i just had a call from a potential customer asking me for a price on a 2' x 8' banner that reads... "Christmas Sale 15% off" i always figure $5 per square foot for something simple. i gave her a price of $80.00 plus 8% sales tax.
she almost had a COW!!!
"that much for a banner???" "i just called a another sign shop and they wanted $35.00 dollars!" "My gawd, why are your banners so high?????"
I said, "well lady, over the years i have become accustomed to doing this thing called "EATING" she hung up!!! LOL
what would you cahrge for a banner such as this???
"Mark Fair is a Proud Contributor to The Letterhead Site!"
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
Moooooove over markie, I charge the same. Maybe she had big calves anyway.
By the way, I wholesale my banners to a local printing company at $5 they sell 'em a t $7 go figure!
Mike
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Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
Eighty bucks! Are you out of your mind? hahahahahaha just kidin bro . I usually get anywhere from $10-15 a running foot and thats 10oz. but then again it can go higher depends whats goes on it. but we were very close. But I do know for a fact there are some who will only charge $39.95 and slap em together on an 8oz quickie banner material. Sometimes when they go off on me I usually tell them if they're really looking for the deal of the century, over by the freeway is a guy they call six-pack Charlie, who would probably give them the price they want. Hell with them...Cisco
------------------ FranCisco Vargas aka: Cisco aka:Traveling Millennium Sign Artist http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935
"to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
The price I gave was for Square foot. I dunno what a running foot is unless the other one is also comming along.
These prices jive with the latest signcraft magazine survey.
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Posted by Brad Farha (Member # 931) on :
10oz., 2' wide, white, cut from banner roll, one line of intermediate vinyl copy, no logo, I charge $9/ft. = $72 + tax.
The other day I was going through a local classified mag, in the business directory under signs was an add for vehicle magnets, $35.00 pair DELIVERED! What's up with this?
------------------ De'ja Voodoo? Bryan Quebodeaux Design Works Church Point, LA 318-684-6058
Posted by Nevman (Member # 332) on :
I probably have a higher overhead than most here, but I quote my banners STARTING at 8 bucks a square foot, say $ 120 for this one. And we do them all the time. If we get the job we have the leeway to make a nicer looking product. If you please the customers, they'll come back. If they come in saying "hey, I saw the banner that you did for so-and-so, it's 10 buck per square. I lose some of the phone-ins, but they're usually not worth the trouble anyway.
I realise that I am lucky in the fact that we have a broad customer base and the staff to do the work. It took 20 years of service, but if you satisfy the client, your reputation and the work will follow.
Way to stick to your guns - got a new nickname - Montgomery Mark ! Like an old western gunslinger! LOL
I love your response to the old bat Mark !
------------------ 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"
[This message has been edited by Nevman (edited December 05, 2000).]
Posted by Ryan Ursta (Member # 1738) on :
Mark, Ha! Nice line on the eating part lololol! I usually sell the 10oz. For $11 ft. I use bannermax 3'in width.I charge $15 a foot if there's more than 2 colors on the design. As for people that say ......"Such and such said theyll do it for this amount" I say then you go to "Such and such" and get some sucky suck caus thats what your banner's gonna look like when you go to them instead of me !!!! ha ha Merry Christmas.... or should i say Happy Holidays ... Nevermind Merry Christmas
------------------ Ryan Ursta Ursta Graphics 27 West Shenango St. Sharpsville Pa. 16150 Call: 724•962•2206 "letters of Recommendation"
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Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
Hey Mark.........that kinda stuff goes on all the time here in Seattle. It used to p*$$ me off....now I just laugh. What a joke huh? I charge 10.00 per lineal foot for that size banner.
Hey Mark, That price is right on, I come out about 10 a running ft.
------------------ There is nothing new under the sun. What will be has already been and has been will be again. Daniel R. Perez Daniez Dzines Fresno, CA daniez2001@yahoo.com
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
The one thing I like to say is "Tell me Mark is the other Shop making any Money at this banner?" I don't think so... Your price is more in the ball park then his and if he thinks that all in all with materials and labour he is going to make a profit, then you should wait until next year and buy his equipment for next to nothing when he goes out of business......
