Pirate Ship Cake - Quoting & Sizing

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sassycleo Posted 16 Oct 2007 , 9:15pm
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Ok I need help. I received this email today for a quote request on a Pirate Ship cake. At first I thought, Ok so no biggie. What a surprise I got when I opened the picture.

Her email states: "I found a photo of a pirate ship cake and was interested in getting a price on it for my son's birthday. The party is just a small private one, so a small cake would be fine. Could I please have a quote on a cake created like this and then a quote on if I just had you create the ship without the pirate and such? Please let me know if you need anymore details."

Am I nuts in my thinking of there is no way this is 1. Going to be Cheap, 2. Possible for a SMALL private party??

Any suggestions from anyone on this and how to handle it with out coming off the wrong way?

Thanks,
Alicia
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Erdica Posted 16 Oct 2007 , 9:58pm
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I recently did a Pirate cake for a 5 yr old boy. It's in my photos here. Not as detailed as the picture you have.

I used at 10" square and carved the boat. Then used different things to make cannon balls and cannons. The cake was made for a party of about 20-25 people. For my cake my charge was $65 for the cake. $3.00 per serving for 3-D cakes.

How smallish is the party?

I would just simply state "For a 3-D carved cake, I charge $x per serving." She can try and get a cake like that at Wal-mart. I know our groceries around here don't do specialty cakes.

GL.

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meancat Posted 16 Oct 2007 , 10:02pm
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we did one that fed 50 and did it for $120 - I'm not at home, but when I get there I will upload the photo - nothing as detailed as that one, but I wouldn't do it for anything less than what I charged.

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mamacc Posted 17 Oct 2007 , 2:43am
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I also did one not too long ago. It was for 20 people and I charged $150. It took me at least 10 hours to do the cake...

I tell people right away that 3D cakes start at $100 no matter how many servings because of the time factor.

Courtney

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mbelgard Posted 17 Oct 2007 , 1:22pm
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The cake doesn't look like it's big. For something like that it isn't going to be really cheap though, it wouldn't be that much less work than a big ship really.

I'd ask her what her budget is and how many people she's talking about when she says "small." Some people figure that if they say that it isn't going to cost alot, I just did a large ship for my son's birthday and I can't see doing even a little one for less than $60.

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