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    I think it's entirely generation by generation. I'd be willing to bet that those who like to think they are being safe are of an older crowd.

    Facebook is a great networking tool. Giving your cell number assures you can get back into your acct should you lose or forget your password or sign-in info. No email boogey back and forth with pass-phrases etc.

    Another way closed groups are used. Online gamer's who are in teams use closed groups to strategize and not worry about "spies"

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    I got a headache from searching CA's Fish and Game information on this subject. Does anyone know if I make an item with bobcat fur, do I have to sell it with the tag like when I bought the bobcat like the first time? Sure would wreck a nice purse having that tag hanging out... Any help or knowledge when the tag can be dropped from the pelt would be appreciated.

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    Anthropodermic bibliopegy is the practice of binding books in human skin. As of Oct 2018, The Anthropodermic Book Project "has identified 49 alleged anthropodermic books in the world's libraries and museums. Of those, 30 books have been tested or are in the process of being tested. Eighteen of the books have been confirmed as having human skin bindings and twelve were proven to be not of human origin but of sheep, pig, cow, or other animals.

    Then there's this:

    Company claims to make belts & shoes out of human skin

  19. Posted · Edited by Northmount
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    1 hour ago, mikesc said:

    ... Comments edited ...

    Like I said ..when someone talks about "wholesale" as in..

    they are usually in business, and usually big enough ( making large numbers of each item ) to be selling "wholesale", as opposed to making only a few of each item , or maybe buying made items from someone else and selling them on , that is selling "retail"..

    A hobbyist "selling" is undercutting the legit businesses..I read a lot here about how unfair it is that Chinese businesses are "undercutting", because they have lower costs, and how that "isn't right"..

    To me ..it "isn't right" when hobbyists with no business overheads, no business taxes to pay etc ( and maybe another paying "daytime" job, or a pension ) start "selling", without actually going "legit" and becoming a business..That is undercutting the craftworker / leatherworker who has a legit business..

    Hobbyists giving away what they make as presents etc, no problem, that is like being good at baking cakes and giving cakes away to friends and family..But baking cakes at home and selling them in competition with the craft bakeries that have to pay taxes on what they sell..that is unfair..
    It happens a lot with anything that gets called "a craft"..

    I define a leatherworker as someone who works with leather in order to run their business, or who works with leather for someone else's business..

    A hobbyist asking about techniques, or machines, or dyes etc, no problem..most if not all of the "pros" here are happy to help or advise..

    But asking how to price, when you are not a business, why ? if not to undercut the real leatherworkers..

    Curiosity ?

    We all know how much a particular leather can cost, ( depending on where we are ) and we all know how much a wallet can cost at retail ( depends on many things ) labour costs depend on where one is, and what one can do with the leather, and how much one's customers are willing to pay..

    My comment there


    You talk about measuring jobs for a carpenter..
    OK..so..what would you think if a carpenter said "How do I measure my sheetrock to get the square footage for pricing?"
    Makes no difference what you are measuring, a square foot is a square foot..12" x 12" =144 sq inches.

    *Standard formula for wholesale prices ?
    Never heard of such a thing..and I've been in business since the 70s..( in more than one country, including the USA ) there isn't even a "standard formula" for retail prices..
     

    As a licensed business owner and a carpenter.... Right on!

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