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post #46 of 74
6/28/09 at 12:38pm
Your response was perfect!! icon_smile.gif
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post #47 of 74
6/28/09 at 3:36pm
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Originally Posted by sweetcakes

if there is a next time (doubt that but..) and she wants cake for 100 for $45 tell her you will swap your 100 serving cake for a lasagne to serve 100 done in serving size pans of 10. or what ever she is good at making. im sure she will then rethink the cost and time it would take to make 100 servings of anything. There will never be an end to the family and friends cheapos.



I like this idea! "sure, mom, I'd love to do the 3D submarine in fondant with all the little rivets...ect.. to serve 60 people for 30 bucks, but how about a trade off? The 3 kids, baby, DH and I want to go trick or treatings as the wizard of oz characters. You can whip those costumes up for us, after all, it is only FABRIC" icon_twisted.gif

I would rather make 1 cake for $150, than 3 for $50 each.

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I would rather make 1 cake for $150, than 3 for $50 each.

The person who works for nothing will always have plenty to do!

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post #48 of 74
6/28/09 at 3:49pm
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.....after all, it is only FABRIC" icon_twisted.gif


and thread. don't forget the thread. after all, we don't want to cheat her or anything! icon_biggrin.gif
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post #49 of 74
6/29/09 at 11:53am
I so enjoyed reading all of your posts!!Recently a lady asked me to do a cake for her son's 1st BD. She'd seen my work at another kid's party, had seen my blog pictures and she oohed and aahd about how gordeus my cakes were, and would I do "little 3D zoo creatures from something that tastes good, not fondant, yes....that's it, chocolate plastic". I said okay, $40. Well, hmmm. Could I do cupcakes nstead...with you know, little 3D zoo figures.......(see above)...blah blah...I said Sure, $3.50 per cupcake...Still cheaper than specialty cupcake shops here, use real buttermilk, fillings, etc...Could I also do cookie favors, you know zoo animals, detailed, those yummy cream cheese sugar cookies, she had tasted that I had done...Yes, I can $4.50 each...(Locally they go for $7.50 each and taste like doodoo made with all kinds of artificial stuff)...Well, she said, "that seems unreasonable" no thannk you...ARGHHHHHHHH
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post #50 of 74
6/29/09 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by indydebi

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Originally Posted by annacakes79

.....after all, it is only FABRIC" icon_twisted.gif


and thread. don't forget the thread. after all, we don't want to cheat her or anything! icon_biggrin.gif



Ooops! How could I have cheated my own mother?!

I would rather make 1 cake for $150, than 3 for $50 each.

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I would rather make 1 cake for $150, than 3 for $50 each.

The person who works for nothing will always have plenty to do!

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post #51 of 74
6/29/09 at 12:28pm
Had a bride call-small wedding-50 people but wanted generous portions for cake servings. She wanted handmade pearls around each tier and streaming down the side-found a picture on a wedding website. Hasn't called back after I emailed her my bid. Wonder if WalMart does hand made pearls? I am working for myself-not for anyone else! If you don't make the cake-you won't loose $400.00+. You won't have to buy a gift $100.00 You won't have to attend the reception and eat Wally World cake-PRICELESS!
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Making life sweet!

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post #52 of 74
6/29/09 at 1:25pm
I loved your response! Hopefully she'll understand how she insulted you when she pays her Walmart bill for bad cake.
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post #53 of 74
6/29/09 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by LKing12

Had a bride call-small wedding-50 people but wanted generous portions for cake servings. ..... Wonder if WalMart does hand made pearls?


I loved messin' with their minds on requests like that.

"50 peoplewith large servings, so we'll sell you a cake for 75 servings at $3/serving = $225.

Oh no! She doesn't want a bigger cake! She just wants bigger servings!

"OK, we'll sell you a cake for 50 with larger servings at $4.50/serving = $225."

"Yeah, that's better!"

icon_confused.gif Here's yer sign!

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And while I was in my walmart today, I walked over to flip thru their "Pick Your Wedding Cake from These Pictures" book. Holy moly, I LIKE the older, old-fashioned cake designs but these were too old-fashioned even for ME!!! Oh, brother! I think the most current pic came from 1973!
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post #54 of 74
6/29/09 at 2:19pm
Bwahahaha Indy. Doh!
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post #55 of 74
6/29/09 at 2:41pm
Can you even buy 100 twinkies for $45?
Being up to my elbows in cream sounded a lot more glamorous!
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Being up to my elbows in cream sounded a lot more glamorous!
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post #56 of 74
6/29/09 at 2:49pm
Since that's only .45 each I highly doubt it.... Don't you just get so disgusted sometimes....
Cakes for my family are usually free and then I only get a VERY small gift..... like 10.00 worth of gift.
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post #57 of 74
6/29/09 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by indydebi

Quote:
Originally Posted by LKing12

Had a bride call-small wedding-50 people but wanted generous portions for cake servings. ..... Wonder if WalMart does hand made pearls?



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And while I was in my walmart today, I walked over to flip thru their "Pick Your Wedding Cake from These Pictures" book. Holy moly, I LIKE the older, old-fashioned cake designs but these were too old-fashioned even for ME!!! Oh, brother! I think the most current pic came from 1973!



When I did a consult for a bride at my church for a Valentines wedding she glanced through my decopac catalog ( I swear it's only for the tips, colors and spatulas!) and fell in love with a walmrt cake- combed sides and buttercream roses!! I did the dumb cake, but charged more than walmart! It was a real fast cake!, I went to bed early (sick) and got up at 10, had my coffee, iced and decorated, delivered at noon! I'll put a pic of it in here! icon_rolleyes.gif
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I would rather make 1 cake for $150, than 3 for $50 each.

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My sarcasm is good-humored. People generally really like me, in person ;-) 

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I would rather make 1 cake for $150, than 3 for $50 each.

The person who works for nothing will always have plenty to do!

My sarcasm is good-humored. People generally really like me, in person ;-) 

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post #58 of 74
6/29/09 at 3:37pm
That's a great cake! I always have appreciation for perfectly straight lines and great piping. Neither of which I can do worth a darn. Heck, I would poo myself right there if someone brought me a Walmart design....hee hee!
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post #59 of 74
6/29/09 at 3:39pm
That's family for you!
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You can't just eat a piece of cake, you have to eat the cake to pieces! Marilyn
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post #60 of 74
6/29/09 at 3:53pm
Had a co-worker ask me last summer to do a cake for her. Since I was newer at doing cakes than I am now (still new btw), I quoted $200 to feed 100 people. Crazy, I know. She went with it and I was stoked that I got a customer. She approached me two months before the wedding and wanted to cancel the order. Said she had found "pretty much the same cake" at Wal-Mart for $110, but wanted to know if I would pick it up and set it up for her LOL. I, of course, declined.

The wedding was this past Saturday. She tells me today at work that "the walmart cake was such a disaster. It tasted like cardboard and it wouldn't even stand up. It fell during the ceremony so we didn't even have pictures cutting the cake." I secretly laughed and thought, Karma is a
b#$%^!!!
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