I have to believe someone is fucking with me. They do so at their own peril though. For there is a storm brewing in my heart. The worst thing a person can do to me is betray me. Once you've decided to forsake me I will seek out revenge and it won't be the kiddie type of physical revenge you're expecting.
Why I'd go so far to call it sabotage.
When it all boils down to it if you want something done right you have to do it yourself.
In my experience I would have been fired if I had acted so slow.
In my experience I wouldn't have too many sales if it weren't for the fact I was willing to strike deals in my sleep, drunk, sober, sick, dead, etc. i never made excuses I just worked on being available 24/7.
Could it be people don't understand that you've got to keep up with the major corporations? If they're offering 1 day handling time you have to. It's sink or swim. Complacency has no place in sales.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
I think I'm in the wrong business
Although I rarely got credit for the sales I created people sure did copy me over the years. It's really amazing how much advice I gave was taken and implemented as policy. Most of my ideas and concepts went through one person who has dropped off the face of the earth leaving me with someone who doesn't understand the little things. I'm right back where I started it would seem.
I can remember when I 1st started selling prostitutes to politicians I mean Halloween props on Ebay it was 'otay if it took 5 days for an order to be processed at one facility. To me this was outrageous. I didn't quite understand it. The only thing I could figure is orders were being held until a backlogged quantity was realized so they could negotiate a new rate. The other facility thought 48 hours was okay. To me it was totally unacceptable. I strongly believed there was no excuse to dilly dally when I worked in factories where I had to process 200 items an hour!
Another problem I have is the lack of continuity and logic I continue to find. I need order in order to create a business plan. I need to be able to rely on shopping carts to set prices. I can't play email tag for days while customers wait.
My concept is pretty simple. Accurate pictures, descriptions, and prices. Fast processing and shipping. If you say you don't make money on shipping, prove it! I know prices. I also know how to negotiate better ones. Don't sit there and act like things can't be done. The threat of taking your entire business to a competitor will make a shipper stand up and take notice. I spent 5 figures on shipping last year. Some people made a lot of profit on that. The least they could do is be transparent with me.
I don't like to keep customers waiting unnecessarily. I don't like to wait as a customer and neither does anyone else. I realize based on experience not speculation people often have plans in place for whatever they order. The last thing I want to do is interfere by delaying them.
I'm really pissed off right now. I can't get any help it would seem. I am better than this.
I can remember when I 1st started selling prostitutes to politicians I mean Halloween props on Ebay it was 'otay if it took 5 days for an order to be processed at one facility. To me this was outrageous. I didn't quite understand it. The only thing I could figure is orders were being held until a backlogged quantity was realized so they could negotiate a new rate. The other facility thought 48 hours was okay. To me it was totally unacceptable. I strongly believed there was no excuse to dilly dally when I worked in factories where I had to process 200 items an hour!
Another problem I have is the lack of continuity and logic I continue to find. I need order in order to create a business plan. I need to be able to rely on shopping carts to set prices. I can't play email tag for days while customers wait.
My concept is pretty simple. Accurate pictures, descriptions, and prices. Fast processing and shipping. If you say you don't make money on shipping, prove it! I know prices. I also know how to negotiate better ones. Don't sit there and act like things can't be done. The threat of taking your entire business to a competitor will make a shipper stand up and take notice. I spent 5 figures on shipping last year. Some people made a lot of profit on that. The least they could do is be transparent with me.
I don't like to keep customers waiting unnecessarily. I don't like to wait as a customer and neither does anyone else. I realize based on experience not speculation people often have plans in place for whatever they order. The last thing I want to do is interfere by delaying them.
I'm really pissed off right now. I can't get any help it would seem. I am better than this.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Some businesses and people get the shaft
A number of years ago the very rich automobile industry received bailouts because it was decided they were "too big to fail". Oh they were big alright and bloated with subsidized profits and full of shit.
Every once in a while without any scrutiny cnn will publish the story of someone hard on their luck and the next thing you know donations are rolling in and they have a couch to continue the same existence as before. I wonder if cnn will do a follow up how those people destroy the houses that are just granted to them?
Under obama he forgave all those people making minimum wage who thought they could afford a mortgage of $2500 a month plus utilities, food, clothing etc.
Here I sit struggling in the dead of spring to make a living off of Halloween. Sales are expectantly down but that doesn't mean there isn't work to do and tracks to lay and promotion to run. I should be ordering costumes, make up, and other accessories along with running ads on Facebook, Google, etc. I should be prop building as well.
Well I tried the indiegogo and got the cold shoulder. These sites are fine if you're giving away free mp3's that you can easily duplicate for free and send in an email but helping a small business compete with rich companies isn't as easy. Many of the industry leaders started out rich to begin with. They got in while the going was good. I don't have the luxury they had.
After being raped by the tax man I'm without working capital and my credit lines are squeezed. It's really not fair because I've worked really hard at this. I made the decision around 2006 to venture off in this direction and I have made a solid mark but I'm just one person. All the giant retailers do is copy me like all the other peons.
It would seem in this world if you're not cheating and stabbing people in the back you're destined to be poor. If you don't live off of subsidized income like a lot of people do otherwise known as taxes and you didn't inherit it chances are you are not doing very well right now unless you're selling heroin for the cia.
It would seem I've been way too nice to the competition. They're pissing right down my back by advertising on my ebay listings. This would include millionaire companies stealing my customers away from me. Imagine that ebay sells advertising space to my customers on my own listings I paid for!!!
I need to start some fucking trouble.
Every once in a while without any scrutiny cnn will publish the story of someone hard on their luck and the next thing you know donations are rolling in and they have a couch to continue the same existence as before. I wonder if cnn will do a follow up how those people destroy the houses that are just granted to them?
Under obama he forgave all those people making minimum wage who thought they could afford a mortgage of $2500 a month plus utilities, food, clothing etc.
Here I sit struggling in the dead of spring to make a living off of Halloween. Sales are expectantly down but that doesn't mean there isn't work to do and tracks to lay and promotion to run. I should be ordering costumes, make up, and other accessories along with running ads on Facebook, Google, etc. I should be prop building as well.
Well I tried the indiegogo and got the cold shoulder. These sites are fine if you're giving away free mp3's that you can easily duplicate for free and send in an email but helping a small business compete with rich companies isn't as easy. Many of the industry leaders started out rich to begin with. They got in while the going was good. I don't have the luxury they had.
After being raped by the tax man I'm without working capital and my credit lines are squeezed. It's really not fair because I've worked really hard at this. I made the decision around 2006 to venture off in this direction and I have made a solid mark but I'm just one person. All the giant retailers do is copy me like all the other peons.
It would seem in this world if you're not cheating and stabbing people in the back you're destined to be poor. If you don't live off of subsidized income like a lot of people do otherwise known as taxes and you didn't inherit it chances are you are not doing very well right now unless you're selling heroin for the cia.
It would seem I've been way too nice to the competition. They're pissing right down my back by advertising on my ebay listings. This would include millionaire companies stealing my customers away from me. Imagine that ebay sells advertising space to my customers on my own listings I paid for!!!
I need to start some fucking trouble.
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