[Jewelry making - Article 00108] - Re: [Orchid] Customer Discounts

[David Owen]

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    I think there are so many variables here it's hard to give one
    proper awnser. How much are they spending, Are they a repeat
    customer, is what they are buying something you've had a while and
    are tired of looking at? About once a year I get the studmuffin
    boyfriend or husband who is going to prove his manliness by offering
    me cash if I give them some absurd discount. Funny they are always
    the same type. Also snooty older women, usually draped in gold who
    have the same requests though they never offer cash.I actually had a
    woman come to me at a Florida show give me her daughters business
    card and tell me her daughter owned a 50,000 square foot furniture
    show room in New York City and therefor she was intitled to buy
    anything she wanted at the show at half price. When that didn't work
    she started telling me that it wasn't that great a piece and that I
    might as well sell it to her at half price because no one else would
    ever want it. To those its a firm no. If its someone who really likes
    a piece but just can't seem to quite afford it sometimes I will offer
    a discount just because I think the piece will go to a good home. 

Dave Owen
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