• i give up!

    Posted by Paul Hughes on 23 November 2006 at 10:29

    hi all

    just having a quick look at fleebay while the plotter was running, have a look at this item 120054972531

    an A board fully lettered for £35.00!!!! your having a laugh,
    or £5.00 to letter it or another £4.00!!!! to flood coat it!

    on seeing that i think i will sell all my kit and get this fella to do all my work and i will sell it real prices!!!!

    wait….. if he is selling at these prices…. don’t think he will be round long… best take the for sale sign down 😉

    this trade does seem to attract them

    Paul

    Gert du Preez replied 19 years, 1 month ago 7 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Richard Urquhart

    Member
    23 November 2006 at 11:04

    WOW cant see how he can do it

    the aboards got to be £30

    no wonder he has had lots of takers !!!

  • Martin Cole

    Member
    23 November 2006 at 11:27

    Classic ”BUSY FOOL” syndrome!!

    See he only has five available, for the time being maybe.
    Mr ‘JJStot’ you should be ashamed of yourself.

    heres the link to the said item

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? … otohosting

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    23 November 2006 at 12:17

    Just use him as a wholesaler and upsell his stuff.
    Word of warning tho…
    It’s probably all on a white or blue background,
    red lettering maxed to all edges, in your choice of either all caps Brush Script or Old English!
    Love….Jill

  • Alan Cooper

    Member
    23 November 2006 at 12:55

    I didn’t know anyone in the sign trade worked for £1.00 an hour!
    Maybe he charges £50 for delivery….

  • derek longhaven

    Member
    23 November 2006 at 13:50

    You all fail to notice, ‘registered as a private seller’ do you think hes declaring / paying income tax on his sales? A word to the tax department is in order

  • John Gregson

    Member
    23 November 2006 at 14:18

    Hi All,
    You just can’t compete with prices like that.
    Cheers John

  • Gert du Preez

    Member
    23 November 2006 at 19:18

    Our normal price on a double sided, 800 x 500mm A-frame sign, with hinges, etc. is around N$ 475-00 – N$ 575-00, 15% VAT included. At N$ 14-00 odd per GBP, that makes GBP 34-00 – 41-00, normal price. (Artwork within reason included) And we pay much more for consumables like ink, vinyl, app tape, and hardware, and have to borrow money at 14% p.a at the bank etc. etc. Oh, and we make ’em from scratch everytime – no store bought luxury for us. Still, we manage a profit, just..

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