From: "Spehro Pefhany"
>>Full-color (CMYK) overlays from NFI are quite expensive in small 
>>quantities:
>>approximately $22/each for an overlay approximately 2"x1.5" in size, for a
>>quantity of 50. However, it quickly drops: $6 for 100, $1 for 1000. There 
>>is
>>a one-time charge for the tooling that they use to cut out the overlay.
>
> Hmm.. $1100 for 50, $600 for 100, $1000 for 1000? Strange pricing. Maybe 
> the
> tooling cost is less for 50 pieces because they use a different process
> such as laser cutting?

I'm sorry, let's try again:

25:    $22/ea ($550)
50:    $11/ea ($550)
100:    $6/ea ($600)
1000:    $1/ea ($1000)

Plus there are fixed one-time set-up and tooling charges. Obviously, NFI 
doesn't want to deal with small quantities (<100). Results do look 
professional, however.

Vitaliy 

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