"Leather"

[Suze]

or -- when they look at your work are only willing to pay for the Material COST that you have in it.

NOTHING for your time or talant.

Sure the dollhouse stuff I used to make and sell were next to nothing in the material cost departmant (my big thing was macrame and I used sewing thread -- two dollars a spool - basicly next to nothing cost wise)

But the TIME I put into things -- I had one owl wallhanging that I put 12 HOURS in to knot it up and it was maybe 3 inches long. I had someone offer me 50 CENTS for it. after all it was the size of a keyfob and that's what they paid for them at the flea market.

at the dollhouse shows I felt I was pushing it at 25 dollars (In 1980 this was a LOT) But it was a pattern for one you could hang on YOUR wall - knot for knot

the worst though was when I saw a "real one" at a craft show for 5 dollars - far less then the cost of the cords in the thing.

Of course your TIME and TALANT mean nothing because after all they can buy it at X-Mart for less. I also see this at SCA events - people are not willing to pay more than "flea-market price" for anything.

Oh and then there is the other mindset of the person who thinks that every piece of crap they own in the house is worth a lot of money cause it is "antique" -- this is called the Antique Roadshow Syndrome And is a real pain to deal with as well. (take my sister - PLEASE - she still thinks that every piece of stuff that mom or dad touched is worth gold)

[Bree]

So what's your point Bree?....other than dumping crap on a guy who didn't know leather from synthetic, and you had a laugh at his expense.....I don't follow....

Hey I didn't dump "crap" on him or have a laugh at his expense. I was straight up with him. I showed him exactly why it wasn't genuine leather and then pointed out that he still got a good deal since the sewing of the patches would have cost him what he paid for the jacket, patches, and sewing. We both laughed about it together.

As for my "point"... there is no point. I am just relating a story about something that happened during the day and sharing it. I guess you woke up on the wrong side of the bed.