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[quote=Anonymous]This is typical.

They require payment in November for two reasons:
1) Timing. Most recitals across the country have their recitals between the third weekend in May and the last weekend in June. Nearly every studio in the country is ordering costumes at the exact same time.  If they order later, say January, they will not receive all their costumes in time for recital.
2) Holidays. Most people will not pay for their costumes in December or January due to holiday expenses. They just don't. Requiring payment in November and tacking on a late fee ensures they get the payments on time so they can order their costumes in time. Likely they have had costumes not show up in time for recital in the past and that is where the late fee comes from.

Decent quality child recital costumes start around $50.00 wholesale and go up from there. Each class usually requires several hours administrative work to measure, order, follow up with problems, sort and distribute.  Standard retail markup from wholesale is usually 100%. Studios typically mark up only 10-50% tops on their costumes so you are getting a bargain in terms of mark up.

A dance studio is a business (unless they are a non profit like some ballet companies) and must meet their bottom line, which includes mark ups on merchandise sales like any other business. If you do not want to purchase the product then switch to a community center or county program with either no recital or a non professional, casual type end of year show.[/quote]

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