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Opinions needed from shop owners and everyone
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Most people here know I hand carve laying tools and sell them. I went into
an arrangement for price when I started out selling them at an LNS here in Austin. Question. Are you selling these on consignment, or are you selling them to her outright for her to resell? If on consignment, she is violating your agreement, and if I were you I would withdraw the remaining stock and find another outlet. If, OTOH, you already sold them to her, I would simply not supply her with any more, and still find another outlet. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. |
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It really seems to me that she has breached her end of the contract (too
much Judge Mathis). There shouldn't be any reason that you can't remove your laying tools from her shop. She really seems very underhanded and that is sad. We stitchers should stick together, not try to do mean things. I feel bad for you as I know you must have put lots of work into making the tools. Is there anywhere else you can sell them? Let us know how it turns out. Seaspray |
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Yippee! A very large happy dance for you!
Seaspray |
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I was going to offer . . . but I'm glad you found a suitable outlet. If
you ever want to make some more . . . you know where I live! grin Dianne animaux wrote: It's a miracle! I suppose after I said this, an online shop owner, to be named later, ordered all my laying tools and all the magnets! I can't believe it. What luck! She sent me a paypal payment and all I have to do is send them to her. I called the shop which has my stuff now and I'm picking them all up tomorrow. Wow, I can't believe it! V On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:44:54 GMT, animaux opined: Yes, I will sell them online and through my Ebay account. I was very annoyed and when I am like that it's best to walk away and come back when I'm more restrained. V On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:25:57 -0500, "seaspray" seaside stitcher @ yahoo. com opined: It really seems to me that she has breached her end of the contract (too much Judge Mathis). There shouldn't be any reason that you can't remove your laying tools from her shop. She really seems very underhanded and that is sad. We stitchers should stick together, not try to do mean things. I feel bad for you as I know you must have put lots of work into making the tools. Is there anywhere else you can sell them? Let us know how it turns out. Seaspray |
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Victoria,
If you do put them online, please send me the link. I would love to see what they look like. Thanks I am going to remove the remaining stock one day this week. I will sell them online and at Ebay. I'm so annoyed I didn't want to get into it with her at the store, yesterday Victoria Rhea from KY, USA |
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On 1/6/04 9:57 AM,"animaux" posted:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:24:24 GMT, Cheryl Isaak opined: First, I don't feel she is being honest with you and that you should remove your stock from the shop. Did you have anything in writing? Cheryl I had in writing that she would get a specified amount for the laying tools when sold. I called the shop and she told me she sold what she had, but when I went yesterday to replenish, not only didn't she sell any, they were not displayed, still in her office. The laying tools which were displayed were being sold for two dollars more than what we originally agreed on. Are you saying here that the magnets weren't displayed, but some of the laying tools were, at a higher price than you expected? We JUST spoke about it before the holidays. I asked her to raise the price so each of us would get one more dollar per unit. She said it wasn't a good idea, so I kept it at the original price. I didn't have anything in writing then, but this is consignment. I had a receipt for the stuff I left there, but she never put it out for Christmas, which is what the theme was of the magnets. If it's consignment, then you generally have a written agreement, and the shop should be keeping a log of what is sold, for how much. Your agreement should specify either a percentage split, a minimum that you will accept, suggested retail price, etc. If your agreement is 50/50 split, with a suggested price say of $30, and she's selling them for $32 then you should insist on the $16. If you've stated the minimum you can accept is $13, then it's up to her to charge $26, or $20 and she makes less. If you're dealing with yourself as a wholesaler, and her as a retail outlet, then you sell to her, for what you're comfortable with which will allow them to retail at a realistic price - generally your wholesale is 1/2 the retail. But, in this case, the shop owner is investing in inventory, and if she wishhes to mark up a little higher then you have nothing to say about it. FWIW, in the Needlework industry - canvas designers generally don't put prices on their canvases, nor do they have SRPs - which is why if you look in a shop at some designer's catalog sheets they are usually just pix of the canvases with a title, or item number. The designers supply a separate wholesale price sheet to the shops. Most shops want to be able to price with what mark-up works for them. XS charts are a bit different as many of them, especially from big name, well-distributed designers, may have a price on them pre-printed. I have a friend/guild chapter member pal who has a business doing hand made laying tools, little wooden ORT jars, and some other woodwork accessories. It took her a while to figure out how she would best market. At first she sold to the local shops - not as consignment but just to the shops, but then she was also selling directly retail - and this was very annoying to the shops - they paid her, had to carry inventory, and then she was selling to their clientele on the street. Shops don't like if you're selling wholesale to them, and then direct merchandising as well. Finally what she ended up doing is selling at some specific needlework seminars that have expos - like the ANG National Seminar, or others. So, she only sells directly now, no longer wholesaling, but sells at a few markets a year, and I think does pretty well with it. Those are pretty much your options - either find a better shop to do consignment with, get a written and reasonable agreement, sell your stuff wholesale and just deal with letting the shops charge accordingly, or sell retail directly yourself - if you have some events that are within reason for you to attend - and you just gear up for those. Hope that helped. ellice I think I'm pulling it all out of there. It's not worth it. She lied outright to me. |
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Wonderful luck for you and hope you will let us know when and where these
items will be available -- would love to see them and purchase one from your new outlet! Lisa H |
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