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Pookie59
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Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Posts: 260
Location: Mesquite, Texas
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Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:51 am |
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Perhaps if more specific information were posted with the pictures on websites you'd get fewer dumb questions (but maybe not!). For example: "the cake pictured consists of three tiers (10", 8" and 6"), serves x number of people and is priced at $3.75/serving. Total cost is $x.00 plus tax and delivery fee."
I wonder if that would help some lookers who are in the initial stages of planning to get some kind of a ball park figure for budgeting. |
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HarleyDee
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Joined: Aug 17, 2009
Posts: 221
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Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:33 pm |
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Got "one of those" emails today too.
"I'm throwing a birthday party and would like a zoo animals cake. Can you send me pictures and a price?"
Umm.... sure, let me read your mind and I'll get that right out to you  |
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Irish245
Regular Member
Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 149
Location: Butler, PA (just north of Pittsburgh)
Birthday: Aug 02
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:46 pm |
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Pookie, I agree with you but it's virtually impossible to do when she didn't even know I had a website, didn't know how many servings she wanted, didn't know what type of filling, icing, etc....just too many variables.... |
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indydebi
Forum Matriarch
Joined: Jul 07, 2006
Posts: 22149
Location: Indianapolis IN
Birthday: Jan 19
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:54 pm |
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| Irish245 wrote: | | Pookie, I agree with you but it's virtually impossible to do when she didn't even know I had a website, didn't know how many servings she wanted, didn't know what type of filling, icing, etc....just too many variables.... |
And I"m not going back in to change the pricing on over 300 photos every time I have a price increase.
Unfortunately, there are too many folks out there who think saying, "I want a cake. Chocolate." is enough info. Don't you love the ones who say, when you ask them 'what size?', reply with "oh just regular size!"  |
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cakey37
Newbie
Joined: Oct 22, 2009
Posts: 6
Location: cambridge u.k.
Birthday: Feb 01
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:21 pm |
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i love these and am glad it just isn't me! i work on the basis sometimes that they dont tell me what they want but what they don't want. As in you can have round or square, i don't want round, you can have vanilla or chocolate, i don't want chocolate!!!
i'm in the uk, so i guess they are just everywhere!!! |
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dstbni
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Joined: Aug 09, 2009
Posts: 118
Location: North Dakota
Birthday: Jul 05
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:51 pm |
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When I worked in a pizza place people would call and ask how many slices came in each pizza. Ummm, it's a circle, you can have as many slices as you want! Maybe the problem is that people don't really ask the questions they want answered. |
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leah_s
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Joined: Jun 19, 2007
Posts: 5750
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:18 pm |
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[quote="dstbni"]When I worked in a pizza place people would call and ask how many slices came in each pizza. Ummm, it's a circle, you can have as many slices as you want! Maybe the problem is that people don't really ask the questions they want answered.[/quote]
dstbni - I'm sure you've heard the (very) old joke.
Customer: I'd like a large cheese pizza.
Pizza maker: Sure. Would you like it cut into 8 slices or 12 slices?
Customer: Oh, just 8. I could never eat 12 slices! |
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dstbni
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Joined: Aug 09, 2009
Posts: 118
Location: North Dakota
Birthday: Jul 05
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:33 pm |
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ljdills
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Joined: Aug 19, 2007
Posts: 217
Location: Georgia
Birthday: May 29
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:45 pm |
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I think it goes back to the Wal-Mart mentality. When you go to Wal-Mart it is either a sheet cake or an 8 inch round. You tell them how many you need to feed and they tell you you need 1/4 sheet or whatever and the only flavor options are chocolate and yellow, buttercream or whipped frosting.
What entertains me is when they want a cake they saw on TV and only have $25 to spend. I guess they don't realize most of these cakes they see on TV are in the thousands. |
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