Category Archives: sales

Oct5

if you sell it, they will sleep.

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‘for sale – text ‘bed’

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when out walking

I came across this unusual setup 

a bed for sale under an open tent 

in someone’s yard

an outdoor showroom of sorts

makes it easy to see

 no potential customers

have to trod through your house 

maybe a winning strategy

hopefully no sideways rain

or sleet or snow

fingers crossed

this will be 

a quick sale

a perfect fit

just what someone is looking for

will they want to sleep out there one night?

see if it is comfortable?

will they want to jump on it? 

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‘we are not saving lives.we are selling dreams.’

-marco bizzarri

*Marco Bizzarri is an Italian businessman, and was president and CEO of Gucci 2015 – 2023. He previously was president and CEO of Stella McCartney and Bottega Veneta.

Oct4

sayonara, sylvia.

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ah, sylvia the silver subaru

sayonara and thank you

for the many, many, many  miles without worry

now in the hands of a happy young souzaphone player

and many more miles to go.

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‘are you just a car salesman or are you a poet too? i’ve never been accused of poetry before.’

-robert charles wilson, american-canadian sci-fi writer

Jul28

one of my favorite people in costa rica.

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bonsai for sale

from a creative salesman who clearly always finds a way

in la fortuna, costa rica

i so admire his dedication and out of the box thinking.

 

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“how you sell is more important than what you sell.”

-andy paul

Jun2

worthless?

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my favorite ads on nextdoor this week:

 

-FREE- round table, terrible condition (see above)

 

-FREE – old milk crate (very dirty)

in good shape except for being really filthy

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(at least i think they are priced fairly)

 

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“advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods,

particularly if the goods are worthless.”

-sinclair lewis

Aug19

crap.

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classy crap boutique – keepin’ the c in classy-

 

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“as long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.”

-dick cavett

May20

garage sale.

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loved visiting the grandies
and their friends from the neighborhood
at their very own garage sale for kids.
they made signs
waved to cars
 took turns being the dj in the garage
keeping the music going
and offering specials
(like the ‘wear two things on your head and get one free discount’)
every few minutes.
reminds me of me when i was a kid
though I usually ended up spending my profits
buying my friends’ stuff
and they often did the same with mine.
sometimes I even ended up
with more stuff than I had started with.
 a pretty fun time for all
and some things are timeless.
—
I remember going with my mom
to a random garage sale as a kid and thinking
what a cool treasure hunt that the whole world was.
only to transition as an adult to think,
‘what a gross place that really is.’
– will ferrell
Jul6

if opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – milton berle

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the cousins

set up a business

selling  lemonade

to a captive audience

of family and friends.

 some of the employees

wait for the customers

to come to their door

and at times business is slow.

but one,

the littlest,

has an out of the box idea.

he quietly

reclaims

lemonade

already sold

and pours it back

into the the pitcher

to resell again.

to the same captive audience.

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“i’m a hustler, baby; i sell water to a well!”
― jay-z