Watch Out For Bakers Who Over-Charge For Their Wedding Cakes
Some Brides Are Over-Charged For Their Wedding Cakes
Is a less-qualified designer going to decorate your wedding cake?
Some brides are charged a (higher~more expensive} price for their wedding cakes, under the pretense of their highly-designed characteristics and small detail work.
These brides are being instructed by a variety of bakers that a senior staff member (or a more-skilled designer) is necessary to adorn their intricately-designed wedding cakes.
But as the case may be, the actual work orders are at times handed-off to a “designer-in-training” who needs the experience…at of course, half the price brides are being charged.
This is a typical practice utilized in various businesses, as well as the wedding cake baking industry.
The first occupations that come to mind are law firms, doctors, accounting companies, and architects that utilize these principals in their own practices. You might most likely think of a few more occupations to add to this list.
Here’s how this procedure works...
You walk into a high-profile cake boutique, where a high-profile wedding cake baker by the name of Monique’ greets you.
She quickly strikes up a conversation, while probing for your wedding cake likes and desires. Then she draws-up a astonishing design that you instantly fall in love with.
You are so impressed, you swiftly sign an agreement for the development of your dream cake, and leave the cake shop thinking to yourself…”Wow, what a creative genius. I know I’m paying a lot more to use her, but she’s really worth it.”
We hate to burst your bubble, but here’s something you should know. Often high-profile designers do not decorate wedding cakes.
Your wedding cake may possibly be decorated by an “hourly” decorator or an apprentice. Monique’ might in fact run the show, but she is rarely executing the work. Yet, she charges brides like you as if it should take her 20 hours to decorate a wedding cake.
Here’s an analogy which shares some of these same concerns. A high-profile senior attorney talks to you about your personal injury lawsuit. He believes your legal suit should be easily won, so he decides to take you on and provide his legal advice.
In reality, he turns your lawsuit over to one of his junior partners to prepare for trial. The junior lawyer is the person who actually spends 100 hours preparing your lawsuit.
If the case wins, the senior lawyer will get all the credit for pulling off a miracle.
Likewise, a high-profile wedding cake baker/designer can turn a wedding cake order over to their assistant who actually decorates it.
If the cake turns out to be beautiful, the high-profile baker will get all the credit for developing a remarkable masterpiece.
Here’s how you can uncover this devious practice…
If Monique’ talks about her distinctive skills utilizing pulled sugar, rolled buttercream, white chocolate paste, or a host of other specialized materials and techniques…simply ask her this question.
“Are you the person who will be decorating my cake, or is someone else going to do it?”
If you find out that an apprentice will be decorating your wedding cake…you are setting yourself up to be over-charged for the creation of your wedding cake.
Here’s yet another example to think about. Once you see a designer wedding dress from Vera Wang or Oleg Cassini, do you think they personally cut the material and sew the dresses together somewhere in the back room of a warehouse?
Yet, once brides talk to a wedding cake baker/designer, they always believe the high-profile designer will be in the back room feverishly developing their masterpiece.
So now, you have to decide if Monique’ has replied truthfully to your straight-forward question.
If the high-profile wedding cake baker/designer isn’t going to decorate your cake, they should truthfully inform you that an assistant will be handling your cake decoration.
If that’s the case, your wedding cake should cost 10% to 20% less than if a high-profile wedding cake baker/designer like Monique’ was making use of her rare skills and talents.
Don't be shy...just be careful. Ask questions designed to expose the truth...and make sure you realize who will be decorating your magnificent wedding cake.
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