WHOOO HOOOO
Last weekends show was a slam dunk!!!
Wednesday on the way out, the truck traveling with me lost its water pump, that delayed the trip by 3 hours. So we arrived, set up well into the night. Happy I purchased that Honda generator in the end.
Thursday was pleasant and folks were buying stuff, and coming in the tent to mosey around to look at my stuff I had on offer to sell. My sales were average for the day, as I was watching the storm that was moving in I was worried about Fridays weather.
Friday, it rained, down poured almost all day. Out of 400 vendors, I was about 1 of 25 vendors that stayed open. Folks were there to buy stuff, regardless of the weather. I had a above average day in sales. I thought, or my thinking was, these folks are farmers so whats a little rain?
Saturday started rough, cleared up and folks were were buying stuff. Lots of nice folks to talk with as I was bagging up their new products they just bought from me. It was non-stop bagging and restocking items all morning. DW arrived just in time to help me as did the kids. I was so busy checking folks out, I couldn't restock quick enough. My sales were triple above a average day, I started to run out of some stock.
Sunday was wonderful, and sales were again through the roof even though I was running out of stock of stuff to sell. The cost of my items were $8-$25 dollars with a average sale of $15.00. I sold 11 fire pit rings at a cost of $100 each, so they moved slower than I thought they would. Another store owner that owns a camp ground purchased 20 round signs in one transaction, I cut the cost by $5 each to sweeten' the deal. Than there was Mr Jerk.....
I know that from time to time some folks are just looking for a deal, even if its a dollar. They will purchase the item only if they can have a discount. Some folks (rare) will keep hammering away at you for a lower price. As a professional I tend to deal with these folks pretty well. Sometimes I say my workers won't work for a less wage or my kids need close. Sometimes I will mention that I have bills that need to be paid as well.
But then theres that one customer that will hammer away at the price, start finding flaws with a product, and start preaching to you about what there willing to spend. IE; Mr Jerk
I was approached by a guy who wanted a fire pit ring, he started to hammer at the price, so I took $25 off and explained that was my lowest price I was willing to take. He said that my product wasn't good enough for his needs and demanded a lower price. I thanked him for interest in my products, but I wasn't willing to lower the price to suit his budget. This was at 0900 hrs. So at 1400 hrs Mr Jerk shows up again with the same routine, this time he was stating how it hadn't sold and how his offer was a good one. I told him that I would take it home with me rather than make a loss. He got nasty/rude and started to down talk the quality of my products, I had other customers in my tent. I told him that was my price and if he wanted it he would have to pay for it. He stormed off, returned, this time directed a comment to my DS, I cut him off and approached his direction and told him not to address my son ( in a loud rude way ) I don't play that stupid game, adult bad mouthing a parent to their child. Another vendor (ran) over and smacked the mans hand down he was shouting at me by this time. I kept my mouth shut and let the man rant. The vendor, Augie, told the man to leave or he was going to call security. The man left, I was angry and decided to cool off real quick as not to look like a jerk myself.
An hour or so later I sold that fire pit ring for the full amount and I made a good profit from it, so there MR Jerk
:bun LOL......
On a SS note, working for yourself, selling your products can be tough to do when you have people that don't understand that your selling your goods to make a living, some folks are clueless when they purchase stuff from folks like me that are trying to make a living at it.
