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  • From: "jay gee" <jgj23 AT mindspring.com>
  • To: "market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] discounts
  • Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 12:29:34 -0800 (PST)

Rick Williams wrote:

>Caryl Elzinga wrote:
>> Do discounts work, or do they actually work against you?

>Like most things, it depends. If you were fairly predictable with the sales,
>then the customers might just wait. However, if you had to throw out steaks
>that could otherwise be sold for some price, we figure we would rather take
>something rather than nothing. The only reason we would ever do a sale is
>only to get rid of old inventory.

Using a sale to get rid of old merchandise is a great way to drive
your business into the ground.


Jay Gee
not a farmer - but interested in farming





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