Tailor Archive

So in other words you work for tips... owch. No, I definitely don't do that, and in fact that can't really work if you have a vendor. Sooner or later you'll have to adopt some pricing. Although I'd say about 75% of the time I make clothing "face-to-face" with someone I receive a tip on top of what I tell them the price is.

I've also learned that customers like to know what the price is, and that they're being somehow treated "fairly" (meaning that they're getting charged what your other customers are being charged). There have been times that people havebought like 20 items over the course of a half hour session, face-to-face, and at the end of that they'd ask how much, and I hadn't been totalling it up, so I'd say "oh, I think around 50k or whatever" and then they have reacted negatively to that. So I've since learned that even if you have lost track, and are just pulling a number out of thin air, better to do that with conviction, then to try to pass the pricing burdon onto the customer.

I've always used Nivia's pricing guide (sorry, I don't seem to have a link to it, and she closed down her site some time back) and then just modified that a bit as I saw fit.

Message Edited by ArthurDentOnBria on 05-13-2004 01:53 PM

well with my master tailor on ahazi, i usually charge 3k credits for complicated clothing that requires factory components. 2k for certain pieces. And then 1k for simple clothing and boots/belts/bandoliers. For BE enhancements, if the person i'm doing the order for supplies me the BE components, 3k for each enhanced piece. If not, 5k per piece.

I mostly due vendor sales and some individual sales, but i mostly stay to that pricing. Not a real list, but a standard that i work off of.

I sell sunguards for 2k, but if i need money, i'll charge 3k.

And uniform boots, usually 2k.

Spec-ops packs i sell for 3-4k, and so on.

I may be undercutting my self with these prices, but just like you i've only been master tailor for 2 weeks now. I just today set up and started my first factory run. I will hopefully have 300 synthetic cloths by tomorrow.

My shop, located luckily near coronet starport (900m South), does really well, making me at least 20k every other night. I do spend most of it the next day on buffs, travel, or maintenance, but it evens out in the end for me.

ok 2nd attempt at a post...lol

I also use Nivea's pricing guide. You can find it if you search the forums using her name. The guide is a little more expensive than a calculator but you don't have to remember what resources went into the product. I like having the paper in front of me. I do a good business although business has been kinda slow lately.

My BE prices come from Star-shine...

18k for 1 bio

25k for 2 bios in same slot

25k for 3 bios in same slot

35k for items that need 2-3 bios

50k for 4 bios (like md dresses)

75k for 5 bios (like grand healer's robe)