Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Aug 1, 2023 18:16:34 GMT -5
I need your opinion on pricing a medium flat rate of end cuts. No trash, at least not on purpose, nice material. I have no clue what to put on it. I am filling it as we speak.
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 1, 2023 20:49:34 GMT -5
Great question. I suppose it depends on "how nice" the material is.
I used to be apprehensive about working end cuts...then I started working them...then I just got "lazy" about working end cuts. LOL
If I'm honest about it, I actually really enjoy working end cuts. There's a degree of "surprise"...but also a degree of intuition as to what could "potentially" be hiding in the end cut.
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Post by Mark K on Aug 1, 2023 21:27:26 GMT -5
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Post by Mel on Aug 3, 2023 12:37:39 GMT -5
Wow, that's a beautiful selection. I don't buy a lot of rough but here's my $0.02. Figure out the rough cost per pound as a starting point and then knock off maybe 30-50% of that based on what it can be used for. Is most of the end cut going to be able to be cabbed? Tumble only? If you can get 1 slab out of each end piece, I'd go higher and if tumbling is the only real option, lower. Also, my mailbox always takes donations
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Post by 1dave on Aug 3, 2023 16:58:31 GMT -5
The lower the price the more you will sell - and regret it.
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 3, 2023 19:02:06 GMT -5
I'm the wrong person to ask. The value of an assorted box is highest for someone who doesn't have much material. I have enough that I only want to buy what I need. I haven't sold here for a while and I did an ala carte approach, group pictures with individual pricing which is a lot more work. Since I am in it as a hobby, I would sell unneeded material by the box for the cost of shipping.
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Post by khara on Aug 3, 2023 19:05:24 GMT -5
I agree with Jason. I think if the end cuts are cab-able then they are worth more than tumble materials, but obviously not as much as clean slabs since they’ll require much more effort to actually work. I do expect to pay less for end cuts than slabs. I’d want to know some examples of material and see what the slabs sell for and then price them each a bit lower than that. I think the first box may take more time to sit and do a little research to price but then you could probably come up with an approximate per piece price times the number of pieces that fit and find an average box price. I’d go through this trouble at first if I was planning to put together many boxes to sell and then would just need to ensure the material remained consistently the same quality even as it varied in type.
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 3, 2023 19:20:33 GMT -5
I am willing to buy end cuts of expensive material for more than a slab, depending on the dimensions. When I can get an extra slab after the split then it is good value. Splitting the heel with a trim saw produces to flat surfaces.
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Post by liveoak on Aug 4, 2023 6:40:14 GMT -5
Another pricing consideration is how fast you want to move things.
Patty
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