[TheForge] RE: pricing

[dan tull]

Thus,  the multiplication factor of "what the market will bear". Sometimes 
it's X3, sometimes X  .75.
I constantly get $100- $125 for campfire stands.  Nieman-Marcus campers.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:37 PM
Subject: [TheForge] RE: pricing


> Grover,
>
> $80 for a 20 minute tri-pod sounds more like $240/hr than $50/hr to me.
>
> I charge $40 for a tri-pod and think that is pretty good money $120/hr.
> I wish I could make that much on all the things I make.  Around here if 
> you
> had a $50/hr shop rate you would have a lot of time to go fishing because
> the locals wouldn't pay it.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:33:56 -0400
> From: <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] pricing
>
> I try to bill $50 an hour.  I don't have overhead or a shop to pay for.
> If I included vacation, sick time, insurance, I would be starving.
>
> There is a problem in that people ask me how long it takes to make
> something.  It takes about 20 minutes to make a $80 tripod.  Then I have
> to take it to 3 shows on average before it sells.  Set up, tear down,
> man the booth, drive there, get a hotel.  People aren't interested in
> why it's high, they want a bargain.  I say that if they want a bargain
> (in very polite terms because it is never good to offend a customer or
> potential customer) go to wallyworld.  If they want something hand
> forged by an artist (caugh gag, looking for lighting to strike at any
> moment, but luckily I work beneath 11 inches of concrete), then this is
> it.
>
> I have heard Dan say many times (seeing if I quote him right), either
> charge enough for it or give it as a gift.
>
>
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