Chatback#9

[Jay22]

Always wonder about these 'lifetime' guarantees...is it my lifetime or the item?

[veggiechicken]

..........it could be the lifetime of the company - before they go bust

Must remember this as I picked up a load of S&J Neverbend tools on Freecycle last week. Not bright shiny ones like Hazel's but old weather beaten ones (bit like me really).
One is an amazing 5 pronged cultivator which is on its way to becoming my favourite tool.

[KevinM67]

Got the 2 bales - there is a scarecrow competition for the kids at Sunday's show - fortunately I have plenty of allotment clothes which can be used but think I will offer my old pinstripes as they are never used nowadays

I won a scarecrow competition last year.

The category was 'Most outstanding in their field'

I'll get my coat

[Sheneval]

Daughter picked up 5 dalek bins at Azda today for £2.50 each - will try and sell them at the show on Sunday for £5 each - proceeds to the Society - wish there had been 20

[Hazel at the Hill]

Daughter picked up 5 dalek bins at Azda today for £2.50 each - will try and sell them at the show on Sunday for £5 each - proceeds to the Society - wish there had been 20

The ones that I bought from the Council were £20 each (330l), if I remember rightly - I think that you should sell your Asd@ ones for a tenner each, Shen.

[Sheneval]

The ones that I bought from the Council were £20 each (330l), if I remember rightly - I think that you should sell your Asd@ ones for a tenner each, Shen.

Hazel - I have seen them at £28 in Aldis but I would feel a bit guilty if we made too much profit - I would never be any good as a Capitalist However, I could well be outvoted at tomorrow's Committee meeting - I will abide by their decision but I will mention your suggestion - is it ok if I say 'my pal Hazel says £5 is too cheap etc...... '

[veggiechicken]

How much do your local Council sell them for, Shen?
Sell yours for a wee bit less - Bargain. And you can tell them that your old friend VC said so

[Hazel at the Hill]

Hazel - I have seen them at £28 in Aldis but I would feel a bit guilty if we made too much profit - I would never be any good as a Capitalist However, I could well be outvoted at tomorrow's Committee meeting - I will abide by their decision but I will mention your suggestion - is it ok if I say 'my pal Hazel says £5 is too cheap etc...... '

I see your basic argument, Shen (although as a filthy capitalist don't necessarily agree with it ), but it is flawed in this instance, I think.

The market cost of these bins is £28 by your own research; your customers are getting a terrific bargain at about a third of that when they buy at the proposed cost of a tenner.

Your retail price should be what the market can stand (i.e. the bargain price of a tenner each), then your mark is dependent on your canny buying. If your daughter might have seen these at £10 in Asd@, she would have still bought them as a bargain, and you would have sold them at your market price of a tenner (to break even) or - say - £14 as 'half price', and made just enough to buy some communal tea bags.

The fact that you've got them in for £2.50 each just means your making more of a turn for the society funds - and as your allotment society is a not-for-profit organisation where all proceeds are ploughed back in for the good of the society; everyone wins, and you wont have morphed into Gordon Gecko.

If you still feel badly about it, you could knock some off for over 65's, I guess.

By all means bring me into your discussions - my argument would be that you are acting well in the interests of the Society by both offering the bins at approx a third of retail price AND boosting the kitty at the same time - and you will be able to afford more than some communal tea bags for the next AGM.

[bearded bloke]

Hello there gardening types Tonight I am starting with a bunch of doo-wop nutters & see where it leads ..... the journey of sounds starts here >>>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3q3eKVBuoo

[Hazel at the Hill]

Love it, BB! I think that this was the third single that I bought after Brotherhood of Man, and then an Abba single.

However the only place that this is leading me tonight is to get ready to go out in a min - Wednesday Night Pub Night beckons!

Catch y'all later!

[veggiechicken]

I would counter your argument, Hazel by saying that the price should reflect what the market will bear and that Shen will know the market better than us.
For example, he may know that everyone on site already has a dalek, or is canny enough to have built their bins from pallets.
If nobody wants a Dalek enough to pay a higher price, then Shen may be going home with 5 unwanted Daleks. So it is better to pitch the price at a level where they will be snapped up, then hang out for an extra quid or two and be stuck with them.

Your move

[Sheneval]

I see your basic argument, Shen (although as a filthy capitalist don't necessarily agree with it ), - my argument would be that you are acting well in the interests of the Society by both offering the bins at approx a third of retail price AND boosting the kitty at the same time - and you will be able to afford more than some communal tea bags for the next AGM.

Sorry Hazel - You have not convinced me - I'm still voting for Corbyn

Or in this case VC - although I haven't a clue what the market will bear - I'm just happy to give my friends on the allotment a bargain - my original thought was just to charge them £2.50 - in any case the Society has plenty of money so it is just a bit of fun

[KevinM67]

Go on the Shen - down with 'filthy capitalism'.

[bearded bloke]

Hey Hazel, hope you had a pleasant evening at the pub, crank-up the volume, kick-back & chill to a bit of Bach (with attitude) while it's playing you could get an old Dracula move ready in the dvd


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HfrUG1sVPw

[rary]

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Sorry Hazel - You have not convinced me - I'm still voting for Corbyn

Or in this case VC - although I haven't a clue what the market will bear - I'm just happy to give my friends on the allotment a bargain - my original thought was just to charge them £2.50 - in any case the Society has plenty of money so it is just a bit of fun

Good luck selling them Shen. me personally I would be happy to pay a "tanner" for one