*Friendly Reminder Please* Please note, quotes DO take time to do. Weighing up costs of ingredients, boxes, boards, perishable items, looking up specialty items,cooking time, and decorating time .. all this is part of the service a cake decorator takes into account, and it is realistically unpaid work. Some days I can have up to 10 quotes an evening. It can be several hours of my time, none of which I mind, but to ensure you get your quotes ASAP, PLEASE send through all your information at once so I can be as accurate as possible. Not just a picture with how much for this cake A helpful reminder of the info we require is: Date cake is required for pickup Size Required (or amount guests) If theres a decoration on the picture u send, what u do and dont want included in your cake Do u require a delivery quote or are u picking up Some indication of your flavours Most important is it a special dietry required cake ( egg free, GF or DAIRY free) Every cake is individually priced, so I NEED your required tin sizes or guests to feed, so I can ensure Im quoting the correct size for u. In saying that, to be fair, I dont want to start having a banned quote list, but please be aware, I will no longer be taking the time to put together quotes for people that are serial offenders for getting me to quote every cake for every event over the past year, and then repeatedly back out, or never following through. Theres absolutely no problem in price comparing, but if after 6 cakes my prices arent in your price range, I apolagise but they prob arent going to change, and Im not going to be used to barter prices elsewhere. 14 cake quotes, over four seperate occasions over less than a year is a little extreme.Please be fair, if u have no intention of buying a cake or ur budget is tight, please be upfront, i do my best to work in with everyones price point, but a general ballpark starting point to any decorator specialising in novelty or special occasion fondant cakes, in a registered kitchen, with the appropriate insurance is going to start most cakes over $120-$150 price point...Its the cost of good quality ingredients, boxes boards and a barely minimum hourly rate.. You can pay more than that for 2 hours at a hairdressers or a plumber... A cake can be anywhere from 8-20 hours depending on decorations and size, then add cake ingredients costs.. I appreciate your understanding, hopefully this makes a smoother process for everyone :)
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 03:33:06 +0000
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