Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 I think you are going backwards with your math. If you got 42 pounds and paid $1.00 per pound, that would be $42.00 and you paid half again that much, so off the top of my head, you can figure $69.00 for 42pounds is not .60 a pd. Hope this helps a little. Esther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 whoooooooaaaa! You wouldn't divide number of pounds by the price, you would divide the price by the number of pounds to get price per pound. Using our example: 42 lbs @ 69.00 It would not be 42/69 = .608 per pound It would be 69/42 = 1.64 per pound. jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 Actually you take the price $69 and divide by the amount of product 42. If it were $0.60/lb (0.60 x 42lb = $25.20) $1.64/lb x 42lb=$68.80 RE: Re: RE: MP suppliers > > I don't know how you figure it is 60 cents a pound. My calculations it is 1.64 a pound at $69.00 for 42 pounds. That is not including shipping. WholesaleSuppliesPlus, has this cheaper than that. They have it at $31.20, for 24 pounds. I think this is a good price, and I use this all of the time. I have other friends who make M & P soap and use only this supplier for all of their M & P soap. > > Deb~ > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 The way to figure a price per ounce or pound is to divide the weight by the price. You are refersed, accourding to your email. ie: $69.00 divided by 42 = $1.64. If you have a 16 oz. bottle of mustard fo $1.19, put the $1.19 in the calculator first, hit divide then enter the 16. There is nothing fancy about this math. You have just gotten confused. Hope this helps. RE: Re: RE: MP suppliers I don't know how you figure it is 60 cents a pound. My calculations it is 1.64 a pound at $69.00 for 42 pounds. That is not including shipping. WholesaleSuppliesPlus, has this cheaper than that. They have it at $31.20, for 24 pounds. I think this is a good price, and I use this all of the time. I have other friends who make M & P soap and use only this supplier for all of their M & P soap. Deb~ --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 You need to take the price and divide it by the amount. Lynn RE: Re: RE: MP suppliers I don't know how you figure it is 60 cents a pound. My calculations it is 1.64 a pound at $69.00 for 42 pounds. That is not including shipping. WholesaleSuppliesPlus, has this cheaper than that. They have it at $31.20, for 24 pounds. I think this is a good price, and I use this all of the time. I have other friends who make M & P soap and use only this supplier for all of their M & P soap. Deb~ --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 Did you check your math? Mulitpy 42 pounds by 60 cents per pound and you don't get $69.00....you get somewhere around $25 so your math is backwards. Just to be contrary I tried all sorts of ways to figure out the cost of the m & p that was mentioned. It is really easy to get a price of 60 cents a pound. Punch in 42 on your calculator, then divide it by 69.00. Your cost per pound (before shipping) comes out at 0.6086956. You get a cost of 60 (actually 61 if you round up like we were taught in the dark ages!) cents a pound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 Hi, Ok, I think it is not .60 a lb. If it was .60 per lb, you would be getting 100 lbs of m & p base for $60. Think about it, if it was $1.00 ore lb, for 42 lbs of base, that would be $42, right? So how does .60 per lb, equal to $69.00 for 42 lbs of base? If 42 lbs were .60 per lb....that would be $1.64 per lb.....just divide $69.00 by 42. Well, IMO, $69.00 is A LOT to pay for 42 lbs of m & p soap base! I'm not trying to be rude or anything, that's just my opinion. Does anyone else agree that it would be a lot cheaper than $69.00 for 42 lbs of soap base if it were actually .60 per lb? Amber --- " maggie t. " <maggiemuggins56@...