Laura_E Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 My Dad is great! Not only has he driven me around to various places to pick stuff up for the stall on Sunday, but he surprised me today with two Oldies Club banners that he had made up at the last minute. See picture below I think he has done pretty good job, especially as he sorced the image himself. It also means that there are two spare banners now, which should come in handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico's mum Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 what a lovely thing for him to do,I'm sure the extra banners will come in very useful indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_angel Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Looking good Laura!! Did the parcel arrive today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fee Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Oh wow, what a star your dad is, that's so kind of him! I hope all goes well with the stall - thank you (and your dad!) for all your work organising it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura_E Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I did get the parcel, thanks Amy I also managed to get hold of some freebies from Wilkinsons. They gave me some dog treats and toys, so I am going to make up some doggy treat bags to sell. I tried getting some stuff from Tesco too, but they were total as usual, not that I should have expected much from a company that supports battery farming, but that's a whole different topic!!!! I am also going to pick some stuff up from Pets At Home tomorrow, so all in all I've been quite lucky. I just hope it doesn't rain on us now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_angel Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Well done you. Ive never thought of asking local stalls for donations!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redditchlady Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Wow they look fab banners. Well done your dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura_E Posted July 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I need some suggestions please. Pets At Home have just given me tons of food, and I'm not sure how much to sell it all on for. I keep getting told that I am being unrealistic with my pricing. I thought 50p for two cupcakes was reasonable (my Mum has cooked 100 ), but apparently 10p per cake is the going rate, which seems a bit cheap to me. Pets At Home have given me a huge bag of James Wellbeloved kibble ,which normally sells for £36, but it has a rip in the bag so I'm not sure what a reasonable price would be. I also have four 2.5 kg bags of shop brand food that they gave me (none of these are damaged), but again, I'm not sure what to price them at. I keep thinking that people will be more generous when it comes to charity, but I know that isn't always the case! We are also doing face painting and badge making (thanks to Ham and Petersham Youth Club for lending me the materials), and I thought that £2 for face painting and 50p a badge was a fair price, but again, I've been told that I am charging too much I'm starting to feel like Fagan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycas Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I think pricing is always a how long is a piece of string thing - could you try it at the amount you first thought of, then drop the prices if it looks like you are getting a lot of people walking on by or complaining about the price? Sounds like your stall is going to be great, don't forget to take pics for those of us too far away to see it in real life! With the JWB I guess it's a gamble, if you get someone who normally feeds it and needs a new bag then they'll probably buy it only slightly marked down, but if you don't get lucky, then to sell it to someone who doesn't normally buy it but wants a bargain, it would probably need to be half price or less... Sorry, that's not very helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fee Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 There are often a lot of charity stalls at shows, and people have a finite amount of money in their pockets to divide up between them, so I tend to go with a "pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap" approach. If we've been donated things, so have no costs to cover, then I'd tend to price them at a level that means I'm going to sell the lot - nothing worse than coming back from a show with piles of stuff to store until the next one! I'm afraid that even on charity stalls people are generally looking for a bargain - those who really feel for the cause and want to do more will often just put some extra money in the collecting tin anyway. I'd personally go with something like half price on the food - if you sell all of it that's already a pretty good start to your day's takings! For things like the cakes, 50p for two doesn't sound unreasonable at all - it's the sort of amount children will probably have in their hands to spend, and I imagine they will be very popular. As Victoria says, you can always drop your prices if they don't sell (good idea to take some paper and a marker pen so you can improvise new price tickets if you need to!) Good luck, I'm sure it will go well tomorrow - and we definitely need some pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasta Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Well done! and good luck for today. I hope the weather fairy is kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranirottie Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 good luck. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly1712 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hope it went well today Laura. Big thanks to you and your Dad - the banners are fab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoT Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Big thank you to Laura's dad! The banners look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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