[MR] linen shirt pricing

[Siegfried Sebastian Faust]

At 10:14 AM 1/3/2002 -0500, FaeryLight2 at aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 1/3/02 10:05:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, Simone89 writes:


HI,
I make garb etc for a living. Your labor should be a minimum of $8 per 
hour. Double the cost of your materials and add labor. Example: 3 hours 
labor $24.00 plus $40.00 for fabric and materials. Minimum $64.00 and 
actually I would recommend you should get around $80-100 for linen shirts 
finished the way you describe...(i.e. quality labor at $12-16 per hour)
Simone


Hahaha, i could never charge that much!!! Do people really pay that mmuch?? 
by the way i've found different materials (and had some extra expenses for 
the first batch of shirts) that will bring the material cost down to $10. i 
think $45 sounds like much more appropriate. :)
Laura

Laura ... Don't forget the 'all important' wear & tear on machinery.

If you decide that materials will run $20, and labor should be $25 ... you 
are still undercharging.  Because of your sewing machine getting worn out 
with each stitch it makes.  It will (should) require regular maintenance, 
and eventually will die.  All that needs factored in, which is often where 
that 'double the material cost' comes into play.

Siegfried

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