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Quote from: "cc"Don't let them gators gechya!



If you lose a ball in a pond, don't try to fetch it out as you'd  likely loose 2 more  :wink:





Lived in Fl for 3 years, so learned a lot about respecting the dangers of gators and snakes

Quote from: "Gaon"This may surprise some people, but my wife and I have a Christmas tree in our apartment.



We both bought small toys, games and candies to put in my daughter's red Christmas stocking. We will roast a ham on Christmas day.



On Orthodox Christmas in January, we will have caviar sandwiches, chicken with potatoes, and kotletis.

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Quote from: "Gaon"This may surprise some people, but my wife and I have a Christmas tree in our apartment.



We both bought small toys, games and candies to put in my daughter's red Christmas stocking. We will roast a ham on Christmas day.



On Orthodox Christmas in January, we will have caviar sandwiches, chicken with potatoes, and kotletis.

Wow. Really festive even though you're not Christian.

Quote from: "Gaon"This may surprise some people, but my wife and I have a Christmas tree in our apartment.



We both bought small toys, games and candies to put in my daughter's red Christmas stocking. We will roast a ham on Christmas day.



On Orthodox Christmas in January, we will have caviar sandwiches, chicken with potatoes, and kotletis.

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Quote from: "Zetsu"My brother and I have been kinda busy lately during the past few days, but we finally got nearly all the work done.



My sister in law and her mom will be coming over to Toronto during Christmas to see the aurora lights, though I won't be going with them.  Maybe it's time I should pay my best friend a visit this Xmas... only met up with him once every year since he moved to the US.  ac_unsure

So, are you going to the USA over Christmas?

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Quote from: "Zetsu"My brother and I have been kinda busy lately during the past few days, but we finally got nearly all the work done.



My sister in law and her mom will be coming over to Toronto during Christmas to see the aurora lights, though I won't be going with them.  Maybe it's time I should pay my best friend a visit this Xmas... only met up with him once every year since he moved to the US.  ac_unsure

So, are you going to the USA over Christmas?

tbh I haven't planned it out yet, but most likely he'll come over to Toronto during Christmas to visit him family, think it's time I give him a call and see how's things going for him.  ac_cool

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Quote from: "Zetsu"My brother and I have been kinda busy lately during the past few days, but we finally got nearly all the work done.



My sister in law and her mom will be coming over to Toronto during Christmas to see the aurora lights, though I won't be going with them.  Maybe it's time I should pay my best friend a visit this Xmas... only met up with him once every year since he moved to the US.  ac_unsure

Oooo, I would love to see the aurora lights some time in my life.



I feel ya, my brother was kinda like my best friend, and I only see him once a year, then he comes here once a year, which I think is in a few weeks. Which state he in?

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Quote from: "Zetsu"My brother and I have been kinda busy lately during the past few days, but we finally got nearly all the work done.



My sister in law and her mom will be coming over to Toronto during Christmas to see the aurora lights, though I won't be going with them.  Maybe it's time I should pay my best friend a visit this Xmas... only met up with him once every year since he moved to the US.  ac_unsure

So, are you going to the USA over Christmas?

tbh I haven't planned it out yet, but most likely he'll come over to Toronto during Christmas to visit him family, think it's time I give him a call and see how's things going for him.  ac_cool

You absolutely should  give him a call Zetsu.

 ac_smile

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Quote from: "Zetsu"My brother and I have been kinda busy lately during the past few days, but we finally got nearly all the work done.



My sister in law and her mom will be coming over to Toronto during Christmas to see the aurora lights, though I won't be going with them.  Maybe it's time I should pay my best friend a visit this Xmas... only met up with him once every year since he moved to the US.  ac_unsure

Oooo, I would love to see the aurora lights some time in my life.



I feel ya, my brother was kinda like my best friend, and I only see him once a year, then he comes here once a year, which I think is in a few weeks. Which state he in?

He's working at New Jersey, he really like the life there, though stress at his work place has been creeping up to him lately, maybe it's time I should buy him something since I really haven't seen him in quite a while.





I'm not a big fan of the aurora, though I wouldn't mind going there in a tour group.  But if you're ever interested I believe there's some cheap tickets to visit northern Canada for a couple hundred USD and covers almost everything.  ac_cool

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Quote from: "Zetsu"My brother and I have been kinda busy lately during the past few days, but we finally got nearly all the work done.



