Looking for an American Digitiser.

megrisoft · May 9th, 2012, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by harleydude777

with all due respect "megrisoft" some people due care if it is digitized in the U.S.A. or not.......as Americans I along with many other Americans try to support our guys (so to say) BUY AMERICAN !!!!! so it does matter if a company says it is American or based here and then outsources it's stuff overseas.....I guess my old school mentality just plain out calls that a LIE....
now if you advertise that you are based overseas and that all digitizing is done overseas then it is your client that decides where he/she would like to get their digitizing done...... but to many digitizers/companys out there now a days say they are based or do the work here when in fact they do not......so a simple YES is does matter to some......Thanks

harleydude777
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I know you are one of the respected digitizer based in US. My point was reflecting another side of the question and you will be agree with my point. Some companies advertise with US phone number that designs are digitized in US, but actually they outsource to INDIA. For example Affinity....

harleydude777 · May 31st, 2012, 10:55 AM

Hi all.....just a quick bump on the post....... always looking for new clients....and would like to again thank all of those that have used my services in the past.....
THANK YOU !!!!!!

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Harleydude777

Gilligan · May 31st, 2012, 04:43 PM

I missed this thread.

I think it is a shame that the US people seem to have lost their pride.

I see national pride in our country for many of it's "new" citizens and I respect it completely! One of my fellow embroiderers is from Honduras and he does ALL the Mexican restaurants in town... I think it's awesome that they support each other like that. Americans should do the same. That dollar you are sending to another country is likely never going to make it back to this country.

I'm all for one love and I value EVERYONE's lives, but the local community comes first, sometimes that local community is a little more far reaching than just the "neighborhood".

Brent for president!

Earl Smith · June 5th, 2012, 05:18 AM

Hi,
Just a quickie.
Brent digitised a logo/patch for me. He did good work , was quick, helpful and offered to do changes if I needed.
I would defiantly use him again when I need some digitising work.
Thanks Brent.

Earl.

harleydude777 · June 25th, 2012, 11:21 AM

Hi All
.....just a quick FYI for this coming Thur & Friday the 28th,29th of June......I will be out of the office but still able to receive any logos you might need done if you have no rush on them...
I will get right back at it on Monday morning, if you have sent me something I will email you with any questions I might have then......hope this does not inconvenience you to much and I have and always will appreciate the business you have given me in the past......thank you and have a great day......

Brent
Harleydude777

P.S. Thank you Earl for the kind words above.....it was a pleasure

Digitizing Stitches · August 23rd, 2012, 05:15 AM

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BJ24 · September 27th, 2012, 12:34 PM

I have a prime example of why it is good to support your local companies. I had a customer here in Seattle that took his digitizing and production business overseas to pakistan. I knew the production company he was using here locally and it hurt both our businesses. Then, a month later I get a call from the customer who wanted me to call Pakistan to explain how to properly place the logos for left chest. Here he takes away my business and someone else that I know, yet he wants me to help them with something they should already know. A couple months later he again calls and wants me to explain to them how to set up hats for puff embroidery. All you can do is shake your head and wonder sometimes.

Robert Young · October 1st, 2012, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Digitizing Stitches

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Hi, nearly neighbor... do you digitize at your location or do you sub out?

Digitizing Stitches · October 4th, 2012, 08:23 AM

Hey Robert,
We digitize at our location but outsource a lot of work as well.

Robert Young · October 4th, 2012, 11:10 AM

so does that make you an "American Digitizer" or "Based in America"? Maybe it doesn't matter to those that read this thread but to me they are two different things.

I can see the benefits of subbing out.. it enables you to do less work and still make money.. it also allows you to keep your leadtimes in check. Whereas we do all our work in house and during those times of year that we get slammed we work longer hours but still find ourselves juggling work and praying the weekend comes sooner so we can work and get caught up.. lol Might not be fair to our clients since we are messing with their in hands date, but I just cannot bring myself to sub out....especially if that is Off Shore.

Again maybe it doesnt matter, maybe I should ask my clients if they would be ok if I subbed out their work and just sat here and made the difference? But I just cannot wrap my mind around that yet... I want control of the digitizing, I want the pride to be mine when we pull off some of the amazing designs our clients send us.

And I am still proud to think that after 23 years in digitizing we are still around and everything is done in the US... But that could just be the work ethic I learned growing up in the coal mines of Indiana and Kentucky, or what I learned as a medic in the US ARMY or what I gained from going to the United States Military Academy in West Point NY. All combined I am who I am , and American Based just doesn't work for me in this thread.