Re: [CH] re: $$$
tucker (tucker@ticon.net)
Mon, 14 May 2001 13:42:19 -0500
Fieryfood@aol.com wrote:
> Erich,
> You, too, make some good points about some prices being raised beyond
> reasonableness. One local hot shop in this area did that - interestingly
> enough, he's no longer in business!
Well, I'm hoping the guy near here stays in business, as I buy the
aforementioned salsas from him; and also some dip mixes. I don't think he'll have
a problem, as he carries a good variety of household items (some chile, and some
just general southwest-type, designs). He has more household / decor type items,
and grilling sauces, etc. than hot sauces and salsas. In fact, maybe his mark up
is so high on the sauces due to the fact that he doesn't stock a lot of them. He
has a decent variety compared to other stores in the area, but probably not more
than 25 - 30 different sauces, and, maybe 10 - 15 different salsas. But he's the
only game in town, or within a 50 - 100 (?) mile range, more like. It seems that,
perhaps, the hot sauce thing is still very much more of a novelty here than a
dietary staple; so he focuses more on the decorative items.
> Sorry to keep the thread going and, like other CH oriented businesses, we
> really appreciate your support. But it really yanks my chain when someone
> says they no longer support a small business because that business got
> successful! You probably didn't mean it that way - just one of those things
> I'm sensitive to!
Nope, you're quite right. I didn't mean anything of the sort. I still give
them as much business as I ever did. My point was that my wife and I go through a
bunch of Melindas sauce, for which he charges $7.00 / bottle, and carries one
variety, I think. I just ordered 8 bottles of sauce (6 different varieties) plus
one jar of salsa from them directly, and with shipping it's gonna' run me $37.75.
That's an average of just over $4.00 / item, as I said, with shipping. Even if I
wanted to pay the extra $27.00, and could afford to every time I buy sauce, he
doesn't carry more than the one variety of their (Figuero Bros.) sauce; and I
believe none of the salsa. So, being the informed consumer I am, I go where I get
the variety I want, for the value I need. Were there a shop close by that carried
what I like, for a reasonably competitive price, I'd have no problem paying a few
(stress few) extra dollars. Unfortunately, the only shop I'm aware of with a
wonderful variety of sauces and salsas, is about a 4 1/2 hour drive from here.
--
Erich Defending my right to frugality to the grave!!! Or, at least 'til those
damned lottery tickets pay off...
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