Am I missing something? This is more expensive than my 1912 shave soap, do the maths Billy.
60g puck plus postage = £8.88 divide by 60 = 14p per gram
140g container plus postage = £18.49 divide by 140 = 13p per gram
But! I hear you say...
Buy a couple of pucks of Haslinger and receive a discount.
Type tsr-10 at the Wickhams website and get the TSR forum discount of 10%
I'm still cheaper, and it seems you get a free container as well Billy.
Go to my website look at the available scents for the 1912 shave soap and send me a PM of which one grabs your fancy, send me your address and I will send it to you FREE on the basis you put it head to head with Haslinger. No need to post back your thoughts. As a soap maker who takes what he does seriously and with the amount of competition out there I benchmarked 1912 against all the top soaps including this one before I was satisfied I had a product to sell. Why would anyone in their right mind, Artisan or not put a substandard product on the market place at a more expensive price than the market leaders? To me this does not make sense.
This was the reason I discontinued Super Smooth, it was no longer IMO a market leader that commanded a price I could charge over breaking even. Yes I could of kept selling it but eventually the decline in Super Smooth customers would of been the indicator of this fact. Why try to fool your customers and more importantly why try to fool myself, again it don't make sense to me.
It's not just shaving soap you can argue about price Vs quality and how they don't seem to add up with different companies. This is not specifically an Artisan Vs Mass produced or even a small company Vs big company debate, it's much more global and complex than this, it's seen in all sectors between all sizes of business. It's not just size that matters, it's also location, law, politics, finance, plant, operational set up, management, goals, skills, knowledge...
An example of some companies you can argue the same with and where locations play a part.
British Airways - Virgin flight to same destination
Thompson Holiday - First Choice same holiday package
Nike - Adidas same shoe style
House on the south coast - house in London same size
Shirt made in India - same shirt made in China
Car hire with Avis - same car with whoever
...the list is endless.
Here is something that many people here don't know. Because I buy bulk from one of the major suppliers my natural ingredients fluctuate regularly in price. My prices are linked to market prices, so when there has been a bad harvest or quotas increase/decrease or exchange rates go up or down I see price adjustments. So far this year I have seen an eye watering jump in the price of Cocoa Butter. The last price adjustment was an increase of £3.60 on the Kilo or on my MOQ of 25 Kg an extra £90. What do I do? Do I keep changing my prices to maintain my profit margin or do I swallow it in the hope it will go back down along with the other rising prices of ingredients I use?
https://www.mintecglobal.com/2016/07/cocoa-butter-prices-trend-upwards-2016/
You see it's not just about how big or small you are that dictates your price or the level of the quality of your goods produced. Just because I am an Artisan, (one man making soap) don't think of me as a small business doing business with other small businesses. Open your minds and think bigger! Only small minded people think small.