Sunday, 10 August 2014

I've never been good with sums .....

Yesterday I did a fair in Marlow and it was not good:  one of those not good fairs where it costs more to sit there for the day than it makes and everything you sell would fit into the large Cath Kidston mug you brought with you for your coffee but didn't use because you left the thermos flask sitting on the kitchen surface.  And I had such pretty things too ....
The stall looked attractive .....

Lots of not expensive things to buy ....
But no one came in to look!

It did give me time to muse on the buying process and I came to the conclusion that it comes down to arithmetic.   I think the sum is something like this ....

Cost of item x likely profit 
Weight/shape x ease of selling

Well, that is the theory.  Of course, it seldom works like mathematics.  Take this, for instance ....
If I had been following the rules, I would never have bought this magnificent, flamboyant, cloak-swinging figure.  It was fairly expensive (much lower profit margin), it is badly damaged (so difficult to sell), heavy and an awkward shape (hard to transport and store).  But I couldn't resist him:  Charles I with his head literally glued back on!

These little chaps do follow the buying formula ....
Cheap(ish) and easy to pack and carry and they will also look lovely on the stall, if I have them that long .....
 


12 comments:

  1. Oh dear, sorry to hear you didn't have a good day. A couple of fairs I have done recently have been quiet too.
    I try and stick to that formula too but too often my heart rules my head!

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