August 29th, 2016, 09:39 AM
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Re: quote times?
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Originally Posted by digidana
if its one that i'm not sure of just looking at, i'll do a quick mock-up. bring it in at actual size, throw down similar lettering, blocks of fills/satins, etc. it takes less than a minute to do and its pretty accurate.
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see I disagree with you on the doing a mock-up thing. To me it takes more time than just stitch counting in your head and coming up with an estimate that is within realistic plus or minus standards.
I dont like telling a client that we can throw a pretty accurate rendition up in less than a minute...(heck that is faster than Auto krap digitizing..lol) wont they then think... OH, then it takes you 20 minutes to "FIX" the minute design to make it production ready? (the part we are charging for) does this make sense?
I guess my issue is with the "less than a minute" part. To me that suggests that we should not be charging what we do, because how do we explain the time difference / design fee? I prefer to just count in my head.. 1000 stitches per sq inch of fill, 200 per inch of satin, 50 per inch of running... add in underlay , any blends, etc... now THAT within less than a minute I can quote.... and the skill of digitizing is kept in tact.
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