Vistaprint=Top trade printer?

[tack]

Print Professional magazine declares

vistaprint #1 Trade Printer.

690 million in sales and 30% increase over 2009.

looks like the gorilla is coming after everyone.

im confused by the term" Trade".
if they sell to everyone; how is that considered "Trade?"

[4stateprint]

I agree they are not a "trade" and if one our trade magazines deem them so then the editors of the magazine need a serious come to Jesus meeting to get their facts straight. Vista Print is a wonderful thing if you don't mind the devaluation of our "trade" and the business of all of the quick printers going elsewhere. I think if your a trade printer and sale to the general public you should be ran out of business. Otherwise your are not a trade printer and fall in the category of commercial printer.

[TheProcessIStheproduct]

Last night on Fox they ran a Vista print commercial, I thought everyone was getting rich with adwords these days, but maybe traditional ad methods are making a comeback? and it is kind of weird to see a national commercial for $10 business cards, fine print says free 21 day shipping, seems like a long time to wait for cheap cards?

[prepressguru]

TV commercials are still ranked number one where advertising dollars are being spent. Internet ads have grown but it's hurting print more (magazines, newspapers).

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[rsands]

what was the offer they ran for ten dollars? surprised they never advertised the free ones

[TheProcessIStheproduct]

500 biz cards for $10, got a mailer from them today with a sample card (looked indigo with UV coating), they are haunting me this week..

[minch]

Here in the United Kingdom some clients are complaining that they have been signed up to a subscription discount scheme which debits £9.95 per month out of their bank account.

The complaint is that they were not made sufficiently aware of this fact when ordering a set of free or low priced business cards.

You can google it if you wish...

[postnetnc133]

Yeah there has been a lawsuit against them for sometime for this same very reason. Think about how many people dont catch that they are debiting a few dollars each month for some "program" that they didnt know they signed up for.

[JaimeZ]

I refuse to use Vista Print, 4 Over and the such. When a walk-in person comes in my shop and wants that kinda of printing I direct them to the nearest Kinkos (oops Fedex Office) center or some shop that uses them as there best bet--let them kill them selves for $10 bucks.

If they want to use me 1000 4/4 business cards off the Canon is much more then $10.