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Buy
Local – Buy Handmade – or Buy Cheaper Junk
Now take a deep
breath and then let it out…. Phew… again…. Phew… now that is better. This week can continue. Things have slowed down and the world has
evened out. Halloween is over, Remembrance
Day is upon us and now the Christmas rush can gallop up behind with all its
hoopla. I am ready.
The sign said “Buy
Local” and another said “Buy Handmade” – suggesting that the folks that are wanting
to give a gift this Christmas time should consider buying from the local
producers (food produce) and local Crafts People and Artisans.
I like the idea
but then none of my friends are interested – or never call. It is always the people
that are out there – new people that I have never met before.
It could be that I
am not producing the Chinese style junk that is cheap. It could be that I use
not enough lead paint to colour of carvings. It could be that my price is not
50 Cents (or less) per hour.
This past week a
man strolled up to my table of carvings in the Mall. He was amazed with what I had
produced with the carvings I had displayed. He was really impressed. I was
happy.
Then he asked, “How
much are these carved feathers?” I
explained that the large feathers are $150 each and the smaller ones are only
$85.
His
reaction was almost comical as he jumped backwards and dropped the feather he
was holding…. Saying… “So much… why so much?”
I wasn’t
fizzed by his sudden disdain for my art work – which is exactly what it is when
you are raving with your compliments one moment and dropping the item like a dangerous
hot snake the next.
I asked
him how much he made per hour at his place of business. I knew that he was fully employed and working
at a job that paid about $75,000 per year.
I grinned
at his third reaction… trying to regain his composure after acting like an admirer
that had just became an ass. “I see what you mean… you can’t work for nothing.”
I
explained that even at $150 for the larger feathers I am making between $5 and
$10 per hour.
He agreed
but didn’t buy.
He will
buy his gifts at Wall Mart and get his “deal” – but he won’t get a feather.
Now I am
in the Christian Community… and from a Christian community where I was known as
a Minister… but even that doesn’t help.
They are not interested and have little to do with me. It is the very
Non-Christian type that encourage… or maybe that is non-church people…?
Sorry –
if you are friend and come from that community. My statement is a large and
wide brush that may get paint on you and me when it slops by us. I do
appreciate your purchase and know that money is tight.
I am
writing about the difficulty of working with the admiration and disdain coming
from the same people. They can drive me
nutso.
Oddly
enough it is the stuff that sturdy Christians make a big negative deal
about(they don’t like the product) that sells the best… so I carve it and they
buy. Thank God for that kind of people.
Not
complaining but simply showing what happens locally.
Oh by the
way… Misty Hollow Wands (a whole lot like Harry Potter Wands) are now
available. Let me know if you need or
want one. But then there are also Feathers and Leaves and Love Spoons and great
stuff made specially for you.
Would you
like to see more – check out https://www.facebook.com/pages/Misty-Hollow-Carving-by-Murray-Lincoln/61395721561
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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