Has anyone else had this happen?

[thorn]

I've been selling my honey from the doorstep, 12oz jars at £4 a go. The label was designed by my daughter's boyfriend.
A neighbour has been round three times, buying half a dozen or more jars each time, saying that they were for members of her walking club.
The db has just phoned from Leeds City Centre, to say that he's seen our honey on a gift stall in the Corn Exchange, at £8 a jar. As he designed the labels, he's not likely to be mistaken. It may not be the neighbour who's trying to sell them on at a huge (and probably not achievable) markup, as she did say that the last batch she collected had been asked for by one of her friends, but I'm now rather glad I didn't give her a discount.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

selling them at £4.00 a pop is IMHO cheaper than the wholesale price I charge my retailers - put the price up!

Mind you, it is rather amusing to see a man of law getting fleeced for a change

 

[Amari]

No to the OP. I sell at £4/lb - too low you will say but I have no retail overheads -see my atavar. I could sell more than I harvest but don't want to appear greedy as the trade is very local.
However, after half a dozen 100mile round trips to take/check/return the two hives on the heather and much messy labour extracting in a press for a very modest yield of 31 lbs nobody wants my heather honey @ £6/jar! I am too lazy to take it to a deli or similar.

 

[enrico]

I suppose it is a it like selling it retail and expecting the shop to put the price up, but wrong of the buyer not to tell you that was their intention!
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[Summerslease]

Thorn, this is seriously disrespectful and your neighbour should be told so. If the honey is correctly labelled it will have your name and address on . It is being sold by a third party without your knowledge or approval. Any problems with it will come back to your door. I would be concerned with possible contamination of the product by or when in the control of the re-seller who you do not know and cannot trust. Even your neighbour cannot be trusted as he/she didn't tell you it would be resold at a massive mark up.

 

[Margaret Elisabeth]

See Troway Honey thread. Market forces or will Karma come around to get the offender. Definitely make sure you put an anti-tamper label on your jars.

 

[midnight sun]

I've been selling my honey from the doorstep, 12oz jars at £4 a go. The label was designed by my daughter's boyfriend.
A neighbour has been round three times, buying half a dozen or more jars each time, saying that they were for members of her walking club.
The db has just phoned from Leeds City Centre, to say that he's seen our honey on a gift stall in the Corn Exchange, at £8 a jar. As he designed the labels, he's not likely to be mistaken. It may not be the neighbour who's trying to sell them on at a huge (and probably not achievable) markup, as she did say that the last batch she collected had been asked for by one of her friends, but I'm now rather glad I didn't give her a discount.

If you are selling honey from your bees, at your door, that is a paying hobby.
If she is buying honey from you and selling it on, then it's just my opinion, that she is running a business.
Hope she is registered as a business and keeping books as that would be naughty otherwise!
Thoughts?.......

 

[VEG]

If i was the OP I would approach the shop and offer it a bit cheaper lol

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Or sell it to my neighbour unlabelled but with an 'extra something' in the honey

 

[REDWOOD]

Would that make it creamed honey

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I meant tabasco sauce or something bitter

 

[alanf]

The neighbour may not be aware that their "walking club" contact is reselling. If it sells well your name is on the jar. Two factors follow, first any problems come back to you so it would be courteous to know it's being sold on. Second the stallholder knows where to get more. If you're happy with the price, then reserve whatever you need for yourself and regulars and offer the rest at whatever price you think is suitable.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Good thinking Alan - don't bother approaching the neighbour - approach the stallholder direct - offer to supply from now on (you could probably undercut the 'midleman' and still sell your honey for more than £4.00 to him/her

 

[wessexmario]

Good thinking Alan - don't bother approaching the neighbour - approach the stallholder direct - offer to supply from now on (you could probably undercut the 'midleman' and still sell your honey for more than £4.00 to him/her

don't get mad - get even (or even better)

 

[itma]

Good thinking Alan - don't bother approaching the neighbour - approach the stallholder direct - offer to supply from now on (you could probably undercut the 'midleman' and still sell your honey for more than £4.00 to him/her

Agree the stallholder should be approached, but by a third party, innocently asking questions - including (not only) about the source. "Who's the chap on the label then?"

You might simply get an unrecognisable fiction. Or be able to work out what is happening - it may be that the stallholder has a family connection (for example) with the neighbour and the honey is being transferred at cost.


I'd see what can be gleaned from a little independent and "deniable" investigation before getting involved yourself.
Keep the temperature low.