What printers can do: Let's follow Southwest's lead and make the first box of printed material free. Additional boxes, however, incur a $25 charge. Each. If the customer chooses to, they are welcome to come and pick up the job on their own. They'll just need to remember to bring their own boxes. Hey, it works for BJ's Wholesale! Do they think this stuff grows on trees? Um, scratch that last part.
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