My sister in law and her mom will be coming over to Toronto during Christmas to see the aurora lights, though I won't be going with them.  Maybe it's time I should pay my best friend a visit this Xmas... only met up with him once every year since he moved to the US.  ac_unsure

Oooo, I would love to see the aurora lights some time in my life.



I feel ya, my brother was kinda like my best friend, and I only see him once a year, then he comes here once a year, which I think is in a few weeks. Which state he in?

He's working at New Jersey, he really like the life there, though stress at his work place has been creeping up to him lately, maybe it's time I should buy him something since I really haven't seen him in quite a while.





I'm not a big fan of the aurora, though I wouldn't mind going there in a tour group.  But if you're ever interested I believe there's some cheap tickets to visit northern Canada for a couple hundred USD and covers almost everything.  ac_cool

What does your friend do in New Jersey Zetsu?

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He works in some kind of physio recovery related job, most of his patients are over 300 pounds and suffer from multiple health issues and passive injuries accumulated over time.  He told me he only works 8 hours a day but he still sounds exhausted every time I see him since it's none stop physical related work.

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He works in some kind of physio recovery related job, most of his patients are over 300 pounds and suffer from multiple health issues and passive injuries accumulated over time.  He told me he only works 8 hours a day but he still sounds exhausted every time I see him since it's none stop physical related work.

Health care pays very well in the USA..



It pays very well here too, but there's more wage variation South of the border..



I'm sure he sees a lot of patients who's health problems break his heart.

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He works in some kind of physio recovery related job, most of his patients are over 300 pounds and suffer from multiple health issues and passive injuries accumulated over time.  He told me he only works 8 hours a day but he still sounds exhausted every time I see him since it's none stop physical related work.

Health care pays very well in the USA..



It pays very well here too, but there's more wage variation South of the border..



I'm sure he sees a lot of patients who's health problems break his heart.

What you say couldn't be any more true, iirc his starting wage was $95,000 annually, his dad was definitely smart and right to tell him to go for medical instead of a career that that he likes.  But yea as you mention working at the clinic can get pretty stressful and depressing sometime, dun think I got what it takes to do what he's doing, less alone have the right skills.

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He works in some kind of physio recovery related job, most of his patients are over 300 pounds and suffer from multiple health issues and passive injuries accumulated over time.  He told me he only works 8 hours a day but he still sounds exhausted every time I see him since it's none stop physical related work.

Health care pays very well in the USA..



It pays very well here too, but there's more wage variation South of the border..



I'm sure he sees a lot of patients who's health problems break his heart.

What you say couldn't be any more true, iirc his starting wage was $95,000 annually, his dad was definitely smart and right to tell him to go for medical instead of a career that that he likes.  But yea as you mention working at the clinic can get pretty stressful and depressing sometime, dun think I got what it takes to do what he's doing, less alone have the right skills.

I'm so thankful there are people like your friend who can handle the stress of front line health care delivery.

Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

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(I'm sure Fash won't mind a free plug!!!)

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Quote from: "Bricktop"What's the URL?



(I'm sure Fash won't mind a free plug!!!)

It might not be the best to disclose it in this section of the forum, but I'll PM you the store address in a few min.   ac_cool

Quote from: "Zetsu"Sorry I'm back, just got a phone call earlier, I'll send you guys the url right away.  ac_cool

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

We dun do drop shipping shipping, it might be convenient, but almost impossible to make a living out of it, lol.

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

We dun do drop shipping shipping, it might be convenient, but almost impossible to make a living out of it, lol.

I believe that Zetsu..



You'd almost have to give your merchandise away.

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

We dun do drop shipping shipping, it might be convenient, but almost impossible to make a living out of it, lol.

I believe that Zetsu..



You'd almost have to give your merchandise away.

One of the biggest problem with drop shipping is that the seller's work effort, contribution or investing offer for the supplier and end user(customer) is so insignificant and minimal, the supplier makes over 95% of the net profit and the customer buys the product at a cheap whole sale price, leaving the middle man(the store owner) with just razor thin profit margin since we aren't really offering anything.  





