Overlaid MDO plywood pricing

time+materials+markup and see where you are

 

Here in my neck of the woods, I use to get 375.00 for a 1/2" 4x8 MDO sign, now since the economy is crap it's down to 275 and it's still hard to get customers to pay that

 

Basic, Intermediate & Complex refer to the layout complexity.
Part of that it how much time it takes to layout the job and how much extra time and materials it takes to complete it.
The modern digital printed sign eliminates some of the cost, but not all. Additionally, the value is still there, but is more difficult than ever to sell on a value based system.

 

$359 here 1 sided 1/2" RTG MDO (you can buy it painted on both sides and edges painted, it's called RTG for ready to go) You can fill the edges and sand them and paint them but it's debatable on if just some paint on them is good enough.

Simple layout included, Anything fancy pants would be more. I do mostly aluminum composite (dibond) signs now.

 

I quote $450+ single sided, and get it about half the time.

 

ours runs 416 includes initial layout and 1 edit

but as john says most all is now dibond, have not done MDO is close to a year

 

Willing to bet you they're offering a laminated print mounted to pre-painted, single sided MDO (the stuff that's painted on the edges and one face, the other face is an oilboard type stuff)

 

This is what I charged for a hand-painted 4'x8' on plywood in 1990.
All this technology now so that we can keep getting cheaper makes me sad.
I'm considerably higher now, and I mainly use aluminum composite.
Love....Jill