[Jewelry making - Article 00063] - Re: [Orchid] Pricing necklace designed and strung

[Kimberly Starbard]

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Hi Laurie:

    On the issue of pricing, I would treat this as any other "custom"
    piece. The invoice would state the materials used (generally speaking
    but not down to '5 gold-filled headpins' or something really specific
    like that) and the total wholesale price. This invoice would then
    only be known to the gallery owner. I don't know of any situation
    where the customer has had that much information about the mark-up. I
    apologize if I am misunderstanding what you are saying about the way
    you are invoicing. 

    On the issue of left-over materials (and this is why I need lots of
    storage), I don't pass them on to the customer because they usually
    don't have anything they can do with them. I figure price per
    part/bead and multiply by the number of parts/beads used. I then have
    my wholesale price for parts. I add in my labor times number of hours
    and I have my wholesale price. 

    I have never heard of someone breaking out labor and parts on their
    invoice to the gallery, but my first instinct is to not to do it. I
    feel it gives the gallery owner too much information. With this info,
    he/she might have a tendency to say something like "well, I don't
    understand why you have to be paid 20/hr when the going rate for
    other artists seems to be 15/hour". I don't like to dicker like that
    so I keep my labor charge to myself. Is this acceptable? If anyone
    has anything to add to this, I would appreciate it. 

Best Regards
Kim Starbard
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