"Please quote on 100 embossed business cards"!!
......I kid you not! I actually had this request yesterday! I took a deep breath, remembered that not everyone is familiar with print processes and typed a lengthy polite reply. Herewith, the not so polite reply
1. shall we start with the fact that EXCEL is NOT print ready artwork and instantly reflects the ignorance of request
2. wanting to emboss fine lettering is not impossible.....but it's pretty damned hard...and will piss your printer off so try to avoid it as much as possible
3. DO NOT have the audacity to assume that you, without training, without an ounce of design or creative flair, could be so bold as to 'design' your own business card....with embossing
4. 100 embossed business cards would probably cost the same amount of money and time as embossing 1000 business cards....either you have one big fat budget to waste....or,(refer to point 1.) perhaps you are truly ignorant to design and print processes.
A bit of a rant? Yes.
Deserved so though. The whipped cream on top of this ridiculous request is that the enquirer didn't even have the respect/know how to blind copy the 5 people he blatantly sent the request to....
The cherry on top of the whipped cream was that no acknowledgement of my insightful, helpful, six paragraph long reply was given. Perhaps one of the other 5 contenders was blessed with a 'thank you'.
And yet another day in the life of a freelancer complete....thank heavens once again for my loyal and wonderful existing clients. Everyday I appreciate you more and more. I can truly say that I enjoy working with each of you every day.
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