Need Advice....got that "gut feeling" about a potential client - Page 2

this just made me flashback to a similar situation with a long time acquaintance

wanted a very cool choco plated designer cake 'simple cake' of course

there was an adult sibling dying and the bride had a lack of funds

and they wanted a deal but not for a cake they could afford

and there were teases about, oh i just opened an envelope with an unexpected love gift from blablabla

and i have almost enough money but i never saw a penny

and i just finally said, sorry you need to make other arrangements

no deal chicky -- get me off the merry go 'round

playing the sympathy card is creepy untoward in a business deal-- borders on disturbing

if it was me -- i might say something like 'we are fast tracking our plans'

i would play the sympathy card if i was truly desperate and i needed milk for the baby's bottle

but not for a wedding cake i could not afford

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Originally Posted by DeliciousDesserts 

Thank you so much for your faith and confidence. As I mentioned, I book on a first come first pay deposit basis. Since our last contact, I have received a deposit and am currently booked for

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. Please accept my best wishes.

If you know of someone to whom you can refer her, do so. Otherwise leave it.

That's what I was going to say too.

i know, nh! that's eerily similar to my situation

little teases long silences

punctuated with lengthy 'you and i are on the same page' type emails

and i was never near that page--missed deadlines no retainer

she had a nice wedding and got her cake needs elsewhere

nothing like the cake she showed me

which i understand and have compassion for the dire situation -- death/wedding whoa heavy heaviest

and i guess i understand the hiccoughing contacts w/me sort of-- due to all things considered

but then at some point business is business we're on or we're not and i finally called it--

i prolly said something like, 'unfortunately i'm no longer able to fulfill your order' but dang it was late late late in the game too so~~

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Originally Posted by DeliciousDesserts 

Thank you so much for your faith and confidence. (However) as I mentioned, I book on a first come first pay deposit basis. Since our last contact, I have received a deposit and am currently booked for

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. Please accept my best wishes.

If you know of someone to whom you can refer her, do so. Otherwise leave it.

only thing i would do is add a 'however' in there to denote the change in direction

otherwise it seems like you're accepting... but then not really

and to my shock i have had people arrange thier event to coincide with my calendar so keep that in mind too

'well if you're booked on that date how about the week before/after' or 'when do you have an opening'

so keep it sweet, simple and for sure