[alt-photo] Re: Dentist costs (was: Re: Pt/Pd printing Video)

[Loris Medici]

Dentist charges are very "bon marché" here in Istanbul / Turkey, I mean
relatively. Example: My mother's uncle (R.I.P.) visited us (from Italy)
years ago, and he had a serious / complex dentistry job. The cost of the
plane tickets for the round trip + dentist fee was considerably less than
what he would pay to the dentist in Italy. He had a first class dentistry
service / job (which he was very satisfied) with additional bonuses of
seeing us and visiting the city he was born in, after many many years...

... Err, couldn't think something to bring back the topic into
alt-processes! ;)

Regards,
Loris.


-----Original Message-----
From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org On Behalf Of
Diana Bloomfield
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 4:43 PM
To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Pt/Pd printing Video

I agree, Loris.  I just happen to know a couple of people who consistently
do some printing for others (again, not platinum printing), and knowing what
their material costs are for what they do, I know they charge more than
$50/hour, though they may not tell the client the cost per hour, or break it
down that way for them.  People are better off, all the way around, doing
their own printing-- if that's at all possible for them-- but that's just my
thought.  I've done some printing for people before, and I did charge a
lot-- mainly  
because I felt it was a somewhat thankless job and it was my time--   
but how much people are willing to pay for someone else to print their work
is always surprising to me. If the demand is there, you may as well charge
what you can get (law of supply and demand).  I always think about how much
my dentist charges (which seems outrageous to me), and I figure I'm as good
at what I do as he is at what he does-- you know, maybe even better-- though
I do have a few crowns that look really good.  Of course, they should.  They
cost me a small fortune.

Diana