i go to eat the other nite and less the 1/2 mile from me i see the 1st 18x24....of this guys and hes got em about every mile on this road. http://www.dsgprinting.com/index.html web includes prices.......only thing hes near is vinyl 18 x 24.......but i dont see if its 1 sided or 2.....and his price for a 4 x 8 coro is $85.00... $2.65 a SQUARE FOOT.....iam i being to harsh if i say IDIOT WITH A COMPUTER & CUTTER?
[ December 23, 2004, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
AH!!! THE RIGORS OF DINING OUT !!!!!
Posted by Jeff Poitevint (Member # 4740) on :
Joe,
This would concern me too. With his pricing, he evidently has NO overhead. He would have to do LARGE volumes to stay in business.
Posted by Jeff Poitevint (Member # 4740) on :
Joe,
I would also contact the city or county about his solicitation signs and have them removed. He's not a politician and has to abide by the rules like the rest of us.
Posted by Harris Kohen (Member # 2139) on :
Dont sweat it OP.
This fool will be broke in less than 6 months at these prices.
When you get a customer that is trying really hard to get you to lower your price give them this idiots name, let them deal with them and help him go broke instead.
The only way they could survive is to advertise LOW prices then upsell them BIGTIME. and obviously he is using inferior materials and probably doesnt guarantee the stuff past the doorstep.
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Hey, Joe...
When eating out, Frank highly recommends the clams, OK? Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
Fixed prices for a vinyl signs, as long as it is text only. Hmmmm, I should have sent him that 500 words, 3/4" lettering job...
Posted by Gary Hove (Member # 4970) on :
I am with Harris. Have copmuter will do signs. A few years back there were two new guys in town. Both were "have computer will do signs." with in a year both were gone. Cheap does not hide lack of quality. If their best is a vinyl one storke quikie, don't sweat it.
Posted by Rovelle W. Gratz (Member # 4404) on :
Their business plan...If we don't make any money on the first truckload, we'll get a bigger truck.
Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
Harris is totally right. I had a employee that I fired that opened up and did the same thing. I got upset about it at first and started to sue him for breach of contract but was advised against it. About 3-4 months and he was gone. Don't over-react and don't waste your time unproductively; you'll be fine.
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
I love competition Posted by Harris Kohen (Member # 2139) on :
competition is your best employee at times
Posted by Gavin Chachere (Member # 1443) on :
Take a quick digital pic of one,make some duplicate signs that look exactly the same and lower his prices even more, and about 3am put those out.
Posted by Jake Hamstra (Member # 2354) on :
I like his Magnetic signs "Will not not run when wet" Jake
Posted by Jeff Poitevint (Member # 4740) on :
Gavin,
You said it. Change his prices on each sign. Hee hee hee. :-) I'd probably get arrested doing it at 2:00am.
Posted by Mark Perkins (Member # 296) on :
hey gavin great idea Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
The Midnight Marauders ride again...
Who's picking me up and will you have coffee and donuts?
Posted by TransLab (Member # 470) on :
Hey Joe ... He's quoting a 12 x 18 metal sign at 32$US
What's yer problem???? I just posted in the design/cost workshop and $32 for a 12 x 18 was the high price by a factor of 2???
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
his prices are on his web page....not on his signs....
Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
Joe,
what I see on his website is extremely basic layout and color choice.
If this is your competition then I'd say you need to up your level of signage to requiring a skill level that would command a higher price and not allow entry level people to take food off your table.
But on a lighter note he does have a wide selection of colors....red, blue AND black lol
Posted by Serge (Member # 3645) on :
I never was affraid of people who charged less than me, my main concern always were the people who charge MORE.... "Only az hooker can place a price of a hooker", and "hookers" selling their same wares for more than I did, made me scratch my head. on what did they know I didn't...
worry not about him, mate, "he'll too shall pass"
Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
Oh, fa Chrissake, OP. This guy is "competition" to a real signman about the same way a faith healer on TV is competition to a board-certified graduate of Harvard Medical School.
Posted by Bruce Williams (Member # 691) on :
If what this dabbler advertises is the direction of the sign business, he can have it, AND his prices. I'd rather paint walls or dig ditches. The only typography on the website is in Political Signs. For those, one must collect in advance, because if a candidate loses, he's broke, and if he wins, he's hard to get at.
I love Gavin's tactic, and would save it for a more formidable opponent.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
cam merry xmas...hehehehe i like your anaology. i posted it as my competion, but i dont care what he does i do what i do for what consider a fair price. it all in how you treat your customers...and the quality of them. my business has been great since sept....and i dont see it slowin down, except for this problem i have slowin ME down a bit.
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
"I refuse to compete with anyone who is willing to work for free"
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