Every year we visit a smallish pumpkin patch near our house.
This year we got a free hay ride, nothing extraordinary, but JC and UE's first experience (ok so JC was on one at 10ish months, but that really doesn't count and El was there this time, but again, doesn't count)
Plus we bought some honey, I have read some tentative research suggesting eating honey from local bees is good for allergies, not sure if it works, but it wont hurt. I like supporting local bees anyway.
So the price for 4 smallish pumpkins and one carving pumpkin, and a hay ride, a maze, and a thing of honey?
It is always set your own....seriously.
We said $25 because that's how much cash we had. Truth is looking at their suggested pricing, we would have owed about that, but we have in the past suggested a price and been told it was to high...to which we always reply then we will get another pumpkin!
I think it is an awesome concept, they have our sales every year because of the set your own. I love supporting a local farm, and I love the experience and fun of spending an entire morning outside finding the pumpkins.
Set your own price for pumpkins
October 17th, 2008 at 06:16 pm
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October 17th, 2008 at 07:07 pm 1224266843
working with the general public in retail has made me lose all faith in humanity whenever i give anyone any leeway they always rip us off at every chance
its nice that some businesses may be able to work well with that model tho very old timey fun ;-)
we buy our pumkins from a place close by that sells huge pumpkins for just 2 dollars each and assorted gourds and small pumkins for 25 cents usually there is no one there you just put the money in a box that is locked to a tree;-)
October 17th, 2008 at 07:10 pm 1224267030
Big buisness get mad if one or two folk to pony up enough, small ones tend to just be happy they make a profit.
October 18th, 2008 at 04:12 am 1224299524
They offered to mail me a coupon directly next year. I said YES