I hate when clients are late or don't show up for tastings. This week, I am putting my foot down. I am testing the waters on a fee for tastings. I am telling them upfront that it takes a lot of time to prepare for a tasting, that I have to charge tasting fee. I decided on $30. There is only one other place in my area that charges for tastings, so this is risky. I am going to collect the money upfront with a paypal account too, that way if they don't show, I still get paid something for my time!!! I'll let you know how it goes. So far, of my two inquiries in the last day, one person didn't blink, the other hasn't followed up... :)
Submitted by Anonymous
Comment on "clients" posted by anonymous - Ughhhh! It's the worst when people don't show up for their tastings! I have been seriously considering charging for them as well, and telling people that if they book with us the fee will go towards their order.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Nothing Fancy...
"I LOVE it when I get a request from a client like...."I was wondering if you could make a cake for this weekend for me. Nothing fancy, maybe just a fire breathing dragon demolishing a tiny life like village, and if you could see real flames that would be great....but nothing fancy."
OK, maybe that might be just a slight bit of an exaggeration, but REALLLLLY if you don't want to spend a lot., JUST SAY SO! It would save me AND you a lot of time I could tell you what I can do WITHIN your budget and YOU could set your expectations properly. I am SO tired of potential clients expecting amazing, stunningly accurate carved and sculpted cakes for the cost of a store cake. A LOT of time, $, sweat, and sometimes even blood and tears go into these cakes and very few of us truly dedicated cake decorators and truly good bakers get paid a real hourly wage...if we did....NO ONE could afford us. We do this because we love it and couldn't go WITHOUT doing it; but we need to make some sort of profit and let me tell you, it's not much if any. So PLEASE for the love of cake....let us know your budget BEFORE you request a sketch and choose freakin' flavors! THE END!" ~Submitted by Anonymous
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OK, maybe that might be just a slight bit of an exaggeration, but REALLLLLY if you don't want to spend a lot., JUST SAY SO! It would save me AND you a lot of time I could tell you what I can do WITHIN your budget and YOU could set your expectations properly. I am SO tired of potential clients expecting amazing, stunningly accurate carved and sculpted cakes for the cost of a store cake. A LOT of time, $, sweat, and sometimes even blood and tears go into these cakes and very few of us truly dedicated cake decorators and truly good bakers get paid a real hourly wage...if we did....NO ONE could afford us. We do this because we love it and couldn't go WITHOUT doing it; but we need to make some sort of profit and let me tell you, it's not much if any. So PLEASE for the love of cake....let us know your budget BEFORE you request a sketch and choose freakin' flavors! THE END!" ~Submitted by Anonymous
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Comment on Nothing Fancy... - "AMEN!! I loved the fire-breathing part. Ah, it's so true!
So is the point here to submit our stories to you, and then you will post them up for all of us bakers to read? Superb, superb. "
Bitchin Baker response to comment: That is exactly the point! You can email us directly or leave a comment, we will make everything anonymous unless we are asked not to :)
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