Fort Lee Winter 2009 (NJ)

[jcuber]

just do $.29 per string

 

[Bob]

SURPRISE! Pre-registration is now closed.

If you didn't preregister, you will get yelled at tomorrow.

 

[Bob]

just do $.29 per string

And deal with pennies?!? Never! 25 cents is probably easiest because it's one coin, but even 30 or 35 cents is fine because you're not charging shipping. Ideally, you should sell them for 3-4 for $1. It depends on how much they cost you to make and how much you feel your time is worth.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

SURPRISE! Pre-registration is now closed.

If you didn't preregister, you will get yelled at tomorrow.

Whew, good thing I preregistered a few minutes ago.

 

[shoot1510]

just do $.29 per string

And deal with pennies?!? Never! 25 cents is probably easiest because it's one coin, but even 30 or 35 cents is fine because you're not charging shipping. Ideally, you should sell them for 3-4 for $1. It depends on how much they cost you to make and how much you feel your time is worth.

It change again, $.25 per homemade rubik magic string.
I made about 50 homemade string. It took me 2-5 min to make 1 homemade string and check it.

 

[Bob]

just do $.29 per string

And deal with pennies?!? Never! 25 cents is probably easiest because it's one coin, but even 30 or 35 cents is fine because you're not charging shipping. Ideally, you should sell them for 3-4 for $1. It depends on how much they cost you to make and how much you feel your time is worth.

It change again, $.25 per homemade rubik magic string.
I made about 50 homemade string. It took me 2-5 min to make 1 homemade string and check it.

So avg maybe 3 min per string, 20 strings per hour * $.25 per string = $5 per hour, minus your overhead. You have to ask yourself, "Is that worth my time?"

 

[shoot1510]

I don't get what your saying.:confused::confused::confused::confused:

 

[BillB]

Bob, could you please wait til after Fort Lee to explain.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

I don't get what your saying.:confused::confused::confused::confused:

You're making a profit less than minimum wage.

Either work harder to produce more strings per hour or raise your price or both.

 

[jcuber]

Are homemade strings stronger/better in any way from "store-bought" strings?

 

[shoot1510]

Are homemade strings stronger/better in any way from "store-bought" strings?

you can customize what strength you want to buy. 60LB is really strong. store bought strings are only 15LB??
The fishing line I use was 20LB. it was recommended 25LB which is 100YD, but since there out of stock, I choose the 20LB which is 270YD for $10.00.
Edit: I finish half of my roll of my fishing line.

 

[jcuber]

Perhaps magic strings could be made stronger with a heating device to fuse both ends of the fishing line permanently together?

 

[Kian]

I don't get what your saying.:confused::confused::confused::confused:

You're making a profit less than minimum wage.

Either work harder to produce more strings per hour or raise your price or both.

Minimum wage does not apply to those under 18.

 

[shoot1510]

I don't get what your saying.:confused::confused::confused::confused:

You're making a profit less than minimum wage.

Either work harder to produce more strings per hour or raise your price or both.

Minimum wage does not apply to those under 18.

$.50 per homemade string is enough, manufactured string is $1 per string
and I'll fix rubik magic free.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

I don't get what your saying.:confused::confused::confused::confused:

You're making a profit less than minimum wage.

Either work harder to produce more strings per hour or raise your price or both.

Minimum wage does not apply to those under 18.

I'm just saying.
Minimum wage is what? $6?

 

[shoot1510]

I don't get it.
Min-$1
Max-$10

5 homemade strings for $2.50
10 homemade strings for $5

 

[Bob]

I don't get it.
Min-$1
Max-$10

5 homemade strings for $2.50
10 homemade strings for $5

Let me clarify:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage

 

[Kian]

I'm just saying.
Minimum wage is what? $6?

Minimum wage is 7.15 effective this year in the state of New Jersey.

We're raising the minimum wage when unemployment is steadily increasing despite the fact that raises in the minimum wage, for obvious reasons, contribute to unemployment.

 

[qqwref]

Interesting sidenote: Our minimum wage does not apply in China. So that's why the ridiculously cheap strings and puzzles come from there, it might still take 5 minutes to make one but if you only have to pay the worker $1 an hour you can charge a lot less per string...

But anyway, minimum wage does not apply to you since you are not in a job being paid by an employer. You can still legally make money (as much or as little as you want) by making things and selling them; however, if you got any actual job, you would make more money than this per hour of work.

 

[hippofluff]

I didn't stay to the end for final round of 3x3 and since the results aren't up yet I'm curious as to who won and if any more records were broken?