Originally posted by Jay H:
Wallbuddies!...My reservation is this; I have hard time convincing ppl...One side of the coin tells me to make...wallbuddies standard hangers, etc. Then just make my prices what they will be...
Let me make your decision to favor WallBuddies a bit easier, Jay: Unlike most other premium framing products, their installed cost is less than a wire.
Yes, the WallBuddies themselves cost considerably more than 2 screweyes and a wire. But for nearly any hanging system, installation labor costs several times as much as the parts. In my shop, WallBuddies take about 1-1/2 minutes to install, vs. 2-1/2 minutes for a wire. That one minute difference in labor makes WallBuddies the lower-cost hanging system, installed. Try your own time study, and apply your shop labor rate to the time difference. For most of us, WallBuddies come out on top.
Even if you choose to charge more for WallBuddies, customers will probably opay for them, because they are truly a better way to hang frames.
Here's a WallBuddies convenience:
Using longnose pliers, bend out the center sawtooth-point on the left and right WallBuddies, so that when the frame is pushed against the wall, the points make little marks. That's where the hooks go, eliminating any need for measuring. Customers love that.