07-08-2006, 10:35 AM
As a consumer at the Maku'u market, I can make a couple of observations.
1. I find it much MUCH more pleasant to browse and shop if prices are clearly marked.
2. It is much more fun to bring home an item and be able to tell visitors to my home "I met the artist at...." instead of "I found it in the discount section at Walmart..." Most art is a conversation piece, after all.
3. When the sellers are unclean and unkempt, busy talking to one another instead of making eye contact and a brief smile, I am turned off. I may not want to talk with them just yet but it is pleasant to have them acknowledge my presence in a low key way.
4. Although what I purchase is usually a smaller item, a large, exotic, attention getting item prominently displayedf is what gets my attention and me over to the booth in the first place. I am most attracted if I see the item over the heads of the people in front of me... I don't like to struggle through a crowd to find out if you have anything to attract my attention.
Many of us go the market as entertainment and buy on whim. Keep up the efforts.... and I wish you success!
Pam
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
1. I find it much MUCH more pleasant to browse and shop if prices are clearly marked.
2. It is much more fun to bring home an item and be able to tell visitors to my home "I met the artist at...." instead of "I found it in the discount section at Walmart..." Most art is a conversation piece, after all.
3. When the sellers are unclean and unkempt, busy talking to one another instead of making eye contact and a brief smile, I am turned off. I may not want to talk with them just yet but it is pleasant to have them acknowledge my presence in a low key way.
4. Although what I purchase is usually a smaller item, a large, exotic, attention getting item prominently displayedf is what gets my attention and me over to the booth in the first place. I am most attracted if I see the item over the heads of the people in front of me... I don't like to struggle through a crowd to find out if you have anything to attract my attention.
Many of us go the market as entertainment and buy on whim. Keep up the efforts.... and I wish you success!
Pam
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"