Post by davejs on Aug 14, 2009 12:08:53 GMT -5
Almost always I give fellow vendors discounts. No problem with that. Someplace between 10-20 percent.
Most of the time I give automatic discounts to our senior citizens. If they look like they are over 60, I will mention that I am giving them a 'Senior Citizen' discount. I am not a good age guesser sometimes and if I see that they are around that age, I do not want to possibly offend them by mentioning the 'senior' part, so I will quote them my 'regular price' but then add 'but I'll give it to you for xxx dollars' (about 20 percent less). Or I'll just make up something like a 'cloudy day discount' or whatever to make them laugh and they get it cheaper than my usual price.
When I get a return customer from year's past, I usually knock off 10 percent for them for coming back to me.
Do you make trades with fellow vendors? Quite often when another vendor suggests a trade, I'll go along with it. In Madras, we traded some clothing for a pizza (not very tasty, though). I seldom initiate trades though but I am all ears when people approach me. My wife will do that sometimes.
Most of the time I give automatic discounts to our senior citizens. If they look like they are over 60, I will mention that I am giving them a 'Senior Citizen' discount. I am not a good age guesser sometimes and if I see that they are around that age, I do not want to possibly offend them by mentioning the 'senior' part, so I will quote them my 'regular price' but then add 'but I'll give it to you for xxx dollars' (about 20 percent less). Or I'll just make up something like a 'cloudy day discount' or whatever to make them laugh and they get it cheaper than my usual price.
When I get a return customer from year's past, I usually knock off 10 percent for them for coming back to me.
Do you make trades with fellow vendors? Quite often when another vendor suggests a trade, I'll go along with it. In Madras, we traded some clothing for a pizza (not very tasty, though). I seldom initiate trades though but I am all ears when people approach me. My wife will do that sometimes.
