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Pricing Without Fear

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I purchased Pricing Without Fear after reading The Business Of Sewing. This book is outstanding! It covered everything that I needed on pricing. I couldn't believe how complete and detailed the book is. I especially liked the examples and illustrations. That really helped me see how to calculate my prices. I couldn't believe how many price list were included in this book. It went into different types of pricing for all types of sewing. That was very surprising. Plus it even offered great inspiration for when things go wrong. I can't wait to read other books by Barbara Wright Sykes. I recommend this book highly to anyone who wants to start or already has a sewing business and is struggling with pricing.

I'm french speaking and I am leaving in Montreal. Few years ago I had read « the business of sewing » by Barbara Wright Sykes, and I realized that this would have been my purpose in life, to become a professional seamstress. However,I felt that I needed more technics to do so professionally. So at the age of fifty, I am back to school and I am studying design & patternmaking, I will be done in a few more months. I have a few little sewing contracts to help me survive in the meantime. These little contracts are in home decor, made to measure pants, skirts, etc. However, I have realised that I was not able to charge the right amount for my services, especially to my relatives and my earliest friends at work. I had trouble charging the amount that I truly deserved. In reading this book, it helped me to calculate the right amount I should receive for my work, as well as how to explain to the customer how this worked in the custom making clothes business. It helped me tremendously and I am recommanding this book to everyone.
France Houde, Montreal

This book was excellent! It has examples of price list and how the price was broken down per item. The formula's are easy to use and comparable to the industry. I have started to do alterations for others and it is helpful to have a breakdown of incidental charges that I was not sure of how to charge. I was very impressed that it features all kinds of alterations, including home domestications, hand beading as well as custom dress making.

There was enough good material for me to decide to keep the book but I was also disappointed. The book was chock full of grammatical and other types of errors. For instance, the photographs of "featured guests" were labeled with one name on the outside cover of the book and another name on the inside pages. There was a lot of repetition.

I liked the success stories of sewing business people. I liked the advice and short business biographies of the "featured guests." I liked the comparison of different methods of pricing.

What I had hoped to get from the book was more detailed advice for what to charge for particular services in different parts of the country. I mostly wanted a reference for the average time it takes other people to perform certain sewing jobs. There were some excerpts from price lists but they were mostly out of date, or not dated, or the region of the country was not specified, or the list was not complete, so I felt that I couldn't adjust for current economic conditions. The book did not meet my expectations in this regard.

This book took the guess work out of how a seamtress prices her work. Helped me realize how underpricing my business was.

It is a book for everyone who wants to know how to price their products. Saturated with examples of real successful biz. I would recommend the book.

I have a start up drapery workroom business in my home. This book gave me just what I was looking for: priciples as well as practicle guidelines.

I was looking for help in order to properly price my sewing services. I found this book to be very imformative and helpful.