[MR] linen shirt pricing

[Pat]

Laura,

Simone and Siegfried are giving you excellent advice here.  Please don't
forget, if you want return business, you need to provide a quality product
and their observations about labor, materials and your equipment, (such as
wearing out your sewing machine), are significant. If you aren't paid
properly for your efforts you will soon become disenchanted.  It's more fun
to build a good reputation and establish a profitable business!

Maili

>
>
> 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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