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How do you price your pens

Dalboy

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OK not a what to price but how do you price. When you display your pens say at a craft fair do you put prices with each pen on a tag hanging from the pen or just wait to see if someone asks the price. I,m thinking of something that does not look a total mess or tacky.
At the moment I have a small tag attached to the pen with a bit of string which looks dreadful.
I want it too look like an up market stall not just a plonk it on the table and hope for the best type table
 

Jim

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I have never done any craft fairs or the like Derek, but i can see where you are coming from my friend .. I will be interested in seeing what others do myself on this one .. :thumbs:
 

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I have the same problem in that I want it to look as good as I possibly can. I previously used jewellers gold bar tags that are discrete and just wrap around the clip and stick to itself with glue that doesn't stick to the pen. Unfortunately you have to write onto the tag and didn't look that good. I also have the problem that I keep records of all the pens and on every pen I give a business card with details of the pen, what its made from, kit etc. so also have an identifiying number which didn't give me a lot of space so I didn't put the price on these labels but on the card only. This meant that people had to ask the price which is good in one way, the fact that they're not frightened off by the price and once talking to you, the sales process starts.

Not liking these tabs, I changed to craft labels but these are cumbersome and can easily come off the clip.
 

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Grump

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If they need to know the price, they ain't a customer I want.
Hands off and pi55 off init?

How about putting the price on a board behind the pens or the lid of a box.
Colour code where the pen is displayed and have a colour chart on the wall.
Many ways f doing without labelling the the item init?
 


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