Pickup Or Delivery?

Decorating By summernoelle Updated 24 Jul 2007 , 12:07am by yankeegal

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summernoelle Posted 23 Jul 2007 , 12:40am
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I am working on my website today, and got to wondering: for those of you who don't have a store front, do you allow pickups, or only do delivery? I was thinking that I didn't really want to do pickups since it would be at my home. Any input?

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1234me Posted 23 Jul 2007 , 1:10am
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I do a little of both. If you do mention delivery, you might want to add a delivery charge outside a certain area - say a 15 mile radius or something of where you live.

Good luck on the website!

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summernoelle Posted 23 Jul 2007 , 1:43am
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Thanks!
Anyone else?

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Granpam Posted 23 Jul 2007 , 1:53am
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I do both. it usually depends on who it is. If it is a friend I will deliver. Sometimes I have them picked up at my work because it is easier for them. Others come to the house. It is usually whatever works best at the time.

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Lorendabug Posted 23 Jul 2007 , 1:59am
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I prefer delivery for large cakes, but for smaller ones it depends on the customers schedule and mine. But, once that cake leaves me or I leave it, it is no longer my responsibility. I learned here on CC that taking pictures after delivery and set up are a good thing.

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KoryAK Posted 23 Jul 2007 , 1:59am
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I don't have a store front either. I prefer to do deliveries since I don't want everyone coming to my home, but after awhile I did realize that I needed to charge for them ($10 locally if order is under $100, free over that). This has resulted in more pickups, but I just bite the bullet and have them come by. I put a map online, but it is not linked to my web page, I have to send someone the url to get it.

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leily Posted 23 Jul 2007 , 5:53pm
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I can not have anyone pick up from my home in the town I live in. I prefer to delivery anything that is over 2 tiers, but for anything smaller I will meet somewhere and give it to them if they do not want to pay for delivery.

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yankeegal Posted 24 Jul 2007 , 12:07am
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I do both...friends and people I know pick up...others I deliver to for a fee. One of the stipulations of the planning board in my town was that my home business not become a traffic nuisance. Plus, I have had numerous issues of people showing up late, or not at all.

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