Well, How's the Show? ISS Long Beach

[Socalfmf]

Alex,

now you need to hit ISS AC!  use it to measure what you improved from now til then!  great business write off!!!! hint hint hint

sam

[TCT]

Alex,

now you need to hit ISS AC!  use it to measure what you improved from now til then!  great business write off!!!! hint hint hint

sam

Not sure I can take the self disappointment again that quick!
Good point though, it would be a very good way to hold myself accountable!

[Socalfmf]

book it now!

[GKitson]

It was a good time. I sure couldn't complain about that weather as I left my house today to return to work the thermometer read -18....

Good time B.S.ing with everyone and putting faces to names! Not sure if you guys do it, but I kinda have "pictures" of what everyone looks like in my head if I haven't seen or met them. Ya, turns out they are NOTHING like reality. The farthest one off I think was Parker1- that late 50's skinny balding guy I made up turns out to be a solid 30's guy with a beard! Binkspot Brian turned out to be quite different than I had pictured also, and quite the ball buster!
Have to say my High/Low point was being at the corner of the table with Greg Kitson, Pierre(Bluemoon) and Mark Coudray. To put it nicely, the conversation was intense! Oh, ya then throw in Socalfmf and jsheridan, lets just say I felt like I had been running the "class store" back in 2nd grade selling pencils!!! It is one thing to have a smooth running shop but when all those guys started talking, I started questioning if I should start selling my equipment out individually or the "business" as a whole! I have a LOT of work to do before I can consider us smooth running after hearing a lot of the conversations!

Seriously though it was a great time, found myself saying a few times "stop me if I am talking about printing too much" only to realize I was surrounded by people talking the same thing!

Great time! Mr. Hoffman, thank you for the dinner!

Alex,

Loved having you join the conversation, remember you're just where every other printer was at some time in their career. 

The comment about accountability is one that every business owner must remember, without someone pushing many of us just get lazy and lose our edge.  Keeping up with the new guys and how they think is just one of the things that keeps me accountable.  Thanks for the nudge to keep on learning/sharing.

See you at a show!

~Kitson

[alan802]

I hate you all .  Well, maybe next year I'll make Long Beach. 

[Binkspot]

i'm going to take that as a complement Alex? See you in AC and won't say a word about your red machines.

[whitewater]

I hate you all .  Well, maybe next year I'll make Long Beach.

Alan do you go to the Fort Worth/Dallas one?

How is it?

[TCT]

i'm going to take that as a complement Alex? See you in AC and won't say a word about your red machines.

Yes take it as a complement! I had a blast! You are just probably only 1 of maybe 5 people that that have the ability to send my agitation from 1 to 100 in less than 3 seconds. Not agitation towards you but towards- never mind I have already begun to get riled up just thinking about it!!! Brian you are good stuff, so is everyone else I met!

[alan802]

I hate you all .  Well, maybe next year I'll make Long Beach.

Alan do you go to the Fort Worth/Dallas one?

How is it?

I've only missed one Ft Worth show in the last 6 years.  It's small, but I enjoy it.  There was a DB, Sportsman, Falcon, Sroque, Freedom, Javelin Electraprint, and a Titan at the last show which isn't a bad turnout for a small show.  There wasn't as much CTS equipment as I wanted with only the M&R unit and the Acti Camera Legend being there.  DTG machines were there but I walked right by them.  I wish a CH 3 would have been there and an MHM of any kind, a full sized Anatol, but I guess it could have been worse.  Last years show was geared towards the entry level autos.  I remember there being an MHM E-type the first show I went to and then a Gauntlet Z a few years back.  2 years ago they had the CH 3D former world record machine at the same show there was a 12/14 CH 3.

[244]

I hate you all .  Well, maybe next year I'll make Long Beach.

Alan do you go to the Fort Worth/Dallas one?

How is it?

I've only missed one Ft Worth show in the last 6 years.  It's small, but I enjoy it.  There was a DB, Sportsman, Falcon, Sroque, Freedom, Javelin Electraprint, and a Titan at the last show which isn't a bad turnout for a small show.  There wasn't as much CTS equipment as I wanted with only the M&R unit and the Acti Camera Legend being there.  DTG machines were there but I walked right by them.  I wish a CH 3 would have been there and an MHM of any kind, a full sized Anatol, but I guess it could have been worse.  Last years show was geared towards the entry level autos.  I remember there being an MHM E-type the first show I went to and then a Gauntlet Z a few years back.  2 years ago they had the CH 3D former world record machine at the same show there was a 12/14 CH 3.

At this years DFW Impressions show we will be bringing the "Yellow Room". It was not previously scheduled but with the response we are having with it we added it to 4 more shows in 2014.

[TCT]

I hate you all .  Well, maybe next year I'll make Long Beach.

Alan do you go to the Fort Worth/Dallas one?

How is it?

I've only missed one Ft Worth show in the last 6 years.  It's small, but I enjoy it.  There was a DB, Sportsman, Falcon, Sroque, Freedom, Javelin Electraprint, and a Titan at the last show which isn't a bad turnout for a small show.  There wasn't as much CTS equipment as I wanted with only the M&R unit and the Acti Camera Legend being there.  DTG machines were there but I walked right by them.  I wish a CH 3 would have been there and an MHM of any kind, a full sized Anatol, but I guess it could have been worse.  Last years show was geared towards the entry level autos.  I remember there being an MHM E-type the first show I went to and then a Gauntlet Z a few years back.  2 years ago they had the CH 3D former world record machine at the same show there was a 12/14 CH 3.

TAS was not at Fort Worth? They were not at Long Beach this year, and I want to say that is the first time I do not remember them there.

M&R had a bunch of autos, don't even really remember how many, maybe 4 or 5 but the big one was just a CHIII not a CHIIID from my deciphering. Keep in mind I am not super well versed in M&R speak but I thought the IIID had digital controls/readout at the end of the heads.
MHM only had a small 6 color X-Type I belive, I don't think it was a S-Type.

[Parker 1]

It was the CHIII, also an Alpha8, Sporty EXG, and others.  I have the shirt that came off the EXG, they let me unlock all the screens and set them back up using the Tri-Lock.  Very cool show.

Chris

[Binkspot]

The "yellow room" and the screen washer outer thing was by far one of the most impressive displays at the show.

[TCT]

It was the CHIII, also an Alpha8, Sporty EXG, and others.  I have the shirt that came off the EXG, they let me unlock all the screens and set them back up using the Tri-Lock.  Very cool show.

Chris

Alpha 8 really? I usually try to look out for oval machines. Rich went over the dryer with me and I have to say that is a pretty sweet machine! Standard options the other guys don't even offer as options!

[Sbrem]

Kind of surprised to see Custom Ink wih a both looking for contract printers

That is strange. Why would they need a booth. They could just call screen printers in the areas they want to have contract printers.

I've heard nightmare stories about printing for them. Maybe they burned through enough printers and are looking for new printers?

I was thinking the same thing. Like maybe they got tired of getting hung up on and wanted screen printers to come to them.

We've turned them down 3 times now. Just not good work for us...

Steve