interesting thing happened with my honor stand

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slacker361

May 30, 2012, 09:35:25 PM
I have been selling for 4 days now on the honor stand. and I have been averaging two sales per day. I went to collect my money from the lock box and someone paid seven $7.00 for a bottle of honey when I am only charging five $5.00 at the honor stand ( no shipping- no one has to monitor the stand). I guess they either made a mistake or thought my product was worth two $2.00 more than I charged.

Vance G

#1
May 30, 2012, 09:41:03 PM
I guess your price is fair and your clientele good people!  Best of luck continuing this.  I thought the days when one could do such stands were gone. 

buzzbee

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May 30, 2012, 09:46:41 PM
I've actually gotten by with a coffee can with change inside as an honor box. I will have faith in people until I get screwed over once. May have lost 1 jar unpaid in a few years,but also may have put 1 less out that day.

hardwood

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May 30, 2012, 09:51:22 PM
A woman not far from me has kept an honor stand in her front yard for close to 40yrs. I asked her if theft was ever a problem. She said that for the first 5yrs or so they had a bottle a week go missing until the old man down the road passed away. No problems after then.

Funny thing is he was one of the richest men in the county!

She told me that she pulls in over $600/week with her stand.

Scott
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AllenF

#4
May 30, 2012, 09:56:09 PM
We run the blueberry farm on the honor system.   If someone is going to spend hours out in the sun picking berries, then they are not very likely to steal from us.   We also leave the extras out of the vegetable garden out there also for people to buy.   We leave a lunch box out on the front porch to collect the cash.   And we do get a few checks also.  

Intheswamp

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May 31, 2012, 09:19:42 AM
Quote from: hardwood on May 30, 2012, 09:51:22 PM
A woman not far from me has kept an honor stand in her front yard for close to 40yrs. I asked her if theft was ever a problem. She said that for the first 5yrs or so they had a bottle a week go missing until the old man down the road passed away. No problems after then.

Funny thing is he was one of the richest men in the county!

She told me that she pulls in over $600/week with her stand.

Scott
...and now you know how he was one of the richest men in the county...financially, that is,...I doubt his life itself was very rich.

Somebody posted a tale about an old guy poor-mouthing them down in price on a bee removal, gave them a "woe is me" story...he had a big old gold colored cadillac sitting in the driveway.  Anyhow, after a tough removal (under house with lots of whiskey bottles laying around) the bee remover found out that this old gentleman(?) was, or had been the president of the local bank.  :roll:

There's still good, honest folks out there...the crooks are making it harder for them to be known, though.

Ed
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Jim134

#6
May 31, 2012, 09:42:46 AM
Not far from I know of  4 honor box farm stand.




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Scadsobees

#7
May 31, 2012, 09:59:37 AM
I have people who pay me more for my honey than what I charge for it.  Always a nice little bonus!

Maybe that's because I dress my little kids in rags when selling  :?   :-D
Rick

Intheswamp

#8
May 31, 2012, 10:46:21 AM
Quote from: Scadsobees on May 31, 2012, 09:59:37 AM
I have people who pay me more for my honey than what I charge for it.  Always a nice little bonus!

Maybe that's because I dress my little kids in rags when selling  :?   :-D

Marketing!!!  :-D
www.beeweather.com 
American blood spilled to protect the freedom and peace of people all over the world.  320,000 USA casualties in WWI, 1,076,000 USA casualties in WWII, 128,000 USA casualties in the Korean War, 211,000 casualties in the Vietnam "conflict", 57,000 USA casualties in "War on Terror".  Benghazi, Libya, 13 USA casualties. These figures don't include 70,000 MIA.  But, the leaders of one political party of the United States of America continue to make the statement..."What difference does it make?".

"We can't expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism."..."The press is our chief ideological weapon." - Nikita Khrushchev

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they wont come to yours." - Yogi Berra

Robee

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June 05, 2012, 05:11:38 PM
I don't remember seeing honor honey stands around here, but I do see honor vegetable stands sometimes.  I also know a place where you can go into a little store building and get fresh, frozen chicken and grass fed beef.  You write what you are taking along with your name and address, and put a check (or cash) in the box for the amount.  I guess if you rip these people off, you will end up eating hormone filled meat from the supermarket.
Robee   

Kathyp

#10
June 05, 2012, 05:27:01 PM
we have a bunch around here.  flowers, berries, veggies.  my street is not busy enough to do it, except on sunday.  there are two churches on my street.  i always love it when someone knocks on the door and tries to drag me off to another church across town......
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