Question Greetings from Down Under , Help needed with United Inches

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Hello Everyone

Have been a lurker here for a number of years but because it is basically a U.S. forum am an infrequent poster. Am always in awe of the amount of talent available here ... yes, you know who you are :)

I have my own "strange" pricing system but would like to have a united inch system for pricing .

Am a regular purchaser of Larson Juhl moulding and I know that there is a chart available showing this information .

For some reason it it is in not available through Larson Juhl (Australia) .

If anyone can help me I would be extremely grateful . I would love to get my hands on a copy of the United Inches pricing system .

So , if anyone can help me you can either private message me with a copy or send it to my email as I fully understand this is 'confidential' information/

frameup.com@gmail.com.

Thanks so much in advance . John

frameuptempe.com
 
If you are a Larson customer, then you should have their printed price list. There is a page with suggested prices by UIs for mats, glazings, mountings, canvas stretching, fittings, etc. Is that what you are needing? It is a suggested list only that you can adjust for your specific needs and profit margin.
 
Sister - Sydney, Australia is not (as some would think) a suburb of
Greater Los Angeles, California.....

They have larger sharks, not as diverse of surfing, better beer and
readily available walk-about meat pies. And the commute will kill
ya if you live in LA.

Down Under - - they measure a little quirky too.. the numbers
are all scrunched together, and on the wrong side.
So, because "inches" don't work there..... the UI (United Inch)
chart is deleted from their info packs.
But they do make up for it with a fine wallaby stew....
 
FrameUp said:
For some reason it it is in not available through Larson Juhl (Australia)
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Hi John,

I believe we just met a couple of weeks ago at our recent Open House Event in Sydney.

As you can understand, imperial systems are not popular in Australia, and I've found over the years that the pricing of framing and materials can be more complex than one would first assume - especially when true overheads are taken into consideration, such as labour.

I will e-mail you a guide for helping you to create a pricing system, which you may find you are able to adapt to suit your requirements?

Cheers,

Jared

Megawood Larson-Juhl Australia
 
Thank you Jared ,

Naturally I was going to convert to metric .As I said I have my own 'strange' way of pricing
but know I should be more conversant with what is 'normal'.
Your help woul dbe appreciated . John
 
I had better stick to my Southern English way of pricing!
 
Hi Jared

I attended your talks in Auckland about a month ago. Would it be possible to send me the info too please. I realise it needs to be adapted and Aus is not NZ.

Thanks so much

Cheers

Michele
 
kuluchicken said:
Hi Jared

I attended your talks in Auckland about a month ago. Would it be possible to send me the info too please. I realise it needs to be adapted and Aus is not NZ.

Thanks so much

Cheers

Michele
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Hi Michele,

Thanks for coming to my seminars.

Sure no problem.

Shoot me an email so I can bounce the files back to you: jdavis@mwlj.com.au

Cheers,

Jared
 
Sister said:
I had better stick to my Southern English way of pricing!
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Ooo, now you're just trying to get on my Gudge side.... but you Kent.

As Jared points out... but ignores the huge factor of their shipping costs.. is that the dynamics
of COG and pricing (and what is available) are quite different OZ/NZ vs USA/Canada vs UK.

Heck, there are even differences between Seattle, and Vancouver, BC. (Vancouver, WA is the
same as Seattle - -only smaller.)
 
The United Inch system works great for moulding. I would recommend NOT using a pricing system for mats and glass using the united inch system. For example, an 8 x 10 piece of glass ( 18 united inches) will come out of a standard 8 x 10 "box glass" but a 6 x 12 (also 18 united inches) will have to be cut from a larger piece of glass. It's important to charge for the size of glass the piece must be taken from. We stocked a box of every size standard glass. Our scraps were minimal.
Same with mats. I've used a system for mats that's quite simple and cost effective:
I charged for the size the mat would be cut from. We had afternoon teen help cutting drop-outs to these same sizes and filed them in seperate racks by number. They would pencil the mat number on the back of each piece filed.

We had only 5 sizes of mats for pricing.
8x10 or smaller
16x20 (1/4 sheet) or smaller
20x32 (half sheet) or smaller
full sheet or smaller
oversize
It's what's left over that's also important. Filing a smaller piece of mat next to a larger piece in the same rack will result in scratches or abrasions on the larger piece every time you pull out the smaller piece to measure to see if it's big enough to cut your mat out of.
 
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