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Soooo.... My understanding is my customers shouldn't be "clicking & collecting" from my Workshop as it would mean they were leaving their homes on a "non essential journey"? (Exceptions to this could be Artists/Interior Designers etc collecting work for Business purposes - I ...

Helloooo, and a warm welcome from over the hill in Deeside. This is a great place to lose an hour, or two!

****Update**** CENTRADO are the winners! Lots of different FC board inc various JUMBO in stock..... arrived this afternoon. Happy days

Gutted! Just had a call from Wessex to say they won't deliver jumbo foam board this far North (Aberdeenshire) as they'd need to use a Courier, which they deem unreliable, and would expect damage to packages. Why is this issue with Couriers not being dealt with? If the Couriers had to pay compensatio...

Thanks Mark Funnily enough, I had the Wessex website up on my laptop when I posted yesterday as I was going to try them but couldn't remember my password! However, today is a new day, and remembered it straight away, and I still have an account with them, although it's been years since I ordered. Re...

I'm not having any luck finding a UK Supplier with Jumbo 5mm Foamcore in stock at the moment..... anyone know a Supplier who has stock?
Cheers
Jay

Thanks John. :shock: Well if I was a tad hesitant before.... now I'm terrified!! :sweating: Hey, what's the worst that could happen? I assume the answer is losing all my customer data. I do have paper copies of invoices, but it's obviously much quicker referring back on my computer than going into t...

Happy to be your Guinea Pig John as long as you realise I'm a bit of a technophobe, so you may live to regret the offer!! Would this mean I could also delete duplicate/dead customers? ( both dead dead, and dead, never going to see them again for various reasons :D ) I feel my Estlite has become clut...

Is there a way to change it back to the default settings?

Thanks guys for taking the time to help with pricing. As a very rough guide, my understanding is, if you take in a material and sell straight on, then mark up 100%. Obviously if you do any work on it, the mark up will increase. I just find it hard to imagine charging £400+ for the acrylic alone, but...

Hi all, I have a new customer asking for an estimate for a high value (£600) large print 125cm x 75cm. It will need an Artcare Jumbo window mount, (making it glass size 145 x 95) and will be hinged to 5mm archival foam core board. He wants a black frame @ £4.80m. Now here is where I am struggling. T...

This has just reminded me of when I framed a photograph that was to be a surprise for the Queen ( she didn't know this copy existed) It was one of 5, 2 of which had 'disappeared', so this was 1 of only 3 left. I had to 'sign it in' and didn't tell a soul I had it. I woke up in the middle of the nigh...

Found one.... wasn't too difficult after all!!

Hi, I've just had my plexiglass order, placed on 17th May from The Plastic People (Barkston Plastics) cancelled due to them running out of stock. Does anyone know of a Company in the UK that has stock available, and able to supply this month? If I can't get hold of any for a screen, I'll probably ha...

Steve N This time £16.... next time £20!!

Pramsay13 Thank you for your reply! I realised I made a mistake. When I checked price on Estlite as I had it set to Jumbo board. I'm soooo ready for a break!

Hi everyone. Is there anyone else working today that has time to give me a wee price check? Last job of 2019 for me today is cutting 10 book type window mounts, hinging photographs on to back mountboard, both Daler Conservation board. Size is 22" x 18" (approx. 56cm x 46cm) so quite wastef...

Prospero, I will compare blades as Keencut send me samples to try.

Wow, thank you so much for this NYAF, very helpful indeed!! I probably need to accept that I should to buy a pack, as opposed to a sample of the board and get practicing! My Rep has been trying to persuade me for a while to offer thick boards, but I've been resitant after my first, and only attempt....

Thanks Prospero,
It's 2.2mm, so I suppose minimal faff in theory. The biggest issue with the board I tried previously was it was just soooo bloody dense!
I've ordered a sample of the board I plan to use this time, so I'll see if it's as hard.... sure hope not.