If we want to make money, first thing is to take risk by investing wisely, work hard and offer quality products to the society, I know this might sound kind of lame, but I just don't like to believe in taking shortcuts or making fast money.  Like my dad's favorite phrase, no pain no gain.

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

We dun do drop shipping shipping, it might be convenient, but almost impossible to make a living out of it, lol.

I believe that Zetsu..



You'd almost have to give your merchandise away.

One of the biggest problem with drop shipping is that the seller's work effort, contribution or investing offer for the supplier and end user(customer) is so insignificant and minimal, the supplier makes over 95% of the net profit and the customer buys the product at a cheap whole sale price, leaving the middle man(the store owner) with just razor thin profit margin since we aren't really offering anything.  





If we want to make money, first thing is to take risk by investing wisely, work hard and offer quality products to the society, I know this might sound kind of lame, but I just don't like to believe in taking shortcuts or making fast money.  Like my dad's favorite phrase, no pain no gain.

What is your business model?



Brick and mortar retailing with online sales?

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

We dun do drop shipping shipping, it might be convenient, but almost impossible to make a living out of it, lol.

I believe that Zetsu..



You'd almost have to give your merchandise away.

One of the biggest problem with drop shipping is that the seller's work effort, contribution or investing offer for the supplier and end user(customer) is so insignificant and minimal, the supplier makes over 95% of the net profit and the customer buys the product at a cheap whole sale price, leaving the middle man(the store owner) with just razor thin profit margin since we aren't really offering anything.  





If we want to make money, first thing is to take risk by investing wisely, work hard and offer quality products to the society, I know this might sound kind of lame, but I just don't like to believe in taking shortcuts or making fast money.  Like my dad's favorite phrase, no pain no gain.

What is your business model?



Brick and mortar retailing with online sales?

To be precise we aren't really a store, more of a warehouse with a showroom, another factor is we can't accept payments in there either under the plaza's rules, but we can offer pick up if ppl buy stuff and pay online online, or ship directly to their address.

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

We dun do drop shipping shipping, it might be convenient, but almost impossible to make a living out of it, lol.

I believe that Zetsu..



You'd almost have to give your merchandise away.

One of the biggest problem with drop shipping is that the seller's work effort, contribution or investing offer for the supplier and end user(customer) is so insignificant and minimal, the supplier makes over 95% of the net profit and the customer buys the product at a cheap whole sale price, leaving the middle man(the store owner) with just razor thin profit margin since we aren't really offering anything.  





If we want to make money, first thing is to take risk by investing wisely, work hard and offer quality products to the society, I know this might sound kind of lame, but I just don't like to believe in taking shortcuts or making fast money.  Like my dad's favorite phrase, no pain no gain.

What is your business model?



Brick and mortar retailing with online sales?

To be precise we aren't really a store, more of a warehouse with a showroom, another factor is we can't accept payments in there either under the plaza's rules, but we can offer pick up if ppl buy stuff and pay online online, or ship directly to their address.

What do  you sell?

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

We dun do drop shipping shipping, it might be convenient, but almost impossible to make a living out of it, lol.

I believe that Zetsu..



You'd almost have to give your merchandise away.

One of the biggest problem with drop shipping is that the seller's work effort, contribution or investing offer for the supplier and end user(customer) is so insignificant and minimal, the supplier makes over 95% of the net profit and the customer buys the product at a cheap whole sale price, leaving the middle man(the store owner) with just razor thin profit margin since we aren't really offering anything.  





If we want to make money, first thing is to take risk by investing wisely, work hard and offer quality products to the society, I know this might sound kind of lame, but I just don't like to believe in taking shortcuts or making fast money.  Like my dad's favorite phrase, no pain no gain.

What is your business model?



Brick and mortar retailing with online sales?

To be precise we aren't really a store, more of a warehouse with a showroom, another factor is we can't accept payments in there either under the plaza's rules, but we can offer pick up if ppl buy stuff and pay online online, or ship directly to their address.

What do  you sell?

Mostly some gimmicky stuff like toys, stationery, gifts, audio with some outdoor gear, action figures.  :001_tongue:

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Is it drop ship company?

We dun do drop shipping shipping, it might be convenient, but almost impossible to make a living out of it, lol.

