[amayausers] Re: Moving Amaya to an Event
- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:08:44 -0400
Good for you....you won't regret it!
But if you can, maybe you should put on your tourist hat
and browse the event and check out the other guy!
Even if the 300 shirts were split BETWEEN the two of you,
that's 150 in 4 hours...or 37.5 shirts PER HOUR...
can you hoop and embroider a shirt in 1.6 minutes?
And if you had to do ALL 300 in 4 hours...that's
75 shirts PER HOUR...
so you get set up, do your Superman super fast hooping and
slam those shirts right through the machine...pumping them out
left and right...and then the coffee you started drinking at 5 am when
you started loading and packing starts to leave your bladder...
oh oh! There's a 15 minute break! that's 10 or more shirts you are
behind now!
LOL.... :-p
So go to the show and see if they dumped it all on the other guy!
Unless he brought in a multi head machine....bring the poor slop
some caffeine pills and aspirin...he's going to need it!
Roland
On Apr 10, 2007, at 7:17 PM, DAVID SKLAR wrote:
> I decided to decline the request because of the feedback from this
> list
> (what a bunch of negative people! ;-} ) and they told me that they
> wanted
> about 300 shirts done in 4 hours (I don't think one machine is that
> good!)
> and then they told me that some other embroiderer will be there as
> well (and
> I did not want to deal with that). Maybe next time. Thanks for the
> feedback.
>
> David Sklar
> Ballyhoo!
> Arlington VA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <e3m@xxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 3:14 PM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Moving Amaya to an Event
>
>
>> Tom,
>> I, uhhhhhh........................ right. Yeah, that's a "no"
>> from me.
>> I think it's great some folks DO have success moving there
>> business from
> place to place but speaking from a tech's point of view,..
>> And this response is only my OPINION.. They say everyone has one.
>>
>> God forbid the day of the show it decides to pour down rain, maybe
>> you
> encounter a flight of steps to the show floor, or with all that is
> going on,
> you forget to bring your box of bobbins and have to run home.
> These are
> only a few things we sometimes forget to consider when pricing a
> job outside
> your normal location.
>>
>> Best of luck to you Davie Boy.
>> Let us know what you decide and if things go well for you.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> -------------- Original message from Tom D'Auria
> <lastczar@xxxxxxxxx>: --------------
>>
>>
>>> So Ed - we'll put your vote down as a "No", huh?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>> e3m@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>> David,
>>> I know exactly how much to charge for transporting your machine...
>>> At minimum,.... ONE ARM AND ONE LEG!!!!!
>>>
>>> Unless your "full size van" is custom equipped like Scooby's Mystery
> Machine
>>> with an electric generator on the roof and you do all your
>>> embroidery
> out the
>>> back door,... Don't do it man!
>>>
>>> I couldn't agree more with everything Roland had to say!
>>> If you have no work and the machine is collecting dust in the
>>> back room,
> then
>>> maybe but charge no less than $2,000 US dollars which should
>>> cover you
> for your
>>> time and potential hazards. Unless you really do yourself in by
>>> dropping
> that
>>> puppy.
>>> If commercial machines were meant to be transported, I'd be out of a
> job. (Or at
>>> least I'd work out of the house.)
>>> If you are thinking of doing this more than once,... Invest in a
>>> smaller
> machine
>>> like a one or six needle - something you can carry by yourself.
>>> You'll
> also need
>>> two people, not only for moving the machine but one to sew and
>>> one to
> handle the
>>> customer's orders and organization. Don't think you can do it all by
> yourself.
>>> Try to handle the first stitch that needs special attention and
>>> you'll
> have a
>>> line forming of angry customers wanting to know what's taking so
>>> long.
>>> Don't worry if you say no to the Event People. They'll always find a
> sucker to
>>> do it who is new to the embroidery industry. ....And yes, I was a
>>> sucker
> once
>>> too. And I didn't even move my machine from my shop. That's a
>>> story for
> another
>>> day.
>>>
>>> Don't do it man!!!
>>> Ed Orantes
>>> Melco Tech and Trainer
>>> 504-258-6260
>>> emservice@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message from : --------------
>>>
>>>
>>>> I was asked to take one of my Amayas to an event to embroider
>>>> shirts
> on site.
>>>> Does anyone do this? Are there any issues in doing this that I
>>>> need to
> be
>>> aware
>>>> of? They want to pay a fixed for 4 hours of embroidering. They
>>>> provide
> the
>>>> shirts. Any thoughts on what to charge? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> David Sklar
>>>> Ballyhoo!
>>>> Arlington, VA
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