bisousbisou wrote:

Clevlandgal the purpose of the closed board isn't really about the listing for advertising purposes, but the fact that only Studio owners can read your posts, thereby making such confidential subjects as costume mark ups for their eyes only.

As I said, I'm not going to pay $50 to have a "private" conversation. Besides, I'm not sure that anyone couldn't pay the $50 and come up with what they are asking for as proof but that is just my opinion.

bisousbisou wrote:

Quite honestly I think previous posters have divulged a bit too much confidential information already, and have been pretty judgemental in the process.
I would be happy to discuss the subject further on a closed board.

Really? I don't think anyone has been judgmental. I think everyone has just given me their thoughts without judgment. I personally think if there are going to be markups that there is no need to hide or advertise this to parents. If they ask and I did I would say that I do so as to cover my time and overhead. I think that hiding it would just cause ill-will if they did find out. I read on another message board that a photocopied price list was being passed around their studio amongst the moms. Thankfully, I've never seen that happen or heard of it first hand but there's always the friend or family member that may or may not have access to these prices and I would prefer to be above board. That isn't to say that I would tell the parents the prices or the percentage of markup but that I wouldn't hide that a markup existed if it did.