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Old 04-28-2009, 03:42 AM   #1
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I was going to put this in off topic, but in a way, even though he is a lil douche' he has some good points.

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Old 04-28-2009, 08:24 AM   #2
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My head doesn't pop off the side, but I'm still happy with them:

http://www.americasprintcenter.com/h...ounder_sm.html
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Old 04-28-2009, 08:47 AM   #3
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The guys a blowhard, he sells business cards, whooee! what a stud.
Dumb azz cards for blowhards.
They don't fit anywhere, who would be impressed with thar card.
I agree a nicer card might be effective, but not a big card you would set as`ide because its the size of a desk calender. My opinion.
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No salesman ever sold anything because of how nice his business card was.

I wonder how much he would like me when he handed me his card and I handed it back to him and told him it's too big, there is nothing I can do with it?
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The best Business Cards come out of OUR MOUTHS!
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Old 04-28-2009, 10:22 AM   #6
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That guy is getting his gross all over my shoes...

ew.
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I agree with Finley and Silvertree. If the thing won't fit in my wallet, it will get lost in the trash on my floorboards.
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That guy looks like a skinny Vince McMahon.
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Old 04-28-2009, 05:26 PM   #9
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That guy is a failed televangelist. I remember seeing him !!! Common knowledge dude's.
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I think the guy know hows to build a sale. He kept me watching the whole 2 minutes and 9 seconds of his video.
I think his business card is nothing impressive.
Sure it has every single option a business card can have. It's enlarged. It has a die cut. It has foil stamp. It has a pop out.
It costs $4 a piece. yikes!
No matter how self-serving it is it will never bring a positive return on investment.
The card does fit the person. It is as big as his head his.
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At $4 a pop I would give it to someone and have them look at it and then ask for it back. WOW

Could you image working for this clown. After two days he would get one right between the eyes..............
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OK guys, the dweeb aint cool, but the dweeb has a point. You don't need to spend $4.00 on a pop up business card, but it is worth getting something really nice. Figure $100 for the design and $100 for the cards. That should get you about 5,000 cards, which is about a lifetime supply. Just make sure not to change your phone number or address. you can get some nice ones from partnerprinting com and you can get some stainless steel ones from metalcards com that are about $1.00 each. You only need about 1 sale ever to pay for em.
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Old 04-28-2009, 07:13 PM   #13
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C'mon guys, shouldn't every contractor have a card with a pop out of some kind of structure? What better way to demonstrate "building" than a pop out? I would think everyone here should be rushing out to get cards like this made.
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The guy's an idiot, imagine what that $4 card would look like coming out of the pocket of a dirty smelly contractor I cannot believe how many I hand out w/o having my briefcase with me; just last night at my son's track meet I struck up a conversation with someone's grandmother, she had a leaky window and asked for my card. Oh, and she didn't have a purse along to put that mega card into, it went in her pocket. He's an idiot.
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Le Bag of Douche.
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Old 04-28-2009, 09:25 PM   #16
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HAHAHA!
Blowhard, my mother, who is 88 would say,
"He's so full of sh*t his ears stink"!

A legend in his own mind, I wouldn't brag about taking 25 years to design a business card. Crikky, you'd think he invented the wheel.
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Old 04-29-2009, 12:32 AM   #17
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25 years to design what is essentially a hallmark greeting card? what a boob. after watching that In 120 seconds i thought of a promotional device that would kick his smarmy ass. An imprinted mini dvd.
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Old 04-29-2009, 12:44 AM   #18
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Silly little contractor slave nobodies of importance, this fine gentleman is not of the dirty blue collar class. Obviously he deals with fellow gentlemen of a truly refined nature who happen to become erect when seeing such a fine example of frivolous and wasteful spending.

pshaw, sometimes you have to crawl up out of the dark pit of contractor hell to see how the other half live...silly working class hobos.
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He is a good salesman. A better one is the printing company that talked him into 4$ business cards.
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Old 04-29-2009, 01:16 AM   #20
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I would buy those business cards......... If they came with a pair on hip boots. I had to kill his commercial, the bull was starting to get deep.
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