点评:Gottaglie has around two dozen shops selling ceramics. A lot of the same creations appear in many of the same shops. After several visits over many years you see the same items, in the same place - unsold.
Reason: the prices being charged are ridiculously high, well beyond the pockets of even overly-stuffed cruise ships wallahs.
In my judgement, most of the ceramics are horrendous - old fashioned being the main criticism. Occasionally you see something good, then a little bartering later acquire it if a reasonable price can be agreed. That has been my draw to Gottaglie ceramics.
But its future must be limited: some rubbish creations at daft prices will drive people away. Just this month I saw tourists leaving empty handed bemoaning prices.
This jewel will die very soon unless lower cost volume over occasional sales becomes the business model.
翻译:戈塔利大约有二十几家陶瓷店。很多相同的作品出现在许多相同的店铺里。多年来多次光顾,你看到的都是同样的商品,在同一个地方——卖不出去。
原因:价格高得离谱,甚至超出了那些坐满的游轮乘客的承受能力。
在我看来,大多数陶瓷都很糟糕——主要的缺点是款式老旧。偶尔会看到一些好东西,然后稍微讨价还价,如果价格合理,就会买下来。这就是我对戈塔利陶瓷的吸引力所在。
但它的未来必须有限:一些价格高得离谱的垃圾作品会把人们吓跑。就在这个月,我就看到游客空手而归,抱怨价格低廉。
除非低成本、批量销售成为一种商业模式,否则这种珍宝很快就会消亡。