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Mass produced acacia wood bowls
Nov 7^th, 2005 at 5:06pm

I was at Sam's ( Like Costco in some places) this weekend. Saw an acacia wood bowl. It looked nice although a bit plain. Size was 16x8 and the joints were clean like a segmented bowl. Kinda sad they only wanted $26 bucks for it.
Hard to compete aginst wallymart Roll Eyes

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Gil Jones Ex Member	Re: Mass produced acacia wood bowls Reply #1 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 5:22pm It would probably cost you or I more than $26 to mail that bowl home from Thailand.
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Reply #2 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 8:41pm

a couple of rebuttals to that vs. a truly turned bowl.

1 - everyone gets the same exact thing.
2 - you can't guarantee that it is handmade.
3 - you can almost guarantee it's not made in the USA. 4 - it's from wallymart so at least 50 people with who knows what on their hands have touched it before you
5 - they probably don't tell you what the finish is, so how do you correctly care for it?
6 - while there is nothing wrong with staved work, there's nothing like a 16" salad bowl turned from one block.

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Rev. Doug Miller WR Addict Offline Working flat so I can support my addiction. Posts: 9,601 Hardinsburg, KY Kentucky USA Gender:	Re: Mass produced acacia wood bowls Reply #3 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 8:42pm How true, how true!!! 8)
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junior Ex Member	Re: Mass produced acacia wood bowls Reply #4 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 8:47pm plus which sounds better??? "I bought it at Wal-Mart" or "A local craftsman made it" or even "I made it myself"
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Reply #5 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 10:10pm

While it is true that we cannot compete on a price basis, I still believe that there is a significant portion of the population that knows and appreciates the difference between a mass produced work and an individually crafted bowl. It is this portion of the population that the craft person is trying to reach. The only difficulty is finding them.

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Ned A from South GA WR Addict Offline Formerly Nappen who said...Sleep is for wimps Posts: 1,584 Gender:	Re: Mass produced acacia wood bowls Reply #6 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 3:03am I have said it before, and will say it again...well , Iwill keep it short. America is consumed by the wal mart mentality.
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Reply #7 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 4:26am

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I have said it before, and will say it again...well , Iwill keep it short. America is consumed by the wal mart mentality.

This is true, but I'm a poor bastage. Given the choice currently between Walmart or higher priced better quality products...I would have to choose cheapy Walmart products out of necessity.

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Reply #8 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 6:02am

I am going to have to agree with PhillipE. There is a significat portion of the U.S that will support U.S.A made products. I speak with retailers everyday and most get very excited when they find out my products are made in the U.S.A. They tell me that customers are more willing to buy when they find out where the products are made. Now you have to understand, I don't sell to Walmart and never will. They are the evil empire. 90% of my customers are small independant stores. I also label all of my products with a " Made in the U.S.A" Sticker.

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kidcolombia Senior Member Offline Preferiria estar torneando!! Posts: 440 Gender:	Re: Mass produced acacia wood bowls Reply #9 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 8:50am Hey Tejaswood, just curious. What sort of products "made in the U.S.A." do you sell? Jim
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Reply #10 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 9:54am

Hey Jim,
I make Cutting boards, wine stoppers, wine stands, pepper mills and crosses. Now, I have to say that some of the componets for the pepper mills and wine stoppers are from china but I cut, glue, turn, saw, and put together everything in my shop. my web site is Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to

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Reply #11 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 4:44pm

I was in William Sonoma not to long ago and they had Cherry Salad Bowls made by a company in Maine if I remember correctly. $80.00 a bowl for a bowl I would charge $100.00 for. A sticker on the bottom gave the name of the company so I assume they are mass produced. These were segmented and quite honestly I thought the quality was poor. So, would the types that shop there buy that bowl because it came from that store over a hand made bowl the costs $20.00 more? I wonder.

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Rick in Lincoln WR Addict Offline keep on turnin' Posts: 605 Gender:	Re: Mass produced acacia wood bowls Reply #12 - Nov 9^th, 2005 at 6:38am If the $100 and $80 bowls were placed side by side, I think the customers in that type of store would opt for the better, hand-crafted bowl for the extra twenty. Problem is, the $80 bowl is right there, and the hand-crafted one is sitting in our shop, waiting for the next craft show.
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