[IBL] help with cards

[D]

Sean, I hope things are as OK as can be expected under the circumstances,
and you and your family are very much in my thoughts.  If it would help re:
cards, here is what it looks like from Minneapolis:

If I used Office Depot, 65# paper for cards, 110# paper for charts it would
be $28-$30 plus $10 shipping.  It says estimated delivery to Berkley, MI of
"4/22," but that's a typo I imagine.  I think it would ship today, but I
can call to confirm.

If I used FedEx Office, 65# paper for cards, 100# paper for charts, it
would be $44-$46 plus $10 shipping.  I may be able to get that knocked down
by about $4 depending on if I can get a discount applied, have not spent
enough time at that to know yet.  They estimate delivery date to Berkley as
Monday.

As I think most do, I generally do hitters cards one color, pitchers
another.  From my eye, the color choices in 65# cardstock are substantially
better at FedEx.  Office Depot seems to only have a line of paper they call
"Cardstock Brights" at the 65# weight, and most of those colors look pretty
garish (at least on the computer screen).  Fed Ex's colors are a little
more muted and, imo, might be better on the eyes.

I can call the store with shipping instructions to keep the "columns" of
cards together and try to make evenly spaced cuts.  Other
requirements/thoughts welcome.

If anyone tries to replicate/review online (you can see the color choices
online as well, and if you don't have a local one of these stores and you
need to select a store, just select one of their MInneapolis stores), make
sure you select "Black and White" printing at each website instead of "Full
Color."  It makes a large price difference.

Links:

Office Depot
<https://www.officedepot.com/configurator/pod/#/product/copiesAndFlyers>
(you upload the PDF and then enter specs for the job)

FedEx Office
<https://www.fedex.com/apps/printonline/?intcmp=BAL-1001276-81-1-962-1110000-US-US-EN-PRINTONLINELOCL-1-LPOFFICE-EN-1&defaultCenter=0609#!upload/multiple/pid%3D1456773326927/false>
(same)

You'd also notice that the websites offer horizontal or vertical cuts, but
you cannot select both.  I would call and make sure they cut both ways.

Would you like a set delivered to your home Sean?

I am happy to place orders for others too (Mike, I just saw your message).
One would think it might result in better pricing, and I can look into
that, but I am not sure.  As far as I can tell online, I cannot split an
order into multiple shipping addresses.  So if each order needs to be
placed individually (which I am happy to do), the price per order is going
to remain the same.  Another thing I can ask about.

Thoughts welcome.  Thanks all.

- David (oxy)





On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:42 AM D <genny429 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sean, I am going to look into this now.  Here in Minneapolis, it looks
> like Office Depots and FedEx Office are open.  I will let you and everyone
> else know what I find out.
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 6:43 PM Sean Sweda <sweda at ibl.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mar 20, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Chris Hartjes <chartjes at littlehart.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello friends. I am currently waiting for scoresheets and cards to be
>> > delivered to my home while I am in social-distancing mode with my
>> family.
>> > (Myself and my family are not sick or exhibiting any symptoms and I
>> have
>> > worked from home for many, many years). I live in a small town of 2500
>> > people approximately 20 minutes north of London, Ontario, Canada so my
>> > access to things locally is extremely limited. We have a small grocery
>> > store, a small pharmacy, and a few restaurants, none of which deliver.
>> >
>> > Stay safe, stay home, and isolate yourself if you can. If you are
>> working
>> > for a business or organization that is providing crucial help to
>> others,
>> > your work is appreciated by folks like me.
>> >
>> > --
>> >   Chris Hartjes
>> >   chartjes at littlehart.net
>>
>>
>> My son has been sick for a week with the virus symptoms and there's
>> still
>> no way to get tested here.  I don't want to endanger anyone by going out
>> to
>> get my cards printed, so I'm wondering if it would be possible for me to
>> piggy-back off of someone else's order and have the cards mailed to my
>> house.  If you're able to do this let me know, thanks.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
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