Nyckname Report post Posted November 8, 2019 On Planet Money's The Indicator https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510325/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/indicator/2019/11/20191106_indicator_191106_leather_final.mp3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLSleather Report post Posted November 8, 2019 Weird ... the price of raw (blue) hides has dropped by 75% .... but my price for the finished leather has gone UP. Hmmm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted November 8, 2019 19 minutes ago, Nyckname said: On Planet Money's The Indicator https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510325/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/indicator/2019/11/20191106_indicator_191106_leather_final.mp3 We live in truly sad times these days when our young people are so dumbed down by technology, our crap educational system and our disposable lifestyle. that they cant determine what spending a dollar, on quality products , means or how hard it was to make it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiefjason Report post Posted November 12, 2019 I think it depends on your market. Where technology makes solid competing materials at better prices, expect a decline. Cell phone cases might be an example of that. I only sell a handful of them. Where it does not, there may not be a decline. The slight decline in my sales over the last year has nothing to do with the leather industry. But mostly the gun industry and the saturation of the market. It's still trucking along though. I'm staying pretty busy with holsters right now. All that said, I don't think I could make a living at this. Unless I could quadruple my sales or find someone else to pay my mortgage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
