Read an azulejo tile painter's price list as a first-time buyer

You are reading one tile studio's price list through the eyes of someone who has never bought a hand-painted tile. The job is to find what the list leaves unanswered and show a version that answers it without changing a single price.

• Whose price list will you use, and do you have the painter's permission to photograph it, or is it already public?
• What does a buyer want to know before ordering: size, how custom the design can be, how long it takes, how it reaches home?
• Which words on the list would confuse a tourist or a new homeowner?
• Does the list tell the buyer what is included and what costs extra, such as framing, fixing or shipping?

One page with the original list, a short table of buyer questions marked answered or not answered, and a clearer version that keeps every original price and adds only the missing information the painter confirms.

Inventing prices for missing items, or suggesting the painter should charge more or less. This project is about clarity, so pricing advice stays out unless the painter asks for it.

• A clear photo or typed copy of one azulejo studio's price list, shared with permission
• Your list of questions a first-time buyer would ask, written before you look closely at the list
• Answers from the painter or the studio to the questions the list does not cover, if they agree to answer

AI must not fill gaps with guessed lead times, delivery charges or sizes. If the painter has not told you, the clearer list says 'ask the studio' rather than a made-up answer.

1. 3.1 List the buyer's questions firstCLAUDE CHAT

   Why this tool: Claude can help you think like a buyer before the list colours your view.

   Ask for the questions a first-time buyer of a hand-painted tile would have, then cut the list to the eight that matter most for this studio.

   Prompt to copy · fill in the [brackets]Copy

   I am reviewing the price list of a small hand-painted azulejo tile studio in [town or area]. The buyers are mostly [tourists, homeowners or both]. List the questions a first-time buyer would want answered before ordering a name plate or a small panel. Group them under size, design, time, delivery and payment. Do not suggest any prices.

2. 3.2 Check the list against the questionsCLAUDE CHAT

   Why this tool: A second reader spots jargon and gaps you have stopped noticing.

   Paste the typed list with your eight questions and ask which are answered, partly answered or not answered. Check each verdict against the list yourself.

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   Here is a tile studio's price list: [paste the list]. Here are the buyer questions I care about: [paste your questions]. For each question say answered, partly answered or not answered, and quote the line of the list that answers it. Then list any words a tourist would not understand. Do not add information that is not on the list.

3. 3.3 Draft the clearer versionCLAUDE CHAT

   Why this tool: Claude can reorder and relabel quickly so you can compare layouts.

   Ask for two reorganised versions that keep every price and wording of the items, then choose one and edit it by hand. Mark any line that needs the painter's confirmation.

4. 3.4 Lay out the review pageCANVA

   Why this tool: Placing the old and new lists side by side makes the change obvious.

   Put the original on the left, the clearer version on the right, and the question table underneath.

• Every price on your clearer version matches the original exactly
• Each 'not answered' verdict is true when you reread the original list
• Any added detail (lead time, delivery, extras) came from the painter, not from AI
• A friend who has never bought a tile can say what a name plate costs and how long it takes
• Open every source the AI cites and confirm it says what the AI claims
• Mark each sentence as a source fact or your own conclusion

AI tends to add helpful-sounding details such as 'ready in a week' or 'free delivery in Goa' to make the list feel complete. Those are promises the painter never made.

• Original price list, with permission noted
• Buyer question table with verdicts
• Clearer version with every price unchanged
• A short note of what the painter confirmed

Side-by-side page: original and clearer list, with three arrows pointing at the most useful changes.

Show the question table and explain the one gap that would most likely lose a sale.