[Jewelry making - Article 00419] - Re: [Orchid] Bench jewellers working for the trade

[richard hart]

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Judy,

>     But what if the book says a sizing should cost $15, and the ring
>     only cost $12? It doesn't make sense to pay more to size the ring
>     than it cost.

    It does not make any sense whatsoever that I would relate my cha=
    rge for labor to what someone paid for something. We sell inexpensive
    silver rings, and I charge $20 minimum to size, even if it is just
    pounding it up and refinishing. 1/2 size up, $20. Cut and weld, $30.
    I used to be in fear, dumb, and underpaid. Now they can buy it and
    size it, live with it the way it is, or, Oh my God, let them
    walk...and I can go do something that produces income. Customers
    come in with a $10 silver chain and want it soldered. I charge $12 to
    solder. I tell them they can get a new chain for $10, some want the
    old chain soldered. Go figure! There are facts of what it costs to
    do business. If you ignore what it costs for you to do business, you
    will make money on some things and lose money on some things. THIS
    MEANS YOU WILL BE PAYING PEOPLE FOR YOU TO DO THEIR REPAIRS. This
    happens enough by accident. I would rather limit my liability, cut
    down my losses. If you do this occasionally by intention as a favor
    to someone it does not matter, but as a business model, you would be
    shooting yourself in the foot, you would be a victim of your own
    ignorance. The school of hard knocks is always in session. 

Richard Hart
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