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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cost+ is a completely normal way of charging for high end design.

Goods and services are not the same thing.

When you pay an hourly rate, you are paying for the designer's time and expertise.

When you pay a mark-up on materials, you are paying for the materials in the same way that you pay more for a block of cheese at Giant than Giant paid for it from their supplier.

A contractor will charge mark-ups also. 
So will retail (it'll just be lesser materials so may cost less overall, which is fine).

It's understandable that people with more modest budgets don't like this model. But crying "not fair" is...not fair. It's just maybe not a good match. For these people, try working with a contractor and picking things out yourself, or try working with a design build that charges a flat fee. Or see if you can pay a designer as a consultant for time, and take that inspiration to a contractor for them to source/purchase (at a mark-up). [/quote]

Nope. High end designers (not the pretend ones without the professional exam and licensure) do not charge cost plus. “Plus” my friend isn’t your mark up on materials. Plus is labor and design. Learn the basic terms. Less Botox more studying  [/quote]

Hi there I am an NCIDQ certified designer and we absolutely do have multiple types of charging that include markups. You may have had a different experience, and good for you, but it's not universal.

Everything you buy is marked up by the final seller: FF&E is no different. You're either buying it marked up by the designer, or the retail store, or the contractor, or the tile store.

There are many different fee structures that people use and design services + a markup on materials purchased is absolutely standard for residential work.
 
Goods and services are two completely different things.

Not sure what botox has to do with it, but I do get it, so thanks for noticing. [/quote]

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