I believe that Zetsu..



You'd almost have to give your merchandise away.

One of the biggest problem with drop shipping is that the seller's work effort, contribution or investing offer for the supplier and end user(customer) is so insignificant and minimal, the supplier makes over 95% of the net profit and the customer buys the product at a cheap whole sale price, leaving the middle man(the store owner) with just razor thin profit margin since we aren't really offering anything.  





If we want to make money, first thing is to take risk by investing wisely, work hard and offer quality products to the society, I know this might sound kind of lame, but I just don't like to believe in taking shortcuts or making fast money.  Like my dad's favorite phrase, no pain no gain.

What is your business model?



Brick and mortar retailing with online sales?

To be precise we aren't really a store, more of a warehouse with a showroom, another factor is we can't accept payments in there either under the plaza's rules, but we can offer pick up if ppl buy stuff and pay online online, or ship directly to their address.

What do  you sell?

Mostly some gimmicky stuff like toys, stationery, gifts, audio with some outdoor gear, action figures.  :001_tongue:

Dollarama  plus. :laugh3:

Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

I know many Chinese in my city who import goods from China..



What are your holiday plans DD?

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

I know many Chinese in my city who import goods from China..



What are your holiday plans DD?

Not much. Work loads go up over December and January. Probably just eat a lot of festive foods and get indigestion inside with the air con on while watching movies with the fam.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

I know many Chinese in my city who import goods from China..



What are your holiday plans DD?

Not much. Work loads go up over December and January. Probably just eat a lot of festive foods and get indigestion inside with the air con on while watching movies with the fam.

As long as you are with family, it's always enjoyable.

 ac_smile

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

I know many Chinese in my city who import goods from China..



What are your holiday plans DD?

Not much. Work loads go up over December and January. Probably just eat a lot of festive foods and get indigestion inside with the air con on while watching movies with the fam.

As long as you are with family, it's always enjoyable.

 ac_smile

Happy holidays to you and yours Fash if I'm not around later.

Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

There's some truth to what you say, and sometimes the best selling products can be pretty unpredictable or no one ever gives a darn about, lol.

Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

It's pretty cut throat in Israel. Too many people into it.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

There's some truth to what you say, and sometimes the best selling products can be pretty unpredictable or no one ever gives a darn about, lol.

Well they get the goods at 1/6 to 1/10 of RRP, even with duties and container costs, then flog the cosmetically marked items pretty quickly at their warehouses and online. People don't care if they can pay 1/3 to 1/2 for what the chain stores are marking up.



They might only carry one to two dozen SKU's at any one time depending on what's going but it's not labour intensive and the turn over is pretty fast.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

There's some truth to what you say, and sometimes the best selling products can be pretty unpredictable or no one ever gives a darn about, lol.

Well they get the goods at 1/6 to 1/10 of RRP, even with duties and container costs, then flog the cosmetically marked items pretty quickly at their warehouses and online. People don't care if they can pay 1/3 to 1/2 for what the chain stores are marking up.



They might only carry one to two dozen SKU's at any one time depending on what's going but it's not labour intensive and the turn over is pretty fast.

I think I know which stuff you're referring too, i've seen it too, but it might be only one side of the coin.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

There's some truth to what you say, and sometimes the best selling products can be pretty unpredictable or no one ever gives a darn about, lol.

Well they get the goods at 1/6 to 1/10 of RRP, even with duties and container costs, then flog the cosmetically marked items pretty quickly at their warehouses and online. People don't care if they can pay 1/3 to 1/2 for what the chain stores are marking up.



They might only carry one to two dozen SKU's at any one time depending on what's going but it's not labour intensive and the turn over is pretty fast.

I think I know which stuff you're referring too, i've seen it too, but it might be only one side of the coin.

Dunno. One group originally only dealt with wiring, looms, cables, and other nickle and dime stuff but got out due to the flooding from other copycats and the slow turnaround once the box stores had too many desperates flogging for whatever they could get. I personally think it's better to keep the line items down and work on pull, if it's an option with the direct or middleman who has exclusive in Asia.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

It's pretty cut throat in Israel. Too many people into it.

