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Poll: What's a fair price for cabinet plans?
Turnarcades:
I've recently started compiling full start-to-finish plans for all of the Turnarcades range, and was thinking of offering the plans for sale to customers. Many people have e-mailed me saying they are decent at DIY and have requested plans which up until now, weren't available as my plans were a random collection of dimensions and hand sketches.
As there are many new and experienced builders with a modicum of skill on here and elsewhere, I'd like to offer these as a budget buy for those willing to do the backwork but would rather work from tested plans.
I've seen plans as low as $5 and as high as $30, so in your opinion;
What do you think is a fair price to pay for cabinet plans? ($ or £, whichever you prefer)
leapinlew:
$19.99
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Avrus:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 11, 2008, 11:20:21 pm ---$19.99
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Daniel B.:
$20.
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: samshaw946 on February 11, 2008, 11:08:37 pm ---I've seen plans as low as $5 and as high as $30, so in your opinion....
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It's really entirely up to you Craig, but to be honest there are a lot of free plans out on the web. So unless you're offering something in addition to plans, some added value item, like a full photographic build manual and detailed instructions, then there really isn't a lot of a market for them. There is at least one guy who already does that and his build manual is pretty damned good at $2.99 USD. Not to mention Saint's book that also includes plans and software tools and design ideas.
Anything I've ever built, I've either designed myself of adapted from other peoples plans. I cant say that I'd personally buy a set of plans unless they were something particularly special.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)