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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 368965, member: 36"]What the cat said. (another subsistence level dealer here) The resellers come looking for bargains; if we don't find them we keep walking and buy nothing. The shop needs to strike a balance between giving something away (not that I mind free stuff!) and charging so much the buyers walk. Charge me $10 for a necklace I can sell for $10 and it's going to sit; charge me $3 and it walks out the door leaving $3 in your till. In a lower income area, the buyer for luxury merchandise is the reseller. Those willing to pay rack rates shop in luxury areas, and the true poor don't buy them. The guy in the middle, i.e. resellers and some collectors, will buy if the price is right. If your store gets known for overpricing higher end items, dealers will stay away and those items will sit until doomsday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 368965, member: 36"]What the cat said. (another subsistence level dealer here) The resellers come looking for bargains; if we don't find them we keep walking and buy nothing. The shop needs to strike a balance between giving something away (not that I mind free stuff!) and charging so much the buyers walk. Charge me $10 for a necklace I can sell for $10 and it's going to sit; charge me $3 and it walks out the door leaving $3 in your till. In a lower income area, the buyer for luxury merchandise is the reseller. Those willing to pay rack rates shop in luxury areas, and the true poor don't buy them. The guy in the middle, i.e. resellers and some collectors, will buy if the price is right. If your store gets known for overpricing higher end items, dealers will stay away and those items will sit until doomsday.[/QUOTE]
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