Just had someone stop by with specks from a internet "banners depot" for a 2'X 5' 14oz banner with 3 color hp vinyl copy and clipart images for $107.29...Can you beat that price?...aaaaaaa NO!
Jeff Posted by Michael Latham (Member # 4477) on :
I've had customers come in with ads like that, usually sell them at my price!
1) they want it asap 2) they would like an "idea" of what it can look like 3) I walk away when they demand too much for too little 4) they can see and feel my banner material and banners hanging, the quality is here v/s the unknown/unseen on the net
Even though it's only around $165 for what you discribed according to Estimate.
[ February 18, 2005, 10:58 AM: Message edited by: Michael Latham ]
Posted by Cheryl Lucas (Member # 1656) on :
Hi Jeff,
The other day, a guy called my shop:
Ring, ring...
Me: Vital Signs
Him: Do you have any of those cheap-@ss, bullsh!t signs?
Me: What?
Him: I'm looking for some of those cheap-@ass, bullsh!t signs.
Me: Cheap-@ss, bullsh!t signs! We don't have no stinking cheap-@ss, bullsh!t signs!
Him: What?
Me: Our minimum order starts at one million dollars!
Him: (silence)
Me: That's right, one million dollars.
Him: No, no, no, I saw one of them signs on the street, 100 signs for 99 cents each. Do you do them?
Me: I can't afford to do anything for 99 cents each!
Him: Well, I'm lookin' for some cheap signs, and I need a lot of them.
Me: How many do you need?
Him: 10
Me: Ha! What do you do for a living?
Him: Home maintenance
Me: You mean, you're a handy man?
Him: Well, yeah, sorta.
Me: What do you want on these cheap-@ass, bullsh!t signs?
Him: (a list)
Me: Wow, that's a lot of stuff! You want all that on these cheap-@ss signs?
Him: Of course, that's what I do. I want to advertise.
Me: Do you do your work for cheap?
Him: No!
Me: Me neither!
Him: How much do you charge for 10 of these signs?
Me: $25.00 each
Him: For 10?
Me: Yep, $25.00 each!
Him: I figured maybe $3.00 each!
Me: Well sir, I suggest you go back to where you seen that sign on the street, and order 100 of them for 99 cents each. Good luck!
Click!
True story...
Cher.
Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
Priceless, Cheryl
I got a phone call last week:
"Are you selling cheap Coroplast signs?" "No, I don't!---But I do sell Coroplast signs" silence "Well...how much for a 2'x2'with(reads the text)" "$37 each" "$37??!How much if I take 3?" "$37 each" silence "I only need it for a month, you know. I can rent a sign for that" "Up to you, sir" "I'll be thinking about it" KLICK Next day "I'll be taking those signs, but only two" "Great, I can have them done tomorrow" "Oh, I need them today!" "Tomorrow morning, 11:00 at the earliest" "That doesn't fit my schedule, I'll have to think about whether I want them then" KLICK Three hours later "I'll come for the signs tomorrow at 1:30" --No, I didn't say, "How come it suddenly fits your schedule?" Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
Lotti how cool would have been to say, that time slot was now taken he can have them the next day at 11:00 am hahaha Posted by John Stagner (Member # 4091) on :
Jeff - What were you thinking? I could beat that price. They'd be $107.28 each. In quantities of 100 or more. Done deal
Lotti: The rental thing reminded me of a recent experience. You should have said,"Oh! You only need them for a month?? In that case, I can rent them to you for $37 a month each!"
Posted by Checkers (Member # 63) on :
Hiya Jeff,
I have a vendor that will sell me a full color banner with hems and grommets @ less than $4 a square foot. It's a solvent based inkjet print on 13 oz. banner material. He has no minimum order and he'll even deliver it to me for free.
So, I could make money at the internet price qoute, throw in a "free design" and still come out ahead of the game. Shipping and handling would be extra though
Havin' fun,
Checkers
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
$10 a s.f. is good money for a banner.
I can make good money on them digitally printing them in house. At $1.00 a s.f. my cost, and selling them for $10 s.f. I can have it done in a half hour. These days vinyl can't compete with digital printing. The labor is what kills you with the weeding, taping and application involved. Not to mention the cost of the vinyl and application tape as compared to ink.
I'm enjoying banners now for the first time in a long time. Easy money!
[ February 18, 2005, 03:31 PM: Message edited by: Bob Stephens ]
Posted by Bruce Williams (Member # 691) on :
Cheryl & Lottie have cooked up and flavored the recipe for this bad meat, and turned it into a cure. For anyone who wants to work fast & cheap, this is what you will hear and what you are getting into. If you like it, maybe you're cured. Whatever, C & L's exchange belong in the archives.
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
. . .LOL Jeff . . . LOVE it when they call here . . .
I get to 'suggest' they go to Pepsi Cola or Bama Budweiser....they make banners totally FREE...nice bold block, black type . . . as much copy as they want... if they dont mind those logos takin' up that little 1/3rd of the banner . . .all nice and shiney with them little 16" ropes and everything . . .
..bet I'm drivin' 'em all to 'drinkin' up' their profits dealing with these tire kickers . . .
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Cheryl, 100 signs at 99 cents each: easy!
Print one basic design on a bit of A4 or foolscap paper, and photocopy 99 more of them for him. Maybe throw in a packet of thumb tacks or drawing pins.
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
"you got no overhead, you won of them wimin signpainters, you just got to push buttons, you can letter my racecar and I won't charge you to advertise.... reply... yu got good life insurance doncha? don't let the door hit cha..... lol, a million bucks and I'm all yours..(50 percent deeeeposit, yahoo!)
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
got a storefront sign shop here..with a banner out front 2x5 and its big letters THIS BANNER $25.00!!!!! i dont wana beat that!!!
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