[Jewelry making - Article 00355] - Re: [Orchid] Bench jewellers working for the trade

[Neilthejeweler]

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    I don't do trade work anymore although I did for a time, when every
    last dollar was needed. I did feel compelled to work cheap. Generally
    my accounts wanted high quality at low prices. That can only go on so
    long. 

    And now as a retailer who farms some stuff out I want the same
    thing!!! But the occasional job costs me more than I expected. If I
    make my profit on the batch I don't fuss about an individual work
    order. 

    You should charge more on expensive goods because your exposure is
    higher. Sometimes you should charge more for 'sentimental' jobs
    because its often cheesy stuff that can easily go wrong. 

    What the retailer decides to charge, based on if he's got a sale of
    goods involved or not, really has no bearing on what actually goes
    into the job. Either way, you have no interest in the sale, your
    interest is in the work order. You don't want to kill your account
    but you shouldn't grossly underprice yourself either. 

    But its a fine line sometimes. You eat some, you make it back on
    others.
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