I was shooting a corporate video over at Action Figure with a pretty good sized crew. We were using a teleprompter for the talent. When you shooting high definition optical flaws can be readily apparent and we had scratches on the plexiglass in the prompter. So I sent an assistant out to find a new piece of plexiglass and we needed it in a hurry.
He found Austin Architectural Graphics, he communicated that we needed a 12""x16"" eighth inch thick piece of plexiglass, the people there knew they had him over a barrel and ended up charging us $90 for 12""x16"" eighth inch thick piece of plexiglass! A $45 dollar rush fee for a job that took them less than 3 min to do. Businesses have every right to charge what they want but the ethics of this are very slimey. The people that did this have very little character. Just to check I called Regal Plastics who quoted me $61.27 for a 4 FOOT by 8 FOOT! sheet and a $15. cutting fee for a total of $76.27 Shame on you Austin Architectural Graphics!!
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