It's not all freaks and geeks

I post a lot of our weird encounters onto blogger. I use it to vent.
But I wanted to note a recent call I had that was a great big morale boost!

We sell to several "well known designers" henceforth known as WKD.

This particular WKD has written several books and has superb taste. When this WKD calls, I get butterflies. She's classic, direct, knows what she wants and she just buys. She doesn't require discounts, she doesn't belittle or suggest that something is too expensive. She knows my prices are honest and she says so. Most designers have their assistants call, this WKD calls personally. It may be worth noting that this WKD found us 5 years ago and we've been selling to her ever since. These relationships don't usually develop overnight.

She's REFRESHING! There are a few other WKDs that we sell to who will request 20% discounts on $20. items because they can. *I can't give that sort of discount, but they ask anyways.

So WKD has class. Ok, I confess, I'm also a big fan of almost everything she does. So she calls to tell me she needs item X and it needs to ship overnight to NY. She tells me it's for a photo shoot for Elle Decor October and she says she'll make sure that my shop gets credit as the source. How awesome is that? We've been in several top shelter magazines over the years, almost ALWAYS uncredited. One of our items made the COVER of Veranda and the item was attributed to the ID we sold it to, this happens a lot.
I don't mind, it's pretty common. But when someone like WKD says she loves our stuff and wants to see us succeed, its incredibly special.