Re: Club or another way to view
- Subject: Re: Club or another way to view
- From: "Becky Litterer" b*@netins.net
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 15:46:40 -0600
I am printing this off to have in the store so people have an idea. Very
well written and thanks for writing it. It is taking me some time to read
all of the mailings, so that is why I am so late in answering. Thanks
again, Becky From Becky's Greenhouse
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@otherside.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:01 AM
Subject: 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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