First Time Doing Fair-Have Inventory or Not?

[chefkacey]

I am doing my first multi vendor fair and I wanted to know if I should try to purchase products to have on hand or not. if you have products on hand, does that void the guarantee? i believe i read somewhere it has to be six or something in qty. how do you order it (as a personal order or supply order... ) and does there have to be criteria you meet to be able to purchase these. OR is it better to just have people place orders? My fair is in two weeks. thanks

 

[chefann]

I've found that no matter what you have on hand, it won't be what people want. Save yourself the trouble, and take orders. The only exceptions are very small items that people would be unlikely to need a warranty on: SBRCs and mini serving spatulas, typically.

 

[cmdtrgd]

I usually have pantry items on hand. The warranties are not transferrable, so if you purchase something, they don't get the warranty. Pantry items are only guaranteed to get to the person who orders.

 

[Jules711]

I always have things on hand, but I try to make sure they understand that there is no warranty, but they get a receipt from me so if something happened, I would work with them on it. I actually do really well guessing what people want. Just the typical things that you may use for door prizes ($5 and under) plus the Mix n Chops. I always sell all of them! I also get things on the outlet to sell too b/c people that wouldn't normally look too much, LOVE anything discounted OR discontinued!!

 

[DebbieJ]

I never buy inventory or bring any of my extra to fairs. It's just not worth the extra money, time, and effort.

 

[MissChef]

the most I've done is SB recipe books.... I agree with DebbieJ... too much of an effort!