My First Paid Order - Wdyt??

Baking By amiegirl Updated 24 Apr 2007 , 8:39pm by MahalKita

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amiegirl Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 5:58pm
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So I think I did ok on these cookies. They ended up really big though, about 5" across. I only charged the lady $3 a piece...I am not sure if I'm just slow but these darn things took a total of 5 hours. Should I have charged more? I'm excited for her to see them today! Anyways, I'd love some constructive criticism. Thanks everyone for all your help!!

Amie
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braggmama2 Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:03pm
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Not sure what you should charge for them. But they are great! Love the funky Vegas sign. Your cookies look just like the real one!

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jdelectables Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:04pm
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They are awesome! How many did you do?

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debbed Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:04pm
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I think they're cute. They look yummy!! I am going to Las Vegas in 16 days!!!! I can't wait!!

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KHalstead Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:04pm
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they look AWESOME!!!! Man I wish I had the courage to charge more for cookies..........I spent an entire day on my blue onesie cookies and only charged a dollar each and I felt guilty saying they were going to be that much.....then the whole time I'm making them I'm kicking myself thinking.......man I am making like 10 cents an hour at this rate after the cost of ingredients!!!!! I think you could have charged more for sure!!!! But at least you charged enough lol


They look awesome......all of them look identical and that's soooooo hard to do !! Hopefully the customer will love them and also realize how much time and work goes into these cookies!!

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JaneK Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:06pm
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The cookies look fabulous!!! I think you could have charged more than $3 per cookie...$5 would be good for next time! They sell $5 cookies here and they are much smaller than those and not as detailed either.

Very good job...I bet the customer will love them!

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indydebi Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:06pm
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I've the rule of thumb on here of $1 per inch, so a 5" cookie would be $5 each. They are fabulous looking! Very tedious work with all of that detail, but as the previous poster said, they all look very consistent with each other, which can be difficult. Good job!

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MandyE Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:08pm
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Cookies are a LOT of work. I'd rather do a cake over cookies any day. I think $3 each is about right. But if they were that big, maybe you could have even charged more for them. Oh well, next time, right? icon_wink.gif

Btw, they are awesome!

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pastryjen Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:12pm
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Those are great cookies!

I'm not familiar with cookies rates so I can't help with that, sorry.

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meldancer Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:13pm
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These are cool! I agree, a 5" cookie deserves more than $3. Nice job!

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LvMy4Runner Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:51pm
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I LOVE LAS VEGAS!!! So naturally I love your cookies!!! Good job!

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cambo Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 7:57pm
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First, BEAUTIFUL cookies! Second, I would charge no less than $5-6 each for them! Sometimes I have an idea in mind for cookies and it's not until I finish them and realize how much more or less time it took to do them! They're deceiving little boogers aren't they! Yours look fabulous!

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SueW Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 12:17pm
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They look amazing! I would have charged more for sure, you have so much detail on those. Probably around 3 or 4 $ each. I just got my first cookie order too and I am charging 2 $ per cookie for an order of 50 cookies. I too felt bad to charge "that much" but they are SO much work! Great job thumbs_up.gif

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Hippiemama Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 1:29pm
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Those look great! I have seen cookies like that go for $5-6 each around here.

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noosie Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 1:37pm
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Braggmama2 - Love your avatar!!!!! Too Cute! Just a funny little guy icon_lol.gificon_lol.gificon_lol.gif

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Firstlady Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 1:38pm
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Great job! I have the magnet from Vegas and you did a good job as a copy for cookies. I agree $1.00 per inch would have been good.

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sweeteecakes Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 1:43pm
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They look great and definately worth more than $3.

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Amberslilzoo Posted 16 Apr 2007 , 3:24pm
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I just LOVE those cookies. They look great. I wish I was that skilledicon_smile.gif I know nothing about pricing as I am just learning....

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MahalKita Posted 24 Apr 2007 , 8:39pm
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Great cookies. We would charge $3 a cookie for those.
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