Price of Rods

Mary,

Those prices seem okay. $7 for shipping is about normal for up to or more than 3 pounds. If I am shopping for smaller amounts of glass I go to islandglass!!! on eBay. Bill is a great seller and ships super fast. He sells stock from 1/4 pound to 1 pound lots. I can't recommend him highly enough. Bill sells Moretti and Vetrofond (also called Murano) glass. Bill never has overcharged me on shipping either.

One time he sent a pound of yellow to a friends house. It was broken in tiny pieces. He replaced it the next day and came two days later. His customer service is exceptional. He also lets me pester him about colors I'm looking for.

I also order from Frantz, but I don't always need a pound of any one color unless it's black, white, or Lauscha clear. I think their shipping is too much for the little I order. That's why I usually order from Bill.

Vetrofond is another company that split from Moretti. The glasses are compatible.

The price on glass depends on colors. Some colors average $10 a pound and some go up to $50 a pound. Usually my favorite colors are in the $50 a pound range. I use the expensive glass sparingly or use Moretti clear as a base and build my bead with the expensive colors.

If you are just starting out with beads, hold off on dichroic. Don't get those little Moretti rods because they will burn up in the flame and give you a mess. The price of 1/4" wide strips are too much in my opinion. I can send you some dichro to play with if you send me you address by email.

Starlia

I wanted to know if these sound about right. I can't find my catalogs (I know I have one at least from Arrow Springs), so wanted to know if these are "okay" prices. I know they won't compare to the store, but I am hoping that they are within like a $1 a pound...>

you can't tell - without knowing the WEIGHT of the total.

REMEMBER 10 inch rods are SHORT... these are merely "samples" when it comes down to it. his other auction is 13 Inch rods

well - I think you can compare them to the collection sets at Arrow Springs.

Cheryl last semester of lawschool! yipee! DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

That shipping sounds high... but it really depends on how far it has to travel. I generally expect to pay $6-8 per pound, if it's a "regular" color, and I order from Frantz, which is only a few hundred miles away so the shipping is CHEAP. (Like, five bucks to ship ten pounds... and it arrives no more than three working days after I place my order, unless there's a snowstorm!)

Based on this, I think that you are probably best served, price-wise, by finding the vendor closest to you, so you can save on shipping and get your order fast.

-Kalera

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