Egg prices and DH's oppinion UHG

[sgtmom52]

I charge $2. a dozen and on several occasions have had people buy 2 dozen and give me $5. and will not take change and they love the eggs!

 

[GreenGables]

I was just discussing this topic with my husband this morning. I said I could probably sell the eggs for 3.50 to 4.00 because they are organic. We shall see...

 

[montverdechick]

I charge $3 a dozen. No one has complained to me so far and I have repeat customers. I had just hoped to recoup the cost of feed each month, but I have made $42 so far this month and it only cost $25 for feed. Guess I'll use the extra to buy some more chicks next week!

 

[gryeyes]

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Same here. There are only three people who get free eggs: My land-lady, a co-worker who has helped my landlady and I with various handy-man type tasks, and when I have a prospective customer AT WORK, I give them six eggs gratis and tell them the cost for any more is $3 a dozen.

And I've gotten customers from that tactic.

Even my backyard neighbor refused to take eggs free from me. I wanted to bribe 'em because of the rooster noise, but the lady of the house said, "No, we will pay whatever you charge your other customers." And she orders two dozen a week.

 

[Beti1948]

You can explain to your husband about volume pricing - stores can afford to charge so little because they get their products at wholesale prices. They buy in huge volumes and negotiate cheap prices (sometimes strong-arming the producers to accept smaller and smaller profit margins each time in the case of companies like Walmart) and so can sell for less. Working on a smaller scale, your overhead will be higher. To recoup this, you will need to sell at a higher price. It's not being greedy. It's plain economics.

In addition, as someone else mentioned, stores primarily sell factory-farmed products. Animals are kept in appalling conditions and treated like machines. You are helping to combat this by encouraging people to buy from independent, local producers who take good care of their animals.

I started selling ours for $4 and no one even blinked. There was a booth at the farmer's market in downtown Portland that had been selling them for $7 - and was SOLD OUT!

You don't have to argue with your husband. Just show him the numbers: cost of feed + your labor (do not undersell yourself) = selling price.

 

[AznChick21]

I've always wanted to know what freshly laid eggs taste like. I've only gotten eggs from supermarkets. Used to get the regular white eggs for the cheaper price. But these days I've been getting eggs from Trader Joes, and I get the brown cage free organic ones. But how much difference does real freshly laid eggs taste like? Maybe one day if I find a farmers market nearby that sells eggs, I'll get some.

 

[honeydoll]

I sell my eggs for $3.75 a dozen, and I am getting tons of compliments on them. I deliver 7 dozen a week to a Dr. office, my niece is a dr., and they can't get over how good the eggs are. Last time they were so impressed they also paid for my perscriptions!! Aww, it's great having a family member that is a dr. There is a lot of work that goes into chickens when raised with the care we do, so $2 is more that fair.

Good luck.

Carolyn

 

[milestoog]

I have owned a retail store for over 25 years, trust me someone ALWAYS has it cheaper. If your husband says the wal-mart has them for a dollar, remind him they know what their product is worth. yours are worth $ 2. Customers who only want items cheap are most likely not a customer you need. I have more than a few good customers who started out with " but the guy down the street said he could do it while I waited and it you take you 3 days !" I just tell them, there is a reason he is sitting around with nothing to do. People who want quality will pay for it, those who want price will never see the difference.

 

[Fred's Hens]

To the OP- This isn' about egg prices, but a sense of propriety in work mate relationships, especially guys.

It seems likely that your husband doesn't want to confuse his relationships at work. Understandable. He should not feel he's stuck like pickle in the middle. He doesn't want to be "selling" his workmates, thus the deep discount to soothe his conscience. Understandable. He likely doesn't want to feel like he is hustling his workmates for "big bucks". That is fine.

Thus, consider leaving him out of your egg business. If his workmates wish to become egg customers, have them call you directly. That way he can deflect everything to you. He can merely be the delivery boy, if he wishes. That way his workmates are buying from YOU and not from him.

As a guy, this is how I might feel, if I were in his shoes.

 

[Dar]

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my dad says my eggs are gross.. and they make his farts stinky.. (I swear he is 5 trapped in a 65 year olds body) he will not eat my eggs... and when they come here which is every weekend my mom brings 18 store brought eggs in too... like I need that with 11 doz sitting in the basement fridge