[sdiy] making 2 or 3 dollars an hour on synth building?

[Jim Patchell]

Ken Elhardt wrote:
> Jim Patchell <patchell at cox.net> wrote:
>> A 500 hour job, by
>> the way, I generally quote at $50,000.  That is generally where things come
>> to a halt.  Many people seem truly disappointed that I don't work for free.
> 
> Yeah, but they might be more willing to pay for your time if it wasn't
> $100 an hour !  That's what the president of the U.S. made up until
> just a few years ago when it was doubled.

And we were getting ripped before it was doubled ;^)

> 
> I'm only going to be making about 1/3 of what my time is worth (based
> on what I made programming) when I sell my Polymoog Resonator and
> Polymoog Coffee Table.  Actually, we'll see about the Coffee Table
> since that's being auctioned on ebay and it might go above my starting
> price.
> 
> -Elhardt
> 
> 

Well, keep us posted.  I would try to sell more stuff myself but the 
market place is all ready very saturated with products, as near as I can 
tell, and the margins are just way too low.  I just have to be content 
making stuff for myself, selling an occasional PCB...

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