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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: gap15102 on November 03, 2018, 08:05:20 pm
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After not selling any beer totes for $35, I made a stack of eight and priced them in bold print at $35.00. Sold six. Having a stack of them created interest and sales. If something doesn't sell, make more an/or raise the price!
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Was just thinking about my show yesterday, which was a great success!
I engaged a customer and spoke about a customer that came to my booth a few years ago. The prior customer was very plain in his dress and kept to herself. I was very polite and showed her a few things in my booth. I then stepped away and let her shop. She looked at one of my higher end crafts $40.00 She thanked me and left. I thanked her for stopping. An hour later she appeared and purchased the $40.00 item. She looked like she didn't have the money to even buy it. If I would have ignored her, I would have been rude as well as missed the sale. Moral: Never prejudge anyone. It is just wrong in many ways.
I conveyed this story to a customer yesterday. My friend was at the show and new the customer. The customer owned a very large well known company. Second Moral: Same as the first.
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Do unto others........... Always works.
Curious, what was the type of wood and finish on the beer tote in your picture? That should have been an eye catcher!
Regards >> GLC from Cypress, Texas
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Spalted maple. Yes, it got noticed!
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I worked in sales for almost 30 years, always high end, like automobiles, motorhomes, etc. I learned early on never to judge a customer by their dress. In 1984 we had one gentleman come in that was wearing old stained & torn bluejeans, a denim shirt that had seen better days, scruffy boots, and an old army hat. Everyone else ignored him, I started talking to him just passing the time of day. He finally said "I want to buy that truck". That truck was the most expensive on the lot - in those days it was $15,000 or so now it would be in the range of $60,000 or more. Turned out this fella was a fisherman who just got into town and had $20,000 cash to buy a vehicle in an old paperbag he was carrying. Yes, he bought the vehicle, and everyone in the store learned a valuable lesson.