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Re: Neon Plant - Economics

At 08:20 AM 1/18/96 -0600, you wrote:
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>On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Mike R. wrote:
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>> Well...This should generate some discussion...(and advice I hope)...

>Wholesale work is a hard way to go. Why not sell retail, the same work 
>for twice the price.  Even at retail once you start production you 
>probably wont have time for art.  This happened to me. I had a very 
>successful production studio, selling 1/4KK/yr.  I thought that my six 
>employees could manage and I could work on my art at least one day per 
>week.  I was wrong, I didn't even get one day per month.  When I 
>discovered that the business was really running me, I pulled the plug.  
>Now I am back to the one person studio and making art.  My personal gross 
>and satisfaction has grown.

Ok....time to get nosy and ask for clarification....1/4KK/yr - what's the
"KK" term mean I haven't seen it before...Also, you actually are doing better
now working just "art" glass?....

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>             !!!!! AVOID THIS PURVEYOR AT ALL COSTS !!!!!
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Alllll Right!

Tell it like it is!....Another gentleman in Okie City said about the 
same thing (actually "Don't buy nothing from that SOB"),I guess there 
are a few "quick buck" artists out there that would love to get ahold
of a un-informed beginners money!  Thank god for you guys out there
who are willing to share your experiences with someone like me!

I think that after just a few days of looking at and thinking about
these "plug-and-play" packages I feel that I can setup a resonable
plant in my basement studio for less money by investing my own labor.

Actually, I have already built vac manifolds in college, so I may even
take a crack at building my own....I even have a start, I found a small
vac pump in a pawn shop (Robinair model 15100) which may be useable with
a good diffusion pump in-line (the pump was only $100 - too cheap to pass
up!).

I guess "build it yourself" really appeals to me anyway, I like working
with my hands (that's why neon work appeals to me)....

Happy Trails!...../\/\ike
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