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I agree... I think it would be great to see EF products in retail stores... I would be open to trying it out. However, for larger handmade items it is hard to do business this way...

I know that for me I would never be able to supply the store for their typical wholesale price schedule. The typical markup is 100% in retail pricing. I would either have to sell my boards to the store for half of what I charge now, meaning I would lose money on every board, or the store would have to charge almost double my regular price. Which would mean that the storeowner would get beat out by my website prices. No coach is going to pay double for a board. The store owner would then be using floor space for a product that nobody would purchase. It would really just be a demo model for my website. Good for me... Bad for the store. It's a no win situation.

Other makers or painters might be able to do it... but for me it just doesn't work in the conventional way. But, like I said, I would be open to giving it a shot.