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 >>>> >>>> =========================================================== >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> =========================================================== >>> =========================================================== >>> >>> 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 >> >> =========================================================== >> > > > > =========================================================== > > 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 ===========================================================