[Ansteorra] The Cost of Time
Colin MacNachtan
colin at mccr.org
Thu Jul 23 14:06:26 PDT 2009
On Thursday 23 July 2009, Stephanie Smith wrote:
> Just when I dismiss the Knights as cloddish stick jockeys, one astounds me.
> Sir JP is right, people do tend to discount the labor involved in the
> things we make. It is all well and good to look at something and say, "I
> can make that. Why should I pay $X for it?" Well, because you DIDN'T make
> it. You don't have time to make it even though you know how to do it.
> Sometimes the smallest things, the ones everyone goes, "Oh, that is just a
> pendant" are the hardest to make. If priced fairly, to account for the
> degree of difficulty as well as the time and materials, no one could
> possibly afford them. Remember that next time you dismiss the work of an
> artisan in a merchan'ts booth as "something I could do." Particularly
> within their hearing.
One of the best signs I've seen was at a booth at (I think) Pennsic that said
"Yes, you could make this stuff. But you know you won't."
Colin MacNachtan
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