I had my eye on this place in hopes to make cheaper local prints of my artwork. The first time I went in, I talked with a lovely lady who talked to me about the quality of paper and ran me through the prices. The second time I went in, the owner was there, and he talked down to me the moment I started talking.
Now I will admit I am a nervous person who takes a second to get to the point, and I did come in with PNGs instead of PDFs (my mistake) but instead of explaining that, the man was plain and simple a huge dick. He acted like my whole presence was a burden and tried to direct me to a more artsy business I had already checked the prices of that was a little out of my price range (which is fine if he wasn't so condescending about it). He acted like I had just entered a gas station and asked where the lobster was. I think it's pretty natural to ask a printing place if they can do quality art prints, but I guess I am the stupid one.
I would have probably spent almost $300 there to get prints to stock my store, but due to his general lack of tact and higher-than-all attitude I will probably never return to the grungy basement facilities of Hiatt Printing. Their prices are good, but their owner is an asshole. read more
