Herb I recently bid on a similar government job of nearly identical specs. The "winner" got the job for just the $2.50 embroidery charge above the hard costs of the shirts. The contractor I use for large jobs says he gets beat by a competitor in his area who does the same thing. The playing field is littered with contract enbroiderers who work for less than $2.50 per item and throw in the garment for hard cost. It seems that if you want to jump into multi-hundred item contract jobs you can expect to see this as the rule. There is a niche out there but this ain't it. Jack Fuller -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of HK Acree Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:06 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Opinions wanted Hey Folks, I would appreciate some opinions here if you are willing. Customer wants 400 shirts (Port L440c) with 4200 stitches on left chest. Shirt is $7.99, on an order like this I figure a 40% markup on garment and $3.50 for the logo. shirt delivered for say $14.50. Am I too high? Customer says he can get these for $10.00 ea and now the kicker, he is going to order them tomorrow and have them by Monday. I think my chain is being jerked. Thanks, Herb Royal Embroidery