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This past Friday I walked a local car show.. the 3rd largest one in Arizona.. some 2,000 vehicles there, not just cars but anything with an engine including boats and airplanes.. anyways...
I spent more time talkin to the guys with the classic cars.. they're the ones with the money.
I was showing them the classic that I had carved outta Sign Foam (see the pic below if you haven't seen it before) to see what kind of response I could get from it. I had an idea to carve show cards outta Sign Foam and wanted to see if the idea would fly. Apparently it will because these guys went absolutely ape-poopie over my incomplete carving.
So.. now I need some kinda guideline to use for pricing these buggers. Anyone have any ideas? My thoughts on the level of detail would be something like a dimensional car as shown in the pic below at the top of the board, with the rest of the board being flat, perhaps with some scroll work or a raise border at the edges. Either hand painted or vinyl copy on the flat area, depending which price level the customer wants.
Anyone have a guideline I could use for pricing this detailed work? The car owners' reactions told me they were really interested!
------------------ Mike Pipes Digital Illusion Custom Graphics Lake Havasu City, AZ http://www.stickerpimp.com
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The dimensional car would be carved and painted to match the owner's vehicle.
I also just thought since the area for the copy may be a bit rough, I could use a plexi inlay with the copy and background on the second surface, copy reversed of course. =)
Hmm.. I could sit here all day and come up with ideas.. but.. I got work to put off a bit longer and I havent gotten breakfast yet today!
------------------ Mike Pipes Digital Illusion Custom Graphics Lake Havasu City, AZ http://www.stickerpimp.com
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What you describe sounds like a lot of work. Do you have any feel for how much time you would put into it? Find someone you like and sell him/her one for $100 on the condition that you can use it as a selling piece from time to time. If your first customer thinks it is killer, then set the real price based on time and effort. If it comes out to $250, then set the price at $250 and hang tough. Then you will be able to make a living on whatever orders you do get.
------------------ Victor Georgiou Bob Loves Signs Inc Danville, CA email blssign@pacbell.net
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