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Re: [compost_tea] Gallons/Acre/Price



Ray,
Thanks for this practical advice, it is much appreciated.
Regards Mike Harvey
New Life Soils
www.composttea.com.au

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ray gore" <xrg22000@yahoo.com>
To: <compost_tea@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Gallons/Acre/Price


> I usually price my applications to ea customer on an
> individual basis. I have not had any two customers
> with a simialar situation and each order has to be
> tailor made or lose the deal. While the price of the
> tea usually remains constant, delivery,
> compost,application and other services sometimes gives
> me some room for negotiations. Unlike car sales or
> other, a lot of new customers i have to give a sample
> or two at first. I have found that by giving them some
> free product, if it works, they usually buy and
> recommend more to their friends. This worked out well
> this past summer as well as last friday at a local
> grass and cattle grazers meeting that I was invited
> to. A local rancher who I gave product to invited me
> to the exclusive meeting and endorsed tea whereas I
> picked up three more customers. It has to be
> emphasized that while your in business to make money
> your interest is in their profitability first. Once
> they believe that, you have dedicated customers. My
> soapbox this year is reducing the price of the compost
> and opening the door and supplementing with tea.
> Because of this my organic customer base is enjoying
> the "price club" sort of benefits of buying compost
> cheaper than they ever could. Think they will buy more
> tea next year? Once we prove the known benefits of the
> tea program without hidden witches brew type
> supplements and combine said program with soil
> building microbe friendly Organic Gem style
> sustainable fertilizers, this tea thing will
> blossom(parden the pun). I cant justify to University
> extension agents or even the base level farmer the
> validity, nor legally to my organic customers can i
> apply a secret ingredient product. Draw the proverbial
> line in the sand, mark your territories that
> realistically you can service and provide the best
> service to your customers. Once you prove to them the
> value of your service then like a farmer of mine said
> this summer, "I have no reason to make or go anyplace
> else for the product as long as your doing all the
> work for me".
> --- jamsot@aol.com wrote:
> > I don't think it wise to give a uniform price for
> > what the cost of spraying
> > tea should be.  Having run very profitable Plant
> > health care buisnesses for 15
> > years, if you sit and figure out your cost of
> > buisness...well those numbers
> > are lowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
> >
> > Out here on the good side of the Hudson River, our
> > cost of doing buisness is
> > probably 40 times higher then the rest of the
> > country.  But we have the
> > clients with power and money and are use to paying a
> > premium.
> >
> > I would like to be on some kind of a committe to
> > help form a selling program
> > and pricing program outline for the rest to use.
> >
> > James
> >
>
>
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