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socialgiraffe;51972 wrote:I did look at a ribbon printer a few months back. I put it on the back burner due to my robbing low life scum ex business partner. So glad I did now as I thought it would be money for old rope. Wedding cake band £15.00 3 mins work job done!!!!

This forum is great. £10.00 memership has just saved me £600.00 in machinery that would collect dust. Thanks for the info logobear and Limara.

£15.00 quid for a wedding cake band am i missing something here surly you mean £1.50.

logobear re charmers ....he's a miserable git isnt he lol definatly not someone who takes after his name

Not missing anything, it was just what I thought would have been a fair price.

Must admit I am really shocked that people are expecting to pay £1.50 for a 1 off bespoke item. But you guys know best as you have the machine and are doing the work. Printed ribbon is off my list pretty much forever!!!!!

fair play if you can get customers to pay 15 quid for a metre of 45mm polester ribbon i need you on my sales team

socialgiraffe;51972 wrote:This forum is great. £10.00 membership has just saved me £600.00 in machinery that would collect dust.

That has got to be one of the quotes of the year right there and is a true reflection of the members of this little corner of the interweb and their interaction with others on here - well done guys, well done all of you

we do the first m for £5 or more, but it ia a pita

Hi Purpledragon

I am not saying that is what I charge, I just figured that £15.00 to make their wedding cake a little bit more special would have been a fair price. The fact that you can only charge £1.50-£5.00 shocked me. However, if the market dictates those prices then I am so glad I never went down this route.

For your info a company approached me about ribbon printing sometime ago. The below is the prices they were paying for a 15mm roll, note the set up charge!!!

160 M £32.00
320 M £44.80
500 M £50.00
1000 M £70.00

Each additional meter 6.5p

Set up charge is £40.00

socialgiraffe;52018 wrote:Hi Purpledragon

I am not saying that is what I charge, I just figured that £15.00 to make their wedding cake a little bit more special would have been a fair price. The fact that you can only charge £1.50-£5.00 shocked me. However, if the market dictates those prices then I am so glad I never went down this route.

For your info a company approached me about ribbon printing sometime ago. The below is the prices they were paying for a 15mm roll, note the set up charge!!!

160 M £32.00
320 M £44.80
500 M £50.00
1000 M £70.00

Each additional meter 6.5p

Set up charge is £40.00

send them my way i'll charge less than that with no set up fee !

I just paid £15 for 25 meters with my website address on it.. glad I didn't get a set up fee on that !! lol

I wouldn't mind getting in to ribbon printing would be nice little addon for gifts

logobear;51969 wrote: but I am frustrated by the control software, it works, but it is S**t! - then again, a florist could probably work it !

this about sums up the software for mine as well, can you import pics in yours ? I have got round the crappy software by importing artwork for what I want to do
prepared in psp the machine still doesnt always print what I would like it to.( issues with fine lines) but far better than its own software could acheive.

logobear;51970 wrote:Re comment, £1 to £1.50 for a cake band, - sorry, but I won't get out of bed for less than £5!

lol hope you have a nice comfy bed if you lived round this way and wouldnt get out of bed unless you got a fiver to print one you would be staying in bed for a long time!

Mattie;52030 wrote:I wouldn't mind getting in to ribbon printing would be nice little addon for gifts

research your costs and what people are prepared to pay before you spend out on one, I was doing nappy cakes ( for those that dont know they are baby gifts made from nappies and baby goodies
made to look like a cake) I was Offering to do personalised ribbon bands for an extra £1.00 for them which probably cost me more than that to produce them not one person wanted to pay extra for them!