I'd like to revisit an old dilemma that sometimes comes up when woodturners gather, that is if you believe it is a dilemma at all. It may be just another 'OTOH' subject we argue about. Anyway, what is your take re under pricing, and implied under valuing or grossly overpricing of turned pieces by competent but average hobbyists who are occasional sellers. Please consider _only competent, but little known turners and omit both well known and well below average turners. Choose any selling site or event you wish, but stick with one venue.
Is it wrong to under-price those turners who try to make a decent profit from their hobby or need to make a turning business succeed? OTOH, is it wrong to deny a comfortably well off hobbyist the self satisfaction of selling a turning by urging that s/he take into consideration _all the expenses and costs of production and then charge a businesslike price? Conversely, should a barely competent turner trying to start a business lower his prices? OTOH is it wrong for a hobbyist who doesn't care whether anybody buys his stuff or not to put an outlandish value on it just to stroke his ego?
Does trying to sell crappy work at a low price demean the craft very much? OTOH, who defines crap, especially when spouses, friends and family universally think Dad's work is wonderful and he should sell some of it?
Is woodturning accepted enough and the economics and scale of its market robust enough to accommodate all good (not great or well known) turners who offer their turnings for sale at whatever price they choose? Is our image as craftsmen and artists strong enough now to let the market decide _if we can sell whatever we want to make at whatever price we want to put on it or is its status still fragile and needs to be coddled?
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