I was just telling my Wife yesterday that it would be nice to get in a few quicky vinyl jobs to kind of fill in the chinks between sandblasted ones, while waiting for paints to dry etc.
So, sold a vinyl job on a service truck this morning and a small aluminum sign later in the day.
The Chamber's public relations manager calls this morning wanting a $50 donation for the golf tournament in exchange for my biz name on a sign. I asked who's doing the signs? she didn't know but would have someone call. The lady calls, comes out to the shop, and wants a price on an 18x24 coroplast sign in two colors and a 3x2 also in two colors. Says she doesn't know yet how many they will need.....maybe 10 of the big ones...no clue on the little ones.
I usually charge about $19 for one 18x24 and about $36 for a two sided one. But, i figured, since they want several, and expect to pay chicken feed for them....I'd give'em a DEAL. So, I estimated the old materialx3 thing and came up with:
"$18.50" for the 2x3 and $10.50 for the smaller one"
Her countenance immediately took on that look we all know well.
"I already have a quote of $10 and $5"
I ought to send the donation and send the sign shop a file of my logo in three colors. Posted by Dwayne Hunter (Member # 133) on :
Better yet, get the name & # of the sign shop, and once the quicky work starts flowing, sub some of it to them. Give them the little tiny letter jobs or the odd stuff, and you keep the super-easy but profitable stuff. You make even more customers happy, collect a few more dollars and when another sandblast job comes in, you just pile it on their workload. Kinda like having an employee, but less headaches and less taxes...
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
Oh well. Ive got sandblast jobs coming out my ears now. Just thought I'd get to fire up the plotter for a few minutes...to get rid of the dust.
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