Advice on how to price jobs.

[Courageouspress]

Recently I charged a band (my first significant national touring band) $200 dollars to print 100 three run posters 11 x 17 on chip board and another batch of 50 variable proofs on Mr. French paper that I threw in for free. So basically I charged them $200 dollars to print 150 posters. I barely made my ink and paper costs, much less my time and design fee. I think it was their first time having a poster hand printed (instead of color copied or offset). And they got their panties in a knot because they thought $200 was too much. The whole interaction left a bad taste in my mouth. Any advice?

[lil_tuffy]

Double your price so you make money. Don't work for bands that can't afford to pay or don't appreciate hand-printed posters. If the band wants color-copies, give them color copies.

[Tooth]

deja vu!