Understood, Dario, but I never price a blank at $0.50 even if I only paid that for it. When I input #s into the formula, I never price a blank lower than $2.00 b/c that's what they usually cost. I never price burls or highly figured woods lower than $4.00 because that's the least you are likely to find one for (short of sellers on here like you, BigRob, Lower48, etc.), but that can be a rare instance. Acrylics at $3.00 and so on. Using the normal retail prices gives a more standardized price list. Once I've made the calculations, I establlish the base price for each pen style. Having said that, my SLs start at $20 and go up.
I'm not saying my method/formula is best, just that it works for me. The way I came up w/it is by reading the posts by some of our more successful sellers and what they get for a particular style. I tired a number of multipliers until I found the one that gave me basic comparable numbers for each of the following styles: SLs, Cigars, Jr. Gents & Barons, and Jr. Statesman. Using 4 as a multiplier did that. I do occassionaly have to round up, or down to get a number I'm comfortable with, but it isn't by much. Again, this is my opinion only and how I do it. Others MPG may vary. [
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