The Framers Forum

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OK everybody, I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. I was just trying to keep the sums simple and, of course, failed. There's a little Tim Henman in everybody. Thanks very much for all yor replies. It seems that a 20" x 16" watercolour can still be framed for as little as £36.00 or as much as you ...

Sorry! The moulding is costing £2.50 per. metre and the mount board borders are 50mm (not 560mm). Everybody seems to be avoiding the question. To frame a simple and inexpensive water colour on good quality paper, using an uncomplicated moulding, standard white core board, fluted board backing board ...

So how much for that sample frame now. Using a price of £2.50 a metre (cost price before VAT)? That is a glass dimension of 20" (500mm x 16" (400mm). Single white core mount board with 560mm borders. Here in Wells, Somerset, we would charge £56.00 + VAT today.

I would be very interested to hear ...

Having read the replies to your query, I have seen some well meant advice with slight holes in it. If you are not VAT registered, you cannot reclaim the amount of VAT which you have spent on materials, but being VAT registered does not mean that you hav to raise your prices by 17.5%. You should ...

A &T have now told me that their intended price rise will take effect from 1st December. Nielsen's rep. is unaware of any intended rises.

Ashworth * thompson have infortmed us that they are increasing their prices by 3% and the others will inevitably follow. How can the moulding tables in BBEst be updated to cover these increases, other than labouriously recalculating each one? Is there a simple function in Microsoft Excel, which I am ...

Our local Nielsen Rep (They hate that - Regional Sales Managers, they like to be called) came up with a programme from a company called Artpool - based in Aberdeen, I believe. The programme holds a library of moulding and mountboard pictures & prices. It couples these with a digital picture, which ...