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Vent: My supplier on Jefferson Ave just doubled our paper costs overnight
Last week, I went to pick up our usual order for the print shop and the invoice was crazy. They said it's a 'new market rate' but gave no real heads up. We're talking an extra $400 a month now, which really cuts into our thin profit on flyers and business cards. Has anyone else in Midtown or Corktown found a good local paper supplier that won't do this?
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knight.diana5mo ago
Jefferson Ave is really out here playing Monopoly with paper now.
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evan_stone3mo ago
Man, that stings. We had the same thing happen last spring with our envelope supplier, just a random 30% jump with a note saying "adjusted rates" like that was supposed to make it okay. For a small shop like yours, $400 extra a month is basically eating up what you make on a couple of good rush jobs. I drove over to Discount Paper on Michigan Ave a few months ago after our old guy pulled that on a ream order, and they've been pretty steady so far. You might give them a call, at least worth a look since they didn't nickel-and-dime me on the last two orders.
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