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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost AT gilanet.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Undercutting prices
  • Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:43:52 -0600


Ditto on hurting everyone in the end. Besides the ethical part, when some
vendors are driven out it cuts down on the variety and volume of produce that
people come to find, and that in turn cuts down on the overall number of
people coming to buy.

paul AT largocreekfarms.com
http://herbfarmer.net
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On 9/22/2004 at 10:22 AM sora AT coldreams.com wrote:

>> I am trying to get prices raised at our market and am not
>> sure
>> of what wording to use. We have one guy selling 12# heads of cabbage for
>> $1.00, and tomatoes for $.50/ #. Another guy is selling his tomatoes for
>> $.25/#.
>>> Remember they 're losing money and can't keep that up. Some markets have
>> people in charge who can prevent price wars.
>We used to have this problem especially with some of the older folk who
>mainly came to the market to socialize and give stuff to their neighbors.
>In small town rural America we really can't resort to heavy handed stuff.
>We carefully explained that the other vendors were getting their only
>income from the market and undercutting only hurt everyone in the end. In
>our new rules we state...no undercutting...vendors are instructed to check
>with the rest of the market vendors for current prices on similar products
>and adjust as necessary. Reselling in not allowed.
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