Large Qty mug quote

[Karen.]

So how do you factor the cost of the printer in the first place into the tiny profit you make on your mugs then?

[Andrew]

Oooooh, only just noticed the pm request

Wish I had done that now. I should take more notice in future just always rushing. Would it be rude of me to edit it now? I'm usually like a clam and can't get any info out of me. What happened? lol

[purpledragon]

whats the serial number on your printer lol

[Andrew]

So how do you factor the cost of the printer in the first place into the tiny profit you make on your mugs then?

Prices just work themselves out over time. You can pluck figures out of the air but they tend to be guess work. Our epuipment is running most of the time which makes it more economical than stopping and starting. Our electricity bills aren't actually that high which I was quite surprised at (running a cable from our nearest lampost must have worked).

[Andrew]

Brett - you do get people buying the ink through the back door but you don't want to get caught doing that by Sawgrass. A few people on other forums openly admit they use wide format inks on an A4 printer but not advised.

[Karen.]

DO you have a website etc? We use to sell mugs in huge quantities (don't do sublimation anymore) and I know that we managed to get the orders in for the mugs, but it can be hard work to keep the constant flow of orders coming in. I woudl be interested in a sample mug actually as I am always being asked for the mugs still and we have a few very regular cutomers that would love it if we could still supply them. At those prices it would be worth us looking into outsourcing them,

[Andrew]

I think we have 5 websites but most of the business comes through contracts we have with other companies. Our competitors are the likes of Listawood and Keramikos who also supply at trade level.

If you want a sample feel free to pm me with what you want printed etc.

[Karen.]

It was the ame here. The websites worked well, but the majority of the bulk orders came through word of mouth or direct discussion with companies etc. Wat are your websites?

[bms]

A few people on other forums openly admit they use wide format inks on an A4 printer but not advised.

Interesting comment. As a supplier it is our responsibility to check that the end user has a wide format printer and thus be able to supply ink in the 1 litre sizes. Not sure though, if that once you have a wide format printer that Sawgrass would drill down to the end user to check that the ink you are buying for your large format printer is only being used for the large format printer (if for instance you had an A4 printer as well). Such individuals/ companies must be few and far between to (a) satisfy the supplier that they have a large format printer for sub printing and (b) have a large format printer and a small format printer as well and therefore be using the same inks for both.

[Andrew]

I heard on one of the forums in the US where and end user was fined by Sawgrass. Went through Invoices etc and worked out how much should have been paid. Can't remember if that was a non-Sawgrass issue or misuse of wide format.