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13th February 2017
 
 
This week's survey 

(These survey questions are sent in by our readers. Please spend a minute to give your answer to this week's survey as one or possibly more of your industry peers thinks this question is important and wishes to see your point of view as well as others in the industry.)  
 

Last week's survey results...
 
Do you ever say no thanks to someone wanting to give you a very small order?
  • I never say no. You never know what it will lead to. 
  • The small job I take today has lead to bigger jobs in the future many times. If I had not taken the small job they may well have gone on to the next supplier and then when the big job comes up it would go to them as well. I also find that often the small job is a test before offering the big job.
  • Some Orders simply cost more to produce than they sell for. We do offer min charge but often the small order is not prepared to pay for that. (Ben, 1800 For Promo)
  • We have found that if we view all our small jobs as the same customer, They end up being one of the top ten customers each year. So we try and do every job we can big or small. Some of the smallest jobs have turned into some of our best clients. (Horizon Signs)
  • Never - but I do say no to people who want me to make no money on a job.
  • We have a minimum cost so we do any size of order if the customer is willing to pay the minimum cost of $60.00.
  • No it is just a min job charge of $125+gst. (Wesley, Forma Sign)
  • Minimum order value of $nnn means you are well paid for 1 off's. Set your own min value, problem solved, time wasters gone. Waive it for exceptional regular customers if need to provide a special service. (Max, Metal Sign & Label)
  • NO, the little jobs are just as important to that customer as a large job is to another. It's surprising how many of the customers that get small job done, come back later with a bigger order. (Lance, Grafton SignArt)
  • If the client's job takes 5mins (including working out what they want), they have cash or payment ready and don't expect all your time, small jobs can be very profitable - especially a lot of them done at once. BUT, a new client with no prospect of more work later on is a risk. Sometimes a $20 job can cost you $80. Example: $40 worth of wages talking about the order, what they want and can't have, $20 to do the actual job, $20 accounts wages and follow up calls because they "forgot" to bring money/credit card. Then they tell all their "$20 hassle-job buddies" and it happens over again! (Been there, done that.) Sometimes no thanks is the better option.
  • Yes, that does happen from time to time but my position is a little different to the run of the mill sign business. I live rural and don't have any equipment any more so l buy in my graphics. So sometimes it is just not viable to take on some small jobs. (James, Indisignwise)
  • No. Since we are hidden away in a back street, if someone rocks up wanting to have 2 A4 prints we do it without loading the price. I take the attitude that they may come back with a big order later on. Mostly they don't, but we have had a few wins. They are also more likely to recommend us to others if they found us co-operative. 

(As a publishing practice to protect ourselves from any potential liability, company and individual names that are referred to negatively in any of these comments are removed.
In addition we reserve the right to remove comments that are blatant advertising for one product or company)


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