[Jewelry making - Article 00631] - Re: [Orchid] Should prices be visible?

[Beth Wicker]

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>     Any thoughts on displaying prices, at say Tucson Show, ....

    I am still relatively new to the jewelry business, so my response
    comes from that standpoint. Selling and buying at a wholesale show
    is, to me, quite different from selling/buying in other venues.

    When I go to wholesale shows I prefer that prices be "available" -
    either visible or if the stone is in its own little plastic box,
    where I can turn over the box and see the price. I am still not great
    at matching potential price to stone. I'm not too shy to ask, but
    quite often there will be one person manning the booth and several
    browsing/buying. If I can access the prices myself, then I can
    either decide to stay and buy, or to move on if they are out of the
    range I feel I can make a profit on with my customer base. I have a
    limited amount of time to "do" the show, and unless it is something
    really special that no one else has, I won't wait if the vendor is
    busy. Someone else down the row will have an equivalent item with a
    price I can access.

    Some vendors have price signs up, indicating that items in a certain
    area or of a certain type are a certain price or price range, and
    indicating if there are discounts for volume (the volume is more
    common in strings of beads or pearls). Again, this lets me decide if
    it is worth my time to stay or not.

    When the vendor has unusual items that no one else has, I will stay
    and wait if I think the price is possibly in my range. Then if it is
    way out of my range I wind up disappointed that I wasted my time and
    the vendor's time over something I won't be buying. 

Good luck with your shows!
Beth in SC
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