> wrote: > > Just to be contrary I tried all sorts of ways to > figure out the cost of the m & p that was mentioned. > It is really easy to get a price of 60 cents a > pound. Punch in 42 on your calculator, then divide > it by 69.00. Your cost per pound (before shipping) > comes out at 0.6086956. You get a cost of 60 > (actually 61 if you round up like we were taught in > the dark ages!) cents a pound. Now, according to > Deb, ( I think I have the right name) she said the > cost was $1.64 a pound. What I want to know is, how > the heck is everyone doing their calculations?? To > my mind, you do it the way Kat and I did. You take > the amount and divide it by the price. In this case > it was 42 pounds divided by $69.00. So, 42 divided > by 69.00 equals 0.6086956. Now if we are talking > 'new math' then fine, I give up right now!! There > is no way I will ever understand that nonsense, but > to my way of thinking the basic premise I was > working under gives you the price per pound. If > someone can show me where I am going wrong, I would > greatly appreciate it, because that would mean I > have been undercharging when I have actually > accepted payment for anything I have made! > maggie > > From: " Kat " > Subject: Re: RE: MP suppliers > > Hello, > We just purchased some ultra-clear m & P base from > Essential Wholesale. Runs > $69 for 42-3 pounds. They carry translucent and > white all for the same price > which works out to be without shipping about 60 > cents a pound. They were > very helpful and we were able to order it on friday > and pick it up on tues. > Shipping i don't know about as they are near us. > Their addy is > http://www.essentialwholesale.com/ > > Hope this helps! > Blessings be, > Kat > > Message: 12 > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:26:54 -0500 > From: Okehart@... > Subject: RE: Re: RE: MP suppliers > > I don't know how you figure it is 60 cents a pound. > My calculations it is 1.64 a pound at $69.00 for 42 > pounds. That is not including shipping. > WholesaleSuppliesPlus, has this cheaper than that. > They have it at $31.20, for 24 pounds. I think this > is a good price, and I use this all of the time. I > have other friends who make M & P soap and use only > this supplier for all of their M & P soap. > > Deb~ > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 Goodness folks I really never meant to produce such a long thread. I just had a bad day and my math wasn't right that day. My apologies!! To us $69 was good for us as it comes with no shipping costs. I would be curious to see what others are paying including their shipping. Blessings be, Kat RainMeadow Scentuals rainmeadows@... http://www.geocities.com/rainmeadows/index.html May your paths always find you rainbows! RE: Re: RE: MP suppliers > > > > I don't know how you figure it is 60 cents a pound. > > My calculations it is 1.64 a pound at $69.00 for 42 > > pounds. That is not including shipping. > > WholesaleSuppliesPlus, has this cheaper than that. > > They have it at $31.20, for 24 pounds. I think this > > is a good price, and I use this all of the time. I > > have other friends who make M & P soap and use only > > this supplier for all of their M & P soap. > > > > Deb~ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 I do not use melt and pour base but that seems like a lot of your profit is going into that base. I wonder why people don't make their own lye soap and then process it to get the glycerin from it. Besides, from what I have read concerning glycerin, the purchased melt and pour is full of detergents where as the home made product is not. Either way if the soap base is made correctly there is no unneutralized lye remaining in the soap. But all soap HAS to contain sodium hydroxide to be soap unless you are purchasing national brands. Then I believe they are so full of man made chemicals that they don't need lye. You may want to try www.drugstore.com. Search an item then click on it to check it's ingredients. There is no sodium hydroxide, caustic soda or NaOH in a bar of Dial. SD Re: cost of m & p.. > Hi, > > Ok, I think it is not .60 a lb. If it was .60 per lb, > you would be getting 100 lbs of m & p base for $60. > Think about it, if it was $1.00 ore lb, for 42 lbs of > base, that would be $42, right? > > So how does .60 per lb, equal to $69.00 for 42 lbs of > base? If 42 lbs were .60 per lb....that would be $1.64 > per lb.....just divide $69.00 by 42. > > Well, IMO, $69.00 is A LOT to pay for 42 lbs of m & p > soap base! I'm not trying to be rude or anything, > that's just my opinion. > > Does anyone else agree that it would be a lot cheaper > than $69.00 for 42 lbs of soap base if it were > actually .60 per lb? > > Amber > --- " maggie t. " <maggiemuggins56@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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