In the past I had a very good experience with Cool Neon, but the people who helped me are no longer…read morethere. I recently requested a replacement for a faulty transformer I had purchased from them, the owner had a cheaper model sent to me from Amazon and assured me it would do the job. He charged my credit card for more than I could have bought the same unit for myself on Amazon. OK, but when it arrived it was defective. I offered to return/replace it for him if he sent a Amazon Return QR code. He never returned my emails. So, I had to pay twice for the part. As Ken's review said: Poor Customer Service.

I never thought I was the type of girl to be awestruck by sparkly or shiny things. Well, guess I've…read morebeen looking at the wrong stuff :P I felt like a kid in a candy shop and couldn't decide on which lights to go with! High Bright vs Hella Phat? Double density RGB or regular? Silverfish or Long Sound? I could spend all day in this little shop and imagining all the projects I want to start! From the moment I walked in, Karen and Gian immediately recognized me from the week before when I bought some LEDs and kits at Maker Faire San Mateo. They are both super friendly, will not pressure any sales or up-sell you, and will offer tips and suggestions to help with whatever it is you are creating. The prices here are very fair and there is always the option to DIY, buy pre-made kits, or they can ever solder for a small fee. Tip: They carry Monkey Pro Lite here for bikes ^.^

I needed help finding the right machine and I needed help operating it. I'm not familiar with…read morethese big, commercial copy machines. I had 2 large files of medical records to copy for a court case. It was over 200 pages and a few were double-sided. The employee that was there was incredibly rude when I asked for help. . Unbelievably rude. Her tone of voice was scathing. She said things to me that are unacceptable to say to a patron of one's business. "Just use your brain" and "This is 2026 and you've never seen a copy machine before?". There was more, but I think this gives you an idea. Use an extremely sarcastic tone of voice when you read those quotes. I can't remember being treated like that in a place of business ever.

Shout out to Jason for being consistent in quality! He's done a number of photo print outs for me…read morein the past and the scrapbook photos he edited were awesome as usual.

I am a small business owner and I needed some new business forms and cards printed out so I got…read morereferred from another business owner to Big City Prints. I called and Karen answed the phone and was very helpful. She invited me down to the store to meet with her so I drove over. Karen was so nice and helpful with my requests and showed me exactly what I was looking for. My expectations are very high and super custom so we exchanged emails a few times to zero in on the product I specifically needed. I also delt with Geoff via email and i felt very good having two different professionals from Big City Prints helping me. I went with super high quality 2sided business cards that are gold foil, thick and feel like there coated with sued. I couldn't be happier all because this business is all about making what YOU want!!!! So whatever your budget is give Big City Prints a call. But if it's for your own business dont cheat yourself, wait the extra few days, spend a little more money and get the super high quality cards. I will tell you there well worth it. Thanks again Karen & Geoff!!!!!!

I want to make this as clear and simple as possible, Karen and team are gems…read more I wanted to create a very specific style of business card. Knowing almost nothing about the industry, I decided to pay Karen a visit. From the get go, she treats me as an equal, never frustrated with my lack of knowledge. After exploring what felt like thousands of options, Karen was actually able to understand what I was going for and executed. She is so knowledgeable on paper quality and print options, it's almost impossible for me to ever go back to online services like Vista Print or Moo. I can't speak for the quality of Karen's other offerings, but if you're tired of having almost zero creative control over of your business cards, give Big City Prints a try. They're even mindful enough to push back on requests that will do harm to your overall vision, can't find that online! In our age of convenient massive online services, it's rare to find small businesses with the owner is working directly with you. To be honest, these experiences are on the pathway to extinction, here's your chance to experience one before it's too late.

I had a rush order that I needed done. I called Original Screen Print really late on a weekend and…read moreRicardo picked up. He offered me an extremely reasonable price compared to all the other T-shirt printing companies were asking for. I was surprised at how much attention to detail they have. Ricardo sent me a private email just making sure that the design I had for my t-shirts was correct and even made a suggestion that would make it look better. Ricardo was kind and patient, and he made it a priority that we as his costumers were fully satisfied with our product. What a stand up guy...Ricardo demonstrated perfectly the ethics of fair business and costumer focus you just don't see so much any more. I don't usually give out 5 stars, but Original Screen Print went above and beyond and really earned it. Thanks again!

All work I see done by Original Screen Print is so well done! We are going to be purchasing some…read moreshirts for a Disneyland trip very soon. The owner was professional and pleasant when I spoke with him. We gave him some ideas and he knew exactly what we were looking for. I met the owner at a festival. I love that I see he and his wife at all the festivals during the summer.... they're really part of the community. I've had friends also purchase items from him and the quality is great! If you're looking to get any shirts done, I would go to him! I've seen his business cards as well and they are, again, quality products.

