[Woodcarver] Re: First post- how to price?

[maricha]

hope i am not butting in here but reading what you all are saying ... may i 
add

that even if  i try to do a more sellable item, i find that i cannot make 
something that i do not like, because i enjoy sculpting  beautiful things, 
and i put myself on the buyers' shoes... and if i only had for argument's 
sake, $20 or $50, but fell in love with that piece, i would treasure that 
item for the price asked, and at $20 or $50, if i like it, i would treasure 
it, buy it with my last dollar, and i would be soooo proud that the artist 
was able to do such a beautiful thing at such a treasured price and i would 
indeed give it the best home i can give it, because it is such a delight.

hope you do not mind, but i could not resist, the artist in me, needs to 
appreciate other artists, and other artists need to appreciate the carver.

cheers
maricha----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Bloomquist" <m.bloomquist at verizon.net>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Re: First post- how to price?



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> Bill,

>

> I apologize if I'm butting in here, and butting in late, but I would like 

> to

> side strongly with Joe on this issue.  It's never a good idea to fluctuate

> your prices on a particular item to try and match your market.  The 

> customer

> you said  understood, bought it at a cheaper price earlier, so it's more

> likely they are understanding.  If they had found you selling the item

> cheaper than what they had purchased it for I believe you would have lost 

> a

> customer as Joe predicted.

>

> Still, I understand you having a range of venues... for different reasons

> probably, I do too.  My solution has been to widen the range of products 

> in

> my inventory.  I carve quick/inexpensive items, intermediate items with

> intermediate prices, and high level/ higher priced items.  That way if I'm

> going to a show in a financially depressed area <like most of the Mohawk

> Valley where I live>, I bring all the affordable stuff, most of the middle

> stuff and at least one "gee whiz" piece.  The "gee whiz" piece is for that

> wealthy relative from Boston, who just happed to visiting for the weekend

> <G>.  I haven't really done a $400-$800/booth  "fine arts" show yet, but

> when I do, I'll front load my inventory.... all the expensive ribbon 

> winners

> would come first, then the middle priced items, and finally the low end

> things, but only if I have room left for them <but probably not at all>.

> This method means you can tailor yourself for success at any level of 

> show,

> but still not compromise yourself, your customers, or, indirectly, other

> carvers by fluctuating your prices.

>

> Just MTCW, but it works.

>

> Keep on Carvin'

> -Mike Bloomquist->

>

> Wooden Dreams Woodcarving

> http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum

>

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Bill Smith" <baydolphs at yahoo.com>

> To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>

> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 1:21 AM

> Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Re: First post- how to price?

>

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>> no if I could find the right price I woul not have to

>> go around to see what prices are best shows are where

>> I normally end up returning to the shows if its a poor

>> sellin one I dont return after 3 times..

>>

>> Bill

>>

>> --- Joe Dillett <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com> wrote:

>>

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>> > Hi Bill,

>> >

>> > If you find a place where you are getting the best

>> > price, why would you go

>> > to any place just to sell it it for less?

>> >

>> > Once you learned what to do to get the right price

>> > expand on those methods

>> > to further open up that market.

>> >

>> > Joe Dillett

>> > The Carving Shop

>> > 645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3

>> > Somonauk, IL. 60552

>> > (815) 498-9290 phone

>> > (815) 498-9249 fax

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>> > jdillett at thecarvingshop.com

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>> > site and Readers Forum

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>> >

>> > ----- Original Message ----- 

>> > From: "Bill Smith" <baydolphs at yahoo.com>

>> > To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>

>> > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 1:40 PM

>> > Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Re: First post- how to

>> > price?

>> >

>> >

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>> > joe I agree with u on what u are sayin howeve when

>> > someone is lookin to see what the prices should go

>> > for

>> > u explain that to your curstomer n most of the time

>> > they will inderstand I had one customer come to me

>> > and

>> > ask me why he paid so little at another place in

>> > even

>> > in a different state and I said i was not sure how

>> > my

>> > stuff would market. Like I had to learn at my other

>> > shows.

>> >

>> > Bill

>> >

>> > --- Joe Dillett <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com> wrote:

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>> > > Hi Rip,

>> > >

>> > > The big problem with changing pricing based on

>> > what

>> > > the people will pay is

>> > > that there is an obligation to protect the

>> > > customer's investment. When a

>> > > customer payes a higher price for your work and

>> > > finds out that it is being

>> > > sold at lower prices you've lost that customer

>> > plus

>> > > all the people that

>> > > customer talks to.

>> > >

>> > > The other problem is you never know the real value

>> > > of your work. The real

>> > > value of your work is the price it sells for on a

>> > > consistant bases.

>> > >

>> > > Joe Dillett

>> > > The Carving Shop

>> > > 645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3

>> > > Somonauk, IL. 60552

>> > > (815) 498-9290 phone

>> > > (815) 498-9249 fax

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>> > > jdillett at thecarvingshop.com

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>> > > site and Readers Forum

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>> > > ----- Original Message ----- 

>> > > From: <WdcvrRip at aol.com>

>> > > To: <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>

>> > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:57 PM

>> > > Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Re: First post- how to

>> > > price?

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>> > >

>> > > >

>> > > > In a message dated 9/23/05 7:22:42 PM,

>> > > nancydenis at iowatelecom.net writes:

>> > > >

>> > > >

>> > > >> However, I have a follow-up question - how do

>> > you

>> > > do your calculation for

>> > > >> "in the round" carvings?

>> > > >>

>> > > >

>> > > > As someone just said, "What will the market

>> > bare."

>> > >    We had a carver in

>> > > > our

>> > > > club who had to retire due to health and turned

>> > to

>> > > carving full time. To

>> > > > make

>> > > > a living he had to sell at every show he went

>> > > to...so he had about seven

>> > > > different price ranges.   In a poor community

>> > his

>> > > prices were low and in a

>> > > > rich

>> > > > town his prices were high.   It all balanced out

>> > > in the long run.    Rip

>> > > >

>> > >

>> > >

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