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Originally Posted by Dottore
Sorry to hear this Milt, but I suspected that this would be the end of your venture when you first posted about it.
Low-value, bulky, generic product with nothing to distinguish it from the thousands being sold by real Mexicans with low profit expectations. How could it have worked?
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Well, you make good points, but when I did a cursory market survey, I didn't see that much variety, especially the urn shapes. Now, I told the wholesaler that I didn't want any emotion involved in picking out stock. I asked him to load me up with the best sellers, period. At the end, I took about 5 samples that I liked. I selected the urns. I'll just keep those.
"How could it have worked?" I could have worked harder. I haven't put the effort into this that needs to be done. If I don't enjoy something, I move on. It would have worked if it worked for me.
The other side of the coin is, if local people here don't come out to get this stuff, then there is NO market, period. That part I didn't survey at all, just what was for sale and how much.
I can still go sit by the side of the road like a Gypsy.