[gainsy]

Originally Posted by eyeayen

NO !

You are getting a one off produced solely for you on specialist equipment that they have invested their time and money it, plus as I said they're not just sat there twiddling their thumbs for the phone to ring so you can place an order. They have to have stock of whatever they need to produce said bespoke decal for you as if they don't you'll go to someone else who does have the stock.

Then they stop what ever else they're doing just to print your decal / skin.

So lets see now, expensive equipment, knowledge of working said expensive equipment, everything in stock, a complete one off just for you and your model of transmitter, their time to produce said bespoke design, their time to pack carefully or apply the printed decal, their time to take your order to the post office plus the cost of postage.

So, lets say £5 to post it and the materials cost say £10, that leaves £30 for they're time, which leaves an hourly rate for their very specialist time of £15 per hour.

I've heard graphic designers working on daily rates of £600 per day, which is £75 per hour. Sign shops usually have a minimum charge too. So in the grand scheme of things with this broken down I think it's an absolute bargain.

However, if you can get the machinery, have the skill and can do skins for whatever you think is a reasonable price please carry on as I'm sure we'll all be buying them from you quicker than you can produce them.

Why do I rant at this, because everyone wants to look cool, but no one wants to pay for it, so why should all the people with the artist knowledge and expensive kit loose out just so you can look cool but then go, 'well it looks nice but it was a bit expensive'.

So next time you want something and someone says it will cost 'X', don't say it's too expensive because it's probably that price for a reason.

Totally agree with you Ian