It's like anything really. People will exploit the system in packs. There are immigrant groups here who drive around on the weekends in our rural areas looking for elderly people having garage sales who just want to lighten their households before going to nursing homes and don't realize what these guys are doing when they bully them into nearly giving their stuff away only to put it in their secondhand shops back in the city at monstrous markups. Word spreads in these ethnic groups and pretty soon most of the valuable garage sale stuff is gone before it even starts.



Some of the older people have worked it out and now go to garage sales themselves to buy stuff to put in weekly or monthly garage sales of their own.



Business is a vacuum.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

It's pretty cut throat in Israel. Too many people into it.

It's like anything really. People will exploit the system in packs. There are immigrant groups here who drive around on the weekends in our rural areas looking for elderly people having garage sales who just want to lighten their households before going to nursing homes and don't realize what these guys are doing when they bully them into nearly giving their stuff away only to put it in their secondhand shops back in the city at monstrous markups. Word spreads in these ethnic groups and pretty soon most of the valuable garage sale stuff is gone before it even starts.



Some of the older people have worked it out and now go to garage sales themselves to buy stuff to put in weekly or monthly garage sales of their own.



Business is a vacuum.

Lol imo that not real business, just a bunch of con artist that needs to be identified and get their asses kick.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

It's pretty cut throat in Israel. Too many people into it.

It's like anything really. People will exploit the system in packs. There are immigrant groups here who drive around on the weekends in our rural areas looking for elderly people having garage sales who just want to lighten their households before going to nursing homes and don't realize what these guys are doing when they bully them into nearly giving their stuff away only to put it in their secondhand shops back in the city at monstrous markups. Word spreads in these ethnic groups and pretty soon most of the valuable garage sale stuff is gone before it even starts.



Some of the older people have worked it out and now go to garage sales themselves to buy stuff to put in weekly or monthly garage sales of their own.



Business is a vacuum.

Lol imo that not real business, just a bunch of con artist that needs to be identified and get their asses kick.

Oh, I dunno. There isn't much difference here. Just the scope. When the established businesses do it, relative mind you, it's delivering to shareholders. When sole proprietors do it, relative again, it's predatory behaviour which has no room in an ethics based society.



I don't see a major difference except it's easier to get angry at those you see doing it without the corporate curtain obscuring.

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Quote from: "Gaon"

Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

It's pretty cut throat in Israel. Too many people into it.

It's like anything really. People will exploit the system in packs. There are immigrant groups here who drive around on the weekends in our rural areas looking for elderly people having garage sales who just want to lighten their households before going to nursing homes and don't realize what these guys are doing when they bully them into nearly giving their stuff away only to put it in their secondhand shops back in the city at monstrous markups. Word spreads in these ethnic groups and pretty soon most of the valuable garage sale stuff is gone before it even starts.



Some of the older people have worked it out and now go to garage sales themselves to buy stuff to put in weekly or monthly garage sales of their own.



Business is a vacuum.

Lol imo that not real business, just a bunch of con artist that needs to be identified and get their asses kick.

Oh, I dunno. There isn't much difference here. Just the scope. When the established businesses do it, relative mind you, it's delivering to shareholders. When sole proprietors do it, relative again, it's predatory behaviour which has no room in an ethics based society.



I don't see a major difference except it's easier to get angry at those you see doing it without the corporate curtain obscuring.

The difference is one is productive to the society and highly needed is sustain the economy, meanwhile the other group is really better off disappeared without a trace.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

There's some truth to what you say, and sometimes the best selling products can be pretty unpredictable or no one ever gives a darn about, lol.

Well they get the goods at 1/6 to 1/10 of RRP, even with duties and container costs, then flog the cosmetically marked items pretty quickly at their warehouses and online. People don't care if they can pay 1/3 to 1/2 for what the chain stores are marking up.



They might only carry one to two dozen SKU's at any one time depending on what's going but it's not labour intensive and the turn over is pretty fast.

I think I know which stuff you're referring too, i've seen it too, but it might be only one side of the coin.

Dunno. One group originally only dealt with wiring, looms, cables, and other nickle and dime stuff but got out due to the flooding from other copycats and the slow turnaround once the box stores had too many desperates flogging for whatever they could get. I personally think it's better to keep the line items down and work on pull, if it's an option with the direct or middleman who has exclusive in Asia.

