What would you ask your print buyers ?

[paulr]

"When you chose to purchase my print, you were under the influence of ...
_Prozac
_Zoloft
_Paxil
_Wellbutrin
_Peyote"

[Doug Dolde]

Seems like a bad idea to me.

One time after getting an oil change at Jiffy Lube, they called me at dinner time to ask how the service was. Idiots !

[reellis67]

I think that people number prints (speculation warning) so that they can stagger the sale price as an incentive for buyers to buy early, i.e. 1-5 $, 6-10 $$, 10-25 $$$ and then no more prints are made, at least in that size. This gives the buyer a lower investment price and the feeling that once that tier of prints is sold out, they have automagicaly increased the value of their investment.

- Randy

[Robert Oliver]

what's a print buyer? what do they look like? Does anyone have a picture of one?

[darr]

You might want to send a gift of appreciation (i.e., a self-produced screen saver) shortly after purchase and enclose a link for a short questionnaire about the purchasing experience. Questions like: how easy it was to navigate from the site, how they originally found you, would they recommend your site to another, etc.

[paulr]

what's a print buyer? what do they look like? Does anyone have a picture of one?

I'd like to know if they can be taken alive, and if so, is there some kind of humane trap you can use, or do you have to hit them over the head? And what do they eat? I'd like to use the right kind of bait.

[Charles Carstensen]

Personally, I would not reply to such a survey. It is apparant that the survey is self serving, what benefit would I get out of a response. Such a survey has a probability of generating a negative reaction. The customer appreciated your art - such that they parted with hard earned moohla. That should suffice. Now it is up to the printmaker to make the next one better.

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Print buyers? In what state?

People don't buy art any longer. In my last four shows, ONE was sold! The hundreds of accolades must mean that my work is good, so what's with people lately? And how can I forget the excitement from the morons who email me regularly because they just love an image of mine and gotta have it, only to space it or disappear after you've written them a few times to see if they're still alive. Boy, am I glad I still have a REAL career that pays well.

[paulr]

People don't buy art any longer. In my last four shows, ONE was sold!

That's an impressive study you conducted. But for some reason it contradicts a lot of others. It seem that more people are buying more photographs and at higher prices than ever. Check out recent auction results and market trends on artnet.com.

Saying that no one's buying art anymore reminds me of this guy saying the insurance industry's in a slump because of his personal results:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShgX1v42hPE

[Robert Oliver]

It seem that more people are buying more photographs and at higher prices than ever. Check out recent auction results and market trends on artnet.com.

Too bad most of those auction sales are for images made by photographers who have already departed.