I dont usually complain about being undercut, but I just lost a job that I really wanted to do, it would have been a nice project. It is a 4' x 6' double sided sandblasted cedar sign with carved and gilded house on both sides. 3 color paint for borders and text. fancy contour cut. installed on 8" x 8" posts that will have a custom curve on one side. I bid it at $4000.00 and thought that was a bit low. He just told me he is having it done for $1700.00!!!! Am I off my rocker? what would you charge for something like that?
------------------ Brian Stoddard Expressions Signs A few puddles east of Seattle
Posted by Nevman (Member # 332) on :
Your price sounds about right to me. The guy'll never get a top-notch sign at that price.
Sorry you lost the job. Give it 4 or 5 years 'til the other sign breaks down and call the guy back and say 'nyah-nyah' !
------------------ Pat Neve, Jr. Sign Man, Inc. 4580 N. US 1 Melbourne, FL 32935 321-259-1703 signman@signmaninc.com Capt. Sign Letterville Constituent constituent: "One of the individual entities contributing to a whole"
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i know this guy HORHAY DOEMCHEAPA(honduran slave labor)....will do it for $1500.....hahahahahahaha
------------------ joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-944-5060 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND
Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
Brian.......not fun huh? That is why I moved out of the Redmond area. There were too many sign shops in the area that wanted to work for nothin.
Brian, makes ya sick don't it? Sounds like they're either desperate, have no skill, or just doing it as a hobby.. Your price sounds right to me. I'd say between $3762 and $4380 is what I would charge, without seeing the detail.
Perhaps the finished product will tell everything.
------------------ Wayne Webb Webb Sign Studio creators of "woodesigns" "autograph your work with excellence" webbsignstudio@digitalexp.com
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
That price works out around $40 per square foot and pricing the second side at 70%. That's less than half what I'd begin to charge without gold.
------------------ The SignShop Mendocino, California "Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"
Oh, for the faith of a spider! He begins his web without any thread.
Posted by Cheryl Lucas (Member # 1656) on :
Brian,
I smell something fishy with the $1700 price...Geez, I need a PHD just to install the posts!
Hang in there, it's your call, when you want to make a $1700 sign look like a $4000 sign!
Cheers, Cher.
------------------ Cheryl Lucas a/k/a "Shag" on MIRC Vital Signs & Graphics, Etc. Cape Coral, Florida VSignsNgraphics@aol.com
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
We've got a printer-turned-signmaker here in our town. He's doing redwood sandblasted for $35 per square foot. Gotta love'm!
Brian, when the lowballer finishes the job, go inspect it. I'm guessing that you will see that what you offered and what the customer bought are not the same thing. For most of the public, you could paint one shot gold instead of gold leaf and they would not know the difference. Let us know what happens. Vic G
------------------ Victor Georgiou Bob Loves Signs Inc Danville, CA email blssign@pacbell.net
