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Mine never died, he is still missing in action.I Buried My Action Man when John Wayne Died...I was Devastated at the Time..Weird I Know but My Action Man was John Wayne..They Researched this Somewhere Years After & Found that Many Thousands had Done the Same..
Billy
You will get it Cheaper from this Seller on EBay..The 60 G Pucks Last for Ever..There is a Discount if You Buy a Couple of Pucks from here..I have Never Came Across an Artisan Soap that Can Look Near it..Artisan Means Nothing to Me..
http://www.ebay.de/itm/6-17-100g-Ha...398638?hash=item360504402e:g:o84AAOSw1KxXM2La
Billy
Wow, that's an offer you can't refuse!Am I missing something? This is more expensive than my 1912 shave soap, do the maths Billy.
60g puck plus postage = £8.88 divide by 60 = 14p per gram
140g container plus postage = £18.49 divide by 140 = 13p per gram
But! I hear you say...
Buy a couple of pucks of Haslinger and receive a discount.
Type tsr-10 at the Wickhams website and get the TSR forum discount of 10%
I'm still cheaper, and it seems you get a free container as well Billy.
Go to my website look at the available scents for the 1912 shave soap and send me a PM of which one grabs your fancy, send me your address and I will send it to you FREE on the basis you put it head to head with Haslinger. No need to post back your thoughts. As a soap maker who takes what he does seriously and with the amount of competition out there I benchmarked 1912 against all the top soaps including this one before I was satisfied I had a product to sell. Why would anyone in their right mind, Artisan or not put a substandard product on the market place at a more expensive price than the market leaders? To me this does not make sense.
This was the reason I discontinued Super Smooth, it was no longer IMO a market leader that commanded a price I could charge over breaking even. Yes I could of kept selling it but eventually the decline in Super Smooth customers would of been the indicator of this fact. Why try to fool your customers and more importantly why try to fool myself, again it don't make sense to me.
It's not just shaving soap you can argue about price Vs quality and how they don't seem to add up with different companies. This is not specifically an Artisan Vs Mass produced or even a small company Vs big company debate, it's much more global and complex than this, it's seen in all sectors between all sizes of business. It's not just size that matters, it's also location, law, politics, finance, plant, operational set up, management, goals, skills, knowledge...
An example of some companies you can argue the same with and where locations play a part.
British Airways - Virgin flight to same destination
Thompson Holiday - First Choice same holiday package
Nike - Adidas same shoe style
House on the south coast - house in London same size
Shirt made in India - same shirt made in China
Car hire with Avis - same car with whoever
...the list is endless.
Here is something that many people here don't know. Because I buy bulk from one of the major suppliers my natural ingredients fluctuate regularly in price. My prices are linked to market prices, so when there has been a bad harvest or quotas increase/decrease or exchange rates go up or down I see price adjustments. So far this year I have seen an eye watering jump in the price of Cocoa Butter. The last price adjustment was an increase of £3.60 on the Kilo or on my MOQ of 25 Kg an extra £90. What do I do? Do I keep changing my prices to maintain my profit margin or do I swallow it in the hope it will go back down along with the other rising prices of ingredients I use?
https://www.mintecglobal.com/2016/07/cocoa-butter-prices-trend-upwards-2016/
You see it's not just about how big or small you are that dictates your price or the level of the quality of your goods produced. Just because I am an Artisan, (one man making soap) don't think of me as a small business doing business with other small businesses. Open your minds and think bigger! Only small minded people think small.
Yeah I'd pm him or you may wake up with a Little Big Man's head in your duvet.Wow, that's an offer you can't refuse!
But that is only your idea of what what an artisan is, just because you can produce enough to sell to third party vendors does not mean that you are not an artisan, what about artisan brush makers who gets an order from a third party vendor and fills that order.... Is he/she no longer an artisan brush maker.Just tossing it out there, how many of the 'Artisan' being discussed in this debate are actually bordering on mass production anyways? My idea of an artisan would be a small maker and a small limited batch not available on various outlets and websites?