I guess the advantage of these business is you dun need much capital to import, but like you, Gaon and myself know competition, rent cost or mortgage/property tax, travel to source and other misc expense will cull these business pretty quick.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

It's pretty cut throat in Israel. Too many people into it.

It's like anything really. People will exploit the system in packs. There are immigrant groups here who drive around on the weekends in our rural areas looking for elderly people having garage sales who just want to lighten their households before going to nursing homes and don't realize what these guys are doing when they bully them into nearly giving their stuff away only to put it in their secondhand shops back in the city at monstrous markups. Word spreads in these ethnic groups and pretty soon most of the valuable garage sale stuff is gone before it even starts.



Some of the older people have worked it out and now go to garage sales themselves to buy stuff to put in weekly or monthly garage sales of their own.



Business is a vacuum.

Lol imo that not real business, just a bunch of con artist that needs to be identified and get their asses kick.

Oh, I dunno. There isn't much difference here. Just the scope. When the established businesses do it, relative mind you, it's delivering to shareholders. When sole proprietors do it, relative again, it's predatory behaviour which has no room in an ethics based society.



I don't see a major difference except it's easier to get angry at those you see doing it without the corporate curtain obscuring.

The difference is one is productive to the society and highly needed is sustain the economy, meanwhile the other group is really better off disappeared without a trace.

Tell that to the supermarket price wars on milk here which has been bankrupting dairy farmers and causing a great number of suicides. Similar things have been happening with all kinds of produce. Farmers are barely breaking even in best case scenarios and the supermarkets are unapologetic.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

It's pretty cut throat in Israel. Too many people into it.

It's like anything really. People will exploit the system in packs. There are immigrant groups here who drive around on the weekends in our rural areas looking for elderly people having garage sales who just want to lighten their households before going to nursing homes and don't realize what these guys are doing when they bully them into nearly giving their stuff away only to put it in their secondhand shops back in the city at monstrous markups. Word spreads in these ethnic groups and pretty soon most of the valuable garage sale stuff is gone before it even starts.



Some of the older people have worked it out and now go to garage sales themselves to buy stuff to put in weekly or monthly garage sales of their own.



Business is a vacuum.

Lol imo that not real business, just a bunch of con artist that needs to be identified and get their asses kick.

Oh, I dunno. There isn't much difference here. Just the scope. When the established businesses do it, relative mind you, it's delivering to shareholders. When sole proprietors do it, relative again, it's predatory behaviour which has no room in an ethics based society.



I don't see a major difference except it's easier to get angry at those you see doing it without the corporate curtain obscuring.

The difference is one is productive to the society and highly needed is sustain the economy, meanwhile the other group is really better off disappeared without a trace.

Tell that to the supermarket price wars on milk here which has been bankrupting dairy farmers and causing a great number of suicides. Similar things have been happening with all kinds of produce. Farmers are barely breaking even in best case scenarios and the supermarkets are unapologetic.

I'm not too familiar with the events in Oz but I can tell you this doesn't reflect the average company or corporation.  Let's face it, if you despise large business so much you might as well stop using everything you have.

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Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"

Quote from: "Zetsu"

Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

There's some truth to what you say, and sometimes the best selling products can be pretty unpredictable or no one ever gives a darn about, lol.

Well they get the goods at 1/6 to 1/10 of RRP, even with duties and container costs, then flog the cosmetically marked items pretty quickly at their warehouses and online. People don't care if they can pay 1/3 to 1/2 for what the chain stores are marking up.



They might only carry one to two dozen SKU's at any one time depending on what's going but it's not labour intensive and the turn over is pretty fast.

I think I know which stuff you're referring too, i've seen it too, but it might be only one side of the coin.

Dunno. One group originally only dealt with wiring, looms, cables, and other nickle and dime stuff but got out due to the flooding from other copycats and the slow turnaround once the box stores had too many desperates flogging for whatever they could get. I personally think it's better to keep the line items down and work on pull, if it's an option with the direct or middleman who has exclusive in Asia.

I guess the advantage of these business is you dun need much capital to import, but like you, Gaon and myself know competition, rent cost or mortgage/property tax, travel to source and other misc expense will cull these business pretty quick.

I know some Chinese in Calgary in the import business..



