damsels_creations Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Here is what I did for a Dental Office. The promotional Manager just so happens to be a good friend of mine, a Tester( She power burns every candle she gets) and one of my best customers. Once a year they give out goody baskets to some of the suppliers, She came to me and wanted 26 or 36 of my hex jars ( I only have the 7oz). I told her that I would give him 10% of the whole order. She told me ABSOLUTLY NOT. I was to charge him full price. I sold them last yr for $5.00 and this year they are $5.50. Was told that was still to cheap.Any how back to topic. Don't Discount them unless its not in the budget they have in mind. Great promotional tool to utilize. But since the office already knows that you sell them for $1.00 each , or I'm assuming they do, 2-1 says they have that set aside in the budget for the lip balm. . Go ahead and charge them $1.00 per tube. and Congrats on the oppertunity to get more customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockmonkey Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 As I also mentioned(another post) maybe legally he can take it out of his practice.Cost not coming from his own pocket.I am sure that can be done. When you own your own business, it ends up coming out of your own pocket no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 There were many valid points made. I agree that $1.00 is certainly cheap enough and no further discounts should apply. You really should consider raising your retail price. Congratulations on the order! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana in TX Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I'm just curious if the dentist or his designee has already agreed to the $1 per lip balm? If so, then there's no concern about a discount, unless you just wanted to give them one. If the discount issue is a sticking point on getting the big order, then you could propose the discount. Congrats on your big order! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 How did this turn out for you? I hope good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueH Posted September 12, 2006 Author Share Posted September 12, 2006 I finally heard back from them today and they want 1000 lip balms to start with. I'll order the supplies today and when I receive them they want them in about 2 weeks. I'll be pouring lip balms in my sleep!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockmonkey Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 SUE! You didn't tell us how much you charged!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueH Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 I'm charging 1.00 for each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockmonkey Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 That's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accents Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Way to go! Congrats on it being official! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demenshia Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Grats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsaycb Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Congrats!! Couple lbs of lip balm...AHHH, you can pour that in an hour, right?I can only visualize the mess on my table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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