[amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise

I get free catalogs from Sanmar.  I just have to pay shipping.  I order 
around 125 a year with my logo on them.

Aaron Sargent
The Linen Barn
linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
541-770-2957
Medford, OR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Yaglenski" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:37 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise


> You get free catalogs?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish III
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:32 AM
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise
>
> Sanmar called ME way back when...I have an 'account manager'
> I think-they were the ones that called and offered terms, case price, etc.
> Alpha now has free freight for $150 orders and up-I'm going to see if 
> Sanmar
> will do the same...$200 is sometimes a lot to make up.
> They never asked about my volume-I know it was only $5-6000 when I started
> with them.
> Alpha is now making all kinds of promises, but a veiled comment about 
> "only
> for those that make us their major supplier". That would mean dumping 
> Sanmar
> completely...and I like the free catalogs I get (several hundred each 
> year,
> with my name on them) to send out to clients.Along with the great 
> customized
> website for me!
> Roland
> On Apr 20, 2007, at 11:08 AM, <suried@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>> That is weird about SanMar because I just set up an account with them.
>> They asked me how much I purchase in a year.  I told them I was still
>> new to the business and gave them a number way lower than 20,000.
>>  They gave me case pricing without any problems.  I did try to gently
>> make it sound like I wouldn't use them unless I got case pricing.  But
>> I never actually state that so I don't even know if it came across to
>> the person I talked to.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>>
>> --- Steve Cohen <steve20832@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> There are several suppliers who are currently doing free shipping on
>>> orders over $150 (excluding white t-shirts.) For some reason Sanmar
>>> and Broder are the only companies who will not give me case pricing
>>> unless I do some very high yearly amount of purchases from them.
>>> (Somewhere around $20,000 per
>>> year for both.) Broder doesn't matter to me because they have one
>>> warehouse that is 2 days ground and the rest are more than 3 days.
>>> There are 6 other suppliers that are UPS next day ground. Those are
>>> the only 2 companies I don't use for goods.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "Roland R. Irish III"
>>> <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Need  pricing advise
>>> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:10:45 -0400
>>>
>>> Sandra, if you can get setup with Sanmar as a commercial account, you
>>> don't pay shipping on orders over $200.00 which is how I do it.
>>> And customers always pay the shipping-even on the low price 'import'
>>> deals
>>> I get through ad specialties...so unless there is a big multihead
>>> house nearby that you are competing with-there is always a freight
>>> charge.
>>> Roland
>>>
>>> Sunrise Graphics
>>> 116 Main St
>>> Claremont, NH 03743
>>> 603-543-1324
>>> Preferred method of files is PDF for invoices, page documents, etc.
>>> Photoshop (v.6) for images, artwork, logos-preferred for logo and
>>> sign work is Macromedia Freehand, any version, sent to our email-we
>>> are all MAC based graphic programs here signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2007, at 6:33 PM, Sandra Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm in Texas, just North of Houston, and so far
>>> the shipping cost from
>>>> Sanmar to the contractor + shipping finished
>>> goods to me has been
>>>> prohibitive.  Either I eat the shipping and lose
>>> money (which I
>>>> can't afford
>>>> and would be dumb anyway) or the potential
>>> customer goes someplace
>>>> else.
>>>>
>>>> Haven't been able to figure a cost-effective way
>>> to do this yet. Am I
>>>> missing something?  Or is there somebody out
>>> there close to me who
>>>> does
>>>> contract work?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Sandra Walker
>>>> A&E Clothing and Embroidery
>>>> 936-588-1015  800-291-6953
>>>> Montgomery, Texas
>>>> www.companycasuals.com/aeclothing
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "r.rinehartsr" <drader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:46 PM
>>>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone on the list from the mid-section of the
>>> nation doing
>>>>> contract work?
>>>>> Debbie Rinehart
>>>>> Deb'z-N-Stitches
>>>>> Martinsville, In.
>>>>> 765-342-7392
>>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>  From: Linen Barn
>>>>>  To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>  Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:12 AM
>>>>>  Subject: [amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise
>>>>>
>>>>>  It depends on what the market will bear.  If
>>> they were selling them
>>>>> before
>>>>>  for $12 then they probably want to still sell
>>> them for that and
>>>>> still
>>>>> make a
>>>>>  profit.  If I were to bid this I would do them
>>> for $7 each.  Now
>>>>> I have
>>>>> 12
>>>>>  heads so running 100 hats at 7500 stitches
>>> would take me 8-10
>>>>> hours on my
>>>>> 2
>>>>>  head.  Making $500 on my 2 head is not bad
>>> considering I do
>>>>> contract work
>>>>> on
>>>>>  it all the time where I make $300 a day.  You
>>> can send the hats
>>>>> to me and
>>>>> I
>>>>>  would do them as contract work for $3.50 each
>>> and you could make
>>>>> $1.50
>>>>> per
>>>>>  hat for doing nothing other than drop shipping
>>> the hats to me and
>>>>> delivering
>>>>>  them.  Or as Roland said you can have one of
>>> the overseas or large
>>>>>  embroidery places do them for $4 each and make
>>> $3 a hat for
>>>>> contracting
>>>>> it
>>>>>  out.  Sometimes the smaller shops eigher have
>>> to contract out, make
>>>>> little
>>>>>  money per item or pass on orders to make it.
>>> There is no reason
>>>>> to run
>>>>> low
>>>>>  paying jobs on a single head which ties it up
>>> so you can't get your
>>>>> higher
>>>>>  paying jobs done when you can have contractors
>>> do it that are
>>>>> used to
>>>>> making
>>>>>  the lower $$$ per item but are reliant on
>>> quantities.  You also
>>>>> need to
>>>>> make
>>>>>  sure that if you do contract it out that you
>>> use one that does
>>>>> quality
>>>>> work
>>>>>  with good turn times.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Aaron Sargent
>>>>>  The Linen Barn
>>>>>  linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>  541-770-2957
>>>>>  Medford, OR
>>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>  From: "Susan Davidson" <Sewfly@xxxxxxx>
>>>>>  To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>  Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:35 PM
>>>>>  Subject: [amayausers] Need pricing advise
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am in the process of putting in a bid for a
>>> hat order and am in
>>>>>> need
>>>>> of
>>>>>> help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have already digitized the logo in
>>> question.....the group really
>>>>> likes
>>>>>> it.....but I want to stay competitive.  I am
>>> sure that my stitch
>>>>>> count
>>>>> is
>>>>>> much higher than the last shop that did hats
>>> for this organization.
>>>>> (My
>>>>>> husband purchased for $12.00 one of the other's
>>> hat so that I could
>>>>>> compare
>>>>>> apples to apples on the hat itself.  And I see
>>> my logo is definitely
>>>>> much
>>>>>> more detailed.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My stitch count is in the 7500 range.  The hat
>>> price per piece/
>>>>>> broken
>>>
>> === message truncated ===
>>
>>
>> Susan Riedlinger
>> Embroidery Station
>> Columbus, OH
>>
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