It doesn't seem that lucrative unless you have had to find products.

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Quote from: "Zetsu"

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Quote from: "Zetsu"

Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"

Quote from: "Zetsu"

Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"

Quote from: "Gaon"

Quote from: "Dinky Dianna"I know of some individuals with a similar model who import scratch and dint consumer goods items from Asia and do quite well from it.

It's pretty cut throat in Israel. Too many people into it.

It's like anything really. People will exploit the system in packs. There are immigrant groups here who drive around on the weekends in our rural areas looking for elderly people having garage sales who just want to lighten their households before going to nursing homes and don't realize what these guys are doing when they bully them into nearly giving their stuff away only to put it in their secondhand shops back in the city at monstrous markups. Word spreads in these ethnic groups and pretty soon most of the valuable garage sale stuff is gone before it even starts.



Some of the older people have worked it out and now go to garage sales themselves to buy stuff to put in weekly or monthly garage sales of their own.



Business is a vacuum.

Lol imo that not real business, just a bunch of con artist that needs to be identified and get their asses kick.

Oh, I dunno. There isn't much difference here. Just the scope. When the established businesses do it, relative mind you, it's delivering to shareholders. When sole proprietors do it, relative again, it's predatory behaviour which has no room in an ethics based society.



I don't see a major difference except it's easier to get angry at those you see doing it without the corporate curtain obscuring.

The difference is one is productive to the society and highly needed is sustain the economy, meanwhile the other group is really better off disappeared without a trace.

Tell that to the supermarket price wars on milk here which has been bankrupting dairy farmers and causing a great number of suicides. Similar things have been happening with all kinds of produce. Farmers are barely breaking even in best case scenarios and the supermarkets are unapologetic.

I'm not too familiar with the events in Oz but I can tell you this doesn't reflect the average company or corporation.  Let's face it, if you despise large business so much you might as well stop using everything you have.

I've got no issue with business as long as it's operating in truly free market, which Australia isn't anywhere near achieving. We're overregulated and big business gets given protection from our big government. It's a mugs game.

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Quote from: "Zetsu"My brother and I have been kinda busy lately during the past few days, but we finally got nearly all the work done.



My sister in law and her mom will be coming over to Toronto during Christmas to see the aurora lights, though I won't be going with them.  Maybe it's time I should pay my best friend a visit this Xmas... only met up with him once every year since he moved to the US.  ac_unsure

Oooo, I would love to see the aurora lights some time in my life.



I feel ya, my brother was kinda like my best friend, and I only see him once a year, then he comes here once a year, which I think is in a few weeks. Which state he in?

He's working at New Jersey, he really like the life there, though stress at his work place has been creeping up to him lately, maybe it's time I should buy him something since I really haven't seen him in quite a while.





I'm not a big fan of the aurora, though I wouldn't mind going there in a tour group.  But if you're ever interested I believe there's some cheap tickets to visit northern Canada for a couple hundred USD and covers almost everything.  ac_cool

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Quote from: "Fashionista"Is this a regular work week for you Blazor?



I'm on holidays until January 2..



I'm bored already, I think I'll clean my house again.

 :laugh:

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Quote from: "Fashionista"Is this a regular work week for you Blazor?



I'm on holidays until January 2..



I'm bored already, I think I'll clean my house again.

 :laugh:

Yes mam, I posted my days off earlier in this thread lol (Saturday through Tuesday, 4 days) ac_smile



I bet you're getting bored! I could use some help Christmas shopping and goodie making if you're bored  :laugh:

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Quote from: "Fashionista"Is this a regular work week for you Blazor?



I'm on holidays until January 2..



I'm bored already, I think I'll clean my house again.

 :laugh:

Yes mam, I posted my days off earlier in this thread lol (Saturday through Tuesday, 4 days) ac_smile



I bet you're getting bored! I could use some help Christmas shopping and goodie making if you're bored  :laugh:

Oops, sorry Blazor..



I like both of those activities..



I already have extra baking ready to give away to nice people.

 ac_smile

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Quote from: "Fashionista"Is this a regular work week for you Blazor?



I'm on holidays until January 2..



I'm bored already, I think I'll clean my house again.

