dawned on me that I have a bigger shop than 4 out of those 5, and the one we know is the one that is bigger than us.
Finally, we used to use a local "wholesale printer", but that a$$hole stole a few of my customers AND charged retail customers his "wholesale" rate. He literally charged one of my clients $4sqft installed for window perf! And those bozos had to drive to 5 different locations to install these small advertising signs. So whatever, I figure he'll be out of business soon enough if he keeps that up. Needless to say, we aren't friendly with him anymore.
