Please allow me to unbottle another bottle sales experience for you! [Experience number one can be found right here.]
Let’s review the context of this bottle sales experience:
Who: Noah and I have been customers purchasing large quantities of bottles
What: Affordable, vintage apothecary bottles
Where: Every antique shop in a thirty mile radius of school, our homes, and anywhere we visit
How many: We just need a few, like 230. Maybe a few more…
Why: To accompany foraged flowers on tables at a shindig this summer
The Story?
When you’re sick you go to the doctor. When you need antique help you go to Prof Sweet. Or, at least that’s what we did and I’d say it worked out. Today’s story is about referrals.
Well, if you’ve had a class with Prof Sweet, you might’ve heard about his love for antiques and about his business. If you haven’t, I’m sorry; antiques are always so cool to hear about. My past experiences with Prof Sweet have rendered him as an antiques authority in my mind; especially when it comes to the local area he has a lot of knowledge and connections.
Prof Sweet himself doesn’t work with the sorts of bottles we were looking for, he was able to refer us to some shops in the area that might have some options. He even sent us some information and pictures after visiting some of the shops which was very helpful. We followed up with these shops and ended up making a few purchases!
Always remember the power of referrals and treat prospects all with respect. Even those that don’t buy from you might refer a friend if they find you/your product/your service commendable.
Fun Fact about Bottle Buying: Prices (really like all antiques) can vary drastically- even for identical bottles. Thusly, shopping around is helpful. We bought a root beer extract bottle at one store for $3, and in another shop found the same bottle on sale for $40. Also, cobalt blue bottles are hard to find for under $3 because they’re less common.
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