Chuck, My name and 1.99 will buy a cheese burger at MC Donalds. LOL Tony --- On Thu, 10/11/12, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote:
From: Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> Subject: Re: [VFB] Selling flies online To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 3:34 PM 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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