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    finally bought some "free" business cards.

    I got 250 for "free" at http://www.vistaprint.com. i actually ended up paying 16.00 with shipping. They have some pretty sweet options you can do with your design, like magnets and stuff to put on your car. id check them out!

    here is my design.. forgot to put my town but owell.



    http://s665.photobucket.com/albums/v...ivepreview.jpg

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    Yeah, gotta love those "free" cards...We just placed our order last night. We ended up upgrading and getting 1000 business cards, 250 loyalty cards and a metal business card holder for $23. We opted for the slow boat shipping (21 days) but we got one heck of a good deal.

    We ordered our magnetic vehicle signs a couple weeks ago...Got them for $9.95 each. A lot better price then we could find anywhere on the net.

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    When I bought mine I did the regular shipping, they said it would take 21 days, but they got them out in a week. Everyone I know who's used them had the same experience. I guess it's just based on work flow how fast they get them out.

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    **** man i can get 1k of them for like $50

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    I purchased business cards for my pet waste removal business last fall. I thought they came out great, and even told Mike to use them for our recycling biz. Well their software screwed them up. The font is close to 5pt. So you have to squint pretty hard to see what they say. Vistaprint said that they would give us store credit on what we spent so we are gonna design them on Adobe Photoshop and just upload the images.

    I bought the upgraded stuff like computerscrapper. Uploaded my own design and did full color two sided. Even went the extra step and had the cards printed on recycled paper. Mike's daughter and I designed them on Adobe Photoshop. I thought they came out really nice. I have referral information on the reverse side of the card. If you do any kind of monthly based service its a good idea to give a referral bonus to your customers.
    http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...9_271239_o.jpg

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    Phil, may I ask......what do you do with the uh, doo-doo ???!!!

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    read the fine print there lol

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    I also used Vistaprint for cards, shirts, and hats. I was happy with their products.

    I want to get more polo shirts, tees, and hats but they don't offer the color im looking for (burgundy). Has anyone here used a quality online company other then Vista ?

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    im surprised nobody noticed... i was trying to avoid bringing this back up lol... i spelled "recyclin" recylin haha. now i got business cards that i cant even use.

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    Hate when that happens.

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    I just ordered 250 cards a couple of shirts and started a web site cprassociates.biz, still fine tuning it but at least it's out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vamped400 View Post
    im surprised nobody noticed... i was trying to avoid bringing this back up lol... i spelled "recyclin" recylin haha. now i got business cards that i cant even use.
    Didn't even notice till you said something. Could still use them, it's not that obvious.

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    Yeah I used this site before when I was selling on eBay. Has great free things but the postage you only pay for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vamped400 View Post
    im surprised nobody noticed... i was trying to avoid bringing this back up lol... i spelled "recyclin" recylin haha. now i got business cards that i cant even use.
    I did notice. I have a great eye for detail and I'm extremely observant.

    I just didn't want to seem like a jerk.
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    I didn't notice and I thought I had an eye for detail. I think I'd use them, but not around a university !

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    Quote Originally Posted by rca987 View Post
    I did notice. I have a great eye for detail and I'm extremely observant.

    I just didn't want to seem like a jerk.
    should have told me, jerk. hahaha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vamped400 View Post
    should have told me, jerk. hahaha.
    I'll try to be less of a jerk next time.

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    ill probably just be picky and order new ones and put my town on them too

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    I can proof spell check for you if you'd like. I'm pretty good at that.

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    I got mine from vistaprint as well. I made several samples, played around with the fonts/size, then printed them out to get an idea of how it would look on paper.





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