Originally Posted by madblkscientist

why dont u mock up three manifolds based on qaulity show 1poor 2better 3high qaulity so they can see the difference and charge accordingly to keep the money rolling in just dont tag the cheap qaulity

i bet they will change their minds cause i cant see u going anywhere to get ur qaulity manifolds cheaper than 800 for a 1 off

Originally Posted by SAVwKO

Or even somehow acquire the manifolds others are comparing to yours. Sooner or later the best way to make something like that stick in their heads is to do a straight up comparo. Hell video yourself dropping a poor quality manifold off your mezzanine and same with yours, whatever. Or have em up for display in the front entrance so ppl see the difference.

Originally Posted by Agtronic

Thanks a lot guys. Kranked, I appreciate your views on my work. It's great to hear. But I have to say, people in Quebec do not care about quality. I'm at a point where I literally want to lock the doors and strictly work on internet orders. I constantly find myself justifying the price of my work, and I'm starting to hear people who refer to my shop as "a rip off operation". I charge $65/h and that's low for the area. People think I'm crazy when I say a manifold costs $1000 CAD. Or people bring in a manifold they mocked up themselves, and have a look of shock on their face when I present them a bill for 3 hours of welding time.

Anyways, I'm learning quickly that people want the higher quality work, but they want to pay the same price they pay at the corner "welder" shop.

I have to say though, I do have some really good local customers. Guys who never question the price, and guys who understand that it takes more time to do a good quality job. Guys who understand that I'm trying to juggle 20 million things all by myself, and that I can't simply jump on their jobs the minute they walk out the door.

About the logo tags, I wanted to mention on here that to those who I have asked for quotes or even samples, (those of you are on here). I was not trying to waste anyone's time. And it's not that I didn't want to support you guys. When I showed the cad file for this logo to a few shops, everyone told me it was too intricate to cut cheaply, so I made another design, and none of my customers knew what it was (abreviated name, AGMS). So I basically shelved the idea for a while. Now I found a pretty sick local machine shop, and their work is insane quality, and their turnaround is good. I have been making a few parts once in a while, and finally I asked him to look my logo over. He said it was no prob to cut on his waterjet, so that's why I had them done here. Nothing personal to the others who have offered to help. I would have done them for sure if it had been possible to do the original logo.

That's it for tonight. I'm dead dead tired.

Good night!

Originally Posted by Agtronic

Thanks a lot guys. Kranked, I appreciate your views on my work. It's great to hear. But I have to say, people in Quebec do not care about quality. I'm at a point where I literally want to lock the doors and strictly work on internet orders. I constantly find myself justifying the price of my work, and I'm starting to hear people who refer to my shop as "a rip off operation". I charge $65/h and that's low for the area. People think I'm crazy when I say a manifold costs $1000 CAD. Or people bring in a manifold they mocked up themselves, and have a look of shock on their face when I present them a bill for 3 hours of welding time.

Anyways, I'm learning quickly that people want the higher quality work, but they want to pay the same price they pay at the corner "welder" shop.