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...CASH THE DEPOSIT CHECK BEFORE STARTING. (esp. for first time clients.) ...I avoided getting screwed for $600 once. simply because I needed cash that day, and went to their bank right after getting the check. The 'client' closed their account and jumped town. I still have a bunch of vinyl letters I made for the 'be-yotch'.
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6714 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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No sketches without a deposit. Charge for revisions after making two. Never email a high-rez jpg. Never email a sketch without a watermark. A last-minute rush client usually takes the longest to pick up their sign. Love....Jill
Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Lie- "Give me a good deal on this one and there will be alot more down the road." Cheat- "Could you sharpen your pencil on that one a little?" Steal- You've met their short deadline, they came into pick it up and without even pausing to say KMA, they tell you they'll mail the check tomorrow.
-------------------- Mike gatlinburg Sign Crafters Posts: 1051 | From: Gatlinburg, TN | Registered: Oct 2005
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quote:I'd rather focus on trying to do my best and grow a clientèle that wants that also.
Amen.
-grampa dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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Quality, Service, Price,...you get to pick two Can't help gettin old, don't have to mature If the prospective client doesn't have the money for a deposit now, what makes you think he'll have all of it when the job is done? I can do it your way if you want, but for ugly I charge extra Starting a job without a deposit is like loaning money to a total stranger
-------------------- Pete Payne Willowlake Design/Canadian Signcrafters Bayfield, ON
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There is NO such thing as a GOOD, FAST, and CHEAP Sign. You can have Good and Fast but it won't be Cheap; You can have a Fast, Cheap sign, but it won't be Good; or You can have a Good, Cheap sign but it won't be Fast!
-------------------- Doug Fielder Fallout Grafix Port St. Lucie, FL
16 years with a brush in my hand... Posts: 273 | From: Port St. Lucie, FL | Registered: May 1999
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I lady I did business with many years ago taught me a very good line...."Money up front, honey." You can leave off the "honey" if you use her line.
-------------------- William "Irish" Holohan Resting...Read "Between Jobs." Marlboro, MA 01752 email: firemap1@aol.com Posts: 1110 | From: Marlboro, MA | Registered: Dec 2001
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"Time heals all wounds....and Time wounds all Heels." - Henry Archibald Stevens.
" Never go up on a swing stage or scaffolding, if you're suffering from Diahreah "
-------------------- Ken Henry Henry & Henry Signs London, Ontario Canada (519) 439-1881 e-mail: kjmlhenry@rogers.com
Why do I get all those on-line offers to sell me Viagara, when the only thing hardening is my arteries ? Posts: 2684 | From: London,Ontario, Canada | Registered: Feb 1999
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