On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, AL wrote:

> Wow! - six bucks for 10oz - whodathunkit...
>

Well, back when I first joined this list some years ago, I recall several
people (I think George Imirie was particularly emphatic) pointing out that
a hobbyist selling cheap honey wasn't doing anybody any favors, between
depressing the price for people who were trying to make a *living* from
their honey, and encouraging customers to think of *your* honey in the
same terms as *supermarket* honey. At a minimum, they pointed out that if
you don't charge at *least* your cost of production, you might as well
give it away.  So, I took their advice to heart.

Granted, the price got that high largely through a miscommunication. I
worked out that if I got $2.50/lb it would cover my costs.  So, I added
another $1.50 for my time, and told my wife that she could sell it for
$6/lb and keep $2/lb as her commission.  But, she thought that the
half-pint jars that we put it up in weighed a *pound*, rather than just a
bit over half that, and so we ended up charging almost twice as much as we
originally intended.

But then, we found out that people really liked our honey, and were
*happy to pay that much!*  It probably helps that there is nobody much
selling varietal honeys around here, so the people who want something
different from the rather insipid blend in the local grocery stores
don't really have a lot of other choices. Plus our production isn't
that high (only about 100 lb/year at this point) so we are a long way
from saturating the market.

Besides, our honey *is* very good, if I do say so myself :-)

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Tim Eisele
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