Price Competition

[gordo]

 

[jwheeler]

Hah! So true! Other responses I've had: "I can't. Their quality sucks." or "I can't. They have terrible customer service"

 

[Puch]

Hah! So true! Other responses I've had: "I can't. Their quality sucks." or "I can't. They have terrible customer service"

You are still "expensive", "overpriced", no matter what!

 

[tngcas]

Our company has new ownership about 4-5 years back so I get... "but the old owner did x,y,z".

There's a reason the old owner left and prices actually DO go up over time.

 

[Possumgal]

Anytime a customer starts out with "my old printer...".
If they were so cheap or had no trouble with your files, why are you here?

 

[Ynot_UK]

Just received, in response to a quote for a four part job comprising 2 x letters, 1 x flyer, 1 x booklet...

"We will be going ahead with items (2), (3) and (4).For the booklet, we've decided to go to our long-term printer who has offered a significantly lower price"...
Could I ask what (if any) cost impact there would be if the two letters were in colour rather than black & white?"

 

[AP90]

Just received, in response to a quote for a four part job comprising 2 x letters, 1 x flyer, 1 x booklet...

"We will be going ahead with items (2), (3) and (4).For the booklet, we've decided to go to our long-term printer who has offered a significantly lower price"...
Could I ask what (if any) cost impact there would be if the two letters were in colour rather than black & white?"

Love it!

 

[gordo]

Could I ask what (if any) cost impact there would be if the two letters were in colour rather than black & white?"

Simple, color is one thing while black and white is two things - so color would be cheaper.

 

[Possumgal]

Reminds me of the time somebody wanted a flyer printed. The CSR asked how many colors - two. Black and white.

 

[tngcas]

I had a gal order a double-sided flyer and then very carefully explain that she wanted the back of her flyer to be be blank but not single-sided.
One hesitates to imagine what she thought a single-sided flyer might look like.

 

[jwheeler]

The CSR asked how many colors - two. Black and white.

It's your lucky day! The white is free - this week only!

 

[jwheeler]

In the Golden Age of Printing’s Yesteryear, some printers used to offer free color days throughout the week.

I worked at a small shop during that 'golden age' ago where we did this. We also did 'leftover paper' sales. We had shelves full of leftover paper when a job didn't use a full ream, or maybe we over-ordered for setup sheets. The stacks of paper got so overwhelming at some point that we made a special where the paper was basically free, but your job will be printed on 15 different types of paper. Customers who just needed b/w flyers were happy to take us up on this offer!

 

[gordo]

It's your lucky day! The white is free - this week only!

And who says printers aren’t generous

 

[hsearcy]

I worked at a small shop during that 'golden age' ago where we did this. We also did 'leftover paper' sales. We had shelves full of leftover paper when a job didn't use a full ream, or maybe we over-ordered for setup sheets. The stacks of paper got so overwhelming at some point that we made a special where the paper was basically free, but your job will be printed on 15 different types of paper. Customers who just needed b/w flyers were happy to take us up on this offer!

When I worked quick printing many years ago we would periodically gather up all of the "leftover paper" and make scratch pads out of it. The pads would be a mix of linen, laid, astrobrights, gloss. I think NCR even made it in at times. Divide them up in 1" thick pads with no chipboard. The customers would buy those like crazy for 50 cents a pad.

 

[RoganJosh]

When I worked quick printing many years ago we would periodically gather up all of the "leftover paper" and make scratch pads out of it. The pads would be a mix of linen, laid, astrobrights, gloss. I think NCR even made it in at times. Divide them up in 1" thick pads with no chipboard. The customers would buy those like crazy for 50 cents a pad.

LOL - we used to do the same thing - except we didn't charge - people were grabbing piles of them!

 

[hsearcy]

LOL - we used to do the same thing - except we didn't charge - people were grabbing piles of them!

Same at our shop - people would get 10-12 of them at a time. I had stacks around my house, took years before I finally used them all

 

[Possumgal]

I worked at a small shop during that 'golden age' ago where we did this. We also did 'leftover paper' sales. We had shelves full of leftover paper when a job didn't use a full ream, or maybe we over-ordered for setup sheets. The stacks of paper got so overwhelming at some point that we made a special where the paper was basically free, but your job will be printed on 15 different types of paper. Customers who just needed b/w flyers were happy to take us up on this offer!

Long ago my first boss would buy out the stock of printers going out of business. We cut the card stocks to print business cards. Customers could choose from plenty of stocks - linen, cordwain, whatever color - as long as the print was black, for a really cheap price.