Comments on: Business cards, ASAP and stat.

Question: Business cards, ASAP and stat.

Optimus Chyme — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:08:48 -0800

I need a thousand four-color business cards by the end of the day, Tuesday the 6th. Please help.

In the past I've used silkcards.com, but after some customer service issues and the fact that they can't ever rush an order under any circumstances, I need a new vendor. The cards are 4-color on front, black on the back, and I must have them in Phoenix, AZ by the end of the day Tuesday. Is this possible? Who can do it?

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:13:28 -0800

Have you tried a local printer?

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:19:16 -0800

They are my last resort, Pollomacho. Good people, good results, very expensive on this kind of timeline.

By: furiousthought

furiousthought — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:20:23 -0800

I had a good experience with these guys. (Note: even if you don't order the glossy coating, the cards are fairly glossy anyway, and don't take ink from a pen or even a Sharpie well.)

By: MeetMegan

MeetMegan — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:27:47 -0800

Vistaprint?

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:23:02 -0800

i imagine that with that kind of timeline, any extra expense going local vs. online is going to be dwarfed by the rush charge that an online order house is going to want. Admittedly, I haven't dealt with a lot of printers (one local, three or four online -- the quality, results and service at the local shop being far superior, natch) even think of an online place that would take on such an order, and it's getting to the point where a local house might not even be able to do it.

my impression is that people who order online usually don't care whether they're in a gang run or when they get it; and people in the biz use b&m printshops.

salmonberry would know for sure.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:26:15 -0800

so i guess my answer is 'this is not, from what i've seen, possible, and if it is, it's gonna cost you about as much as a local shop'. My friends who I did some design for were in a similar situation where they needed a one day turnaround, and they ended up paying about $200 for a run of 500, when they could've got in online (if they had two weeks, minimum, to wait around) for $40. When you need something quick, ime, you usually have to suck it up and eat the extra expenses.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:26:52 -0800

jesus, so many typos above. just ignore them. thanks.

By: kathryn

kathryn — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:31:08 -0800

PSPrint can do one business day turnaround times, but it's probably too late to submit something due to the three-day weekend.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:32:40 -0800

Thanks, all. I sucked it up as suggested and went local. Fingers crossed.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:50:00 -0800

yeah, given a longer timeline I would recommend psprint, but even using their super-rush job, they probably wouldn't make this deadline -- also, they have reeeally long turnarounds on business cards as opposed to their other products.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:51:00 -0800

did you manage to extract a promise that you'd get it end of day tuesday? that's usually the advantage you're paying for with a local printer.

either way, good luck.

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:09:29 -0800

I wish I'd seen this earlier. I think Overnightprints.com might have been able to make it happen for you.

By: furiousthought

furiousthought — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:20:00 -0800

I saw it earlier! (But the deadline was very tight.)

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 02:56:18 -0800

did you manage to extract a promise that you'd get it end of day tuesday?

Yeah, but it's costing me $75 for a quarter-run cards because of the holiday. Bleah.

By: Jason Fung

Jason Fung — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:51:18 -0800

I think that "Professional Business Cards Online" has high quality business card designs. The price is also very reasonable, just $4.95 for 100 business cards.