[amayausers] Re: Towels (second request please)
- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:51:38 -0400
Ed-I charge the $5 for 'hooping' because when the customer goes to
Wallyworld or Big Lots or someplace else and buys a towel for $1.29 and
wants ME to embroidery it-he just cut ME out of making a markup profit on
the towel (or shirt, or jacket, whatever). So I charge the $5.00 because I
have to make $$ for EVERY minute I'm working on that order. Would you bring
your eggs and bacon and bread to the local cafe and expect them to make your
breakfast for free because you supplied the food? Or have a mechanic change
the oil and filter on your car and not charge you because you bought the
stuff at the discount store?
Thread costs are almost nothing per garment-we pay what, $7.50 or something
for the big roll of thread? I've had my machine for 14 months now-and we've
only used up maybe a dozen full size rolls and a couple small ones-yet we've
done a lot of embroidery. It's our TIME that costs money and we have to
charge for it. Insurance, electricity, rent, lease payments on the
Amaya...I"m paying almost $500 amonth just for that! So I have to charge for
everything I do-handling or sewing or digitizing...to make my 'hourly'
charge.
Roland
> From: Eduardo Ruiz <erc_ruiz@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 11:32:42 -0700 (PDT)
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Towels (second request please)
>
> Roland,
>
> Only one question. You say that if the customer take
> in the towel you add $5 for hooping charge. For me,
> is the same work hooping my towel than hooping the
> customer towel, except if you are good salesman you
> can convince the client of the fictious "added" cost.
> Or do you have a special fixture for pre hooping your
> towel or anything else that cost less to hoop?
>
> The Bad English Writer
> Ed.Ruiz
>
> --- "E. Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Roland,
>> I salute you on your thoughts. I couldn't agree
>> more. I'm curious though,
>> what part of the country are you in? One thought
>> that has always been on my
>> mind is the cost of living factor in our industry.
>> If an Amaya costs "X"
>> amount in California as it does down here in the
>> south, who's making the
>> better deal? I know that the end cost of an
>> embroidered item isn't going to
>> have the same price tag. Yet we will all still have
>> the same price to pay
>> for equipment and supplies.
>> $1.50 per thousand seems to be the highest price
>> I've heard of to date but
>> I say, hey, if they customers will pay it, more
>> power to you. Been at this
>> for approximately 3.5 years now, and still don't see
>> a silver lining to the
>> cloud over my checkbook. Although we haven't gone
>> belly up yet either.
>> If anyone has comments on this, I'd be interested
>> to hear them.
>> Ed Orantes
>> New Orleans, La.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
>> Roland R. Irish III
>> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:09 AM
>> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Towels (second request
>> please)
>>
>>
>> I do my 'retail' pricing at $1.50 per thousand PLUS
>> add a minimum of $5 per
>> item for 'hooping charge' if I don't supply the
>> item, like a towel or tote.
>> TIME is money-you can't waste 15 minutes to hoop an
>> item, add backing, set
>> up a design-and then only make $.3.50
>> I figure I have to make $60 per hour when the
>> machine is running-and at an
>> average speed of 1000 stitches per minute-that's
>> $1.00 per thousand right
>> there. And if you waste 15 minutes to hoop a towel
>> (getting it lined up
>> right, adding solvy and backing) then embroidery 3
>> letters-lets say 3500
>> stitches....then you are only going to make $5.25
>> for about 20 minutes of
>> work. That's only $15.75 per HOUR and you aren't
>> going to make the payments
>> on your Amaya for that low rate!
>> Last 'golf' towel I did-woman brought it in-wanted
>> only a name on it. I
>> talked her into some cute clipart of a cartoon
>> character to match the
>> person's nickname, got it up to I think 10,000
>> stitches-and WITH my $5
>> hooping charge, made $18 or so....and still only
>> spent about 20 minutes on
>> it. She was estatic! Loved it...and I made a good
>> profit.
>> DON'T undercharge or you will end up with no
>> profit...commercial jobs, high
>> volume jobs-where you do one setup and then run 50
>> or 100 of the same
>> thing-those you can charge less for. But for
>> 'retail' orders-you MUST make
>> your high rate to pay for the machine and your time!
>> Roland
>>
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