23/09/2021
A customer asked me how much it cost for custom made gown
𝗠𝗲: start at 10,000php
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Masyado namang mahal, simple lang naman.
𝗠𝗲: How much do you think it would cost you?
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: 2,500- 5,000php... Madali lang naman yon diba?! Saka mura lang naman tela. 😁
𝗠𝗲: Ok, since magkakilala naman tayo pwede namang ikaw ang gumawa. 😉
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Pero hindi ko alam kung paano...😂
𝗠𝗲: For 5,000 php tuturuan kita, nakasave ka pa ng 5,000php . You'll get the knowledge na kailangan mo. 😉
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Sige, pwede na din.😁
𝗠𝗲: But to get started: May mga kailangan tayong gamit:
sewing machine 15k-25k
Fabric 3k-5k
Laces 2k-3k
Beads 500-1k
fabric glue 500
sinulid 250
fabric scissors 1k
mannequin/ dressform 2k-3k
L- square and french curve rulers 1k -2k
etc.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Hala.😣 But I don't have all these equipment. Bibili pa ba ko niyan, isang project lang naman gagawin ko. 😐
𝗠𝗲: Well then for another 1,000php more I'll rent my stuff to you para makagawa ka. 🙂
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Sige Sige 🙂
𝗠𝗲: Okay! thursday I'm waiting for you to start doing this work ha.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: But I can't on Thursday I only have time today.😢
𝗠𝗲: I'm sorry, but I'm only available on Thursday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other customers na kasi. 😔
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Okay! That means I'm going to have to sacrifice my Thursday and give up my other tasks.😣
𝗠𝗲: I forgot. To do your job yourself, you also have to pay for the non-productive factors.🙂
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Totoo ba? Ano naman yun?😲
𝗠𝗲: Internet connection, power, etc.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Jusko! Ang dami ko namang babayaran at masasayang na oras bago ako makagawa!😲 Sige. Yung mga gamit ok naman na?
𝗠𝗲: Sure, nasa akin naman na yung ibang gamit, but kelangan mong dalhin yung mga rulers, pattern paper, mannequin, sewing machine etc.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿:What? Hala ambigat nun tpos ang dami pa, eh wala akong kotse. So magcocommute pa ko. So dagdag ko pa yung Grab na back and forth!
𝗠𝗲: marunong kanaman siguro mag sketch design nu?
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: OMG! I dont know how to sketch 😅 Paano na? Kelangan ko din ba ng gamit dun? pencil at paper lang naman diba?
𝗠𝗲: Oo nman! Need mo ng paper, color pencil, pen, marker, eraser etc. ok I'll let you borrow mine for 1000php.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: 5,000 sa turo, 1000 sa rent ng stuff, 1000 sa grab ikaw nalang gumawa.😂 Konti nalang din naman ang idadagdag ikaw na pala gumawa.🙏
When you pay for a job, especially handcrafted, you pay not only for the material used, but also:
- Knowledge
- Experience
- Study
- Tools
- Services
- Time to go
- punctuality
- Accountability
- Accuracy
- Guaranteed
- Sacrifices
- Safety and security
No one can denigrate other people's work by judging prices.
Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work can you estimate the actual cost.
𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒓𝒔.