Lure price increase
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04/07/18 08:04 PM
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Paul Dobbins
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Due to the increase in cost of producing my lures, I had to raise my lure prices. As I stated recently on here, I was making very little on my lures and needed to increase the price if I was going to continue offering them for sale. I wanted to give y'all a heads-up, so that when you went to order lures, you'd already know about the increase. I could have diluted the lures, or used inferior ingredients to keep the prices the same and make more profit. However, the lures would have suffered and I have too much pride in my lures to do that. I'd prefer to get out of the lure business before I'd put lures out there that were not up to the standards they have been over the years. Besides, dad would have a fit if he were here and knew I had lowered the standards on the lures he formulated. Anyway, now the prices are as follows. 1 ounce - $7.50 4 ounce - $25.00 pints - $80.00 Bait Solution - $25.00 Beaver and Bobcat Medley - $20. per pint.
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Re: Lure price increase
[Re: Paul Dobbins]
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04/07/18 09:40 PM
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Chuckles84
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Your gonna have to raise them a lot higher than that to keep me from buying Backbreaker. No issues from me on raising prices.
Your entitled to oxygen. Everything else is earned.
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Re: Lure price increase
[Re: Paul Dobbins]
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04/07/18 11:00 PM
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Law Dog
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Shipping is getting crazy don't blame you a bit flat rate went up regional did also.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Lure price increase
[Re: Law Dog]
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04/07/18 11:07 PM
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Paul Dobbins
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Shipping is getting crazy don't blame you a bit flat rate went up regional did also. I charge actual shipping on orders, so really that doesn't play into the price increase. It's the increased cost of ingredients, bottles, etc.
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Re: Lure price increase
[Re: Paul Dobbins]
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04/07/18 11:11 PM
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Boco
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Paul can you re use empty lure bottles if the trappers dropped them off for you at the NTA or other conventions?
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Lure price increase
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04/07/18 11:13 PM
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Paul Dobbins
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Paul can you re use empty lure bottles if the trappers dropped them off for you at the NTA or other conventions? It wouldn't be cost effective to clean them up. Getting the labels off is labor intensive. I've done it with wine bottles. That's not a good option.
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Re: Lure price increase
[Re: Paul Dobbins]
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04/07/18 11:53 PM
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DelawareRob
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Thanks for the update. I’m glad you are going to maintain the quality of lure and raise the prices, rather than skimp on quality of ingredients. Although, I know your integrity would never allow you to do that.
I’ll gladly pay the extra $5 for 4 ounces.
Who is John Galt?
You don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training.
Semper Paratus
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Re: Lure price increase
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04/08/18 08:01 AM
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rpmartin
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Paul, everyone should understand the price of doing business Appreciate the quality of your products. X2
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Re: Lure price increase
[Re: rpmartin]
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04/08/18 08:50 AM
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Mac
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Making quality lures is tough. Making quality lures that you sell on a commercial basis is tougher. Good ingredients are very expensive. I take my hat off to you and other quality lure makers. It may not be popular to say, but while there are a lot of lure makers, in my opinion, very few are what I would call top lure makers. You are lucky in that you are following in your dad's footsteps. He was a guy that truly understood quality. I feel very fortunate to have learned from him at one of Neil Olson's seminars. Also learned just from asking questions, shutting my yap, and listening to him at a few conventions. I appreciate not only your lures, I very much appreciate the ingredients that you sell.
Mac
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Re: Lure price increase
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04/08/18 10:32 AM
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cfowler
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Quality cost. Get what you pay for. I'll keep paying for what works. Thankful you guys make it.
I trap for fun. I skin 'em for the money! Grinners For Life-Lifetime Member, MO Chapter, Den #1 ~You Grin, You're In~
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Re: Lure price increase
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04/08/18 11:42 AM
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I don't like the writing on the wall i see. Less trappers, lower fur price's, higher cost to trap not just only in cost of lure but also vehicles, tires, battery's, fuel, etc, etc.
Makes me wonder at WHAT point the cost for the lure gets above what the demand for it is?
Can't see rooting around in that rotten mess to produce a lure to sell at a loss of money and hats off to ALL of you would make the lures, wasn't ever an interest of mine, stinks enough just having a bottle of it here and there much less mixing all the nastiness together in large quantity's and storing, no clue how any of you keep a wife, lol.
Not my circus, not my clowns.
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