Beverly,

Not all people can be good salesmen, but everyone has it in them to ACT like they are having a good time. Fake it till you make it? 😉

The only vendor I know of that didn’t do really, really well at Glendale had very high priced repurposed items. They were a very friendly couple, and do great projects. But their prices were probably 6 times what I would sell the same project for.
I hope you had a great sale!
gail

I think this is huge! One vendor near me this weekend never smiled and had her head down working on projects 90% of the time. The vendor across from me had a great smile but looked bored a lot.

Great tips Lori, thank you! We try to do that as well. I am happy to be there, and I love what I do. When others admire my workmanship it makes me even happier!

gail

It’s always so much fun to see you!!!

Cash is always nice, I took a couple of checks this year. Cards? I use paypal. I do charge a fee because I have to pay a fee to accept the credit cards. In addition-somehow paypal has put a limit on my account because of “strange” activity. grrrr I’m having to jump through a lot of hoops. Looks like I’ll find a new app before next year.

gail

Jennie,

It’s a great crowd at Glendale. I heard there were over 20k this year. Rarely do people ask me to come down off my prices. They are very, very reasonable. Most people say “that’s ONLY $35?!” If they do ask nicely and it’s late in the day I will generally take some off. If it’s early-no way! There are still too many people to pass by.
Many times people do ask for a discount on my projects in my booth. I will take some off. Recently I had a price of $90 and they offered $50. I think that might be a little insulting and pretty bold. I countered with 67.50. They haven’t bought the piece yet. So I guess they thought it was too high.

I like taking large items, they sell very quickly. I took the cutting boards for those who are hanging out with people looking at the furniture pieces. 🙂 That worked pretty well this year.

gail

awww, thanks Chris! It’s good to sell out, because that is definitely the goal-to move all the stuff I make for the blog. Without Glendale (and Vendors’ Village) can you imagine how much stuff would pile up around here?

gail