A Yorkshire baker has clapped back after she was asked to supply 100 free cakes for a celebrity in return for ‘exposure.’
Keighley baker Rebecca Severs received the cheeky request from a PR company, who said they were working for a ‘well-known’ Manchester celebrity who was about to celebrate their 40th birthday.
The publicist went on to explain that her payment ‘would be made in the form of promotion on their socials with over 700k followers, as well as OK Magazine’, adding: ‘they will be crediting all the suppliers on this platform’, reports The Manc.
The message continued: “The party has a guest lists full of celebrities, and industry people from tv / film and music, so loads of work would come from it.
“NVRLAND would also use you for our future events and parties.”
However, Rebecca, who has been running her Three Little Birds Bakery in Keighley for seven years, turned the offer down.
She has since been praised for her snappy reply, which told the publicist they ‘do have availability for your date’, before adding: “I’m so sorry to hear that your client has fallen on such hard times they can’t afford to pay small businesses for their products.”
The email continued: “Unfortunately as my mortgage provider doesn’t take payment ‘in the form of promotion on the socials’,and my staff can’t feed their kids with exposure on Instagram, I’ll have to decline your very generous offer.”
She then signed the email off: “Those are my thoughts.”
Rebecca has since been praised for her response after sharing it online, with one person writing: “Best response! Good for sticking to your guns!”
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Another person said: “Got yourself a new follower here, purely because this response is exactly the level of business like sarcasm I aspire to. Fab response.”
A third added: ‘We have this a lot. Influencers are very frustrating and most expect everything for free.”
Featured image – Three Little Birds Bakery
