I would strongly recommend that you be very careful of what you guarantee, in regards to diabetics. I also think that you should define LIABILITY, as it applies to yourself, and your honey. ---------- > From: Garth <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Honey Prices > Date: Friday, October 17, 1997 5:15 AM > > Hi All > > I find this honey price thread interesting. So far we have people > suggesting to sell at higher prices than in the store beecausee of > high quality. Others suggest sticking to reccommended prices. > > My philosophy is as follows: > > Our store price is about US$3.80 (it is going up fast because of > drought) per honey jar (approx 500g/a pound). If I sell to the store > I would get US$1.50 ish. So I sell at US$2.80 approximately, which > meeans people get a good product at less than thy would pay in the > stores. I sell to diabetics and guarantee no sugar in the honey (for > some reeason that is bad), so sell often up to 20 bottles a time. I > also sell to my student friends at the same prices. People just write > their nam onto a waiting list and they geet honey, cheapr and better > than any othr way. It is good natural unheated honey. People like the > aura of honey straight from the beekeepeer, and because I have a list > I just send an e-mail to everyone who wanted honey and they come and > get it. A good product at a good pric draws customers. > > Keeep well > > Garth > > --- > Garth Cambray Kamdini Apiaries > 15 Park Road Apis melifera capensis > Grahamstown 800mm annual precipitation > 6139 > Eastern Cape > South Africa Phone 27-0461-311663 > > 3rd year Biochemistry/Microbiology Rhodes University > In general, generalisations are bad. > Interests: Flii's and Bees.