freemotion
Food Guru
Sounds like you need to raise your price a little....especially if it takes two people several hours....divide those hours by $38 and that is your hourly wage.....So 1.5-2 hours x 2 people should be the limit to build a stand at that price, including some time to get the supplies.
If you made, say, 5 at once using your $50 from the first one plus a few bucks, you could assembly-line them and get the per unit time down quite a bit. Then you could probably offer them for, say, $75 and make some nice cash. Then offer to do a partial trade to anyone who tries to talk your price down. Tell them you need $50 cash minimum but you will consider trading for $25 worth of......canning jars? Garden tools? Barn cleaning? Garden spading? But the trade comes first, before the stand leaves, or you will never see the trade. Learned this lesson in my early 20's.
If you made, say, 5 at once using your $50 from the first one plus a few bucks, you could assembly-line them and get the per unit time down quite a bit. Then you could probably offer them for, say, $75 and make some nice cash. Then offer to do a partial trade to anyone who tries to talk your price down. Tell them you need $50 cash minimum but you will consider trading for $25 worth of......canning jars? Garden tools? Barn cleaning? Garden spading? But the trade comes first, before the stand leaves, or you will never see the trade. Learned this lesson in my early 20's.