Friday, November 21, 2008

the business side........


the economy is so bad and getting worse around here.., if the factory rumors im hearing are true another big closing is coming......but our loyal customers are still coming and buying......thank heavens!!! lots of worry tho...
we have great plots to stay afloat!!!!...
we are making stuff and trying to keep our prices as low as possible and trying to not lay anyone off..
the weekdays are pretty slow, thats normal here, but we busy making things or improving our inventory...and definitely fluffing up everything and all our christmas displays...
this week we are making some big signs....and some other word projects..
..and the carpenters are bringing lots in....their load this week was very good, nice reasonable barnwood tables with very cool legs....and window cupboards which always sell well...and are reasonable.

.lots of my time is on a computer project ..always a hard thing!!!.we are actually/ finally going to put some of our rehabbed recycled trash to treasure furniture online....being in rural indiana, our prices seem very reasonable to folks in other parts of the country ...thats our hope anyway... i will post it on here when it gets done...

this week we had 2 dealings on the opposite ends of the wwjd spectrum....one was a customer who broke a lid, and brought it up to show me....the other was a person who wanted the name of my carpenter...i never give that name out, we have a deal and he doesnt sell my designs to anyone but me.... she said she had barnwood for sale, he needs barnwood, ....so i gave her the name...she called him and wanted to buy cupboards..he said no, i only sell to green oak.... pretty takky , imho....... but it did show me how good my carpenters word is...which i really count on and appreciate....
my theory on honesty is you better be honest because everybody will probably find out everything anyway, and at just the wrong time........and also , lying is so wrong!!!!
i know there are so many grey areas in the world ..and there are possibly other ways to look at this...maybe this is normal somewhere...

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