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Customer wanted me to decorate his huge 38' semi tow truck. This photo doesn't show just how big this thing is. Fully reflective graphics, and yep, I know it's a little too much. I used about 30' 24" white, 30' 24" blue, 30' 24" red, 45' 15" yellow. The sleeper was covered with rivets. The body was smooth fiberglass. Worked off and on this week, really not sure of hours labor, maybe as much as 25 hours.
The picture angle and quality isn't great, just a last minute idea.
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thats 3 days......how much do you get an hour? @ $5 an hour its $125, @ $50 an hour its $1250.00. reflective vinyl aint cheap or easy to cut.... so add at least $15 sq. ft. for all the vinyl you used...$3600......figure somewhere between $4000-$5000....................
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hmmmmmmm... I think $3,265,000.27 sounds good. Hey, I want to retire this week, OK?
Seriously... Time + Material + Markup + Profit = Selling price. You might consider figuring out a price in advance next time. Customers don't like surprises.
Have a great one!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6464 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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I didn't make that very clear. I gave him a quote. I really was just wondering what someone else would charge.
Here's where I get stupid. I don't always go by cost. Yes, I'll cover the cost plus profit, but for me, it's more of a "what's it worth". If I can make a reasonable profit on a job at $500, but it's worth $700, I'm charging $700. Not ripping anyone off (customer or my family). To me, if I cut a price, I'm hurting the sign industry. It seems like very time a new sign business starts up here, the first thing they do is cut prices. I guess this is a natural reaction, just trying to drum up some business. I have to really fight the urge to match prices. They usually put themselves out of business. A sigh of relief, then another guy starts up and we go through the same cycle.
Probably not real smart on my part.
Thanks, Tim
-------------------- Tim Borden Speedy's Signs & Banners Jasper, AL
"World Class Entremanure" Posts: 74 | From: Jasper, AL, USA | Registered: May 1999
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6806 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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and you got ........how much for this job??????
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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