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One of my readers showed me a link to a shop in Boise and boy am I undercharging. So, I printed out their list and then put my new prices up on the door. I am still significantly lower, and I have the discretion to selectively lower for my clients on fixed incomes. But it is time. Wedding alterations are going up also, as they are the largest part of my income.
Kelsa is a great watch dog as she is constantly looking outside and running off the marmots. What am I going to do when she leaves? Well, her dad will come fix the fence and that will help some.
Had another dress picked up today and hopefully one tomorrow. Then I just have to press and call a bride for another pick up and go get a dress off the rack to start. By the way I thought I had 4 dresses for August and I have 5. So much for Kim keeping track.
I am going tonight to get paint for the changing table I bought on craigslist for B, and I am going to look for a small dresser. Then I will paint them both this weekend. I would like to go up to Moscow for a few days but with having to water every 2-3 hours that is out. By next week the lawn will be 3 weeks old and I can set the sprinklers. I am really looking forward to that; you have no idea.
By the way hand sewn hems on the Boise shop are 1 dollar an inch. We hand sew all our dress trousers, so that would run 30 a hem for pants. I think that is overkill. But I went up some. When I was in South Carolina, we stopped at an alterations place, and a starting hem was 30 dollars. Then again, these people have to pay rent and maintain a separate residence for their work.
God is good
Kim
glad to hear that you are raising prices. Hopefully that helps a bit - at least makes you feel better.
ReplyDeleteWell maybe the shop will slow down and I could really like that.
DeleteThat's good to read for you.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it will help.
DeleteI paid $150.00 to get a pleated dress hemmed In a northern Dallas suburb. I sew and quilt very well but just didn't want to do it. I knew I couldn't get as pretty a hem as the one my lady does :) I've been going to the same place for years and I think her prices have doubled in the last couple of years- I get it- it's tedious and you all have valuable skills!
ReplyDeleteWow that is so much money.
DeletePricing is hard. Friends and colleagues practicing law deal with it all the time, and Warren is crunching numbers (me too) to make sure his custom percussion equipment stays reasonable but also reflects rising materials (wood, steel, hardware) costs as well. It is a delicate balance!
ReplyDeleteI know, it is hard for me.
DeleteYou said those places have rent and such, but you have expenses, too. This is your income and all the things that you spend over the course of the year need to be covered by this.
ReplyDeleteThis is true.
DeleteHello! Those of us without the talent you have are happy to pay whatever it is!!!! I am thankful for people like you!!! I am still going to move in sometime for lessons!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love that, as we would have so many laughs at our own expense, which are the best kind.
DeleteYou have a shop. You have cooling/heating costs. You have maintenance costs. You have a power bill for it. You maintain a safe entry/egress from the parking area (you maintain that too). You have more costs on your personal property than someone who rents an office type space.
ReplyDeleteYou DESERVE a raise. People are also paying for decades of skill, trial/error learning and all the tools needed to accomplish the task.