bear mount ?

[alexm]

 Hey Jim on this one I had to give my 2 cents , I have mounted more than 3000 bears in my life I know what they are worth ,and my deer are 750. ,it makes it very hard when people price shop  most of them listen to the lower price ,Oh well lots of work for every one ,some of us will just get paid more   I also wouldn't give out prices unless I had done one   I think if they can afford to hunt them and go on trips.  I  Also would like too!

Man I'll have to up my price I just spent 2 cents .
Alex.

[Uncle Harley]

Instead of trying to justify low prices I would be looking at every way possible to raise them.

Bill you know me better than that I don't have to justify anything  it is what it is   what does a certified mechanic make in your area ?   around here it's 9-13 dollars an hr.   What does a plumber cost you? 50-60 an hr?   around here the best gets $20/hr  I make at LEAST 25 hr on taxidermy and don't have to be elbo deep in poop all day.  If you make 15 dollars an hr around here you are considered "wealthy"  LOL    At some of the prices I see on here I could do 1 mount a month and cover ALL my living expenses   That's what people don't understand about the prices diferences and that is why I make no apologies for my prices.  I'm the second highest guy in my area  and the higher guy does slightly better work than me  as I get better my prices will go up and I will eventually be known as the best in my area and will be able to set my own prices.  Sure I could move to an area where I could double my prices in taxidermy buy my cost of living would tripple  so  who is really losing out in this scenerio?  Or I could advertise and bring in clients in from other areas  but then my overhead would go up  Right now my advertising cost is less than $5 a yr because I simply don't do it  the $5 is the cost of ordering a box of business cards over several yrs and the only time they get handed out is when a client asks for them.  Like I said no apologies  If you can name one client I took of yours because of price then I will kiss your but on the town square and that goes for anybody not just you.  The original question was what are you getting?   I simply answered for the going rate of my area, what  should have been asked I suppose is  what is the Price percentage difference for XXXX  compared to XXXX



( I just re-read this whole thing prior to posting and I'm coming off as sounding pissy and I asure you that is not my intentions, like I said it is what it is no apologies)

[bill@hogheaven]

If you are happy thats all that matters. I prefer to drink from the top shelf.

[alexm]

X2

[Uncle Harley]

I'm done lol the only reason I even replied to this thread is because it's probably the stupidest question that ever gets asked  what does xxx go for ?   

[AFWS]

I've got all my 1/2 lifesize at 75% of lifesize