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Post by trkyman on Feb 24, 2008 19:09:24 GMT -5
here today's question,keep em coming yall.
Do you put 2 eyes in a fish mount or just one? And why?
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Post by jwj4856 on Feb 24, 2008 19:56:49 GMT -5
I always put 2, I always thought they came with 2 they should leave with 2, and I always paint the backside but not with as much detail as the front, unless it is a 360 degree mount
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Post by cecil on Feb 25, 2008 17:48:09 GMT -5
Two eyes. If your competitor(s) uses two and you don't how does that make you look? You should be charging enough that you don't have to skimp on eyes. If you skimp on eyes your customer may wonder what else you skimp on.
I did put only one eye in a display fish once at a bait and tackle store. I was short an eye and didn't think it would be a big deal as the fish was high enough no one could tell. I was wrong. A prospective customer asked the store owner to take it down to take a look at it. He did and the customer noticed it only had one eye. Busted! I got the customer but he made sure he told me to use two eyes!
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Post by mrs on Feb 25, 2008 19:18:28 GMT -5
I have always used 2 eyes because I felt it makes a more complete job. I suppose some customers may flatten their own heads against the wall to see if there are 2 eyes in the fish, but I never had one do it. Based solely on economics I am considering cutting back to just one eye. With eyes at $4.00-$5.00/pair and figuring at least a couple of hundred fish a year, it calculates out to a savings of several hundred dollars yearly to me. If cost were no issue I would continue to use both eyes, but this is business and cutting down on expenses means more profit.
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Post by fesekula on Feb 25, 2008 21:47:57 GMT -5
For a quality mount why would you not use both eyes?
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Post by fishhead on Feb 25, 2008 22:49:54 GMT -5
I use two eyes on all my fish. I didn't put both in on the first fish I did and was asked why I didn't put both in if it had two in it to begin with. So right then and there I started putting both in.
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Post by mrs on Feb 26, 2008 13:40:36 GMT -5
From what I've heard from a lot of colleagues, very few customers look for the second eye on the wallside. I know I have never had one ask about it (Although I have always used 2 eyes). Some of our profession's finest artists use one eye in some of their fish. To produce a high quality mount with one eye seems to be quite common. On the basis on dollars and cents, using one eye can be a very substantial savings. The more fish you do, the more you save. No one pays much attention to saving $2.50 on one pair of eyes, but it goes to another level when you talk about saving $500.00 on 200 pairs.
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Post by cecil on Feb 26, 2008 17:54:12 GMT -5
From what I've heard from a lot of colleagues, very few customers look for the second eye on the wallside. I know I have never had one ask about it (Although I have always used 2 eyes). Some of our profession's finest artists use one eye in some of their fish. To produce a high quality mount with one eye seems to be quite common. On the basis on dollars and cents, using one eye can be a very substantial savings. The more fish you do, the more you save. No one pays much attention to saving $2.50 on one pair of eyes, but it goes to another level when you talk about saving $500.00 on 200 pairs. Wouldn't it be safer to just add $2.50 to the cost of the fish to cover your costs for two eyes? Pass the cost on to your customers? If you sell fish on Ebay advertise there are no shortcuts such as only one eye in a fish.
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