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RAY
Have a go, you are making excuses just like me. Wanting to have a go but not sure what the outcome would be.
The show was a 1 day event ( I don't think I would last out at these 2 and 3 day events beside I don't want to take a mortgage out to pay for the tables) It was held in a church hall with about 20 tables measuring 6ft x 2.5 ft. I had no idea how many pens I would need, so out of fresh air I decided on a 100. I didn't achieve for 2 reasons, I got fed up with PENS AND MORE PENS and the other reason I started to rush them, my standard dropped and I started making mistakes. ( Into the bin they went ). I finished up with 50 pens in 10 stands.
The display wasn't bad but I feel there is room for improvement. For the December show I am aiming once again to have 100 pens but to be honest I will be happy with even 75. I didn't have any spare pens with me.
What you need is a good sales team, I had in the morning my wife with me as I don't make a very good salesman, in the afternoon I had my granddaughter with me. They gave out info sheets with the opening verbal conversation ( my husband make these pens from real wood in his little shed or in the case of my granddaughter, my granddad make these from real wood) It was amazing how people stopped to have a chat and in a lot of cases a sale was done. People just didn't believe that I had made them they thought I had bought them in.:
Ray have a go before Christmas and for Christmas presents .
Let me know how you get on.
Glen

<blockquote data-quote="glenpen" data-source="post: 110142" data-attributes="member: 1196">RAYHave a go, you are making excuses just like me. Wanting to have a go but not sure what the outcome would be.The show was a 1 day event ( I don&#039;t think I would last out at these 2 and 3 day events beside I don&#039;t want to take a mortgage out to pay for the tables) It was held in a church hall with about 20 tables measuring 6ft x 2.5 ft. I had no idea how many pens I would need, so out of fresh air I decided on a 100. I didn&#039;t achieve for 2 reasons, I got fed up with PENS AND MORE PENS and the other reason I started to rush them, my standard dropped and I started making mistakes. ( Into the bin they went ). I finished up with 50 pens in 10 stands.The display wasn&#039;t bad but I feel there is room for improvement. For the December show I am aiming once again to have 100 pens but to be honest I will be happy with even 75. I didn&#039;t have any spare pens with me.What you need is a good sales team, I had in the morning my wife with me as I don&#039;t make a very good salesman, in the afternoon I had my granddaughter with me. They gave out info sheets with the opening verbal conversation ( my husband make these pens from real wood in his little shed or in the case of my granddaughter, my granddad make these from real wood) It was amazing how people stopped to have a chat and in a lot of cases a sale was done. People just didn&#039;t believe that I had made them they thought I had bought them in.:Ray have a go before Christmas and for Christmas presents .Let me know how you get on.Glen<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/thumbs.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbs:" title="Thumbs&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbs:" data-shortname=":thumbs:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="glenpen, post: 110142, member: 1196"] RAY Have a go, you are making excuses just like me. Wanting to have a go but not sure what the outcome would be. The show was a 1 day event ( I don't think I would last out at these 2 and 3 day events beside I don't want to take a mortgage out to pay for the tables) It was held in a church hall with about 20 tables measuring 6ft x 2.5 ft. I had no idea how many pens I would need, so out of fresh air I decided on a 100. I didn't achieve for 2 reasons, I got fed up with PENS AND MORE PENS and the other reason I started to rush them, my standard dropped and I started making mistakes. ( Into the bin they went ). I finished up with 50 pens in 10 stands. The display wasn't bad but I feel there is room for improvement. For the December show I am aiming once again to have 100 pens but to be honest I will be happy with even 75. I didn't have any spare pens with me. What you need is a good sales team, I had in the morning my wife with me as I don't make a very good salesman, in the afternoon I had my granddaughter with me. They gave out info sheets with the opening verbal conversation ( my husband make these pens from real wood in his little shed or in the case of my granddaughter, my granddad make these from real wood) It was amazing how people stopped to have a chat and in a lot of cases a sale was done. People just didn't believe that I had made them they thought I had bought them in.: Ray have a go before Christmas and for Christmas presents . Let me know how you get on. Glen:thumbs: [/QUOTE]

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