[Jewelry making - Article 00768] - Re: [Orchid] Retail orders?

[Douglas Turet]

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>      Be realistic with your promises and pricing, I priced an order for
>     400 gold pendants when gold was $275 per ounce, but by the time I
>     manufactured the pieces for delivery gold cost me $375! I'll now
>     build gold price fluctuations into my pricing." 

    Hi Dawn, Could you please go into a little bit more detail as to how
    you actually go about doing this? I'm curious, and I'm sure an awful
    lot of others would be, as well! (I can't even begin to count the
    number of times that I've sold a piece, then gone to reinvest in the
    materials for another one like it, only to learn that the cost of
    raw materials now exceeds the selling price just received. How do
    you go about ascertaining the veracity of your prices' tracking,
    over time? 

    Many thanks, Doug Douglas Turet, GJ Lapidary Artist, Designer &
    Goldsmith Turet Design P.O. Box 162 Arlington, MA 02476 Tel. (617)
    325-5328 eFax (928) 222-0815 anotherbrightidea AT hotmail.com


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