"Hey Ridgely, I've got an order for A LOT of t-shirts, I'll email you and can you give me a quote? We've had them done by another company in the past, but I want to bring the business to you." Okay I'd be glad to give you a quote.
Order is for 500 gildan g5000 white tees. 4 color front, 1 color back. My quote was 4.61/pc.
Hey, did you get my quote? "Yes I did. The other guy was at 3.25/pc s-xl."
Wow! How can they do it that cheap? The blanks will cost around 1.50/pc to get to the door.
"Well do you give discounts for more shirts? I mean like 10,000pcs ?"
Oh yeah, the price will get lower depending on volume- up to a point.
"Well we're doing 5000 pcs."
Wow! Yeah I guess I could charge 3.25/pc if we're going to do that many.
"Well, I'm thinking of having you do something special for the volunteers, maybe in another color or something, maybe long sleeves..."
Well, okay, but what about the 5000? I want to do the 5000pcs.
"Well we'll see, I'll get back to you."
And so goes another day in the life of a 24-7 t-shirt grinder. Win some, lose some, get some, some you dont get. Damn I want to do those 5000pcs! Maybe somehow I can squeeze them to give me the account? What do you think?
