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Old February 10th 04, 04:00 PM
rainbow
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Aside from beads, I have a different home based business, that is a
family entertainment company. I perform as a balloon artist, comedy
entertainer, clown and magician. I sing the same lament on that one as
well. All too often, a creative endeavor is sold for less than it's
worth. On the opposite side is that people really want the most for
their money and might not be really willing to pay for what you are ...
catch 22, huh ? People try to bargain. Really bad entertainers shine a
sorry light on that business and people who cheapen the percieved value
of beads and beadwork do as well. My work is fairly high quality, but
you shoud see those folks who try to wear me down on the prices. And the
seller who doesn't adjust their prices does us all a disservice. Having
recently sold much of my precious work at greatly rduced prices, I know
how it feels to get less than it's worth. The buyer delighted to get my
stuff for way less. ( Not you Margie ... you're an honorable person, and
a nice lady ! ). Of the two buyers, one of them will not even answer any
emails. I don't even know if she lke what she bought. To her it was
cheap stuff to stock her store with. The artistic value of it doesn't
matter at all.
About the most you can ever do is to remain strong and educate people.
Hope that your buyers know your work and love it and buy it necause they
realize value. Casual craftspeople and people who sell cheap, are mostly
doomed, anyway. They can't really make that much money and soon will
work themselves out of business, and their craft becomes a hobby they
don't make money with.
Rainbow

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