Minnesota!

[Cyrus83]

But now that I'm getting these dark Marans eggs, I could probably sell them to the granola crowd for ten bucks a dozen.

 

[duluthralphie]

But now that I'm getting these dark Marans eggs, I could probably sell them to the granola crowd for ten bucks a dozen.

Do not count on it.. In my personal experience the "granola crowd" besides eating funny are extremely cheap..

 

[Cyrus83]

And for some reason they seem to love bumper stickers.

 

[duluthralphie]

And for some reason they seem to love bumper stickers.

90% of which I completely disagree with.


Maybe when you spend so much on bumper stickers you can't afford granola..

 

[KlopKlop]

I read an interesting article on pricing homemade/homegrown goods that talked about not underpricing your good, not just because you make less money, but because of a psychology trick that people assume that too of cheap goods are inferior quality and would rather 'pay a little extra' for something nicer

That said, if egg prices continue to rise in the store I will consider raising my prices slightly to reflect. Not too much though

 

[duluthralphie]

I read an interesting article on pricing homemade/homegrown goods that talked about not underpricing your good, not just because you make less money, but because of a psychology trick that people assume that too of cheap goods are inferior quality and would rather 'pay a little extra' for something nicer

That said, if egg prices continue to rise in the store I will consider raising my prices slightly to reflect. Not too much though

That is a basic marketing ploy. There are even certain things the more you charge the more people want it.

One is dogs. The difference between a registered lab at $300 and $1500 is the greed of the owner, most times. People want to be able to say I paid 2 grand for that dog. It is a matter of pride I think.

I being cheap, try to not follow this rule. I follow the "forster" method ( Forster was my grandpa's last name) He was a little tight.

My mother continues the tradition. My Grandpa actually made the first piece of copper wire in history, he invented it. It was a accident. He had given my Mother a penny for her allowance and he decided it was too much, and wanted to take it back. My mother, being as tight as he was, refused to release the penny. The tow of them fought over that penny so hard they stretched it for a mile and copper wire was born.


I still do the "forster" thing. If I need a tool I buy it from harbor freight or menards, knowing it is junk and will break soon, instead of paying for a good tool once. I have bought 50 drills at around 20 bucks instead of buying one good one for a hundred... Stupid me!



When my brother or I catch each other doing something cheap we call it "forstering it".

 

[holm25]

Just some random pics.

 

[Rhetts]

What a beautiful day!!

I was glad to hear you guys talk about egg prices. I was wondering how to price them. Or how much they were worth as far as bartering goes.

I also read the thread with your post Ralphie, and I have no idea what they heck they were fussing about. That phrase makes me think of the Dr Suess story about the pale green pants with nobody inside them.

I was considering selling some of my extra roos on craigslist. Knowing my area has an abundance of roosters on craigslist how should I price them? I have been feeding them organic food so does that help me to increase price or does that not really matter as far as roos go? 2 would be older like 5.5 months and 4 are younger, 9 weeks I think.

Have a wonderful day all!!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Rhetts: I'll tell you I priced out the Frankenstein whole fryers in our grocery store and they were at $10. Now if you sold a roo where it's potential is meat to somebody...they'll need to process it yet too. (processing is about $5-$6 I think) then you're looking at $4-$5 for a bird. But being raised organically should give you another $5 shot in the arm in my opinion. It's hard to sell live roosters though. IDK....just rattling some numbers around.

To me, I've just, put it in my head that extra roos raised by our family deserve to be rehomed or die by my ax not somebody else's who may botch the job. And they displace a poor soul who was raised in a 1 foot by 1 foot cage for a meal on my table. That's how I deal with it all.

Ralphie: Sadie does prefer upright at this juncture when awake. But when she's asleep she's a rubber-puppy. Bendable, lay her anyway you want. When submissive, lying on the back is very much a necessity in the dog world. Who wants a dominant PITA in the duck blind? Not me. Not DH. Reagan is a great name for a dog, BTW.

I've ran out of ovations to give! Dang it. You all are on a roll!

Ok. So egg prices. Personally if I'm selling at $2.50 I'm losing money. Grain costs are just above that. Even free ranging. Now "Cage Free" eggs at WalMart before the egg crisis were over $4 when I looked. Nice brown eggs from hens free to roam cement and tin building. Not foraging at all. no Dark orange beta-carotene yolks. Just Waxy Pale Blech. I think People now who don't know their eggs/quality when they see it are doh-dohs. IMHO.

Ralphie about your neighbors: Hahaha. Nothing that some Continental Plate Tectonic Shifts can't solve.

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie about your neighbors: Hahaha. Nothing that some Continental Plate Tectonic Shifts can't solve.

I agree with that, If our continent was say 200 miles narrower on each end, it could be a WAY better place to live and we could save gas money driving coast to coast...