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Hello, I am looking at setting up a laminating service. I wondered if there was a market within the teaching community for providing this service and I just wanted a bit of feedback on it really. Would you pay someone to save you the time and hassle of laminating your resources? If so how much would see as reasonable for saving you those long hours on an evening. I'm just trying the gauge the interest in this at the moment. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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flacka I taught kindergarten and there is a lot of laminating that goes on there! That said, we had a laminator for our use and it was available whenever we needed it. Sometimes it was just a quick few pieces so I wouldn't want to drive all over town to take it to someone and then pick it up when I could have it done with no hassle. I didn't mind cutting ...See More
Jun 13, 2017
Laminator I am a partner to a teacher, which has given me the idea initially. I just think of the thousands of teachers out there who come home and have to do 1 or 2 hours laminating on an evening. Maybe there is a market for those who want their evenings back? I don't know. I know the odd few bits here and there wouldn't be worth charging for, but if you ha...See More
Jun 13, 2017
flacka As to the success of such a business, I think it would depend on cost and how convenient it would be to bring things to you - late evening and weekend hours would be important as would a quick turn around time. If you offered to pick up and deliver the laminating I might be interested.
Jun 13, 2017
men52 I have done lots of laminating for Mr children's teachers as a parent volunteer. Some parents just cut laminated pieces, but I actually utilized the schools' machine. Of course, being a retired teacher with experience using laminator, even the big ones, the teachers felt comfortable utilizing me. However, there are many parents out there as an unta...See More
Jun 13, 2017


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