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a pricing method to stop your mind

updated tue 3 dec 02

 

Jonathan Kirkendall on mon 2 dec 02


Hey all!

I did a little sale this weekend to raise money for our local buddhist
meditation center. Wasn't planning on making much but actually did quite
well.

Anyway, there was another potter there, a mother of a member of the center.
At one point she came over and asked about pricing. I told her how I
priced...then she said:

"I just started throwing everything with the same amount of clay - four
pounds. I throw four pound mugs, large four pound bowls and small four
pound bowls. Then I price them all the same! When customers ask why the
big bowl and the small mug are the same, I just say 'I used the same amount
of clay!' "

Hee hee! I was a bit dumbfounded!!!!

Jonathan Kirkendall
Director of Social Services
Miriam's Kitchen
2401 Virginia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 452-1097
(202) 835-8376 fax
www.miriamskitchen.org

Gail Dapogny on mon 2 dec 02


Well if they buy very many of her "small four pound mugs" and "small four
pound bowls", they're going to have to bring along a solid many-pound
wheelbarrel!
How did you keep from snickering, much less laughing out loud?
---Gail Dapogny

>Anyway, there was another potter there, a mother of a member of the center.
>At one point she came over and asked about pricing. I told her how I
>priced...then she said:
>
>"I just started throwing everything with the same amount of clay - four
>pounds. I throw four pound mugs, large four pound bowls and small four
>pound bowls. Then I price them all the same!
>Hee hee! I was a bit dumbfounded!!!!
>
>Jonathan Kirkendall