Tony: That's true. Name brands on ANY product always command a higher price.
Just the way things are. If I could command a higher price just because it was
my name on them, I'd go for the higher price as well.. Chuck
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From: Anthony Spezio
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Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Selling flies online
Chuck,
This sounds like I am blowing my own horn so don't take it that way. I
was getting the premium for my flies at the shops because I tied them. A lot of
them were bought as collectors flies. This also happens at shows. At the
Conclave last week I had a tyer say I will take your fly because you tied it.
Others tell me the fly will never see the water. Had a guy come over and showed
me two small plastic bags with flies in them. He bought them at a resort that
had my name on the bags. He wanted to verify that they were flies I tied. There
were a dozen of the same flies in each bag.. It is the same with the bamboo
rods. I had a student that wanted me to sell a rod he made. I took it to three
shows trying to sell it for him. I got the same thing, If I was going to buy a
bamboo rod, I would have you make it for me. I never got to sell it.
There are others out there like that, it is the name that commands the
price. I really don't think I am in that category but I guess there are others
that think I do.
Tony
--- On Wed, 10/10/12, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net>
wrote:
From: Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net>
Subject: Re: [VFB] Selling flies online
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 6:34 PM
Alan: I guess so. I can still get hooks now for $6.00/100, but even
at that price, you'd have to tie a LOT of flies to make any real money.
Specially at places like ebay where if the certain auction ends with a no sale,
you still have to pay a relisting fee to list them again. Do that 2-3 times and
you're going in the hole. One way my wife helps with her leader auctions is to
run them in a "run it till it sells" type auction and puts say, 10, or 25 etc
under the "number available". That must be what those guys have to do. Do flies
in fly shops sell for a lot more than the prices I quoted from the ebay
auctions I listed?? If so, I guess if a person had a few fly shops that they
"contracted" with, then I guess they could make better money. Then again, the
ppl who buy at those shops would probably insist on better quality flies, hooks
etc right?? Thanks, Chuck
----- Original M essage -----
From: Alan Di Somma
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Selling flies online
Perhaps the hooks are ones they bought on eBay a long time ago at
very cheap,prices.
I know that is the case with me.
Thank you,
Alan Di Somma
Sent from my iPad
Thank You,
Alan Di Somma
Phoenix, AZ.
On Oct 9, 2012, at 8:44 PM, "Chuck Alexander"
<chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote:
Folks: This is a question for ppl who have ever, or do now, sell
flies. I have been searching ebay, and other sites, and the ppl on there sell
their flies, mostly just pretty simple patterns for only 6/$2.99 up to about
6/$5.95 tops. Plus either free shipping, or 45 cents, or maybe 75 cents or a
dollar tops. Now, any hooks alone that are name brand, unless they are having a
great sale, are gonna run ya up to a about 15.8 cents each @ $3.95/25 pack .
So, how do these ppl make ANY money at all like this?? Or are they just doing
it to try to recoup some money on a hobby they enjoy doing anyway?? Thanks,
Chuck
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