20/06/2015
A lady wanted to purchase a beautiful hand made cake and spotted a caker who did absolutely amazing work, but she charged a good price too. The lady thought that her price was way too high so she approached the caker and in quite a brusk fashion stated "I want to buy a cake from you, but I think you charge too much." The caker was a little taken aback but replied "Ok, how much do you think i should charge?" The lady replied “I think you should charge “X” much, because the flour will cost this much, and eggs this much, and fondant this much etc. I even factored in the price of a pan." The final price the lady had calculated was a lot cheaper than the cakers original price, but she said "Ok, deal. You will get your cake in a week". The customer is very pleased with herself and can’t resist telling all her friends what a fabulous deal she has negotiated and how smart she is, and that in a week she will have her gorgeous cake. A week later her cake arrives. She opens it and inside is flour, eggs, fondant etc and even a pan. Angrily she contacts the caker asking “How could you do this to me? I asked you for a cake and you sent me a box of flour, egg, fondant and a pan?!" The caker quietly replies "My dear, you got exactly what you paid for, if you think there is something missing, you need to pay for it.
"Moral of the story, when you buy a bespoke cake you are not just buying the materials you are buying the cake, time, effort, skill, love and dedication that goes into making your cake"
