Thanks Tina! I've worked hard to get my math right and price my beads
reasonably. I'm earning what I need, never losing money, AND taking into
account all of my costs in the process. More is always great, of course, but
I'm very content with my steady sales.

KarenK

"Christina Peterson" wrote in message
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Karen, your BINs are very reasonably priced. I can't imagine your
wholesale
being anything but a good deal. As for 30% off $300, that's a good deal
too.

Tina


"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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