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I agree with logobear.

I think you need to do your calculations on this.

Who is going to buy the clothing that will be embroiderd?

What happens for the rest of the year? How will the machine pay for itself then?

I suggest you work out how long it will take to embroider each logo and then do your calculations.

Andrew

PS What you should get and what you actually get are normally two different things.

Also, presuming there is no actual contract, who will stop them deciding a year later to go to someone else like schoolblazer for example?

Happened at my daughter's school a few years ago. Apparently there used to be a local shop that supplied. In the run up to the new term beginning the shop ordered all the stock that they normally require (all embroidered etc) only to find out a few weeks later that the school had changed to schoolblazer and had also changed the uniform. End result is that local shop is left with stock that they can not sell anywhere. It almost put them out of business apparently.

I am not saying do not go forward with this, but tread very carefully.

If you want a good machine that will
do big runs for schools you need a 4 head with production in mind a single head is okay for starting out but when you want to do lots of school wear you need a machine that will do what it's says try to choose tajima or Barudan But remember to work out your budget there are a lot of good second hand machines tga
t would suit you I would try to get more schools but most have there own school shops so if you can supplie them is good be very lucrative

tajima are the best machines you can get but very pricey AJS embroidery in nottingham are fantastic for there support ,

guarddog14;85528 wrote:tajima are the best machines you can get but very pricey AJS embroidery in nottingham are fantastic for there support ,

Based on what??

I wouldnt say Tamija are the best at all!

smo;85529 wrote:Based on what??

I wouldnt say Tamija are the best at all!

i use tajima and have done for years quality work but expensive compared to copy's there double the price of cheap machines to me they are the best

Tajima are the best, just coz I got one Brother are the best too, I got a 4 head one

The learning curve is big and you'll tear your hair out but the satisfaction of getting it right is great. I'd target the low volume niche market with quality embroidery rather than the schools.

I'm on our school's PTA and we have now ditched the old system of embroidered blazers. An embroidered blazer badge costs us £1.50 and we have a secondhand Adkins Beta Swift press that we use to heat seal the badges in place. None of the traditional school wear suppliers can come close to the cost of a supermarket blazer or the flexibility we now have.

Interesting post, thanks.

What sort of quantity of badges do you have to order to get that price? We've thought of doing the same with ETC.

John

Tajima are the best, just coz I got one

Love that

I'm on our school's PTA and we have now ditched the old system of embroidered blazers. An embroidered blazer badge costs us £1.50 and we have a secondhand Adkins Beta Swift press that we use to heat seal the badges in place. None of the traditional school wear suppliers can come close to the cost of a supermarket blazer or the flexibility we now have.

School uniforms are a total rip off and I am glad you have broken away, the cheap one for my daughters school is £85.00 for the blazer. There is a company in North London that specialises in blank school uniform stock, if i can think of it I will post on here for you. Also, when Jason and I were looking round FESPA last year there was a company selling what looked like embroidered badges but were actually transfers. The look and feel was superb and very close to embroidered. We both got very excited at first as we thought they were selling the material, unfortunately they were only selling a printing service. Again I will try and look for the company name for you as they really were perfect for the school market.