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    I was fortunate to be able to hang some of my work in one of the Coon Rapids, MN Starbucks.

    The prints will be on display for about a month starting today March 22, 2008.

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    There was supposed to be 3 small prints on the bottom, but apparently if you accidentally hit the release on the cable holder that mounts on the art rail, your framed print falls and hits the floor, bends the frame and breaks the glass. Oh well, live and learn.





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    They look amazing..you should sell them fast!

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    awesome man!

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    nice dude, that's sooooooo rad!

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    Thanks Guys.

    It is hard to get a sense of scale, but The vertical is a 20x30 print, the other is a 16x24 print and the small ones are 8x12 prints.

    It sure would be nice to sell them or to get some sales off my site because of it.

    The manager is going to do a couple promotional nights, I am sending her an Artist Bio to post and she is going to pump out business cards for me.

    For anyone wondering, All I did was ask if I could put some art up. I didn't think it would be that easy.

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    congrats, shawn! looks like a good location in terms of viewing. i guess from starbuck's perspective it gives the shop a bit of a "higher end" feel, and encourages hanging out and browsing. are they getting any cut of sales? regardless, imho the publicity of getting your name out there is worth it even if you never sell anything!

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    congrats. looks like a great location. are you going to reprint the 3 smaller photos and get them up there?

    btw, you've got a misspelling on your homepage "visiting" is missing the last 'i' ... and the gallery link is throwing a 404. (same as clicking on the photo)
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    Quote Originally Posted by ride5000 View Post
    congrats, shawn! looks like a good location in terms of viewing. i guess from starbuck's perspective it gives the shop a bit of a "higher end" feel, and encourages hanging out and browsing. are they getting any cut of sales? regardless, imho the publicity of getting your name out there is worth it even if you never sell anything!

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    Thanks Ken,
    Surprisingly, They take no cut of the sales. They are happy to get some stuff on the walls.

    Quote Originally Posted by AnotherD80
    congrats. looks like a great location. are you going to reprint the 3 smaller photos and get them up there? btw, you've got a misspelling on your homepage "visiting" is missing the last 'i' ... and the gallery link is throwing a 404. (same as clicking on the photo)
    I only need to reprint one, the other two are hanging there now. But I may do that and ship it back down to them. It is a two hour drive for me.

    Thanks for the proofread on the website, I will fix it for sure.
    Unfortunately I accidentally deleted my photo directory on my website 2 nights ago. I will have to rebuild it ASAP.
    Thanks again everyone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thomps6s View Post
    For anyone wondering, All I did was ask if I could put some art up. I didn't think it would be that easy.
    Very nice, you never think it would be that easy.
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    When I managed my friends coffee shop all photographers and artists were more than welcome to display art to sell, the strings being that if any art did sell we would take 25% commission from the sale.
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    Quote Originally Posted by _L_U_C_A_ View Post
    When I managed my friends coffee shop all photographers and artists were more than welcome to display art to sell, the strings being that if any art did sell we would take 25% commission from the sale.
    Was it a chain shop? I wonder if it would be that easy at all Starbucks?
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    Starbucks takes no commission.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kensington View Post
    Was it a chain shop? I wonder if it would be that easy at all Starbucks?
    Wasn't a chain shop.

    Quote Originally Posted by thomps6s View Post
    Starbucks takes no commission.
    I think this depends on the franchise owner, since at the time the starbucks not too far from our cafe' was taking half of whatever prints that they had on the wall sold for.
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    yeah, it varies shop to shop. Either way, congrats shawn, and too bad about the one dropped frame.
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    Yeah, definitely congrats, Shawn. I missed this til now.

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    Congratulations! How did everything turn out?

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    Cool! Good luck!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JD View Post
    Congratulations! How did everything turn out?
    Thanks, they are still hanging there and probably will be for another month. I will be happy to get one sale. So far, no sales.

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    i chortled

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    hmmm we've got a new starbucks opening up soon....

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    That is friggin funny.

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