I have been doing contract embroidery for a uniform service for a few years now. Yesterday, one of their customers that we had done work for called me directly and said they were bringing me some shirts to embroider with their logo. They said we could either run it through the uniform company or bill it directly to them (the end customer), but that they wanted to deal with me because the uniform company has been slow to deliver their orders after they have been finished. Basically, they leave them sitting at the warehouse for awhile. Do I need to run this through the uniform company, or should I deal with the customer since they reached out to me directly? I did not go out looking for them and am not trying to steal them, so is it okay for me to take them on as a customer? The embroidery file for their logo was furnished to me by the uniform company, if that makes a difference. Just wondering what is the right thing to do in this case.
