Price advice wanted

[unstuck]

Ok, so I made this table out of an old pallet that I got from our local RD1 store, and am thinking of maybe selling a couple or three. I know nothing about what people would be willing to pay for stuff like this, wifey says they would sell well, but what would she know.:shifty: So if anyone out there knows anything about garden furniture please feel free to opinionate, all thoughts and opinions treated with the upmost respect.:laugh::laugh::Punk:

PS. If it looks like shit, please feel free to say so, I,m a big boy.:msn-wink:

[Gremlin]

'fraid I can't help you with price, but it's a damn good piece of work I reckon!

What's the cost of materials and time spent?

[ducatilover]

I never knew you had a skill that was of any use :bleh:

Err, I dunno what it's worth mate

[unstuck]

'fraid I can't help you with price, but it's a damn good piece of work I reckon!

What's the cost of materials and time spent?

Couple of bucks worth of screws and maybe 3hrs labour.:woohoo:

[unstuck]

I never knew you had a skill that was of any use :bleh:

Err, I dunno what it's worth mate

I should of stated " No rif raf allowed.:bleh:

[Banditbandit]

Cool table ... no idea what someone might pay for it ...

[The End]

You could target the whole "recycled wood and saving the world" purchasing group...I'm sure they'd pay:woohoo:

[unstuck]

Cool table ... no idea what someone might pay for it ...

Cheers.:Punk: I have had a look at some of the garden furniture in places like miter 10, fuck that stuff is expensive, and boring as fuck too. IMO.

[unstuck]

You could target the whole "recycled wood and saving the world" purchasing group...I'm sure they'd pay:woohoo:

Yeah, I think it is some sort of Indonesian hardwood, may not go down well with the greenies.:no:

[Banditbandit]

Yeah, I think it is some sort of Indonesian hardwood, may not go down well with the greenies.:no:

'course it will - it's RECYCLED innit ????

[unstuck]

'course it will - it's RECYCLED innit ????

But, but the trees in Indonesia, think of the trees.:innocent:

[The End]

But, but the trees in Indonesia, think of the trees.:innocent:

I don't see why you couldn't get $40-50 for it. It's a pretty neat little table.

[Banditbandit]

I don't see why you couldn't get $40-50 for it. It's a pretty neat little table.

Fuck - I'd pay that much for it ... I won't pay more than $100 for garden furniture .. and I thought Unstuck's table was out of my price range ...

[unstuck]

I made a toy train once out of old NZ native timber off cuts which I thought was ok, we had a garage sale and a lady saw it and offered me $300 for it. It was not even part of the sale, but I sold it anyway.:devil2:

[unstuck]

Fuck - I'd pay that much for it ... I won't pay more than $100 for garden furniture .. and I thought Unstuck's table was out of my price range ...

Barbeque tables are very expensive to buy, and expensive to make too, if you have to buy the timber. We were looking at buying a chook house a while back, and I was shocked at the price of the things, ended up building my own, way cooler than any that I saw advertised, and it only cost about $10 bucks for some hinges.:laugh: It even has a mirror in it to keep the chookys amused.:facepalm:

[silver_duck]

Good looking table... I'm sure you'd get more than $100 ... maybe more like $250 to 'right' person.

Just a suggestion... maybe drill a hole in the centre for an umbrella...

Paul.

[unstuck]

Good looking table... I'm sure you'd get more than $100 ... maybe more like $250 to 'right' person.

Just a suggestion... maybe drill a hole in the centre for an umbrella...

Paul.

Dunno if it would support the weight of an umbrella, it is only 700 wide at the top and the legs are only 450 apart. :niceone:

[iYRe]

I reckon it would probably fetch 2-300.. but I would suggest running it as an auction with 150 reserve.. and then what ever it goes for, add 50 and there's a starting figure for a buy now..

make you you advertise it has "recycled timber garden table" - might get a few more interested..

[unstuck]

I reckon it would probably fetch 2-300.. but I would suggest running it as an auction with 150 reserve.. and then what ever it goes for, add 50 and there's a starting figure for a buy now..

make you you advertise it has "recycled timber garden table" - might get a few more interested..

Cheers dude, awesome suggestions.:niceone: Apparently I have used up all my bling, so I will blow you a kiss instead.:Punk:

[iYRe]

Cheers dude, awesome suggestions.:niceone: Apparently I have used up all my bling, so I will blow you a kiss instead.:Punk:

no worries.. this doesnt mean we'll be swapping spit in the showers in the early hours of the morning though :P (to quote Clint Eastwood)

Should have fixed my typo: "make sure you.."

[MisterD]

I reckon it would probably fetch 2-300.. but I would suggest running it as an auction with 150 reserve.. and then what ever it goes for, add 50 and there's a starting figure for a buy now..

Dunno about 2-300, but kitset pine cape cod chairs are about $150 so I reckon that's a good place you've picked for the reserve.

[Banditbandit]

It even has a mirror in it to keep the chookys amused.:facepalm:

Chooks are easily amused ... their brain is smaller than their eye ... they only have three thoughts - Food, Sex, RUN !!!

[iYRe]

Dunno about 2-300, but kitset pine cape cod chairs are about $150 so I reckon that's a good place you've picked for the reserve.

well.. I figured you never know... but 150 seemed a good start

being "recycled" might attract a buyer with some extra disposable cash.. if you know what I mean ...

