Frodo Report post Posted March 13, 2022 That is the question i was asked 2 days ago at a Spring fling Fair So i gave the guy a price. he quickly told me that was to high and countered with a REALLY LOW price of $20.00 Instead of being insulted and going on a rant with this guy. I grinned and said YES SIR, i reached in a tote and pulled out a dyed belt blank. No holes no buckle and handed it to him. He looked at me and asked ''what is this?" I said it is a $20.00 dollar belt. Then I added, if you want me to cut it to length and add a buckle/snaps and holes that will be extra. he put the belt down on the table and walked off. I got a huge laugh out of the exchange. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeRock Report post Posted March 13, 2022 Oh dang.... that is PERFECT!! My wife put herself through college in the seventies doing belts and purses. She just read this and grinned! Nothing has changed but the prices. God bless, Mike and Valerie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted March 13, 2022 27 minutes ago, Frodo said: That is the question i was asked 2 days ago at a Spring fling Fair So i gave the guy a price. he quickly told me that was to high and countered with a REALLY LOW price of $20.00 Instead of being insulted and going on a rant with this guy. I grinned and said YES SIR, i reached in a tote and pulled out a dyed belt blank. No holes no buckle and handed it to him. He looked at me and asked ''what is this?" I said it is a $20.00 dollar belt. Then I added, if you want me to cut it to length and add a buckle/snaps and holes that will be extra. he put the belt down on the table and walked off. I got a huge laugh out of the exchange. I'll use that one of these days lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted March 13, 2022 Not throwing any doubts about Frodo doing this, but many others have done the same and its become a common joke Not too long ago I told my #1 son the story about Benjamin Franklin. He was a book publisher as well as a kite flyer. The story goes; a customer asks Franklin's assistant how much for a certain book - $1. Thats too dear, get Benjamin out. BF comes out from his printing. How much for this book? $1.25. But your assistant said $1. Yes, and now Its $1.50. A moment ago you said $1.25 and now you want $1.50! No, now I want $1.75, the longer you keep me here away from my work you'll pay for my time. The man ended up paying $2 for that book My #1 applies that principle to his time-wasting customers since hearing that story, but he adds on £20 to £100 depending on how busy he is Sorry for the deviation but I just had to share that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frodo Report post Posted March 13, 2022 Just now, fredk said: Not throwing any doubts about Frodo doing this, but many others have done the same and its become a common joke Not too long ago I told my #1 son the story about Benjamin Franklin. He was a book publisher as well as a kite flyer. The story goes; a customer asks Franklin's assistant how much for a certain book - $1. Thats too dear, get Benjamin out. BF comes out from his printing. How much for this book? $1.25. But your assistant said $1. Yes, and now Its $1.50. A moment ago you said $1.25 and now you want $1.50! No, now I want $1.75, the longer you keep me here away from my work you'll pay for my time. The man ended up paying $2 for that book My #1 applies that principle to his time-wasting customers since hearing that story, but he adds on £20 to £100 depending on how busy he is Sorry for the deviation but I just had to share that I like that. and YES the exchange actually did happen People think we are selling cheap wally world crap. and we have to think of intelligent non ranting ways to get our point across. UNknown to me a couple heard that exchange and he bought a belt while making a joke of not asking the price Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handstitched Report post Posted March 15, 2022 I have this sign on my stall: "We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.” HS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert03241 Report post Posted June 18, 2022 I paid a guy $100 for a belt he was going to give me for freeLong story Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cassy0110 Report post Posted July 15, 2022 Could you tell me a location? or maybe some adress or name of this person? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PastorBob Report post Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Cassy0110 said: Could you tell me a location? or maybe some adress or name of this person? which person? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites