fvf gotta love em

[davidc4430]

sold my first item since losing the $1 fvf offer today

1 item $55 + post to usa $29.50

fvf charged $9.20

highway robbery

[brerrabbit585]

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@onekiwi0 wrote:

I hear you OP - BUT at least you got a sale!

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yup, 1 sale in a month, last sale was 20th of july.

raise my prices?

that'll help.

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Was your last sale next Saturday or in 2018?  

It's a well known fact that a lot of people question a low price and assume there must be something wrong with it, but a high price and they suddenly want it.  That's what a lot of items sell after the seller raises the price.  It's always been the same - I remember someone telling me at a trash & treasure market back in 1977 that they'd had something on the table for months without any interest but when they put the price up it sold the next week.  I've heard this many, many times.

[*tippy*toes*]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

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@onekiwi0 wrote:

I hear you OP - BUT at least you got a sale!

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yup, 1 sale in a month, last sale was 20th of july.

raise my prices?

that'll help.

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Was your last sale next Saturday or in 2018?  

It's a well known fact that a lot of people question a low price and assume there must be something wrong with it, but a high price and they suddenly want it.  That's what a lot of items sell after the seller raises the price.  It's always been the same - I remember someone telling me at a trash & treasure market back in 1977 that they'd had something on the table for months without any interest but when they put the price up it sold the next week.  I've heard this many, many times.

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It's true and it works. Every now and then if my sales are slow, I'll up the prices. Suddenly stuff starts selling. I sometimes wonder if the buyer thinks, shyte, the price got put up, I better buy it before she puts it up again.

[brerrabbit585]

I heard a joke last year that was about a woman not wanting something because it wasn't dear enough but when the assistant took it out the back and then came back with the same item and put double the price on it she was happy to buy it.  Unfortunately I can't remember the exact words now.  

I told it to a friend and she said her mother told her that back in the war years the hairdresser had several bottles of shampoo on display at different prices, but she confided in my friend's mother that every bottle contained the same shampoo and the dearer price was just for the snobs who liked to think they were superior to everyone else.  In those days they didn't have the vast array of shampoos that we do now.

People who make craft items often don't sell much until they put their prices up by quite a lot.  If you devalue your own work you can't expect others to value it either.  

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My sister used to be an industrial chemist in a cosmetics factory (she did quality control or something). I asked her about different moisturisers and she said she'd ask her boss (I asked within a few weeks of her starting the job, so she didn't have the knowledge at that point). He said go to the Reject Shop, or similar 2 dollar shops, and buy the cheapest moisturiser. If that doesn't suit, buy the next one up. Chances are, that one would suit. The reason being, any leftover batches got badged up into the $2 shop brands.

There was a shampoo they made, that was a high end brand. My sister later informed me of the cheap brand that was identical. It was leftovers that got badged up as a cheap brand. So instead of paying $20+ a bottle, you could get exactly the same thing for under $5 from Coles......in a bigger bottle! Even if you told the "high class snobs", they would still pay for the expensive brand.

I agree with the craftsmen comment (that includes women.....I'm not politically correct). If you undervalue your work, so will everyone else. They will think it rubbish if it's too cheap

[brerrabbit585]

I remembered the joke last night. It was just the last words I couldn't remember yesterday and they're crucial.

The general manager of a store was trying to impress on his staff that the way they treated customers had to be based on biblical principles. One day he watched as one of the staff served a woman who came in looking for dress fabric. The shop assistant asked what sort of thing she was after and then went out the back and came back with a roll. The woman asked how much it was and was told $10 a metre. She said it wasn't exactly what she wanted but it was close. The assistant took it away and a few minutes later he brought back the same roll and told her it was $20 a metre. "Ah yes, I think this one's just right." After she'd left the store manager came over and asked the assistant what scripture he'd apply to his behaviour. "She was a stranger and I took her in", he replied. 🙂 🙂 🙂