The difference is in price. Those kistchy sandals that you bought at an artmall flea market for $10.00 do not compare to my handcrafted from found and recycled materials, which include genuine rubber from old tires so, sandals that cost a cool $600.00
My day job used to be take a 10c polished agate, add 50c of wire and another 5c of cord and sell it for $10-20. 🙂 I know allllll about your fine artisan upscaled retreds….heh
Hubris: “Do I get a cut of that, since it happened in my store?”
Kara: “Why not, sir. Of course. I’ll provide your share in the form of daily leek and kale sandwiches for the next 4 months.”
Hubris getting the money, and Hubris getting to keep the money are not the same thing. And since Bob is standing right there and is going to be doing the bulk of the work, I’d say that there’s a very good chance that he’s going to get the bulk (if not all) of the money. Kara’s going to guarantee that, since she’s a fair trade employer.
After this, Bob goes into business for himself, and Hubris ends up being the sole retailer of “Bob’s Feetwear for Flakes” line.
I don’t know what their overhead is, ’cause it hasn’t been critical to a gag yet, but yeah, there’s been some money in the till today, and in two weeks, I reckon there’ll be a happy hipster with unique sandals. Though I won’t guarantee that. I might think of something funny before that.
Is there any hype about european standard size shoe in the US? (reading from France). And since when does Bob know how to make any kind of things related to shoes?
Bob is the only one in the group I’d trust to craft anything of value. That may be because of the people I’ve based him on… you’ll see. And yeah, there’s a sort of ‘woo value’ for some people when they can show off a working knowledge of anything the plebeian masses aren’t familiar with. I admit, I hadda pull off my shoe and look at the little chart in there to see what size standards were available to sound pretentious.
Don’t forget to upsell him a straw hat found at the vintage store. Charge him $50 cuz you paid $5.
Charge him $60 on the vintage Hawaiian shirt that you pay $10 for.
Oh, and the backpack you pay $26 for, sell it for $260 (and toss in a ‘free’ water bottle, since it only costs ya $2 for that.)
OK, what if Bob really got into this and made two pair – one plain, one very fancy. The “artist’s” name for these wearable works of art are along the lines of “Understated Arrogance” and “Foot in Your Face Affluence.” The sales pitch goes like this: “Sir, we had a second commissioned order but the buyer backed out after paying his non-refundable deposit. Therefore we’d like to give you a choice between them, since the price is the same, and his shoe size is the same as yours. Oh, you can’t decide? Tell you what – if you’re willing to pay the balance on the canceled order, in effect paying only half-price for that pair, you can take both.”
I’m just wondering if this approach would work with comics pages. I may try to pepper my sales pitch with buzz words like “artisan” and “non-refundable deposit” this weekend and find out. 😉
Go Kara Go Kara Go Kara GO!
Yep, a pair of artmall fleamarket retreads for $10, Right Words, Right Presentation. NICE upsell there!
The difference is in price. Those kistchy sandals that you bought at an artmall flea market for $10.00 do not compare to my handcrafted from found and recycled materials, which include genuine rubber from old tires so, sandals that cost a cool $600.00
My day job used to be take a 10c polished agate, add 50c of wire and another 5c of cord and sell it for $10-20. 🙂 I know allllll about your fine artisan upscaled retreds….heh
Ah, good ol’ Ho Chi Minh sandals!
Hubris: “Do I get a cut of that, since it happened in my store?”
Kara: “Why not, sir. Of course. I’ll provide your share in the form of daily leek and kale sandwiches for the next 4 months.”
Well, he is leaving his money with the cashier. At Hubris’ shop. So yes, he’ll get the money. I just hope they pay Bob well.
Hubris getting the money, and Hubris getting to keep the money are not the same thing. And since Bob is standing right there and is going to be doing the bulk of the work, I’d say that there’s a very good chance that he’s going to get the bulk (if not all) of the money. Kara’s going to guarantee that, since she’s a fair trade employer.
After this, Bob goes into business for himself, and Hubris ends up being the sole retailer of “Bob’s Feetwear for Flakes” line.
B*F*F sandals. Love it.
“Found Materials.” Love it 🙂
So essentially, what with dog lady, they are making $1000+ from cleaning up wee and a pair of rope and tire sandals. Not a bad day
I don’t know what their overhead is, ’cause it hasn’t been critical to a gag yet, but yeah, there’s been some money in the till today, and in two weeks, I reckon there’ll be a happy hipster with unique sandals. Though I won’t guarantee that. I might think of something funny before that.
Is there any hype about european standard size shoe in the US? (reading from France). And since when does Bob know how to make any kind of things related to shoes?
Bob is the only one in the group I’d trust to craft anything of value. That may be because of the people I’ve based him on… you’ll see. And yeah, there’s a sort of ‘woo value’ for some people when they can show off a working knowledge of anything the plebeian masses aren’t familiar with. I admit, I hadda pull off my shoe and look at the little chart in there to see what size standards were available to sound pretentious.
I think the gag would be if Bob’s creation become the talk of the hipster crowd and they start going to Hubris’ store to get handcrafted unique items.
Hey that’s my size. Give ya $10 for a pair. Nice gimmick on Kara’s part european standard definitely gives them woo value.
Don’t forget to upsell him a straw hat found at the vintage store. Charge him $50 cuz you paid $5.
Charge him $60 on the vintage Hawaiian shirt that you pay $10 for.
Oh, and the backpack you pay $26 for, sell it for $260 (and toss in a ‘free’ water bottle, since it only costs ya $2 for that.)
nice one kara can’t wait to see how creative with the junk bob gets making the shoes.
OK, what if Bob really got into this and made two pair – one plain, one very fancy. The “artist’s” name for these wearable works of art are along the lines of “Understated Arrogance” and “Foot in Your Face Affluence.” The sales pitch goes like this: “Sir, we had a second commissioned order but the buyer backed out after paying his non-refundable deposit. Therefore we’d like to give you a choice between them, since the price is the same, and his shoe size is the same as yours. Oh, you can’t decide? Tell you what – if you’re willing to pay the balance on the canceled order, in effect paying only half-price for that pair, you can take both.”
Kara you beautiful-minded woman, you.
Bob’s not really the commercial type.. Methinks lunch was inhaled..
I’m just wondering if this approach would work with comics pages. I may try to pepper my sales pitch with buzz words like “artisan” and “non-refundable deposit” this weekend and find out. 😉
You know, I think I want Otzi’s the iceman’s style boots now.
I love the expression on Bob’s face in that last panel.