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On Oct 23, 9:42 am, " Moonraker" wrote:
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Very nice! I wonder why they don't want them anymore? They were
obviously made for that location. I would think it would be difficult to sell a set of three windows that were custom-built for a specific location. You mention basement bandits. Is $1K apiece for them dirt cheap? I'm not overly familiar with pricing, but they look like they could each be put together in about a day's time. If there's $200 in materials in one, that's $800 for labor and overhead. Take a hundred out of that and a guy would still have enough to get drunk on. Michael |
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Very nice! I wonder why they don't want them anymore? They were
obviously made for that location. I would think it would be difficult to sell a set of three windows that were custom-built for a specific location. You mention basement bandits. Is $1K apiece for them dirt cheap? I'm not overly familiar with pricing, but they look like they could each be put together in about a day's time. If there's $200 in materials in one, that's $800 for labor and overhead. Take a hundred out of that and a guy would still have enough to get drunk on. Michael |
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" Moonraker" wrote in message ... http://atlanta.craigslist.org/art/456574734.html https://accounts.craigslist.org/post...52360508&db=lv -- JK Sinrod www.SinrodStudios.com www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com |
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"Michael" wrote in message ups.com... Very nice! I wonder why they don't want them anymore? They were obviously made for that location. I would think it would be difficult to sell a set of three windows that were custom-built for a specific location. You mention basement bandits. Is $1K apiece for them dirt cheap? I'm not overly familiar with pricing, but they look like they could each be put together in about a day's time. If there's $200 in materials in one, that's $800 for labor and overhead. Take a hundred out of that and a guy would still have enough to get drunk on. Michael Pricing is often determined by what we call "perceived value". Just because you can make something for $10, should you sell it for $20 when it looks like it's worth $100? An artisan must make money whenever possible to support all the ones that won't sell at all. People that make money in this craft, usually have found a little niche to easily make something quickly, that looks like it's worth alot more than it should be. Sounds like double talk, but this is the biggest reason so few of us make a living doing this stuff. If it wasn't for all the repair and restoration, it would be even fewer. -- JK Sinrod www.SinrodStudios.com www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com |
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On Oct 24, 9:35 am, "Glassman@work" wrote:
"Michael" wrote in message ups.com... Very nice! I wonder why they don't want them anymore? They were obviously made for that location. I would think it would be difficult to sell a set of three windows that were custom-built for a specific location. You mention basement bandits. Is $1K apiece for them dirt cheap? I'm not overly familiar with pricing, but they look like they could each be put together in about a day's time. If there's $200 in materials in one, that's $800 for labor and overhead. Take a hundred out of that and a guy would still have enough to get drunk on. Michael Pricing is often determined by what we call "perceived value". Just because you can make something for $10, should you sell it for $20 when it looks like it's worth $100? An artisan must make money whenever possible to support all the ones that won't sell at all. People that make money in this craft, usually have found a little niche to easily make something quickly, that looks like it's worth alot more than it should be. Sounds like double talk, but this is the biggest reason so few of us make a living doing this stuff. If it wasn't for all the repair and restoration, it would be even fewer. -- JK Sinrodwww.SinrodStudios.comwww.MyConeyIslandMemori es.com Well, I have a friend who paints. Takes him maybe a couple three hours to do a 24" x 30" canvas. Sells them for around $1500. I'm gonna learn how to paint...or maybe I don't need to "learn"...just grab some paint and have ago at it and then call it art!! |
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wrote in message ups.com... On Oct 24, 9:35 am, "Glassman@work" wrote: "Michael" wrote in message Well, I have a friend who paints. Takes him maybe a couple three hours to do a 24" x 30" canvas. Sells them for around $1500. I'm gonna learn how to paint...or maybe I don't need to "learn"...just grab some paint and have ago at it and then call it art!! Celine sings for 45 minutes a night in Vegas and makes 1 million/week. Maybe you could learn how to sing Andy? All joking aside, isn't anything better than long hours, sucking up those fumes, lead under our fingernails, and bleeding for our art? Of course I can afford to be cynical and smug these days huh? -- JK Sinrod www.SinrodStudios.com www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com |
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JK wrote:
Pricing is often determined by what we call "perceived value". Just because you can make something for $10, should you sell it for $20 when it looks like it's worth $100? **************** Well, I'm good with that. That supports my perception of stained glass as an art instead of just a craft. Michael |
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:55:55 -0700, "
wrote: On Oct 24, 9:35 am, "Glassman@work" wrote: "Michael" wrote in message Michael Pricing is often determined by what we call "perceived value". J Well, I have a friend who paints. Takes him maybe a couple three hours to do a 24" x 30" canvas. Sells them for around $1500. I'm gonna learn how to paint...or maybe I don't need to "learn"...just grab some paint and have ago at it and then call it art!! .. If you are a glass artist and venture into this "no need to learn painting" style of work.....Stay away from squirt bottles.....otherwise you may be violating a copyright owned by a certain Seattle glass artist!. kb richard |
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