Klarinet Archive - Posting 001181.txt from 2000/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ligatures $$$: why is life so expensive?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:38:09 -0500

At 07:44 AM 2/29/2000 -0600, Gil Guerrero wrote:
>...The list goes on and on. All of the line items listed above are part of
>the "cost" of a part, not just the fact that it had 35 cents of steel bar
>stock. After these cost are paid, then we can talk about setting a profit
>so the business can thrive and survive into the future. Some times the
>markup is 3/4/5 or many more times the cost of the raw materials. Is
>that wrong? Go back and start adding up 1 through 7 again...
>
And don't forget that the manufacturer must divide the cost of rent, heat,
light, employee medical insurance, etc., etc., by 10's or 100's of
units/day, rather than thousands like he could making items with more
general market appeal, like Star Wars action figures.

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