Joe777Cool
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I too, also agree with the degradation of this "let's sell for the lowest price we can" type of mentality. It kinda reminds me of my younger days of the 1960's when I was a foolish young man and thought I had the world fooled. I wanted to start a new business. Become a successful person in my neighborhood. So I started selling a "product" that I knew would catch on real quick. Pretty soon I was able to obtain my "product" fairly inexpensive from my "supplier". I was able to sell this stuff to everybody in the hood hand over fist. By the end of each week my pockets was lined with Benjamin's. I was an instant success. I had a new car, a nice pad, plenty of friends. Everything seemed to be going my way.... until all of the sudden, the whole world came crashing down around me. Yep that's right. You guessed it. Uncle Sam came knockin on my door. Fresh in hand with a plane ticket to an exotic land halfway around the world. Yep, to a place called Vietnam. And next thing you know I'm hunkered down in a foxhole cryin like a baby for my mamma. Everywhere I looked, "charlie" was shootin at me and wanted me dead. The only relaxation I got was a little R&R every now and then by getting to go into town to sample the local "goods". When my short two year stint was up, I came back to the states with a brand new plan. My experience in the jungle had thought me some valuable "tricks of the trade" if you will. I learned very quick that if you wanted to move your "product" or "services" at a competitive rate, you had to convince your clients that what you are providing was far better than the next guy around the block. I learned that from the little Vietnamese girls. You had to be very convincing with your "product" to your potential clients. And low and behold my businesses started to take off again. On one hand, my "goods" and "products" are flying off the shelf. And on the other hand, my associates where offering "services" second to none. I was soon king of my neighborhood again. Next thing you know, everyone knows who to contact to get what they want. Every now and then you gotta offer some "freebies" to reel em in. But its worth it in the long run. So my advice is to keep your attitude positive. Don't give up. You too some day can become the king of EBay. I love hearing success stories of great businessman like Sam Walton, Howard Hughes, Vanderbilt, and the great Bill Gates. They sure didn't mind steppin on the little guy to get where they got. But hey, let's face it, they left us other businessman with hope.they showed us not to let anything get in our way. I'm truly inspired by them when I hear that there is someone else in my hood tryin to sell the same "stuff" at cut throat prices. So my advice is to find ways to "get rid" of the competition by finding ways to make your "stuff" far more attractive and much more appealing than the other dudes. I know its difficult because we live in a world where we have to compete with other character's on the internet. My final statement about all of this is a phrase that one of my all time favourite inspirations of how to get ahead in this world. The great Snoop Dogg himself said.... "PIMPIN'S HARD BROTHA! PIMPIN AINT EASY!!!!
you are going to wear out that quotation mark button!