[Jewelry making - Article 00766] - Re: [Orchid] Worst thing you've ever heard from a buyer

[M. Osedo (Studio Cute)]

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    [Compound] Worst thing you've ever heard from a buyerand Visible
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>     itself to his check in a yin-yan motion .. And just about to thank
>     him for such a good sale I looked down at the check  and it was
>     for 9.46.... My jaw dropped as I retracted my other hand with the
>     boxes still in it.. and asked "You are kidding right?"  To which he
>     said "what is the problem ?"and I explained the total sale was Nine
>     Hundred and forty-six dollars NOT $9 dollars and 46 cents!!  He
>     reached up grabbed his check which I had now extended like it was
>     the plague and ran from my tent..  Other customer observing all
>     this as 

    I guess the lesson here is to never rattle off the price using only
    the digits, especially for big sales. Instead of saying "nine
    forty-six", say "nine hundred forty-six dollars". That's like that
    urban legend about the Neiman-Marcus cookie recipe. ;D But I'm really
    glad for you that he hadn't grabbed the boxes and tried to run off or
    something, although that would have been just as bad since you'd have
    the check with his contact info on it. Unless he thought to grab back
    the check too. 

    I wonder if that's what he was thinking to do, though? I mean, I
    can't imagine someone spending forty minutes at a jewelry booth (one
    that has prices shown!) and not realize that paying $9 and some
    pocket change is a ridiculous way of misinterpreting "nine forty-six"
    for the amount of jewelry he was picking up!


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