Re: Advice on taking commissions
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:24 am
Guess I'm in luck for now. Most if not all of my commissions originate from the dutch/flemish smoker forums, so I know pretty much all of the people ordering from me are legit. I've even met many of them on one of our meetings.
Furthermore most of them are easygoing customers, with requests like "I want a devil anse, bark finished and a tiger acrylic stem, no filter. If you see it possible, make it a reverse calabash, if not that's fine."
Heck, I was making a pipe the other night and completely forgot the guy wanted a 9mm filter pipe until I fitted the stem. So I told him the wait will be a bit longer as I'm starting over, and he tells me not to bother, he'll take the non filter no questions asked! (I still told him I'd make a new one with filter and give him the option to chose then, as I'm confident I can sell the non-filter one to someone else)
It really is a blessing being the admin of your own customer pool
Then again, I'm charging less then 100$ a piece for most of them, which probably means they're not expecting a 500$+ pipe either
Furthermore most of them are easygoing customers, with requests like "I want a devil anse, bark finished and a tiger acrylic stem, no filter. If you see it possible, make it a reverse calabash, if not that's fine."
Heck, I was making a pipe the other night and completely forgot the guy wanted a 9mm filter pipe until I fitted the stem. So I told him the wait will be a bit longer as I'm starting over, and he tells me not to bother, he'll take the non filter no questions asked! (I still told him I'd make a new one with filter and give him the option to chose then, as I'm confident I can sell the non-filter one to someone else)
It really is a blessing being the admin of your own customer pool
Then again, I'm charging less then 100$ a piece for most of them, which probably means they're not expecting a 500$+ pipe either