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Tuesday, June 4, 2013






     Some girl bought these four.  She was very nice.  Her selection was interesting.  I like it when people make good choices out of the hundreds of napkin arts I have available.  Some pick better than others. 

     Hardly anybody makes frivolous choices, though, because they are coughing up five bucks for each one.

     Five bucks for original art is a drop in the bucket, but every once in a while I get people saying that I charge too much.  Amazing, isn't it?  It takes over an hour at least to make each one, so I deserve $5 an hour.

     Many people do want a discount if they buy several.  I'm usually cool if they buy four, then they can get one free.  That works out to be $4 each.

     When they offer me 3 for $10, or $3 each, I tell them to go away.  I consider it an insult.

     I have heard it a couple of times from the business community that, "you should never negotiate price with an artist".  I like that a lot, because it means, "if you like the art, buy it.  If you don't like the art, don't buy it."

     Yeah, I really hate negotiating over price with people, especially over $5.  That is sad.  I hate doing it.  I've already made the price as low as I can go.  I think $5 each is more than fair, and I am actually hurting myself, and underselling myself as it is.

     The deal I like the best is when they cough up five bucks and buy me a beer to go along with it. 

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