Bigdawg
Just Me
Paupau... that is exactly what I meant by "there is so much more to making signs than slapping down vinyl"
I... as well as most other professionals... are fully aware that the cricut owner get paid for putting up eye pollution. THAT is what offends me. That hobbyists and wanna-bes have dragged this business down to a point where butt-ugly is okay as long as it's cheap enough. And that somewhere along the way... that becomes the new standard. It sucks more than I can tell you when you are a person who actually cares about the craft. Not just someone with a cheap cutter who's gonna make it rich selling crap.
And it's cheap because you don't follow the rules. You don't get the licenses needed to sell or install signs. You sell your crap on ebay, to neighbors, to friends and to churches... more than likely without ever stopping to consider what taxes you need to collect, let alone actually having a tax ID number for payment.
And we are also well aware that our vendors are marketing to you. Very well aware. And when they start selling products to you for the same prices the real professionals are paying - we will find new vendors there too.
The cricut isn't the blight on sign-making. It's the crap being produced on it - and then sold like it's a good product.
I... as well as most other professionals... are fully aware that the cricut owner get paid for putting up eye pollution. THAT is what offends me. That hobbyists and wanna-bes have dragged this business down to a point where butt-ugly is okay as long as it's cheap enough. And that somewhere along the way... that becomes the new standard. It sucks more than I can tell you when you are a person who actually cares about the craft. Not just someone with a cheap cutter who's gonna make it rich selling crap.
And it's cheap because you don't follow the rules. You don't get the licenses needed to sell or install signs. You sell your crap on ebay, to neighbors, to friends and to churches... more than likely without ever stopping to consider what taxes you need to collect, let alone actually having a tax ID number for payment.
And we are also well aware that our vendors are marketing to you. Very well aware. And when they start selling products to you for the same prices the real professionals are paying - we will find new vendors there too.
The cricut isn't the blight on sign-making. It's the crap being produced on it - and then sold like it's a good product.
