I disagree with your about embroidering on foam hats. I did 144 of them for a customer. I thought it was a waste to put lovely embroidery on a foam front, but he loved them. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:13 AM Subject: [amayausers] Re: I need 100 hats NOW!! > This message was posted by signman on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY > VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: > http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/4/142.html#000001 > > There's 'cheap' and then there's 'cheap garbage'....customer claims to be > quoted $5 a hat...why didn't he buy them? Probably because they're > imported (3-6 weeks), setup or digitizing charge, freight charge, etc. > etc. And how many stitches? > And what type of hat? I've got catalogs here from suppliers that will do > hats for under $2.00, but 5,000 stitches, couple weeks to ship in, and you > have a deadline. > I've got probably 80 dozen or more foam front trucker hats I'd sell > cheap...but you can't embroider on them-only decal. Sanmar has > 'inexpensive' canvas hats, but if you haven't got time to do them-you > aren't going to make a heck of a lot of profit to meet $5 and freight, > setup, etc. > Dick up in Canaan can turn around 100 hats in about 2 hours-he's done it > for me...but you are going to pay $1.35 or more for the embroidery, plus > the cost of the hat and shipping. Doesn't leave much room but you could > squeeze some profit out of it. > > =========================================================== > > The AmayaUsers Mailing List > Website: http://www.amayausers.com > Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > > =========================================================== > > =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================