Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. I have a local guy that does Emb. and I occasionally do some things for him. I'm not sure what contract Emb. was worth here (on an order of I think it was 26 Polos). He charged me $5.75 per. He had the shirts in about 1.5 weeks in advance and held them till about 2 days before the event to do them. (I kind of expected that a little). So, I'm sure he rushed them to get them done faster.This was my first order with this Church. They usually get EVERYTHING from one other person from the church who does Emb. signs, printing etc. (but all basic stuff). SO they gave me a shot and I marked them up trying to be competitive to the previous person who always does them. In the mean time, I get them back, not 2 days before the event, but the 1 day before. I needed to turn them in that day so they can pass them out that evening. I rushed them over without looking at them (not that I could do anything about any issues at that time anyways). I get the call that they were not satisfied. Once I got a look at them, I can understand.I'm not getting my money back or anything from the previous embroidery shop. I'm not even going to let him know. I just won't use him for that again. I am taking them to another. So when I take to the new shop to lay out my expectations, I would like to provide them with good "embroidery" information as to what needs to be done.Some puckered badly. Some lettering worse than others. Some "thread colors were replaced with a different color. etc.Here is the question. What should expect in terms of quality? Below is a pic of the vector art supplied. Here are some pics of the average quality. In one section (a bit hard to see in the picture) but he used two separate colors that were close but still noticeably different.
but being a professional you should show him and inform what is wrong that is about the only way he will learn to increase his quality.
Quotebut being a professional you should show him and inform what is wrong that is about the only way he will learn to increase his quality. I considered that. Then I remembered that he's been doing embroidery here in this town for 15 years. My past dealings with him led me to have a hunch that he was comfortable being at the level he is at and the customers he has. I think for me, he didn't care all that much about doing my business or the quality outcome. To my face, he's all for it and friendly but the results speak otherwise.
Is any of this the fault of the digitizer? He said he paid a guy in India $10.00 I told him that I'm not worried about paying for digitizing and would pay for better but he said this guy was good. Is it a combo of poor digitizing as well as execution?If it cost $10 in India and 30-50 in the states, I'd of paid $100.00 to make sure it was done well.