A-Frame
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Procurement playbook
What moves the price
- Hardware grade and mechanism quality, economy vs commercial retractable and frame material
- Graphic size, material, and print method
- Whether hardware and graphic are bundled or sold separately
- Replacement graphic availability for reusable hardware
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- An economy mechanism quoted where commercial reuse is expected
- Graphic and hardware bundled so you cannot tell what each costs
- A proprietary frame that locks you into one vendor's replacement graphics
- Carry bags or cases added as extras
Negotiation levers
- Buy commercial hardware once and reorder only graphics for future shows
- Unbundle graphic from hardware to compare each
- Standardize on a common frame system across the team
About a-frame pricing
Priced per unit; vendors typically quote against a primary quantity around 1 unit.
Should I buy new hardware every show?
No. Commercial-grade hardware is reusable for years. Buy the frame once and reorder only the printed graphic, which is the cheaper part.
Why do retractable banner quotes vary so much?
Mechanism grade. An economy unit and a commercial one look alike on paper but the cheap one fails sooner. Pin the hardware grade before comparing.
Tracked variants
The same product family is tracked in 24×36. Quotes are NOT interchangeable across variants, so match the spec before comparing.
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