I'm happy to have people come to the door. In this village everyone seems to provide some sort of service such as fencing, baling, tree felling etc. My niche is providing honey & eggs and sorting out wasps and swarms. I deliberately ration what I sell at farmer's markets etc so that I don't run out of honey for the locals.
Steve
Last edited by Rosie; 24-09-2012 at 08:47 PM. Reason: spelling - why do I alway spot them after posting and not before??
I don't sell from the door. Honey that I don't give away is sold by word of mouth at work. First sales at least always seem to involve a discussion about bees, beekeeping, oil seed rape, weather, stings, candles, pests and diseases, wasps, CCD, neonics (ok, barely ever neonics), wheelbarrows and allotments. No one has ever asked for a discount other than for many jars at once. All this takes time, so I fully appreciate the point Jon makes.
Local beekeepers appear to have a better appreciation of the time and trouble queen rearing takes.
We've never had anyone ask for a discount; all seem happy to pay our asking price. Mind you, it's lovely honey! Halfway through what will be a two-day extraction. Been a pretty good year.
Just say no?
Some people wont take no for an answer.
There are people here meaner than any Scots are reputed to be and the lure of saving £1.49 is a powerful drug.
You can see I have no future at all in sales and marketing!
I've witnessed my fair share of n irelanders (in and out of their natural environment), and those from Belfast specifically. Lovely people!! Once you've sold to northern English folk, you get a high 1st diploma in Sales!
By natural environment you must mean the bar!
Many bars in Belfast and around the world!
Many bars in Belfast and around the world!
Bookmarks