Hi Linda … Yes, no need to ask.

When I up the price by the requested discount, I first tell them I love negotiating, and I do it all with a smile. I don’t get up tight or indignant. The customer usually get’s it, and chuckles. If they want the item, they pay the original price. All in good humour.

I never defend my work to that which is factory made in some other country, and of lesser quality. Those who do buy from me understand about original & hand made. Those are the customers I value and I treat them with respect and appreciation.

Never want to sell something so bad, that you sell yourself out!

You should have said, with an angelic smile, Yes, $30 for EACH! 🙂

Years ago, I learned to build in an up-to-30% haggling at the end of the day/good customer/fellow vendor price/store commission to every piece I put out on my table. (Allowing for a 30% discount does not mean adding 30% to my prices. It means adding 50%.)

What this does mean is I can — and do — give good customers a break or throw in a pair of coordinating earrings as a good will gesture (several pairs of which are always made up and ready to go with that necklace or bracelet), or round down a total by a few dollars if someone buys three or more items.

I’m never being put on the spot, and there’s the element of surprise and extra hit of pleasure that that gives to the customer especially when they’re not expecting it.