Re: CAT: depreciation
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: CAT: depreciation
- From: "* M* <M*@tc.gc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:00:41 -0400
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
Celia,
There was a thread last year that touched on this topic. Pricing is
based on supply and demand. In that particular case (I don't recall who
it was), demand exceeded supply so they dropped the price. Demand
immediately dropped.
I commented on the perverseness of iris lovers. Normally when the
supply can meet the demand, the price will drop. Timing will depend on
quickly the variety increases.
It is one method that I use to judge whether or not to buy an iris. If
the price remains high for more than two or three years, it usually
means that it is a slow grower. If the price drops quickly, it usually
means that it is popular and grows well.
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
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> From: celia storey[SMTP:storey@aristotle.net]
> Reply To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 1998 10:36 PM
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CAT: depreciation
>
> From: celia storey <storey@aristotle.net>
>
> A question for our commercial growers: How quickly do newly introduced
> irises depreciate? Do you use a calendar method for deciding when to
> drop
> the price of new intros, or do you respond to declining sales or do
> you go
> by gut feeling?
> How do you decide when a $40 iris becomes a $25 iris becomes a $7 iris
> becomes a $2.50 iris?
>
> celia
> s*@aristotle.net
> Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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> moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all
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