How much would you be willing to pay for this?

secretspy

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This might get classed as spam i guess but this evening I made a cake for my friend's sister's bday. (my friends mum asked if i would for money although never said how much)

I told my friend the ingredients came to £8.30 and she thought she would just pay for that, but I said no £10

Now that i've made it though (it took me 4 hours to decorate) i'm thinking I should ask for more.

My other friend says its worth at least £20, so wondered what you guys think is a reasonable price?

(Also, just some background info my friend's family is fairly rich yet my friend is really tight with money and I need to find a way to say actually I want more without her getting huffy about it!!!)

here it is

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Looks quite good if that is your thing. Certainly worth more than just the cost of the ingredients because of the labour involved. I've no idea how much money cakes demand though :p
 
i wouldnt charge for it man, think of it as a good skill you just aquired.
nice job btw.
and the friends mum is fully gonna love ya for it. free cups of tea for life :D
 
Hedge said:
Not too shabby!

But its your friends sister... surely you dont need a profit?
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True but I'm not great friend's with her and i'm thinking more about the fact of how long its taken me etc. This sounds bad but the only reason I said yes was because they said they'd pay. one block of icing alone cost nearly £4

My friend is VERY tight with money. if she drives to the cinema she expects me to pay for her ticket and snacks which came to £14 once. (just for her) I know she's a friend but she's very selfish and doesn't show appreciation to things.

(actually "friend" is used rather loosely when it comes to her - that may sound mean but its true)

if i got on great with her and actually knew her family and she wasn't so selfish then yes i might do mate's rates or give it for free.
 
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It's off to ask for extra after the fact to be honest, take what's been agreed upon and next time ask for what you feel is reasonable before doing the job.
 
Sounds like you agreed to a favour. Got to be other ways for you to make money rather than trying to get it out of your friends family. Why does it matter why they are rich by the way?
 
So you arent really good friends with her.. agreed to do a cake for them because they had faith in you, but now you feel you have shortchanged yourself.

As long as you get money for ingredients and maybe a little extra, you will feel proud of yourself if they like it.

Just put it down to experience :)
 
Hmm - just re-read OP and seen that you did agree to be paid for it, etc.

Ask her for £20. If she won't pay up, ask for payment in kind aaaiiiiii.
 
If you have any sense at all you will use that pic on eBay and advertise it as a "Genuine sweet (can't think of label name) handbag"

Then watch the money flood in. :D
 
I just re read your situation, your just looking for a reasonable price to charge them?

Id say 25 quid was reasonable.
 
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