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General => General Discussion and ??? => Topic started by: Shawn (EIP) on August 04, 2011, 05:54:53 PM

Title: my gripe after shopping in the mall today...
Post by: Shawn (EIP) on August 04, 2011, 05:54:53 PM
Why is ok for department stores and malls to have the shittiest of shitty looking prints some of these costing upwards of 60.00 yet the local screen print shop is held to perfection? I mean some of this stuff is rookie printer's assistant's roomate bad and worse not to mention undercured. The crappier the print the more value it holds?
Title: Re: my gripe after shopping in the mall today...
Post by: Homer on August 04, 2011, 06:04:01 PM
exactly! That's why we have all been saying you need to up your prices. . . haha. . . ZING. . .
Title: Re: my gripe after shopping in the mall today...
Post by: Shawn (EIP) on August 04, 2011, 06:07:06 PM
exactly! That's why we have all been saying you need to up your prices. . . haha. . . ZING. . .

burn...
Title: Re: my gripe after shopping in the mall today...
Post by: mk162 on August 04, 2011, 07:26:20 PM
i smell that from here!!
Title: Re: my gripe after shopping in the mall today...
Post by: tpitman on August 04, 2011, 07:43:48 PM
Why is ok for department stores and malls to have the shittiest of shitty looking prints some of these costing upwards of 60.00 yet the local screen print shop is held to perfection? I mean some of this stuff is rookie printer's assistant's roomate bad and worse not to mention undercured. The crappier the print the more value it holds?

It's called "fashion". Why do distressed, ragged jeans for women cost so much? It isn't quality of product. The only thing that makes it worth the money is what they pour into them . . . ;)
Title: Re: my gripe after shopping in the mall today...
Post by: Fresh Baked Printing on August 05, 2011, 12:20:59 AM
Because the department store isn't selling a design the buyer created. The design creator knows the design inside and out. They know, in their minds eye, what they expect the finished product to be before it's even printed and expect the printed finished product to look EXACTLY like what the envisioned in their minds eye..
An off-the rack crap print makes no illusions as to what it is. A mass produced, printed in Mexico or China semi-knock off of a truly great design, that is priced to fit on a store credit card.
It sits on the shelf for the world to see, touch and try on in the bright lights of a store. It is content to sit there unitl it sells or is clearanced out to still make a dime proft and the store is okay with that.