I read this story that I thought I would share with all of you as the shopping season progress along. I thought is was pretty good.
A
lady wanted to purchase a beautiful hand crocheted dress and spotted a crafter
who did absolutely amazing work, but she charged a good price too. The lady
thought that her price was way too high so she approached the crocheter and in
quite a brusk fashion stated "I want to buy a dress from you, but I think
you charge too much." The crafter was a little taken aback but replied "Ok,
how much do you think i should charge?" The lady replied “I think you
should charge “X” much, because the yarn will cost this much, and ribbons this
much, and buttons this much. I even factored in the price of scissors."
The final price the lady had calculated was a lot cheaper than the crafters
original price, but she said "Ok, deal. You will get your dress in a
week". The customer is very pleased with herself and can’t resist telling
all her friends what a fabulous deal she has negotiated and how smart she is, and
that in a week she will have her gorgeous crocheted dress. A week later her
parcel arrives in a lovely packaged box. She opens it and inside is yarn,
ribbons, buttons and even scissors. Angrily she contacts the crafter asking
“How could you do this to me? I asked you for a dress and you sent me a box of
yarn, ribbon, buttons and scissors?!" The crafter quietly replies "My
dear, you got exactly what you paid for, if you think there is something
missing, you need to pay for it."
I thought this was pretty good and the moral of the story, when you buy
handmade you are not just buying the materials you are buying the crafters,
time, effort, love and dedication that goes into making your items.
Have fun shopping!
Colleen :)
