Comments on: Weakness 4. High Prices https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html The small town and rural business resource Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:50:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Weakness 5. Dated Appearance or Ugly Buildings https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26821 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:43:40 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26821 […] Weakness 4: High Prices […]

]]> By: Weakness 6. Not Marketing https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26820 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:42:39 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26820 […] Weakness 4: High Prices […]

]]> By: Three big advantages of being a small business | TDS Business https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26407 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:25:06 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26407 […] of posts focused on the weaknesses of many small businesses. Among them: limited business hours, high prices, and limited selection. Don’t let those things drive your customers away! When you can’t match […]

]]> By: Weakness 1. Limited Business Hours https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26369 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:05:23 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26369 […] Weakness 4: High Prices […]

]]> By: Weakness 3. Limited Selection https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26264 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:47:27 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26264 […] Weakness 4: High Prices […]

]]> By: Weakness 2. Poor Customer Service https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26262 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:46:31 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26262 […] Weakness 4: High Prices […]

]]> By: High Prices: Possible Small Town Solutions https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26088 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 03:35:45 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26088 […] by Becky McCray of Small Biz Survival. As promised in this post, following is a summary of Becky’s post on this area, as well as a few of my own observations as it pertains to Lewistown and the […]

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26037 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:47:35 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26037 In reply to Lila.

Lila, you make a good case for matching to your market. Your town is different than Brian’s town, is different from my town.

And I’d LOVE to see more cooperation with suppliers and wholesalers and local retailers.

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-26036 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:43:54 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-26036 In reply to Brian Wiedemann.

Brian, yeah, it’s simple, just like that simple formula for pricing on the blackboard. And your five years of success is a pretty good indication that you’re in the right place for your market.

]]> By: Lila https://smallbizsurvival.com/2013/11/weakness-4-high-prices.html#comment-25978 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:11:41 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=5203#comment-25978 This is an important topic, and one of the main reasons our local people shop out of town. The economy here has gotten quite depressed and good customer service just doesn’t make up for the higher prices. I would like to see rural merchants have the opportunity to buy wholesale more competitively, by perhaps co-operative purchasing with other nearby small town merchants, or through some sort of “small business co-op”. Also it would be nice if some manufacturers would work with rural merchants by offering more competitive pricing to merchants that meet certain criteria, ie: retailers in towns below a certain population or that are more than a certain distance from a larger town. Not likely to happen, but it would be nice.

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