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- From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
- To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:56:55 -0600
Fair question, but we have other things selling besides tomatoes, red onions,
garlic, romano pole beans, Lakota squash, nantes carrots, etc. And like most
markets we're expected to stay till closing time - three hours. And if you
can sell for a dollar more then that raises the gross sales without raising
costs.
paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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On 8/20/2008 at 4:43 AM mdnagel@verizon.net wrote:
>Paul, would it really be worthwhile to sell for more just to hang around
>longer? (opportunity costs)
>
>One could say that being able to stay around longer would be good for
>marketing, but if you're already selling out then extra marketing might
>not be necessary.
>
>There may be socializing value (learning and teaching) in hanging around
>longer I suppose :-)
>
>
>-Mark Nagel
>Everett, WA
>
>
>>From: Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
>
>[snip]
>
>>Now getting $5.00 lb I should be in a panic to sell at every market in
>the area. But we do have to have a life ;-) If we keep selling out the
>first 30 minutes of a three hour market we'll have to go to $6.00 lb. And
>hold down the price of the other veggies to double last year's prices.
>
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[Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes,
Tradingpost, 08/17/2008
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Re: [Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes,
Liz, 08/17/2008
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Re: [Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes,
Tradingpost, 08/18/2008
- Re: [Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes, Liz, 08/18/2008
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Re: [Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes,
Tradingpost, 08/18/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes,
mdnagel, 08/20/2008
- Re: [Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes, Tradingpost, 08/20/2008
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Re: [Livingontheland] A Torrent of Tomatoes,
Liz, 08/17/2008
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