They felt that my wholesale prices were too high, so they couldn't sell them
retail after their markup. I sell the same beads, with my retail markup
(double my wholesale price) with no problems at other shows. I wasn't going
to give them an accounting lesson. One less store with my beads in it isn't
the end of the world.

KarenK

"KDK" wrote in message
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Did they think your wholesale price was too high? or were they upset
because you were selling items less than they were?

Kathy K
"Karen_AZ" wrote in message
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"Christina Peterson" wrote in message
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Am I the only person who works with lampwork beads who faces this
problem?

Tina


It's interesting, my show partner and I had a run-in with some small
store
owners over the weekend. We both had our beads priced for wholesale
since
it
was primarily a wholesale show. I was willing to take a deeper discount
for
a reasonable quantity, and said so (30% off $300 purchase). These ladies
were very unhappy with this and quite vocal about it, saying we were
obviously unwilling to work with them. Well, yes, we were. I'm not
cutthroating my own income to make their store sales easier. Nobody else
complained, and I came home to 3 large orders, so obviously I'm doing
something right. I do appreciate their position, but I think they had
difficulty in even perceiving mine. I politely told them I had beads in
several stores already, sold at the same prices. If their local market
can't
handle that, there's not much I can do about it.


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KarenK
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