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OMG, LOL, you were industrious! You gave me a good laugh as I was picturing you worrying that the kids owuld find out about the over-charge!

Originally Posted by b4freedom

It's funny, I've done sales of different types and I'd have to say that I did the best when I was 12 to 15 years old and would put on a boy scout uniform and walk door to door selling M&M's. Virtually no one said no. People that did say no always felt bad. It's the only cold sales I've ever done with a 95% success rate. If I had a 95% success rate on all other sales, I'd be richer then Bill Gates. When I was twelve, I figured out that I could typically sale at least 2 boxes of M&M's at 50¢ each and make 25¢ a box. It typically would take about 1 to 2 minutes a house to make a sale. I literally ran from house to house. I figured out how to purchase the boxes directly. My mom was too oblivious to ask what I was doing when I'd have boxes of M&M's shipped to the house. My friends thought I was nuts and asked why I would do that. I explained to them that I was usually pulling in $15/hour. None of them wanted to put on the uniform and walk door to door.

When I went to boy scout camp for the first time when I was 12, I didn't realize that I needed to bring spending money (My mom had none to give me and I paid for camp myself). So, I was broke at camp. After the third day, I wanted candy so bad. I wanted money so bad. So, I walked around picking up soda cans for 5¢ each. I did this for a day. I walked to town, purchased a 100' roll of surgical tubbing for $10 from a surgical supply store, went back to camp and sold it for $2 a foot as “water weenies”. (You'd tie a knot in one end, blow it up with water. It would get about 5 times longer and about 4” wide with a lot of pressure. It was better then a water gun.) I sold out in an hour. After which I was really paranoid for two reasons: I had a giant wad of cash. I was afraid that when they figured out that I was selling something for $2 that cost me 10¢, they'd beat me up (I was only 12 and many of them were a lot older). I asked my scout leader to hold the money for me. He was shocked. And everyone loved me for selling them over priced water weenies.

I wish I could think of something that good to do now, as an adult. I guess I don't want that 50¢ candy bar as badly as I did back then.