Melbourne Silver Mine Inc. / Discuss

rosscova says:

We're all but locked in for running a stall at this year's camera market, which will be run as part of the Ballarat International Foto Bienalle in Ballarat on the 11th of September. Here's a map to the market. It's at St Patrick's Hall on Dawson Street South, Ballarat. You can see the place from Sturt Street, which is basically the main street through Ballarat.



- UPDATE -
OK, so for those who want to put things up for sale, you'll have basically 2 options:

1- get your stuff to the market yourself, either by coming along yourself, or arranging with someone who'll be there for them to take it with them.

2- give us your gear and we can transport it to the market for you. This will mean coming along to meet us on Saturday the 10th of September at "the Mess Hall" on Bourke Street from 2pm. Here's a map.

If you can't do either of these things, then sorry, but you won't be selling at this market.
- /UPDATE -



A few things you'll need to arrange for your sale:
- Pricing. Think about a price to set, and make some sort of tag to attach to the item itself, this can also include basic vital details like "meter not working" etc.
- Bargaining room. As part of your price, we'll keep a small sheet with a list of what bargaining room each item has. For example, you may set the tag price at $100, but give the organisers permission to bargain as low as $80. We'll do what we can for you, but it's important for us to know the limits of what you're willing to accept. We may also include important details about your item on this sheet, in case someone wants specific details (any light-leaks, things like that).
- Packaging. If your item will be transported by the organisers, make sure to hand it over in something we can use to keep it in. Everything will be going in a car, and we don't want to have to pile cameras on top of each other for the ride. A small box or a little bubble-wrap should be plenty.
- Pickup for unsold items. Don't forget, if your item doesn't sell, you'll need to get it back from the organisers. We'll work out the details of this later, but it will likely be a second meet, or a specific pick-up time shortly after the market day. If you can't pick the item up yourself, you'll need to arrange for someone else to do it for you, or to pay for postage. We don't plan to hold on to people's things after the market is over.

If you'll be coming to the market yourself, much of these things will apply less to you, since you'll be available on the day to make calls as needed, and take any unsold items away with you.

If you have any questions about this at all, please post below, and we'll hopefully be able to work out the kinks here.

I don't know about you, but I'm excited! :D
Originally posted at 11:12PM, 3 August 2011 PDT (permalink)
rosscova edited this topic 9 months ago.