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How long? How much?

Posted by Bryan Cabrera on 27 July 2005 at 01:53

As we are just starting out in the biz I was wondering if you can tell me how long this should have taken and approx how much would one charge for this. I guess the how much part is for those in the US.

I had to overlap the bottom of the starburst as our plotter cut is only 23″.

The sign is 4′ x 8′, coroplast.

The design is not mine but supplied by the customer. I had to clean it up a bit so it would cut properly.

Thanks,

Bryan

Bryan Cabrera replied 20 years, 5 months ago 8 Members · 17 Replies
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steve geary

Member
27 July 2005 at 02:03

Can’t see the pic… ?
Bryan Cabrera

Member
27 July 2005 at 02:07

😳 Forgot the pic. I don’t see an upload option so I will upload it to our server
steve geary

Member
27 July 2005 at 02:15

I’m still pretty new here, but i think you can post a pic in the “show your stuff” forum…
Marekdlux

Member
27 July 2005 at 02:16

quote steve geary:

I’m still pretty new here, but i think you can post a pic in the “show your stuff” forum…

Exactly…you can’t post a picture in all of the areas.
-Marek
Bryan Cabrera

Member
27 July 2005 at 02:17

Sorry for the blurry pic. Either too much caffine or I dropped my cam one to many times.

Bryan
Marekdlux

Member
27 July 2005 at 02:30

Is it blue corroplast or vinyl?
I’m assuming it’s just plain ‘ole calendared vinyl?
-Marek
steve geary

Member
27 July 2005 at 02:30

I’ve been doing this for only 2 1/2 yr’s so i’m still green but learning on every job.
Well Here’s my guess if you came in with that as a j peg and asked me to make it.
Time:
Layout 1 hr
Cut weed assemble – 2 hrs
@ 35/hr = 105.00
Coroplast marked up 16.00
8 year vinyl marked up 60.80
total 181.80

I just did a 4 x 8 coro plast in one color with 5 year vinyl for 95 bucks, but it only took and hour and a half.. real simple.

I keep a time and material sheet on every job for future reference… it helps me

Hope this helps……
Oh, since Robert taught me how apply dry it’s much faster
Iain Gordon

Member
27 July 2005 at 08:23

For the uk lot that works out at $181.80 = £104.78

Just for info

iain
Bryan Cabrera

Member
27 July 2005 at 13:57

Thanks for the quick reply. It helps to get an idea of how long a job should take when you are just getting started.
Jill Marie Welsh

Member
27 July 2005 at 16:23

Hi Bryan.
As you know, one of my nicknames is the Koro Kween.
For a 4×8 coro, with 3 colors of intermediate, grommets, and cleaning up customer art,
I would charge $150-$175 (and be lucky to get it!)
People here equate coro with cheapo.
I finally started charging $125 for a 4×8 last year.
That’s up to two colors of intermediate and my design.
Their design=more farting around with=more $.
I could have that done in a day.
(15 to 30 mins to design, an hour to cut on my 4B, 45 minutes to weed & mask, 20 minutes to stick, 20 minutes for the grommets)
Materials cost=about $30.
Some folks charge the same for coro as for an aluminum sign,
but I’d get laughed outta business if I tried that!
Love….jill
Bryan Cabrera

Member
27 July 2005 at 16:52

Jill – Is the <i>Koro King</i> taken yet?

I have a 1996 Sign Writers pricing guide which prices out as
$256.00 for 1 color simple block style! Now I like that pricing.

quote :

20 minutes to stick

Your are good. I won’t tell you how long it took me.

Thanks so much,

Bryan
steve geary

Member
27 July 2005 at 17:08

Yeah, Bryan…. That pricing guide is something else, isn’t it. For Quick reference, i Can usually do a job for about half of the guide… I have 2002.
As far as application time, You’ll be amazed at how fast you’ll get as you do it more. My first job.. about 7 years ago.. before i started the business was a van. 2 color, three sides with two color stripes around the whole thing. The first one took about 12 hours to apply, i recently did the same job on a new van, and applied it in 3.
drogers4

Member
27 July 2005 at 22:05

What is up with that price guide? I bought it thinking that it would make my job easier, but seems that it would rather put me out of business, as I do not know anyone who could charge the prices that the book says. I too figured that my prices are about equal to 60% of the books price on everything.

Maybe if we’d all start charging what the book says we could all retire early.

I would have charge about $175 for the sign, if it didn’t scare the customer off since it is a “temporary” cheap sign.

Doyle
Peter Normington

Member
27 July 2005 at 22:18

You guys and gals in the states seem cheap.
(not you personally,just what you charge)
Jill, you are the champion of sticking out for a fair price. but I suppose its down to the bread and butter.
I do the same, I can do a basic small van in 90minutes and charge £150. Takes about the same to do an 8 x 4 fluted, get half the dosh, and use twice the materials
Peter
Andy Gorman

Member
27 July 2005 at 22:22

Rough guess a sheet of correx at 10mm is about £20, maybe £10 for vinyl equals £30.

I sold one recently for £120.00 so that’s £90.00 for a couple of hours work.

People think that temporary must mean cheap, but the same amount of labour goes in. I think £45.00 an hour is a bargain! 🙂
Peter Normington

Member
27 July 2005 at 22:30

I recently sold a metre of vinyl (COST£4) for £160.
cant do it everyday though,
Peter
Bryan Cabrera

Member
28 July 2005 at 16:09

quote Peter Normington:

You guys and gals in the states seem cheap.
(not you personally,just what you charge)
Peter

I think that depends where in the country you are. We are currently using approx $65.00 an hour a base for the labor.

My other job we charge $85.00/hour wholesale for design work but that located closer to the city.

Thanks all again.