[george formby]

I was selling dog kennels made from oak wine barrels, sanded, oiled, proper base for the barrel to lie on. A lot of work went into cutting & finishing, more than I anticipated. Any hoo. I had no bites on trade me just lots of views but I managed to sell 5 out of a shop for an average of $200.
I got the impression that actually being able to see & touch stuff like this goes a long way to selling it.
Figure out the least you will sell it for, $100 - $150 maybe, not sure what price you put on your time & go from their. My thoughts on trade me are freight is prohibitive & their is an element of "I could do that" even if they would never get around to it which inhibits the price. If you can find somewhere to display it I think you would get a better price from a spur of the moment buyer, local garden centre perhaps? That is what happened with the kennels.

[mashman]

I don't see why you couldn't get $40-50 for it. It's a pretty neat little table.

Agreed. A cool card table for midgets... praps $50 is selling you a bit short.

[unstuck]

I made this one to go next to my hammock, so I can grab my glass of gingerbeer and cone more easily.:shifty: Just thinking of a few ways to generate a bit of extra cash, seeing as I am now unemployed.:Punk:

[Jantar]

Couple of bucks worth of screws and maybe 3hrs labour.:woohoo:

Using an unskilled charge out rate of $60 per hour Your reserve price should be greater than $182. I'd list it at a starting bid of $180 and a buy now price of $240.

That charge out rate not only covers the 3 hrs labour, but the wear and tear on tools, power, overheads etc. Any price less than this and there would be no profit in it for you at all.

[george formby]

I made this one to go next to my hammock, so I can grab my glass of gingerbeer and cone more easily.:shifty: Just thinking of a few ways to generate a bit of extra cash, seeing as I am now unemployed.:Punk:

Have you made a wee stand for your cone too? So the ice cream does not dribble all over the table.:innocent:

[bogan]

If its just a little side earner, start putting them up on trademe and see what they go for, will let you know what the market will pay.

The pay part is pretty important, a lot of broader market surveys fail to address the fact that if you are not surveying the correct market, the prices you get are what people think other people might pay, not what the people would pay themselves. If you want to get into it a bit more, you'd be best off to identify the specific target market demographics, and survey them not only about what they would pay for that, but more importantly, what else they want and would pay for.

[Gremlin]

Good point re the shipping as well. It's not a tiny object and probably reasonably heavy...

Do you live on a main road (ok ok, I know Gore doesn't really have one) but if people were able to touch and see as mentioned, even drive by, I'm sure there will be plenty of women ordering their guys to stop, so they could have a look :laugh:

[unstuck]

Thanks chaps, some very useful info, I think they would have to be sold locally though as they are farkin heavy. Just had a fella ask me to make him a huge barby/piss up table:woohoo::woohoo:

Also working on another project aimed at small motor mechanics and or chainsaw workers. Pretty rugged first attemp, but it is a great idea(IMO). :Punk:

[unstuck]

I'm sure there will be plenty of women ordering their guys to stop, so they could have a look :laugh:

Why do they insist on doing that, dont they know we want to get were we are going, without having to stop and look at shit.:blink:

[Zedder]

Great stuff about the tables. Thanks for the chainsaw/engine bench pics, I'm off to the patent office...

[unstuck]

Great stuff about the tables. Thanks for the chainsaw/engine bench pics, I'm off to the patent office...

Good on ya, let me know how it goes.:shifty:

[Zedder]

Good on ya, let me know how it goes.:shifty:

Yep, I can see it now. The Zedders: Zuper Engine Dismantle Device Easy Repair Surface.

[Bassmatt]

Nice Huskie :Punk:

[unstuck]

Nice Huskie :Punk:

Good saws the old 365,s. :Punk:

[Banditbandit]

Also working on another project aimed at small motor mechanics and or chainsaw workers. Pretty rugged first attemp, but it is a great idea(IMO). :Punk:

I just lock the blade in the bench vice to sharpen the chain ... make sure the chain can be spun and doesn't hit the vice ..

[unstuck]

I just lock the blade in the bench vice to sharpen the chain ... make sure the chain can be spun and doesn't hit the vice ..

Thats what I used to do, but with this I dont have to take the saw out and turn it round, this one the whole thing turns.:bleh: And it is easy to remove from it,s bracket, so I can put the whole thing up out of the way when not useing it.:Punk:

[Akzle]

Ok, so I made this table out of an old pallet that I got from our local RD1 store, and am thinking of maybe selling a couple or three. I know nothing about what people would be willing to pay for stuff like this,

five bucks and a bag of chips!

nah bro, that's pretty stiley, there's be heaps of retarded aucklanders willing to pay probably 200$ for something like that, just take them down (up?) to the matakana "farmers" market, but make sure there's no too-rough edges, because that's not chic, and might scratch their SUVs.

anywhere else in the country you'd probably fetch 80$ at least.

[willytheekid]

...PS. If it looks like shit, please feel free to say so, I,m a big boy.:msn-wink:

All I said was "maybe give the edges a wee sand"....But I DIDN'T mean with my face! :crybaby:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a2l1y7alZHs/UE-V1ZecuvI/AAAAAAAAAPY/7wbKewAwyT4/s1600/Beaten-Up500.jpeg

:laugh:..Table looks friggin AWESOME mate :niceone: (Talented man this one :yes:...now BUILD ME A BRITTEN!!!:soon:)

:msn-wink:

[unstuck]

If I could build myself a britten I wouldnt be a 46 year old unemployed punk rocker now would I.:bleh:

[george formby]

If I could build myself a britten I wouldnt be a 46 year old unemployed punk rocker now would I.:bleh:

Ha! Parallel lives.. Though I'm not unemployed, not quite, not yet, but only got 4 hours work today. There is a lot of solace to be found in the shed.
Good on ya for doing something constructive rather than sitting on yer arse whinging.

[p.dath]

I would put 1 on Trade Me with a $1 reserve, and see what the market says.