Update: Rags and Rugs

Update rag trade & carpets

as the things go, one step back two steps forward.

First the rags, second the carpets.

rags... i am so glad i have a rule not offers to buy or sell on this list. My
tailor took a tour
through the USA and I could have done him a favor by recommending y’all to him.

Well, he and I go way back, or at least he and his aunt and I. He worked the
jewelry side of
the business and took over the tailoring side as well when his aunt retired.

Of course he took first class care of me...

He took care of my artist/partner on rugs and rags, He did first rate on her
linen clothes, and
then completely screwed up a leather jacket sample..

He displeased my wife with her suit. Yikes!

Just think if i had recommended him to the list and ten of you had suits made,
and now I’d
have five complaints. Whew. Dodged a bullet. Remember, no good deed goes
unpunished

Now, we we either train him to get to first class on all matters tailoring,
consistently, or we
find another tailor. More on that as we proceed.

Next carpets.

The artist shows samples of the Indian design hand knotted wool carpets to a
tiny Indian
show in Tacoma, Washington, and did very well. Enough to cover the minimum
order, so we
are putting that together.

1/2 of her business each year comes from an all Indian show in Santa Fe. This
year was a
disaster. None of the east coast wealthy nor the foreigners came to Santa Fe,
and it rained
the entire time. The general understanding is the airport security procedures
after the false
claims of terror plots has killed any interest in travel among this set.

She is usually busy to 3 o'clock, but by nine am she was alone in her booth
reading the paper,
with countless other Indian artists doing the same.

Later the Indian artists began to commiserate among themselves, and they were
intrigued at
seeing her designs on carpets. To make a long story short, she lined up many
Indian artists
to extend their designs into carpets. Since each of these artists has his own
following,
who buy up the works of the artists, she has a network of reps spontaneously
formed, and all
based on unique designs.

This struck me as an interesting development, because the one area I have been
stumped in
applying the principles I learned what the area of selling art. Is this the
answer, moving out
of the primordial bog? I’ll keep you informed as to how this proceeds.

John

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