[Jewelry making - Article 01706] - Re: [Orchid] Comments from adults at shows

[suehillard]

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    I've been laid up due to surgery for a while & not on the computer -
    so, reading all the comments received about "our" work has kept me
    entertained! While at a juried show, with handmade work only, etc.,
    one woman grabbed a necklace of mine, and hurried away, waving it in
    the air, yelling for her friend, Judy/Julie! Luckily, my husband was
    there to watch my booth and I was able to catch up to her and
    retrieve my necklace - she just wanted her friend to see it so she
    could copy it "with much prettier stones and not such expensive
    ones". 

    At the same show another woman seemed very interested in a lot of
    pieces and asked if I had made everything in the booth, to which I
    replied, "Yes, I spend a lot of time at my bench. Is there any one
    piece I could show you or tell you about?". Her reply was words to
    the effect that there were far too many pieces there and too many
    different kinds - eclectic, Victorian, sterling, 14k & PMC - that
    there was no way one person could have done all of it & where did I
    buy it? After trying to assure her that I have a lot of interests
    and having taken many classes that, yes, I did do all of it and had
    an album of pictures of my studio, set-ups, etc.. After giving me the
    "evil eye", she walked away. Less than 1/2 hour later, she & her
    daughter walked by with the daughter saying, "MOM, is this all the
    jewelry you were talking about? Why don't you buy those pieces you
    liked?" To which she replied,"I would if for a minute I thought she
    made them. I'll just find out what catalogues she got them from."
    There were about 6 other potential customers around my booth who
    heard her comments and looked at me as though wanting answers. My
    husband opened my portfolio and studio album. laid them open and told
    them if there were any questions the pictures didn't answer, to
    please ask. Two walked away while 4 made very nice purchases. So, the
    woman's negative comments, handles as pleasantly as possible, made
    quite a few sales for me! "A soft answer turneth away wrath". 

Sue  AT  Arkhaikos/Herb-n-Antiques
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