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  • who's card are you going to call

    this is a board at a local lumber supplier, who's card are you most likely going call and see.

    this goes for boards all over, sherwin williams paint, coffee houses etc..

    these cards I got from www.gotprint.com 1,000 with rounded corners were 48 bucks full gloss

    you design on line and have them in 5-10 days...
    Attached Files
    Kreg
    www.builtinking.com
    youtube channel: builtinsbykreg
    if you do not have fun every day... why?
    get up.... get out there..... get going ! rocking all day long
    remember to give out 10 business cards a day !

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    Re: who's card are you going to call

    Top right corner. Honey do handyman.
    Darrel Hunter

    "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." - Henry Ford

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    • #3
      Re: who's card are you going to call

      I was thinking the same thing, A handyman would probably be less costly than a "custom" guy!

      Just bustin on you Kreg! I agree you cards do stand out....too bad you never had pieces of beadboard with print? You could spend Saturdays with a Festool drilling them for the wall tack!
      Take Care

      Jim

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      • #4
        Re: who's card are you going to call

        You have convinced me, Kreg. My next batch of cards will be legal size.

        Mark

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8
        Last edited by MarkNov; 04-29-2012, 09:53 AM.

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        • #5
          Re: who's card are you going to call

          JOHLT Electric...I want to see him get "johlted"
          Portland Renovations, Inc.
          www.portlandrenovations.com

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          • #6
            Re: who's card are you going to call

            Originally posted by MarkNov View Post
            You have convinced me, Kreg. My next batch of cards will be legal size.

            Mark

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8
            well good deal mark!! and yes a bigger boat it is!!!
            Kreg
            www.builtinking.com
            youtube channel: builtinsbykreg
            if you do not have fun every day... why?
            get up.... get out there..... get going ! rocking all day long
            remember to give out 10 business cards a day !

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            • #7
              Re: who's card are you going to call

              I don't think I want the kind of customer who chooses the biggest and shiniest card, or who picks their contractor from a board at SW.

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              • #8
                Re: who's card are you going to call

                Originally posted by DG
                I don't think I want the kind of customer who chooses the biggest and shiniest card, or who picks their contractor from a board at SW.
                True, my cards are very high quality paper, the printing is old fashioned letterpress in small type rather than offset. There is only my company name, telephone number and license number, if you look closely you can see a small red dot. My son is in that business and designs and prints for mostly high priced law firms, book collectors, and others who know quality paper, typesets, and design. As always you fit your cards to the socioeconomic status and relative sophistication of your desired market.
                "The only communists left in the world are in American Universities."

                --Mikhail Gorbachev

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                • #9
                  Re: who's card are you going to call

                  Dick
                  What is the significance of the red dot?
                  Take Care

                  Jim

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                  • #10
                    Re: who's card are you going to call

                    Originally posted by Jim
                    Dick
                    What is the significance of the red dot?
                    Jim:

                    I have no idea, I suspect the small type face is to make people look hard, once they are looking hard I think the red dot says: "I have the ability to do something fancy but don't' because it's gauche". The whole printing and book world is very snobbish. I remember sitting in court once next to a high-priced attorney, during a break he was holding a letter up to the light and turning it in several directions, I asked him what he was doing and he said he was checking the bond of the paper to assess the quality of his opposing attorney.
                    "The only communists left in the world are in American Universities."

                    --Mikhail Gorbachev

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                    • #11
                      Re: who's card are you going to call

                      Originally posted by dlhunter View Post
                      Top right corner. Honey do handyman.
                      Am I the slow one here or is that Kregs old card?

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                      • #12
                        Re: who's card are you going to call

                        Originally posted by Dick Seibert View Post
                        it's gauche"...very snobbish...and he said he was checking the bond of the paper to assess the quality of his opposing attorney.
                        Good think construction folk don't do things like that, huh?
                        Donald on the basis of his net worth valuation-

                        "...feelings, even my own feelings, and that can change rapidly day to day"

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                        • #13
                          Re: who's card are you going to call

                          Originally posted by gfrank View Post
                          Am I the slow one here or is that Kregs old card?
                          Can't get anything past you ;-).

                          (I think the post was sarcasm, just like my responce is meant to be a little humorous.)

                          Tom
                          http://chicagocraftsmen.org/2011/06/261.html

                          Check with the AHJ, what we say doesn't matter.

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                          • #14
                            Re: who's card are you going to call

                            Originally posted by dgbldr View Post
                            I don't think I want the kind of customer who chooses the biggest and shiniest card, or who picks their contractor from a board at SW.
                            well thats fine, I will take them.... I get several good jobs for trim and cabinets from sherwin williams boards.. people love my card as it is very professional looking... yes some I am sure don't and others don't care.. but it works. after all higher class people usually go to sherwin williams over lowes paint plus painters see my card and send me carpentry business also.. so its a win win.
                            Kreg
                            www.builtinking.com
                            youtube channel: builtinsbykreg
                            if you do not have fun every day... why?
                            get up.... get out there..... get going ! rocking all day long
                            remember to give out 10 business cards a day !

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                            • #15
                              Re: who's card are you going to call

                              Kreg,

                              I just called got print and asked if they had 4x6 cards with rounded corners.

                              They said they don't have anything like that. I need these for an upcomming parade of homes in June.

                              Could you point me in the right direction?
                              Rick

                              http://www.hogegroup.com/

                              http://www.rickhoge.com/

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