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Subject:	Commissioned Sculpture Pricing Question...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory
Date:	Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:37:12 GMT
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Hi all,

I’ve been commissioned to build a LEGO sculpture for the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, and I have no clue what to charge for my services. I’ll be getting the whole thing (unglued) back afterwards, so I feel I can’t charge full price for materials, and I’ll be spending a day (April 29th, for those who want to stop in) building it onsite, but again I don’t know what to charge.

I’m hoping to hear from some others who’ve done this sort of thing before - how did/does your pricing structure work? I’m totally lost here.

-jeremiah-

PS - I’ll be making a full announcement later, once I’ve got more to say and show.

Message has 3 Replies:

		Re: Commissioned Sculpture Pricing Question...
(...) First, congrats! I doubt the very few full time builders would tell you how much they'd charge, but if I were to be contacted, this is what I'd do: Charge 20-40% of the actual brick cost of the model. This cover deterioration of the price from (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)

		Re: Commissioned Sculpture Pricing Question...
(...) Here's a thought: do it for free. After all, this is a hobby and it sounds like it would be a fun event. The exposure and publicity would be a form of compensation too. Or, think of some alternative ways to make money with this event. How (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)

		Re: Commissioned Sculpture Pricing Question...
Thanks for the suggestions, guys; they helped a lot. We worked out a proper price today, so everybody's happy. Now, back to building... (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)

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