What To Charge?

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jessibella Posted 29 Nov 2012 , 3:17am
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AHave a request for a three tier sandcastle cake customer recently saw a two tier I did for a sweet sixteen I priced my cost with delivery $150. Is 400 too much or not high enough? I will have to assemble at halls premises. Thanks in advance

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Danilou Posted 29 Nov 2012 , 3:40am
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What are the cake sizes and how many ppl are you planning on serving (assuming its round). This might help others to give you an idea??

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jessibella Posted 5 Feb 2013 , 1:28pm
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AThe cake sizes were 16, 12, and 8 square filled with vanilla custard

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leah_s Posted 5 Feb 2013 , 1:41pm
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AThat's 232 servings. Including delivery, $998

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Annabakescakes Posted 5 Feb 2013 , 7:08pm
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AI have $812 before delivery.

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jason_kraft Posted 5 Feb 2013 , 8:15pm
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AOur starting price would be $1160, depending on the cake design it would probably be in the $1300-1500 range. Plus delivery ($1/minute round trip) and setup (also $1/minute, in 30 min increments).

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Chellescakes Posted 5 Feb 2013 , 8:37pm
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I have $1450 before delivery. 

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ellavanilla Posted 6 Feb 2013 , 8:17am
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I have $847 before deliver, based on leah's count of 232 servings, but i must have a crappy serving estimator because i only came up with 152 servings

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vgcea Posted 6 Feb 2013 , 9:12am
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I have $847 before deliver, based on leah's count of 232 servings, but i must have a crappy serving estimator because i only came up with 152 servings

icon_eek.gif That's a lot of free cake walking out the door. 80 servings off!

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DeliciousDesserts Posted 6 Feb 2013 , 12:24pm
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A152?!! Even 16, 12, 8" round serves more than that.

According to my chart, 16" sq. 120, 12" sq. 66, 8" sq. 28. 214

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bittersweety Posted 6 Feb 2013 , 2:58pm
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232 servings x $3.00 per serving= $696 + $90 for decorating time (6 hours at $15/ hr guesstimating) + $50 delivery/setup + $30 for SPS= $866

 

rough estimate. not sure how much detail you were going to put on the cake...

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ellavanilla Posted 6 Feb 2013 , 5:08pm
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icon_eek.gif That's a lot of free cake walking out the door. 80 servings off!

SQUARE! I missed the word square in the OP!

 

OOPS! LOL wouldn't it be horrible if i showed up at someone's party with a round cake and they ordered a square? I need some ginseng or something!

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