Ok i posted on craigslist for my cakes, next day i get a lady asking about a birthday cake for her boss, she wanted ideas and prices. She also said she wanted an "oh crap" cake and yes she meant literal. So i found a few pictures of cakes and sent them to her, i told her that i did not make those cakes, but that we would start with that for ideas. One was a 9x13 with a tp roll on top with some poo, i told her 60 for that one. The other pic was a carved 3d mound of poo, i told her 75 but if she wanted that i could make a smaller version and add it to a 9x13 and then i would charge 60. She never e-mailed me back, so i gave it a few days and e-mailed her and said that i just wanted to follow up and see if she liked the ideas. She e-mails me this "The ideas were great, but my boss wasn't too impressed with the prices...." I did e-mail her again to say that if she could let me know how much her price range is that i could work with her budget and come up with something, but i've gotten nothing back. So was this too much? I'm a little hesitant to charge as much anyways, but i have heard from many ccer's that its better to go with higher rather than raise prices later, and that a good quality specially made for you cake will cost more. I also had a lady asking for prices on a wedding cake and i quoted her at 2.00 a serving, and told her that depending on how much detail she wanted the price could be higher, and no e-mail back on that one at all, not even after i sent a follow up e-mail. What do you guys think? Are my prices too high?
I just don't think that the people looking for a cake on CL are the same demographic that regularly buys custom cakes.
Good point i didnt really think of it that way, i just started trying to advertise and thought hey thats free, i guess thats what i probably should have expected. It just sucks because i was so excited that i got two possible orders in one day of advertising on CL. Oh well i guess ya win some ya lose some.
Leahs is right, Craigslist is where the bargain shoppers tend to go. The woman you spoke to was probably looking for an $18 Costco cake, and that's probably what they'll end up with.
Yeah....something about CL creeps me out period.
I'm with you on that. It's always seemed kind of skeevy to me for some reason.
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