Re: Club or another way to view

Hello Claire & Others,
    I hesitate to step into the middle of this one... but here I am.
    Anyone who has been into business for themselves knows the price of a
plant has only a small relation to how much the nursery owner paid to the
wholesaler. (This example if to help simplify... could have been grown from
seed or divided from the display garden, etc.) Let say I have a plant for
sale in a five pint container.
I have to pay for the tags, potting medium, container and the plant, plus
the time to pot up the plant, water it, fertilize and keep warm and healthy
until you get there. Over and above those basics are insurance, my
accountant and bookkeeper, federal, state and local taxes, and on and on.
Everyone wants a piece of the action. To sell you a plant I must have a
certain amount built into the price to make a profit of sufficient size to
open the business again next year. If I sell for less than that price I am
working toward going out of business.
    Honestly, folks, there is not such thing as a free lunch. It is all
smoke and mirrors. If nothing else, be willing to throw in a nickel for the
owner's life time of experience he/she throws in with each purchase.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
snipppp
> I usually pay the freight if I want the plant.  The plus side here of
being a
> gardener for lots of years and getting into that bracket is that you do
not
> want plants that are common or easy to grow or can be had from a friend.
> That would put you into a higher end nursery and if you want to shop
there,
> you expect the costs to be higher.
snippp....
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4

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