Raven/2000
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Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
The one thing I like to say is "Tell me Mark is the other Shop making any Money at this banner?" I don't think so... Your price is more in the ball park then his and if he thinks that all in all with materials and labour he is going to make a profit, then you should wait until next year and buy his equipment for next to nothing when he goes out of business......
Raven/2000
------------------ Raven/2000 Airbrushed by Raven Lower sackville N.S. deveausdiscovery@sprint.ca
Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
The reason they can make banners this cheap is they are probably paying their employees about 6.00 an hour, and are grabbing every job that comes their way with low low prices. This is one of the reasons I closed my storefront sign shop. I would get people coming in wanting a 25.00 banner. I wouldn't do it.....so they went to signsNOW or fastsigns or speedyrama, SignUpHere, SignsOverThere, SignsRighthere or one of those. They do those for that price.
Good, Quick, Cheap You can have any two But not all three.
Your price ain't out of line Bubba.
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Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :
I'm not even gonna go there. Let me tell ya there's a new shop around here called ECONOMY SIGNS!!!!
By the way, I just finished some signs for the screen guy right next to him... any questions?
------------------ I'm workin' on it...
Posted by Dave Ginley (Member # 1723) on :
Hi Mark..we're in the same ballpark..I have a competitor that'll do the 39. though..and another opened this past summer and was going to put me out of business because of how expensive I am..he's out of business already..never delivered his first order, the cnacer society called me in a panic two days before the event..we delivered at our price plus a rush charge and extra freight to overnight the 20 ft. blanks..
Dave
------------------ Ace of Signs Selinsgrove, Pa. www.aceofsigns.com
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
It's funny how some people look at the material and figure it should be cheap. I wonder what the prices are for a 4' by 8' banner as compared to a 4' by 8' aluminum. The difference in materials is not that much , but since a banner can be rolled up and is temporary, people expect 1/4 the price.
------------------ Wright Signs Wyandotte, Michigan Since 1978 http://www.wrightsigns.bigstep.com
Posted by jimmy chatham (Member # 525) on :
i might do a banner for $5.00 per square foot for a friend but usually get $6 and up
------------------ Jimmy Chatham Chatham Signs 164 Poplar Rd. Commerce, Ga 30529 706-335-2348 Fax 706-335-3378 icq#11718273
Posted by John Deaton (Member # 925) on :
That's exactly the same price I woulda charged and do charge Mark. She was price shopper for sure. I had one today. Told em I wouldn't be the cheapest. Not here anyway. Good response too. Gonna have to remember that one.
------------------ John Deaton III Deaton Signs&Grafix 109 N. Cumberland Ave.,Harlan, Ky. 40831 606-573-9101
The banner is $80.00...but you are only giving her $80.00 worth, if she wants more, then she'll have to pay more. A radio talk show host today was talking about "Worth." He's coming up to his contract deadline and he was pretty funny talking about what he does, how he does it and what it is worth to the station. In that perspective, he usually gets what he wants, because sponsors pay for HIM to do their commercials and HIM to be on the air rambling about what THEY like to hear. Same with signs. Give em hell in Bama Bubba!
------------------ Mike Meyer SignPainter 575 1st Street Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956 (507) 843-5951 EMail-mikemeyer@sleepyeyetel.net Check out this crazed man's web site he's doing fur me.....http://www.markfair.com/mikemeyer
Posted by Ron Helliar (Member # 398) on :
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Posted by Tim Whitcher (Member # 685) on :
I get $99.00 for a 10 oz. 2 x 6, and sell quite a few, thank you.
------------------ Tim Whitcher Quality Signs & Design 107 E Adrian St Blissfield, MI 49228 qualitysigns@cass.net
Posted by Mayo Pardo (Member # 138) on :
I would hope when she goes to pick up that $35 banner, it's been done on paper using foam brushes and too-thin 1-Shot.
