ArtMetal

I am getting ready to entertain some commissions for gates and hinges, but I am clueless as how to price them. In part, I am still new enough at this that my techniques are not as efficient as they need to be, and if I price things according to an hourly rate, I would need to charge the equivalent of the GNP for a small nation just to break even. Although there has been a bit of discussion on this site about how to price things, no one ever mentions what they charged for a particular piece. Does asking what someone got for a particular piece they have posted exceed the bounds of ethics and etiquette on this site?
Rob