Hypothetical ? for Lampwork/PolyClay/Finished Jewelry Artists

I seem to be the only one puzzled by your question, Everyone else is saying
to just sell it all.

I can't work fast and would have trouble replacing things, so it would be a
problem for me, too. I think what I'd do is ask to mark them as sold, but
send the work one third each week. Of course I now am asking myself why
bother if it's all marked sold anyway. I think maybe it's because I work
better when surrounded by other work. That multiplying bunnies factor, or
something.

Tina


"~Candace~" wrote in message
om...
Let's say you have a website. On this website, you have a gallery of
availible works. Somewhere between 15 and 35 completed sets of beads or
jewelry items.

One day, you open your e-mail to find a message from an RCBer you know.
They've just won the lottery, and are making good on their promise to
snatch
up every bit of beady goodness that they've admired over the years, and
YOUR
work is high on that list. They want your work--every single one in your
gallery, at the cost you propose. (No discount for buying en masse is
requested)
After you ascertain that this is no joke (perhaps you see it on the
news--the story of them winning the big one) and you get over the shock,
what do you do?
If you sell everything in your gallery, you get a mighty large chunk of
change all at once, but then you have nothing up for sale. It will take
you
a long time to build up that amount of availible sets again.
Or, do you offer half of your items, so you will still have things
availible
to other potential buyers, but this particular RCBer gets in on it in a
big
way, too.
Or, do you politely refuse, saying that you don't think it would be a
good
idea (for whatever reason--perhaps you were hoping to have your work
spread
out among many for more exposure?) and you can offer one or two sets.

Just a hypothetical question that's been floating around in my head. I'd
love to see what everyone's repsonse is.

--
~Candace~

Orphan Beads ~low cost and bartering for the financially challenged
beader~
http://snipurl.com/6s4t

Sell it all. Remember that scarcity will drive up the price on the next
batch!!

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized
LC in Sunny So Cal
Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

I don't even have to think about this one...I sell them the entire lot and
put up a pretty graphic saying "Check back soon for more Inventory".

If your stuff is up for sale, I'm wondering -- how can you reasonably propose
to not sell it to someone?

"Oh, yes, it's for sale. But you can't have it." --???

If it's for sale, ethically you have to exchange it for money, since that's how
*you* have set it up. "Oh no, my shelves will be empty" is not a good reason
to renege on your assumed agreement with customers that the merchandise is
available.
~~
Sooz

Exactly, Sarjane.

Here's my answer:
if items are for sale at a price and the price is met, then its not honorable
to refuse to sell for ANY reason, and certainly not because the money comes
from just one purse. (That would be seen as a very PERSONAL affront by many
people in the potential buyer's position---what, you'd sell it to a stranger
but not to me???)


~~
Sooz

Why in the world
would you care if one person or a mob bought your stock? It is for sale
isn't it?

Yeah, Armand, this is what I was thinking too. OMTP.
~~
Sooz

I think what I'd do is ask to mark them as sold, but
send the work one third each week.

This is quite unfair to the buyer, who gave you the money already.
~~
Sooz

Heck yeah I'd sell it all! It would make them feel good, it would give
me a chunk 'o change, and I could make more. I would be so excited to
think that someone loved my work enough to buy everything, and I could
pay bills, and for the people who missed out, I would have ALL fresh new
stuff the following week... sounds like a win/win!

Clearing out the old to make room for the new has an important
psychological effect on many artists. When I feel "stuck" I will often
clear out everything I've made; either give it away or put in on eBay
for a penny, just to "unblock" myself.

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


~Candace~ wrote:
Let's say you have a website. On this website, you have a gallery of
availible works. Somewhere between 15 and 35 completed sets of beads or
jewelry items.

One day, you open your e-mail to find a message from an RCBer you know.
They've just won the lottery, and are making good on their promise to snatch
up every bit of beady goodness that they've admired over the years, and YOUR
work is high on that list. They want your work--every single one in your
gallery, at the cost you propose. (No discount for buying en masse is
requested)
After you ascertain that this is no joke (perhaps you see it on the
news--the story of them winning the big one) and you get over the shock,
what do you do?
If you sell everything in your gallery, you get a mighty large chunk of
change all at once, but then you have nothing up for sale. It will take you
a long time to build up that amount of availible sets again.
Or, do you offer half of your items, so you will still have things availible
to other potential buyers, but this particular RCBer gets in on it in a big
way, too.
Or, do you politely refuse, saying that you don't think it would be a good
idea (for whatever reason--perhaps you were hoping to have your work spread
out among many for more exposure?) and you can offer one or two sets.

Just a hypothetical question that's been floating around in my head. I'd
love to see what everyone's repsonse is.

Have you never been in a store where they had the policy "We retain the
right to refuse sales for any reason."

I'm not saying I agree with that policy, but I have seen it, so I figured
I'd better include it in my question.

"Dr. Sooz" wrote in message
...
If your stuff is up for sale, I'm wondering -- how can you reasonably
propose
to not sell it to someone?

"Oh, yes, it's for sale. But you can't have it." --???

If it's for sale, ethically you have to exchange it for money, since
that's how
*you* have set it up. "Oh no, my shelves will be empty" is not a good
reason
to renege on your assumed agreement with customers that the merchandise is
available.
~~
Sooz

To paraphrase an old commercial
"Buy all you want. We'll make more."
After all you want to sell it, right? And what is the good in not shipping
it and just "holding" it for a while?
Just my $0.02.

--
There are no mistakes, only unexplored techniques