[amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise
- From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:38:48 -0600
Roland---
Old Dick Beaugard now is running 18 Amaya's and the 12 head too.
Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:44 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise
> The only time I 'bid' on jobs is if I have to because of
> 'rules' (like the local
> community college-everything has to go to bid). Normally I will NOT ever
> do a bid-because of the time involved to research pricing, figure out
> stitching
> (or screenprinting), etc. Every hour tied up is $50 billable time I
> lose.
> Then you get underbid by 5¢ anyways.
> $3.50 for a FINISHED hat is not unusual...I have probably 40
> companies that
> I can get the price for a customer, and STILL make 30-40% PROFIT off
> the sale.
> As you just found, YOU can't get the hat for less than $1.89...PLUS
> freight...
> so are you going to setup and run hats and make only $1.61 (minus
> freight) each?
> 7500 stitchs, one hat at a time? Not unless you are a glutton for
> punishment!
> Bid it with a supplier doing the work, make $1.40 profit-and DO
> nothing other than
> write up the order and deliver the goods! Now THAT is the way to do
> business!
> For my regular customers that do not want the imported mass produced
> hats, and
> want to pick out exactly what THEY want for hat style, etc.- I do up
> ONE sample
> here, then have the goods drop shipped up to Dick Beauregard and let HIM
> do the sewing, either on his 12 Amayas or the 12 head Barrudan. Two
> days and the
> hats are back in my hands.
> I don't have his price list for embroidery handy, but I think it is
> around $1.35 per hat
> or so...
> that's why it is so handy having catalogs from various other ad
> specialty suppliers to
> compare pricing to....you will know what the 'industry' price is
> going to be!
>
> Roland
>
> On Apr 19, 2007, at 8:27 AM, Susan Davidson wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> Just wondering.....large was the design you were going to do for
>> that =
>> $3.50
>> and how would you have made a profit or at least covered your
>> expenses? =
>> How
>> many hats was the bid for?
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Cohen
>> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:58 AM
>> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Need pricing advise
>>
>>
>> If the bid is publically advertised, you probably won't have a
>> chance on =
>>
>> winning it. I was thinking of bidding on a cap job using Toppers
>> caps =
>> and=20
>> the winning bid was somewhere around $3.50 after embroidery. (I
>> would =
>> have=20
>> charged more than that before embroidery.) The first person who is
>> doing =
>> the
>>
>> job with a 12 head machine(or more) will price it much lower than you.
>>
>>
>> From: "Susan Davidson" <Sewfly@xxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [amayausers] Need pricing advise
>> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:35:45 -0500
>>
>> 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
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