Business advice questions

[captainbeats]

Just wondering if anyone can answer this. I've been doing pdr for 4 yrs. Working for Mercedes benz also window tint for 2 yrs for Mercedes benz. I quit a d  owned I just do pdr for a wholesale company. I have also made good side money doing retail pdr. I got my business license and I wanted to get a window tint plotter. My question is how much does it cost to get a plotter and get the software that cuts the patterns. I would like to start of small tinting from my garage at home before I open my own pdr / tint shop  

[b_faulk75]

Forget the plotter for a while and learn to hand cut tint, trust me you will be glad you did! The plotter is faster most of the time but the quality just isn't the same IMO

 

If you must have a plotter, i got a used 40" plotter for $1000 and and pay $100 a month for the software if that helps. Buying new you could spend 4k to get set up, then software seems to be anywhere from $100 to $150 a month from what i've seen.   

[Jkatfelix]

From what the PDR guys say at my job....PDR is way more money...and they worked less hours why would you go to tint?

[captainbeats]

I'm not going to to tint Im Doing both 

[quality tintz]

Hand cut is more quality work I agree but I heard you can use plotter and cut top edges how you want and adjust patterns on computer cuts?

[quality tintz]

I would like to learn pdr