so i went to order my invites today (YAY!) and i ordered 125 in spanish and 25 in english. i had gone to the place before and got quoted about $300 (for 150 total) so i was expecting that. when she totalled it up, it went over $500! turns out the language difference makes it a totally new order - AND - ordering so few allows them to jack up the price - over $200 for 25 invites!! i told her she could shove it *kidding* but now i have reason to DIY my pocketfold invites like all you cool chickies!! i'm beyond excited...now i need to figure out how the hell to do them!
kavirtue
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That is crazy.
FullersBride
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Good for YOu!!!
I have a feeling I'm going to be assisting in wedding invitation translations very soon!!
bonitachyc
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Posted by FullersBride I have a feeling I'm going to be assisting in wedding invitation translations very soon!!
lmao! not to worry dear, i only need 25 *english* invites so you can rest assured if i can't get those invites worded...well then there's something wrong with me!
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Posted by bonitachyc
so i went to order my invites today (YAY!) and i ordered 125 in spanish and 25 in english. i had gone to the place before and got quoted about $300 (for 150 total) so i was expecting that. when she totalled it up, it went over $500! turns out the language difference makes it a totally new order - AND - ordering so few allows them to jack up the price - over $200 for 25 invites!! i told her she could shove it *kidding* but now i have reason to DIY my pocketfold invites like all you cool chickies!! i'm beyond excited...now i need to figure out how the hell to do them!
I know why its surprising to hear ... it doesn't 'seem' to make sense!
BUT that is the way that the invitation printing companies (not the stores themselves) do things.
They build their setup costs into the FIRST 25 of each part (things like the typsetting, and making the plates to go on the printing presses for thermography or engraving). Then they price out 'ADDITIONAL 25s' after that.
Since you needed to have two versions of your invitation typeset, you incurred those additional costs for the typsetter and for the plates to be made.
Also, some printing companies charge extra for foreign language.
HTH!
Eva-and-John 07
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Arg. Don't you hate that?! I've been floored a few times when seeing the totals of things.
Have fun with the DIYs. I'm going to stat working on mine soon so we can work through it together.
MrsQ-in2007
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Lupita, I'm DIYing my pocketfold invites and did a lot of research before settling on a design and everything. Let me know if you have any questions!
denadewolf
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Get envelopments and do them by hand They are the best!!!!
lilangel
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Posted by bonitachyc
Posted by FullersBride I have a feeling I'm going to be assisting in wedding invitation translations very soon!!
lmao! not to worry dear, i only need 25 *english* invites so you can rest assured if i can't get those invites worded...well then there's something wrong with me!
bonitachyc
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Lupita, I'm DIYing my pocketfold invites and did a lot of research before settling on a design and everything. Let me know if you have any questions!
you and poogie and every other DIY botw are gonna get bombarded with FM's the moment I get my hands on the materials for my pocketfold invites!!
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We did it the other way around. English invitations and Spanish ones to send back home. What we did is that we are sending the English invites and writing the Spanish translation on velum (hope that's spelled correctly) paper. Just giving you another option if you had your heart set on the invitations you had picked out.
