Long arm prices too high???
12-03-2010, 07:54 AM
#62
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I have seen the work of the ladies that do it here. Very nice. Around here people don't make a ton of money for a living and I think they take that into account. You can offer a lower price and get more business instead of offering a higher price and them going elsewhere and you having very few customers. Just my thought. These ladies here (the 2 of them) have been doing them for some time.
12-03-2010, 08:02 AM
#63
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Originally Posted by stewyscrewy
if they are true menonites then they dont use a longarm. they use hand power only. nothign electrical.
12-03-2010, 08:15 AM
#64
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Wow! Those prices are too low to sustain a business! When I got my Millie, I thought I would start pricing at $0.15/sq inch. I was shocked to discover that the local quilt shop did a meander for $0.10. That price includes very basic type thread, and does not include batting.
It is very easy to keep busy if your prices are too low...You have lots of work, but no time and not much income.
It is very true that you get what you pay for....
It is very easy to keep busy if your prices are too low...You have lots of work, but no time and not much income.
It is very true that you get what you pay for....
12-03-2010, 08:33 AM
#67
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New Order Mennonites DO use electric equipment. When I lived in Ohio, I had business dealings with New Order Mennonites, Old Order Mennonites, and the Amish. I never had a bad experience when working with any one of these groups.
Background info on the Mennonites and Amish
By the way, those prices are low, very low.
Background info on the Mennonites and Amish
By the way, those prices are low, very low.
12-03-2010, 08:50 AM
#68
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My longarm quilter gets .0150 ( one and one half cent) and up per square inch. Multiply the length by the width, that the square inches in your quilt. Then multiply that by .0150 and that's the average cost. Add in 6.00 for thread, and extra if she supplies batting plus tax. I recently had a queen quilted and it cost me 150.00 with batting. My king was 199.00 without batting. But that's average for anywhere around here.
12-03-2010, 08:54 AM
#69
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Can you give their information. WOW and you are happy with their work? Do they have a website, I have 4 tops done and have been looking for some one to quilt them here in the Northwest and the prices here are really high a Twin is 95 dollars no batting or binding for a simple pantagram design.
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