Staples is selling vinyl?!?

[nashvillesigns]

http://www.staples.com/Avery-SF-100...Permanent-Kraft-Special-Effect/product_145395

Now i have seen everything, for today.


-Mosher

 

[Techman]

ya, at that price i think very few will have to worry about it

 

[Gino]

Since they are a rather large company, I'm sure their buying power is immense and since there are 15 stores in each town, you can probably find that roll of vinyl ya need in a hurry and only cost ya a few bucks to go pick it up.

The question really is....... is the vinyl what you want ?? I mean really, how many shops are buying 15" punched these days. About 95% of our vinyl is now all white.

 

[Gene@mpls]

Staples just bought Office Depot who bought Officemax a few months ago... they gonna have a *lot* of stores.

 

[AF]

Smells like a monopoly is forming.

 

[Tony McD]

That price is for their "special effects gold film" .... the prices on their regular vinyl are much less.
36 pages of vinyl > > > http://www.staples.com/Sign-Materials/cat_CL210924

Now it will be customers showing up with a roll of vinyl they bought at staples....uhhh, no thanks.

 

[Kottwitz-Graphics]

That price is for their "special effects gold film" .... the prices on their regular vinyl are much less.
36 pages of vinyl > > > http://www.staples.com/Sign-Materials/cat_CL210924

Now it will be customers showing up with a roll of vinyl they bought at staples....uhhh, no thanks.

+1... I can hear now how customers are going to question why prices are so high since they think that all vinyl prices are this cheap....even though I don't use Avery....

 

[Gino]

That whole scenario is easy.

You don't take your own brakes to the auto mechanic to be fixed
You don't take your own eggs & bacon to the restaurant to be cooked
You don't take your own vinyl to the sign shop to be made into a sign

This is primarily set up to help all the weekend warriors, hobbyists and stay-at-home parents with their little cricut toys and wall decorators.

 

[FireSprint.com]

Smells like a monopoly is forming.

They made their case that they don't have a monopoly. They would have about 10 years ago, but between Sams, Costco and Amazon they are working hard to keep the business. I for one don't buy much there anymore.

 

[Kentucky Wraps]

I even came accross a listing for Avery vinyl on CNET!!!

 

[CanuckSigns]

Meh I don't really see an issue here, if someone were to come to me with their own vinyl I would simply reduce the cost of the sign by my cost for the. Into since everything else is the same, and explain that I can no longer offer a warrantee on the vinyl portion of the sign. So there $500 sign would now be a $460 sign with no warrantee.

home depot has been selling 2x4's for years, don't see carpenters getting upset.

 

[Jwalk]

I'm in Canada so I'm going to check my local staples store, when I have a small job it would actually help me. The place where I have to get my vinyl is about half hr away, and staples is about five minutes away. So please don't hate.