Gino
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Sounds familiar.
Quite a few years ago, I had a guy that would come in and buy all kinds of stuff from me.... once, twice and even three times a month. Always stuff for customizing cars. One day he came in with his own vinyl. I said, whatcha tryin' to do.... cut me out of making some money ?? He said, no, one of his customers gave him this roll. Right... a 30" x 150' roll of vinyl ?? Anyway, more of his customers started giving him vinyl and I finally said, whadafug are you trying' to do here ?? His comeback was, it was faster for him to have his customers supply the vinyl then to have me get these God awful colors he kept coming up with and paying me to stock it.
Finally, one day he showed up and wanted to rent garage space from me.... after hours. Like 2AM to 6AM. I told him he was frickin' looney. Later, I heard of a sign shop that opened and turned out it was this guy. Maybe about 2 miles from our old shop. He came strutting in one day and said how he was now running a sign shop and was going to give me a run for my money on some of the smaller jobs. I said, I have one better. I'll send a lot of work your way.... all the chit jobs I don't want, you can have for free. He asked me if I would really do that for him and I said sure, but I hope you're ready for the work. He said, well, I got me a cutter..... a PC-5000, for those that remember that little piece of charming crap. He then asked if I would teach him Corel Draw and how to get pictures from the computer to his cutter ?? I said, no, I can't do that any longer for ya. You're on your own now.
He was out of business within less than a year. Actually he was arrested and from what I heard still serving. Later, his wife called me and asked if I would teach her how to use the setup. What a team.... a real Mutt & Mrs Muff.
Quite a few years ago, I had a guy that would come in and buy all kinds of stuff from me.... once, twice and even three times a month. Always stuff for customizing cars. One day he came in with his own vinyl. I said, whatcha tryin' to do.... cut me out of making some money ?? He said, no, one of his customers gave him this roll. Right... a 30" x 150' roll of vinyl ?? Anyway, more of his customers started giving him vinyl and I finally said, whadafug are you trying' to do here ?? His comeback was, it was faster for him to have his customers supply the vinyl then to have me get these God awful colors he kept coming up with and paying me to stock it.
Finally, one day he showed up and wanted to rent garage space from me.... after hours. Like 2AM to 6AM. I told him he was frickin' looney. Later, I heard of a sign shop that opened and turned out it was this guy. Maybe about 2 miles from our old shop. He came strutting in one day and said how he was now running a sign shop and was going to give me a run for my money on some of the smaller jobs. I said, I have one better. I'll send a lot of work your way.... all the chit jobs I don't want, you can have for free. He asked me if I would really do that for him and I said sure, but I hope you're ready for the work. He said, well, I got me a cutter..... a PC-5000, for those that remember that little piece of charming crap. He then asked if I would teach him Corel Draw and how to get pictures from the computer to his cutter ?? I said, no, I can't do that any longer for ya. You're on your own now.
He was out of business within less than a year. Actually he was arrested and from what I heard still serving. Later, his wife called me and asked if I would teach her how to use the setup. What a team.... a real Mutt & Mrs Muff.
Yep, they're out there and their breeding like wild fire.................. 
