"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
I love when they supply you with "high quality" "artwork" in PowerPoint.It happened more than once
Quote from: DKgrafix on January 03, 2012, 08:54:36 AMI love when they supply you with "high quality" "artwork" in PowerPoint.It happened more than once at least you are talking to ppl off the street. We are dealing with same issues and are doing contract work only!I have two guys doing over $10k per year with ZERO understanding of the artwork!pierre
Received this morning. We are going to be off to a busy new year! I'm interested getting some t-shirts done.i want to start off with at least two t's .i want them to say .... **** **** ...i have an open mind on designs maybe you can help me with.thanks , *** ***
My best one is "It's just like an M&R only cheaper"!
I always laugh when these customer-bringing-artwork-that-isn't-really-artwork stories come up. They never fail to deliver the funny.But consider this... these people off the street aren't supposed to know raster from vector or Powerpoint from Corel Draw. That's your job. The general public doesn't deal with this stuff daily like us. They are bringing their stuff to you so that you can solve their problems.Every napkin logo and web banner jpeg is an opportunity. You should welcome them. Most of you have art departments, right? Don't miss chances to make some extra money on art charges."Well the customer doesn't want to pay for art. Well, if I bid too high the customer will take the order elsewhere." Bullsheet. Guess what, your customer doesn't want to pay for screens, setup or the shirts themselves, either. What other business gives skilled labor away for free? Try getting free artwork from an offset printer sometime. No, if they won't pay, let them take their order to the sucker who gives away their time and skill.Explain the extra charges up front and bill them for it. Educate these people on how printing works so they know why it's just as expensive to print 2 shirts as it is to print 2 dozen, even if it means showing them around your shop. If you lose the order, so what? Let your competitors deal with them.
I always laugh when these customer-bringing-artwork-that-isn't-really-artwork stories come up. They never fail to deliver the funny.But consider this... these people off the street aren't supposed to know raster from vector or Powerpoint from Corel Draw. That's your job. The general public doesn't deal with this stuff daily like us. They are bringing their stuff to you so that you can solve their problems.
But consider this... these people off the street aren't supposed to know raster from vector or Powerpoint from Corel Draw. That's your job. The general public doesn't deal with this stuff daily like us. They are bringing their stuff to you so that you can solve their problems.