i just had to get rid of my frustration, sorry! i am a member of a bowling club and every year we hold a silent auction to raise money for the fees so this
year i thought of selling cards, big mistake! all year ive been at it and took 61 ranging from 50p up to £3.50 for boxed guess how many sold - 6, i was so
upset and feel like giving up. why cant people appreciate that they are getting something a bit different - i even used my precious tassles and feathers! -
that has alot of thought and time put in to doing these cards. they even had the cheek to say i should take them to matches every week then they can sell them
to visiting teams! i wouldnt care but i wasnt asking for any of the money to cover the costs, anyway i am now thinking of sending them to the soldiers im sure
they would be more appreciated there, can anyone tell me how they have to be packaged eg in cello bags? with a note of the verse? etc etc
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Posts: 28042 (07/04/2008 09:52:20) Administrator |
Don't be despondant, it happens to us all. I took in a huge box of cards (many donated) to our support meeting and very few sold, so one of our members (a
nurse) took them into work. None sold as although they were well liked, they decided £1 a card was too much when you could get 5 for a £1 in the local cheap
shop!
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Posts: 3107 (07/04/2008 09:55:12) |
What a shame penwhit, i feel for you. I once made up a box of cards for my friend who was going to a table top sale. She sold the grand total of 0. I had
worked hard, but people just weren't interested in them. I sell quite a few cards to family and friends and it knocked my confidence. Don't let it get
to you, some people just don't appreciate how much time goes into making cards. Sending you {{{HUGS}}}
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Posts: 4329 (07/04/2008 10:04:57) |
please dont get upset or give up the hobby you enjoy so much it happens to us all i did a sale and sold 6 i had 2 table full of cards didn't even cover the
costs but then did a car free day a few months later almost sold out best day i have ever had. i used to have a market stall years ago and i worked a 7 day
week i would do the bootsales on a sunday now at a bootsale i found and this may sound a bit strange but if i was to cheap i didnt sell but if i put up the
cost of the very same item the next week would sell out hugs linda
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Posts: 275 (07/04/2008 10:35:58) |
There seem to be so many cheap cards on the market now, it is becoming difficult to compete. Disappointing when you take into account the cost of the
materials you use and the time involved.
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Posts: 559 (07/04/2008 10:44:19) |
That's such a shame, but try not to be too despondent. I held a table top sale for Marie Curie and was feeling quite good about myself and my sales until I
heard someone say, 'don't think much of her cards, just buying them for the charity'. I sold a fair few that day but that comment just spolied it
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Your work will be beautiful, so don't beat yourself up about it. Why don't you hold them onto them and try selling them for another charity (or yourself) later on? |
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Posts: 354 (07/04/2008 10:48:18) |
i have been there too. I made 50 cards to take in to a friends shop when she was having an open night for people. They all picked my cards up and thought they
were lovely, but they wouldn't buy. I was pretty upset too. But my dad took some into his work and they all sold in a day.
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Posts: 296 (07/04/2008 10:51:34) |
I agree with all these comments,I too have had problems getting anyone to buy,so after ranting a bit,I have now decided I am making them for ME and Family,and
still going to enjoy it,only not so many,at least I, and we can still keep doing them,everyone knows someone with a Birthday so there will always one be needed
at home,and for the amount you can actually make from Cards,its not a fortune,so please carry on like I have.
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Posts: 3653 (07/04/2008 11:08:01) |
Ditto to everything the others have said....
Dont give up your hobby *get even* keep your chin up i,ll p,m you Hugs Anne xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Posts: 3121 (07/04/2008 11:13:07) |
Don't be dissapointed some people just don't have any taste what-so-ever We all have dissapointments and then other times are overwhelmed by the amount
we sell so don't let it get you down it was just the wrong venue just keep putting your cards out there and they will get noticed and will sell
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Posts: 1575 (07/04/2008 11:26:32) |
Ditto everyone else. I went along to a Christmas Craft fair a couple of years back and found I was about three tables away from an actual Card Shop who had a
table there. There was no way I could compete - but a couple of my friends took them to work and through that I have now got a couple of new customers, so keep
going
Beryl x |
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