[Woodworkers] Fwd: pricing help - Folowup

[Royce Killion via Woodworkers]

Good for you! It is always nice to get a "tip"  It is nice to know
the customer was pleased with what you provided.

Royce


On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:14:54 -0500, via Woodworkers  
<woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> I sent out this email about a month ago about how to price turning a two  
> part column base. Both Rick and Roger responded with different  
> >approaches to pricing..
>> So I thought I would send a follow up about the outcome.
>
> My friend, who I turned the pieces for had a major heart attack, and has  
> been sidelined. He called me a week or so ago from the hospital to >let  
> me know what was going on. At that time, he brought up the pricing issue.
> Using Rick's formula, it came out to $84.00 for both pieces. Roger had  
> said he would charge $75.00 -$100.00 per piece.
> Even though he understood Rick's logic, which by the way made a lot of  
> sense to me because it was a tangible approach, he thought it was >too  
> low. I fully understand what Roger was saying about the value of pricing  
> shop time and effort accordingly and not looking back. That >approach  
> makes a lot of business since.
>
> Since it took me longer than it should have because of my inexperience  
> in turning, I was uneasy with charging top dollar for the effort.
>
>> I don't think a customer should pay for my learning curve.
>
> Both my friend, and his, now my client, were ecstatic with the results.
>> So the client sent me a check for $200.00.
>
>>
>> Thanks again for the help. This list is great!!
>
> Gary Williams

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