Bracelet design No.3.

[TyG]

A friend of my wife wants a bracelet for her 21 yo daughter. Both her and Caron have been "helping" me come up with a design. This finally won. How many of you enjoy input from non engravers and want to charge them double for their "help"?

 

[Ed Westerly]

At least double, triple would come closer to covering the agravation!

 

[scott99]

HI, I remember a sign in an auto repair garage.

"LABOR $25.00 per hour.

If you watch $50.00 per hour.

If you help $150.00 per hour.

That pretty much says the whole deal for me.

scott99

 

[silverchip]

Are there thumbs involved?

 

[monk]

i'm the opposite on this. i always try to allow a client as much design input that they want to supply. within reason, naturally. i feel this makes the item all the more special to them. maybe a bad idea, but this is always the way i.ve done things. jm2cw

 

[glstrcowboy]

Yeah, "help". It invariably involves the phrase "well all you have to do is...".

 

[Jahn Baker]

As a custom jeweler for 45 years, I've always welcomed the customer's input. That was what made the piece truly "custom" for them. There have been times when a reality check and a bit of education as to the feasibility of the request were required.:no: In the end, they got something truly personal and I was well payed.

 

[Newton Pens]

When making pens I love when customers supply drawings and sketches and watercolors for their pens. The pens I make are pretty much all one offs so they're getting something that is very unique. I have several styles, but they're all a little bit different from the next. Having said that - I do occasionally get the very very very attentive to detail customer. "This part was supposed to be .45" not .44"." I remade a pen for one customer three times before he was happy with it. Cost me a bit but he was happy in the end. I was able to sell the other two raising money for my scholarship, so it wasn't a total loss. But MAN what a pain it can be. There are definitely two sides to that coin...