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Dear Eckhard, I hope you realize that it's your very input that makes me enjoy this list. As to underselling your work, when you underprice, not only does it devalue your skills, it devalues everyone else's too. Since I am very inexperienced in tabletweaving - due to work constraints right now - I don't know the "how long" question. But it's important that you feel good about what you are charging and getting for your work. Are you only charging that little so that you get something for it, or because you feel that's all it's worth. I know, tough question. When something is priced too low, people will love the bargain, but they won't value the work. And some won't buy because they don't think it's of very high value since you are charging so little for it. Does that make sense? Had a situation here many years ago when I was running a tailoring shop for someone. One of the employees quit before I started there, but I knew her. She decided she was going to try and steal away business by charging $2.00 to do pant hems. However, most people who have tailoring work done, know what is the going rate. So when they started going to her for the $2.00 hems, they expected and demanded all the other alteration prices be charged accordingly. She ended up losing those valuable first-time, every-time customers, and sewing for a mere pittance. It backfired on her. In other words, her idea to be the end all to tailoring ended up being the end all to her instead. Carol Send private reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
