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Originally Posted by pickleboy
the only thing you have to do is turn out very high quality work and give a good turn around time and mostly be honest with the customers and the work will come.
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That is the only way that this industry is going to thrive. If most up and coming coaters refuse to accept the current standards of quality. I have relationships with several coaters in my area...We trade powders, supplies and even jobs sometimes. Each shop offers different value added services and we trade off those services at a discounted rate and sometimes for free if it helps our cause. We work with each other not against. It's no different than coming here and offering tricks and tips. Sure in most cases we compete for business and it's not always evenly split but when I start falling behind I know a short term bail out is just a phone call away. It works the same with needing a pound of powder on a sunday...Just one call and a short trip to pick it up. My point here is that under cutting your competition is not good for either shop, and just leads fighting and name calling. Maintain a good reputation with your customers and your competition and you have a better chance of making a business out of powder coating. A quality job at a fair price beats cheap and dirty in the long run.