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Posted by Gary Wiant (Member # 1421) on :
I guess it's the same every where. I charge $7.50/ Sq. Ft. with Vinyl on 13 oz. -or- $10./sq.ft.on 15 oz. Digital. If they want it plain I tell them that I prefer not to do plain stuff because it's my rep. & I want to make sure it looks good & will last. When they say It's only going to be up a week you know it will be up a month. I just had one of those monday on a quote I sent out last week. I'll try to get a jpeg of the quote & photo of what they went with & post it later. Later Gary Wiant VGU
------------------ Gary Wiant Vinyl Graphics Unlimited Shippenville, PA
Posted by Gary Wiant (Member # 1421) on :
I guess it's the same every where. I charge $7.50/ Sq. Ft. with Vinyl on 13 oz. -or- $10./sq.ft.on 15 oz. Digital. If they want it plain I tell them that I prefer not to do plain stuff because it's my rep. & I want to make sure it looks good & will last. When they say It's only going to be up a week you know it will be up a month. I just had one of those monday on a quote I sent out last week. I'll try to get a jpeg of the quote & photo of what they went with & post it later. Later Gary Wiant VGU
------------------ Gary Wiant Vinyl Graphics Unlimited Shippenville, PA
Posted by Brian Diver (Member # 1552) on :
I'm wondering why the 2000 official computer graphics pricing guide shows $16.50/lineal ft for a lightweight 24" banner? I was getting ready to quote a banner for a lady and I almost swallowed my dentures for the price! If I used that price/ft Marks banner would be about $132 which is way over what most of you would charge. I'm a newbie and this price guide isn't helping me get any jobs.
How about simple menu board 3'x 8'? I have a hard time thinking about charging $21.50 sq ft. What is a more realistic cost/sq ft?
------------------ Brian Diver PDQ Signs Everett, Wa
(425) 252-6110 briandiver@excite
Posted by Larry Elliott (Member # 263) on :
$90 to $120 on average for a plain and quick professional layout with 2 to 3 colors. Did one last week (2x6) for $185 with just a little extra time in adding a graphic for a duck call mfg. It doesn't matter what the advertisement is made of or how long it will be used, the customer pays for materials, labor, advertising value and profit. That's just the way it is, they can't cut my rates because someone else will do it cheaper. The lady probably thought, 'well it's only going to be up for 3-4 weeks so it should be cheap' I always ask what it would cost them for that much exposure with radio or newspaper ads, kinda puts things into perspective then.
------------------ Larry
Elliott Design McLemoresville, Tn.
If you can't find the time to do it right, where gonna find the time to do it over?
Posted by Chuck Peterson (Member # 70) on :
I charge a minimum of $5 per sq. ft. with a $60 minimum. I think if I quoted $1 per sq. ft. I would have a few people asking "why so much?"
mark i have a little page printed up for banners...as follows tyvek(roll vinyl cheeeeep stuff)$3.00 a s.f. 8oz. $4.00 s.f, 10oz. $4.50 s.f, 12 oz $5.00 s.f. 13 oz. $5.50, 13 oz double side no see thru $6.00...all logos and art work extra..most i have sold is the 10.oz. banners....and ive seen the $35.00 banners....like one cap letter and the rest lower case!!!!!hehehehehehe
------------------ 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 Bruce Williams (Member # 691) on :
I have no prob with Mark's price at all. Banner material is not cheap. Banners take time to make and to handle. If somebody wants to do it cheaper, let 'em. Maybe they'll keep doing it cheaper and cheaper, until they disappear.
Bruce Williams Lexington KY
------------------ Bruce Williams
Posted by Laura Butler (Member # 1830) on :
I jusst bought a sign shop 3 1/2 months ago. Fortunately the shop had been in business since 1986, has a store front, and a very large customer base for such a small town that we are. I have upped prices somewhat as the previous owner hadn't raised most prices since 1996. For a simple banner, we get 9.50 a sq. ft. WE decided to start charging for rush orders. We are up to $25.00 for rush and still no one is balking.
------------------ Laura Butler Vision Graphics and Sign 560 Oak St. Lapeer, Mi 48446 810-664-3812 visiongraphics@tir.com
. I usually get anywhere from $10-15 a running foot and thats 10oz. but then again it can go higher depends whats goes on it. but we were very close. 