 :laugh:

Yes mam, I posted my days off earlier in this thread lol (Saturday through Tuesday, 4 days) ac_smile



I bet you're getting bored! I could use some help Christmas shopping and goodie making if you're bored  :laugh:

Oops, sorry Blazor..



I like both of those activities..



I already have extra baking ready to give away to nice people.

 ac_smile

Its a shame I dont live closer then  :laugh:



Fudge is the first thing Im making, so I can mail some out.



I havent even started my Christmas shopping yet, except for ingredients for goodies.

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Quote from: "Fashionista"Is this a regular work week for you Blazor?



I'm on holidays until January 2..



I'm bored already, I think I'll clean my house again.

 :laugh:

Yes mam, I posted my days off earlier in this thread lol (Saturday through Tuesday, 4 days) ac_smile



I bet you're getting bored! I could use some help Christmas shopping and goodie making if you're bored  :laugh:

Oops, sorry Blazor..



I like both of those activities..



I already have extra baking ready to give away to nice people.

 ac_smile

Its a shame I dont live closer then  :laugh:



Fudge is the first thing Im making, so I can mail some out.



I havent even started my Christmas shopping yet, except for ingredients for goodies.

Oh my goodness Blazor..



I start in the first week of October..



A little less so now that my children are getting older.

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Quote from: "Fashionista"Is this a regular work week for you Blazor?



I'm on holidays until January 2..



I'm bored already, I think I'll clean my house again.

 :laugh:

Yes mam, I posted my days off earlier in this thread lol (Saturday through Tuesday, 4 days) ac_smile



I bet you're getting bored! I could use some help Christmas shopping and goodie making if you're bored  :laugh:

Oops, sorry Blazor..



I like both of those activities..



I already have extra baking ready to give away to nice people.

 ac_smile

Its a shame I dont live closer then  :laugh:



Fudge is the first thing Im making, so I can mail some out.



I havent even started my Christmas shopping yet, except for ingredients for goodies.

Oh my goodness Blazor..



I start in the first week of October..



A little less so now that my children are getting older.

Think all presents are going on a credit card this year. Son wants tires for his truck, I told him I might be able to afford one or two lol.



I dont like to start til after Thanksgiving. But each year it gets closer to Christmas lol.

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I  hate to sound like a broken record, but I was wondering if you have made a decision about your work future?

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I  hate to sound like a broken record, but I was wondering if you have made a decision about your work future?

I decided not to worry about it til after Christmas. Whatever happens happens.

Quote from: "shin"I still haven't decided what I'll be doing this Xmas, but I hope it will be indoors.

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I  hate to sound like a broken record, but I was wondering if you have made a decision about your work future?

I decided not to worry about it til after Christmas. Whatever happens happens.

I'll be praying for your success Blazor.

 ac_smile

Quote from: "shin"I still haven't decided what I'll be doing this Xmas, but I hope it will be indoors.

Quote from: "@realAzhyaAryola"I am cooking my contribution to two family Christmas dinners. I look forward to it because I love to cook. We exchange gifts and then lots of conversations to have!

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Im good at getting websites on the first page of a google search, usually near the top. If you need advice, just let me know  ac_smile

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Quote from: "Blazor"

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Im good at getting websites on the first page of a google search, usually near the top. If you need advice, just let me know  ac_smile

Cool okie, lol if I still end up pulling my last strand of hair from trying to get my website to work, then I'll be back, and begging you for help.  :001_tongue:

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Quote from: "Blazor"

Quote from: "Zetsu"

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Quote from: "Fashionista"How is your new enterprise doing Zetsu?

We're doing ok I guess, plus it's just me and my brother, we're still no were close to be called a large successful business lol.  Everyday is just my brother and I burning money for the business start up but still haven't earn a single penny.  All our friends assumed we're already super successful but they couldn't be any farther from the truth.  :001_tongue:

Have you had an uptick in sales for Christmas?

Currently I'm still figuring out how to get our webpage to show up from google's SEO, plus I doubt we'll be able to sell our first product before Christmas.  :001_tongue:

Im good at getting websites on the first page of a google search, usually near the top. If you need advice, just let me know  ac_smile

Cool okie, lol if I still end up pulling my last strand of hair from trying to get my website to work, then I'll be back, and begging you for help.  :001_tongue: