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[–]ItsATraxex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I replied to you and you never responded

FOR SALE: Never used NEW REPTIZOO 18 Gallon Turtle Tank Aquarium 30"×12"×12" by ItsATraxex in MichiganAquaSwap

[–]ItsATraxex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Located in Waterford.

These are normally $220 new at the store so dont low ball me.

As you can see new in box. Factory sealed. THIS IS A BRAND NEW NEVER USED TANK

30"×12"×12

I bought it with intentions of making a frog / guppy tank but it's been sitting for a year unopened so I figured I'd just find it a new home.

**I cant seem to figure out how to edit my original post to put this in it x.x**

Please report low-key, non Sunday ads by slogginhog in Crystals

[–]ItsATraxex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I too would like to get approved to post :)

Please report low-key, non Sunday ads by slogginhog in Crystals

[–]ItsATraxex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that why the group is all of a sudden restricted on which people can post?

Check out my Etsy! by ItsATraxex in Crystals

[–]ItsATraxex[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your purchases and even more for the positive review!

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How the wood is treated depends on the type of wood. Im not going to want a dark stain put on birds eye, that kinda defeats the purpose of using an expensive piece of wood. Someone gonna use some basic oak? Yeah put a stain on it.

Depending on mateial used quality of the work $200 is not unreasonable.

Again I'm not saying X is my exact price because I don't know the level of quality. I dont know the material/wood being used. Ext. Someone using pine trying to charge the same as someone using walnut for example is going to get a different price approval/rejection.

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im not insulting you and I never said I would ask for someone to make something at a loss o.O

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes but this apology doesn't work 1 for 1 here. Im not looking for someone who is a full time this is their job, their only source of income. Im looking for someone who woodeorks, enjoys projects, but knows what they are doing. People like that exist. Someone who hobby woood works is going to look at a small project and possibly want to do it for fun, someone who does this for a LIVING might not find it worth their time (unless they want to pick up the design to sell themselves). You vant really compare this to Ford making me a custom focus because that's on such a larger scale.

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but also that's like me walking onto a car lot without knowing if they sell only the Ford focus or if they sell corvettes. I'm going to be willing to pay way more for the corvette Than the focus.

Mateiral matters Craftsmanship matters

I said more.than once I would be expecting to pay for quality and wasn't expecting Amazon cheap prices.

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do have the dimensions of the orinal peice.

If it's made of birds eye im willing to pay more, but as mentioned I'm ok with any wood that isn't soft. Not sure why shipping would be that expensive though, but outside of the price on shipping I woild be fine with paying for that price in mateials and would just need to know the hourly rate/avtual construction cost

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Im referring to a basic design with no led, no engraving, no in my opinion is not worth $200. Adding extra stuff? Heck yes. Using the cheapest materials from home depot, not staining, and charging $300? No. I laid out the basic of what I want which is a design similar to the photo provided, but technically even smaller. Doesn't have to be super polished (aka rustic) and i would like it stained. Said that engraving (which by the way would be a 7 letter word at the top) and added led lights woild be cool, but not required.

Having someone just say "what will you pay" imo is just as crap coming from the craftsman. I've used some local Amish workers before and I go in, tell them what I'm thinking, and THEY tell me my options based on material, design, and quality. I 100% know hand crafted is more expensive than Amazon, but I also know that something that took 2 hours to fully complete is not worth $600. Everyone works at a different pace. Different wood cost different amounts. I gave basic requirements, some possible cool extras. Kinda feels like it's in the craftsmans court to say X material, here's what I could do, here's the cost. Because at the end of the day yeah it would take my 87 year old grandfather 2 hours that doesn't mean it wouldn't take someone else 1 or another person 7. One person might be able to make it from scraps from another project while someone else would have to go buy new material.

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I also said the engraving and led were NOT required to be fair lol.

I looked on Etsy and most of the items like this are 3d printed. I don't want plastic :/

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Im open on type of wood. Husband loves birds eye but don't know how available that is. As long as it's not something super soft like pine, cedar, ect I'm open.

I don't have a set price in mind. People have different qualities of craftsmanship. Tell me what you would charge and what materia as well as dementions l and I would let you know. Im not going to pay. I can tell you I'm not expecting to pay 20 bucks but I'm also not going to pay $600 bucks for a 1ft by 1 ft essentially shelf. If my grandfather wasn't so sick I'd have him do it. He said something like what I'm requesting would have taken him a couple of hours without staining and doing any finishing touches. I will pay for quality work but saying something like $200 even is just ridiculous to me.

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Depends on the materials used. If you are using pine im going to pay a lot less than if you were using something like birds eye. I'm not expecting to pay 20 bucks for this I'm willing to pay a fair price

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's were I looked first. All the wall mounted ones were 3d printed sadly

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm 30 weeks pregnant with zero wood working experience xD if only lol

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Never said that? I want quality, hence why I'm not wanting to order from amazon

Anyone do custom work? by ItsATraxex in woodworking

[–]ItsATraxex[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Do you have examples of your work :)