[Jewelry making - Article 00513] - Re: [Orchid] Metals... the price we pay

[Maureen]

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Ciao-

    I guess the real question for me is how to balance this (biz no biz)
    market with the ever increasing price of raw materials...I don't
    want to make my prices prohibitive but I do need to get Paid for my
    hard work and skills! 

    I figure I'll have to just be realistic and take a hard look at my
    prices, which is most likely overdue. I'm thankful to have other
    means of income thru teaching and such..so I guess I'll just have to
    suck it up and price accordingly. 

    Oh yea, I did already send my scrap to the refiners a few months ago
    when the price of gold was 435 and silver was $7----I recieved a
    huge credit and turned around and stuck it back into a big metals
    order...My big problem now is that my metal had almost run out (
    I've been productive) and I need to buy more to keep me
    hopping---I'm suffering from sticker shock. 

    I'm having a show in the summer so I'll hope it's a sellout at my
    new prices! Oh, worry worry, fuss fuss! Time to get the kid to school
    and my bondoonie to the studio 

thanks
Maureen (bzapdesigns.com)
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