Well buy your erasmic stick then, nobody is going to think any the less of you because of that anyway.the v2 super smooth base is fantastic. just somewhat of a pain as I am a face lather man, and it needs a bowl to get moistened up in or it created big chunks in my brush.
its just that erasmic in that little red box is so reliable, and that I can go anywhere in the world and buy a box and its the same stick. I cant really get that from most "artisans"
But that is only your idea of what what an artisan is, just because you can produce enough to sell to third party vendors does not mean that you are not an artisan, what about artisan brush makers who gets an order from a third party vendor and fills that order.... Is he/she no longer an artisan brush maker.
And as far as soaps is concerned how many times have you seen that the third party vendor has run out of stock of these artisan soaps, that's because it is a small production run that the artisans have. I could go on but I think I've put my views across now
Yes I was thinking last night what do I have to say to get offered a free tub of wonderfull artisan soap, but as you say apart from my thoughts on these soaps being known my conscience would also not allow me to do such things.Meanwhile, most of the rest of us are still wondering what we can compare our Wickhams to in order to provoke the " I'll send you one free " response. Nope, no good, my conscience and basic honesty won't permit me to have a go at a fine soap from an honest maker. Grab the offer Billy ... I do believe it may just tickle your chakras m8.
JohnnyO. o/
Well..Thats a Very Kind Offer Sir...Thank You...I Will Take You Up on that Kind Offer..I Would be Honoured to Try You're Soap..Am I missing something? This is more expensive than my 1912 shave soap, do the maths Billy.
60g puck plus postage = £8.88 divide by 60 = 14p per gram
140g container plus postage = £18.49 divide by 140 = 13p per gram
But! I hear you say...
Buy a couple of pucks of Haslinger and receive a discount.
Type tsr-10 at the Wickhams website and get the TSR forum discount of 10%
I'm still cheaper, and it seems you get a free container as well Billy.
Go to my website look at the available scents for the 1912 shave soap and send me a PM of which one grabs your fancy, send me your address and I will send it to you FREE on the basis you put it head to head with Haslinger. No need to post back your thoughts. As a soap maker who takes what he does seriously and with the amount of competition out there I benchmarked 1912 against all the top soaps including this one before I was satisfied I had a product to sell. Why would anyone in their right mind, Artisan or not put a substandard product on the market place at a more expensive price than the market leaders? To me this does not make sense.
This was the reason I discontinued Super Smooth, it was no longer IMO a market leader that commanded a price I could charge over breaking even. Yes I could of kept selling it but eventually the decline in Super Smooth customers would of been the indicator of this fact. Why try to fool your customers and more importantly why try to fool myself, again it don't make sense to me.
It's not just shaving soap you can argue about price Vs quality and how they don't seem to add up with different companies. This is not specifically an Artisan Vs Mass produced or even a small company Vs big company debate, it's much more global and complex than this, it's seen in all sectors between all sizes of business. It's not just size that matters, it's also location, law, politics, finance, plant, operational set up, management, goals, skills, knowledge...
An example of some companies you can argue the same with and where locations play a part.
British Airways - Virgin flight to same destination
Thompson Holiday - First Choice same holiday package
Nike - Adidas same shoe style
House on the south coast - house in London same size
Shirt made in India - same shirt made in China
Car hire with Avis - same car with whoever
...the list is endless.
Here is something that many people here don't know. Because I buy bulk from one of the major suppliers my natural ingredients fluctuate regularly in price. My prices are linked to market prices, so when there has been a bad harvest or quotas increase/decrease or exchange rates go up or down I see price adjustments. So far this year I have seen an eye watering jump in the price of Cocoa Butter. The last price adjustment was an increase of £3.60 on the Kilo or on my MOQ of 25 Kg an extra £90. What do I do? Do I keep changing my prices to maintain my profit margin or do I swallow it in the hope it will go back down along with the other rising prices of ingredients I use?
https://www.mintecglobal.com/2016/07/cocoa-butter-prices-trend-upwards-2016/
You see it's not just about how big or small you are that dictates your price or the level of the quality of your goods produced. Just because I am an Artisan, (one man making soap) don't think of me as a small business doing business with other small businesses. Open your minds and think bigger! Only small minded people think small.
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