Forest Cobbler Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hello The price survey is a great help when it comes to making sure we're not too far from the national average. But I'm thinking of re-formatting our engraving price list and would be interested in your input. I'm not really concerned about how much you would charge for each job, I'm more interested to know if you think one article is any more difficult to engrave than another. Assuming that all you're engraving is a few words, would you charge more for engraving a money box than a photo frame? More for a pendant or ID bracelet than a key ring? Do you charge more for engraving the back of a watch in a circle, rather than straight lines? When it comes to annual records, do you charge the same for a single person's name as you would for a doubles record, or a team come to that? And if they haven't had their cup engraved for the last 5 years and want you to do all five records, do you charge for each record separately, or do reduce the price a bit because you're only setting it up once? Thanks for your help. Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key cabin Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Rule of thumb, you charge as much as you can get away with. It all comes down to your own structure of charges, personaly as far as the cup is concerned , yes i would give a discount, that way they will come back. As for the other items, i have been told by the master engraver around this area that you should be on at least £20 per hour for engraving, so if the watch back only takes half an hour to engrave with sraight lines charge £10, if it takes an hour to engrave it in a circle charge up to £20. But again it is up to you what you charge, the customer can only say no thanks. I have sorted my charges out every year with the help of the survey we have on here, some items i am more expensive but others i am cheaper, if people want to go to joe blogs down the road so be it, but i know they will be back for quality work done poroperly, promptly and at a fair price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 if the watch back only takes half an hour to engrave with sraight lines charge £10, if it takes an hour to engrave it in a circle charge up to £20. if it takes you this long for basic engraving, get some more practice in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Hi V, £7 set up 25p per letter, Intricate stuff ie. small stuff pendants circular work I can normally get away with £4 0r £5 extra because no one else here can do it. Anals with more than a year on I charge £6 extra. The power of vistool makes every job easy.........but the customer don't know that.. ..........Also I'm loving the avatar of Wage Slave.. .....I had blowey hair a long time ago.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 showing your age gray. wonder if there are more valerie songs? Mr.Blobby is an old hero of mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Found one for you grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thanx.......Jesus those videos were shite .............. .Is it OK to say shite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thanx.......Jesus those videos were shite.............. .Is it OK to say shite? No, shite is definitely one of the words that you can't say. Hang on, oh shite, now I've gone & done it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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