"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
wait a second..you are worried about tape? really who worries about tape costs? oh that's right people running the F**KING BUSINESS.
Quote from: Socalfmf on December 11, 2013, 11:03:08 AMwait a second..you are worried about tape? really who worries about tape costs? oh that's right people running the F**KING BUSINESS. Why are you so angry I do concern myself with most everything we spend money on as well. Over $2K in tape that we just throw away 5 minutes after a job is done. I do not worry about scotch tape for film other than knowing that it makes up .00016% of our consumable costs...seriously.
Quote from: alan802 on December 11, 2013, 11:38:03 AMQuote from: Socalfmf on December 11, 2013, 11:03:08 AMwait a second..you are worried about tape? really who worries about tape costs? oh that's right people running the F**KING BUSINESS. Why are you so angry I do concern myself with most everything we spend money on as well. Over $2K in tape that we just throw away 5 minutes after a job is done. I do not worry about scotch tape for film other than knowing that it makes up .00016% of our consumable costs...seriously.Holy crap $2k a year on screen tape. We've been using 3M 347 packing tape for years with no problem , one strip of tape around inside of frame and 2 strips on back to cover reg. marks. never a problem on our auto. At what I pay that would be 55cases of tape (36 rolls). You must be cranking out the screens.
Mike and Alan. I find it funny that I get jumped on because I included tape in my ROI and now someone is talking about tape costs it is ok. hahaha..well you know what? it all costs money and that comes out of my paycheck! so I love the double standards you guys have!
I know Sam has a hard edge, but I usually think he's trying to point out that "doing it right" will get you a lot further than struggling along with bad processes. He's studied and worked pretty hard to get to where he's at, and he's seen small shops go down around him because they really didn't know what they were doing. I never get that he thinks he's smarter than everyone, but he does recognize when someone makes a post that is less than wise in a business sense, that it may be foolhardy, and he makes it pointedly. With the info available, especially here with all the givers here, people can have nice operation going and make a decent to very good living. But it ain't easy, and you (any of us) have to be "smart".Steve