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Originally Posted by Robert Young
so if a 17 inch tall design is 90,000 stitches then reducing that to 15 inches tall should be 79,500 stitches. simple math as satins at this size would stay satins not convert to running...etc. 90 times 15 divided by 17
seriously? simple 7th grade math. or nowadays a phone app lol
these are grown a adults selling something they really know nothing about NOR are they seemingly even trying to learn.
Of course then HOW would they learn? Our industry is reverting to "cottage" more and more each year. Magazines that once were became pamphlets then completely disappeared... trade shows have been much smaller ... Competitions to give creative outlet and learning opportunities are pretty extinct
YouTube is an opportunity but very few are trying it.
any thoughts?
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Unfortunately yes I have many thoughts...
And its not just in Digitizer level its in the Embroidery and Contract Embroidery level.
Maybe its just me seeing a trend before it hits maybe its my area seems to be ahead of everyone for some reason.
1. Outsourcing to bad overseas digitizers with stolen software has cause a distrust. So industry practice is blame the digitizer.
2. Websites like that which will not be named have created the 1 price rule which is basically they try to dictate the price and no setup and etc... these sites end up downgrading quality expectations while promoting only the good reviews. Those remaining that have Higher expectations start demanding those expectations for bare minimum price.
2. The Embroidery industry is hitting another oversaturation dumb wave.
The first wave came from tons of people at home who buy a machine or two and may be really smart and good and think they can make a business out of a single head. But have no clue how to run a business or how to price and undersell just to get the order till they go broke.
The 30 odd people in a county doing that just stole fair business from people who know what they are doing as a business. So they not only undersell and go out of business and then decent businesses go under from the loss. That left a gap in service for people.
Now we hit the second wave. There are plenty of companies out there that were selling or occasionally selling embroidery and outsourcing it but actually had no idea how to embroirer are now getting a lot more embroidery orders (Screen Printers, marketing, promo etc.) And you get this thought where companies think "how hard can this be?" and buy up equipment to take it on in house... now there is even more vicious competition... where instead of outsourcing You take it all on and suddenly you just put yourself and your contractor out of business. All these companies that KNOW what they are doing are falling apart cause everyone thinks its easy. People that actually have the skill are getting kicked left and right and just drop out entirely. Hell I am considering selling it all and getting out.
Basically you have entered the new level of DUMB NEWBIE that just bought a $80,000 eight head and has no idea how to run it right. BUT THOSE PAYMENTS CATCH UP. so they start panicing and blame anyone but themself or just blame themself and start yelling at everyone cause they wont take the time to learn. Seen it happen so many times