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2.15. Material costs over inflated by transfer tape calculations?

My material costs are over inflated due to EstiMate factoring in my criteria for transfer tape. What are my options?

Some options are as follows:
a.)Zero the fields and add transfer tape another way, as a vinyl in the vinyl's database or perhaps a flat rate free form item or retail item depending how you want to sell or charge for the transfer tape.
b.)Adjust your markup for the transfer tape. Perhaps try several different markups until the material cost figures on the hard numbers screen start looking better to you.
c.)Research alternate vendors for the tape who may sell it at a lower cost.
d.)If markup is not an issue for you with transfer tape then try a markup of 0% and see how the material cost figures look.

The bottom line is somehow you will want to account for your transfer tape costs, otherwise you will be giving it away on every job where you use transfer tape.