[amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise

Thanks Roland.
Yes, I have a Sanmar account (I love that company!) and get free shipping on 
orders over $200, free catalogs, personalized website, etc.  And I haven't 
done $20K worth of business with them yet, but they still go out of their 
way to work with me.  So I don't use any other suppliers.

Some of my orders are small and don't amount to $200 to qualify for free 
shipping, although I try to group orders to meet that threshold when I can. 
What I was referring to in my earlier email was paying to drop-ship from 
Sanmar to a subcontractor, say the Beauregards in Vermont, and then paying 
the shipping from Vermont to me on the finished goods.  On a recent quote I 
worked on for 34 tee shirts, the combined UPS ground shipping came to $41; 
priority mail would have been even more - YIKES!  That adds a lot to the 
price I have to get for things I sub out.

Any ideas?
Sandra Walker
A&E Clothing and Embroidery
936-588-1015  800-291-6953
Montgomery, Texas
www.companycasuals.com/aeclothing
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 7:10 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise


> 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
>>>> dozen
>>>> is $2.50 and by the dozen it is $1.97 regardless of how many dozen I
>>>> purchase.  The hat is Otto's mesh 19-366, however, I am going to
>>> suggest
>>>> Otto's mesh 27-364.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, I know this is a
>>>> dilemma
>>> for
>>>> many.
>>>>
>>>> Susan
>>>> Sewfly Embroidery
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