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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: rockstar on July 14, 2013, 06:11:53 pm

Title: Prices for the honesty pot.
Post by: rockstar on July 14, 2013, 06:11:53 pm
what do you all charge for your produce,I charge £1 for 6 eggs,£1 for 16 runner beans,what would be a fair price for a bunch of 4 medium size beetroot?
Title: Re: Prices for the honesty pot.
Post by: katie on July 14, 2013, 06:45:47 pm
80p?
Title: Re: Prices for the honesty pot.
Post by: john and helen on July 14, 2013, 08:59:41 pm
£1 for 6 eggs...they are worth it :)
Title: Re: Prices for the honesty pot.
Post by: Fanackapan on July 14, 2013, 10:48:00 pm
I would keep it simple and charge £1 for all your produce . If its outside your gate, there is nobody to give change it may put somebody off - if they think they should be paying 80p and have to throw a£1 in , whereas if they think its £1 from the start they will be happy - hope that made sense  (it did in my head :roflanim:)
Title: Re: Prices for the honesty pot.
Post by: Roxy on July 15, 2013, 05:38:28 pm
I charge £1.10 for six free range eggs - only because they had been £1 for years and I thought 10p extra was not a massive increase.  I think £1 is maybe a good idea, as people do tend not to have the right money for other amounts.  In fact someone must have only had £5 note for a dozen eggs, so they left that!!  Not sure if they ever came back and took their change when there was enough in the tin.
Title: Re: Prices for the honesty pot.
Post by: katie on July 16, 2013, 06:48:21 pm
I charge £1,20 for eggs so it's good to charge 80p for extras as that makes a nice round £2.00. Give what you think a try and amend as necessary. Smallholders never cgarge enough for their produce - but then again, you don't want to price yourself out of the market. Tricky!
Title: Re: Prices for the honesty pot.
Post by: HelenVF on July 17, 2013, 09:34:26 am
Whenever I sell my eggs, not very often, I do it via my sisters work and sell 6 for £1.50! 

Helen
Title: Re: Prices for the honesty pot.
Post by: Daisys Mum on July 17, 2013, 04:00:10 pm
My eggs are in a cool box at my door with a notice to put money through the letter box, I charge  £1.20  for 6. Notice also says to ring the bell if they need change, but rarely happens.