This guy is awesome. Very knowledgeable and helpful. I also appreciated that fact that he was…read morecompletely upfront and transparent about the situation and what to expect. I would do business with him again. Thanks!

If you're not satisfied with your website and are looking for a user friendly, savvy tech company…read morefor a reasonable price, then I highly recommend T324 on Solano Avenue in Albany. They offer a full range of services, all backed with a highly efficient organization for tracking customers' needs and staff who are always available, patient, and ready to assist. I needed a way to enter my own website (in Dreamweaver) and do edits and additions myself, and to be able to write and send out my monthly newsletter. The staff took me through every step and worked with me until I got the process working for myself. The owner, David Daniels, has lived in the area all his life and comes from a family that had a successful local business, so T324, even though it is a tech company, has the flavor of a neighborhood/community oriented company. Very easy to do business with.

They love to sell promotional products and help their clients improve thier business. These…read moreproducts are perfect for thanking people. Graphic Imprints helps with the design and functionality of the promotional products that match clients' needs, demographics etc. They practice thier moto "Spend Less ... Achieve More."

ALLIANCE GRAPHICS is located in west Berkeley, in between Gilman Street and University Village. On…read morea few occasions during the past several years, I ordered T-shirts printed with various photographs. Each time I ordered a T-shirt, I asked for a glossy plastic print and a non-glossy ink print. When I get my landscape photos printed on T-shirts, I prefer the glossy plastic print over the non-glossy ink print. For landscape photographs, I prefer the greater color intensities and the greater detail that can be acquired with the glossy plastic print. As you can see, I posed the T-shirts near the front door at Alliance Graphics. I hung each of the T-shirts from the Slik tripod that I use for all of my landscape photography. Attached are photos showing T-shirts printed with the following images: (1) View of The Balconies (a stone mountain having an interesting shape), about a half mile in the distance, as seen from High Peaks Trail. (2) View of volcanic granite towers, located about 20 feet north of High Peaks Trail. (3) View of one of the T-shirts printed with the advertisement for my grandma's hat and bag store. At Alliance Graphics, I ordered about ten T-shirts in all, and they were printed with these images: ( 1 ) Views from top of High Peaks Trail at Pinnacles National Park. This park is located 25 miles south of Hollister. I used a 300 millimeter telephoto lens to capture details of distant volcanic stone formations, during my hikes on High Peaks Trail. In the past several years, I've hiked to the top of Hawkins Peak on five different weekends. ( 2 ) Views of Mesquite Dunes near Stovepipe Wells, at Death Valley National Park. ( 3 ) Reproductions of advertisements for my grandmother's hat and bag store. The ads were originally published in the Camden Courier-Post. My grandma's hat and bag store was located at 403 Broadway in Camden, N.J. Two of the T-shirts with my grandma's advertisement I gave to my little sister for her birthday. Also, I kept two of these T-shirts for myself for wearing in Berkeley and in Alameda, in case other people were interested in my family's heritage. The question of which kind of photographic print (glossy plastic print versus ink print) is better at surviving washing is not relevant to me, because when I wear the T-shirts made at Alliance Graphics, I always wear a plain T-shirt underneath that. An advantage of Alliance Graphics over other T-shirt printing companies, is that you can order a single T-shirt. In contrast, some other companies have a minimum order, for example, a minimum order of twenty T-shirts. Another advantage of Alliance Graphics is that the color balance is always perfect the first time. COLOR BALANCE. I lived in San Diego in the years 2018-2019 and, at that time, had my T-shirts printed at a nearby company, where the color balance was sometimes wrong, and where I needed to pay money to have the shirt done over again with a better color balance. By wrong "color balance" I mean, for example, that the blue color turned out to be more of a magenta, or that the yellow turned out to be too orange. But color balance is never a problem at Alliance Graphics.

I after doing business with them for 20 years, they refused to do small jobs for me. Fortunately I…read morefound another place that is willing to do small jobs.

We use Landmark Grafix for all of our signage and displays at 1951 Coffee Company. If you have…read morevisited our location in Berkeley you will see we literally have graphics from the sidewalk to the doors, floors, and all around the walls. Not only did Landmark do a great job, but they made our design choices possible when other companies said it wasn't possible or limited the color and location options. They have been one of the best brand partners we have had over the last 8 years. Many of their graphics in our space are still the original decals and show no wear or tear at all.

The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center have been working with Landmark Grafix for many years and have…read morereceived nothing less than exceptional service. John and his team takes the time to get to know their clients needs and do what's necessary to accommodate them as much as possible. I recommend Landmark Grafix to anyone who's looking for professional service with great care.